Step III: Presentation [About 2 mins]
Present the new lesson “A brave young man” by showing the picture of the text. And talk about what happened in the picture.
(Play the slide with the title and the picture (jpg) of the text on the big screen by the computer.)
Step IV: Reading [About 25 mins]
Task 1: First ask the Ss three easy questions and let the Ss answer them after listening to the tape. (Books closed)
(Play the slide with the following questions on the big screen by the computer.)
① Who had the fire accident? ② How old was Mrs. Sun? ③ Who saved Mrs. Sun?
Task 2: Ask the Ss to read the passage quickly and answer the question: What is the main idea of the text?
(Play the slide with this question on the big screen by the computer.)
Task 3: Let the Ss read again the text carefully and find some important details in the text, and then answer the following questions.
(Play the slides with the questions on the big screen by the computer.)
① When / Where was the fire?
② Was there a lot of smoke?
③ Why could not Mrs. Sun get out of the kitchen?
④ How did Zhang Hua save Mrs. Sun?
⑤ How did Zhang Hua put out the fire?
⑥ Did he do anything to keep himself safe?
⑦ Was he afraid?
⑧ Did the fire burn Zhang Hua?
⑨ How long did he stay in hospital?
⑩ What did people bring Zhang Hua when they visited him?
Task 4: Let the Ss consolidate the text by doing a fill-in-blank exercise.
(Play the slide with the exercise on the big screen by the computer.)
There was a fire in the Mrs. Sun’s kitchen on 10th May. Mrs. Sun could not get out of the kitchen because she hurt her leg. Zhang Hua, a 25-year-old young man, rushed into her kitchen and saved her. The fire was quite hot and there was a lot of smoke, but he was not afraid. He put out the fire with a blanket and helped her out. The fire burnt him. He was in hospital for two months. Many people visited him and brought flowers and presents. They said that Zhang Hua was a very, very brave young man.
Step V: The explanation of language points in the text [About 5 mins]