Boy missing, police puzzled

Self-introduction Teacher changed, students surprised Who Where Why... Joe Wuxi Furen High School Give a lesson

Learning goals  Learn the features of a title and the structure of a news story.  Practise several reading skills.  Learn to make up stories.

Entertainment ( 娱乐 ) news International news Economic ( 经济 ) news Military ( 军事 ) news Sports news Social ( 社会 ) news Pre-reading What kind of news do you like best?... How can you pick out your favorite news quickly?

Shanghai---53 killed, 90 injured Cold front to hit North China Post-80s in China Age no barrier at Asian Games

 Complex ( 复杂的 ) and long sentences are always used to make titles.  Titles are usually interesting and attractive.  Pictures can also be used together with titles.  Only complete sentences are used in titles. Reading strategy What are the features of a title? short, brief and simple interesting, attractive and eye-catching vivid incomplete sentences

title The first paragraph The second paragraph The rest of the story  to give details and less important background information  to give more important facts not included in the lead  to give a general idea about the news  to give the main idea and most important facts Reading strategy What is the structure of a news story?

Prediction Read the title and look at the 3 pictures. What do you think has happened to the boy? break away from home be kidnapped （绑架） be murdered be drowned （溺水） stay in the Internet café …… be taken away by aliens

When? Where? What? Who? Why? three days ago Dover, New Hampshire Justin Foster went missing strange lights in the sky and alien visits Skimming and scanning (Para1) Main ideas and most important facts

Main points His friends said _____________________ Witnesses said ______________________ ___________________________________ Kelly heard ________________________ ___________________________________ Mr. Foster _________________________ ___________________________________ Mrs. Foster thought _________________ and assumed _______________________ She only got worried when ____________ ___________________________________ Detailed reading (Para2-8) he went home after the game. they saw Justin walking towards his home at p.m. Justin return home at about 11 p.m. was working on his job and was not home that night. he was with his friend Kelly had a bad dream. Justin didn’t show up for lunch the next day. Did he return home? (Para 2) Justin did return home. (Para 2) Did his parents find Justin? (Para 7) Justin went missing. (Para 7) Details and important facts

Main points Details and important facts Kelly saw ______________ flying outside and lots of ______________ inside. (Para 5) Kelly also heard him ______. (Para 6) Mavis Wood said ___________________ so that ____________________________. Luckily, they _______________________. Detailed reading a large spaceship strange creatures shout the aliens took her away they could do research on her returned her home without any injuries Did Kelly and Mrs. Mavis Wood believe that Justin had been taken away by aliens? (Para 3-8) Justin was taken away by aliens. (Para 3-8) strange creatures with ______ skin and ___________ eyes. white large black

What is the attitude ( 态度 ) of the police towards Justin’s disappearance? A. They are not sure that Justin was taken by aliens. B. They think it possible for some people to make up an amazing story. C. They are looking at other possibilities, such as murder. D. All of the above. Comprehensive reading (Para 9)

What can we learn from paragraph 9? A. The police have known the cause of the boy’s disappearance. B. The police haven’t found hard evidence about the boy’s disappearance. C. The police will catch the aliens who took away the boy. D. The police won’t get any information about the child’s disappearance.

Summary Justin Foster went m_______ last Friday night. His d____________ received great interest due to sightings of reports of a_____ visits during that time. That evening Justin r________ home after the game. W_______ also said they saw Justin walking towards his home. Justin’s sister, Kelly h_____ him put on his f_______ CD and also saw a large spaceship f______ outside and some strange c________ inside. She heard Justin s_____. Mavis Wood said that she also had been t_____ away by aliens. They did r_______ on her. Luckily, she returned without any i_______. The whole experience was t_______. The police found no h___ evidence. Detective Sam Peterson, who is in c______ of the case, promised to look at other p_________ until they found the truth. issing isappearance lien eturned itnesses eard avorite lying reatureshout aken esearch njurieserrible ard harge ossibilities

Discussion Do you believe that Justin was taken away by aliens? If so, what do you think aliens would do to Justin? If not, why do people tell these stories, and what do you think really happened to Justin?

Discussion Do you believe that Justin was taken away by aliens? If so, what do you think aliens would do to Justin? If not, why do people tell these stories, and what do you think really happened to Justin?

Group work Work in groups and use your imagination to create an ending for this story. break away from home murdered killed in a car accident stay in an Internet caf é get drowned( 溺死 ) play a trick taken away by aliens...

Group work Work in groups and use your imagination to create an ending for this story. break away from home murdered killed in a car accident stay in an Internet caf é get drowned( 溺死 ) play a trick taken away by aliens...

Homework Polish up your stories and share them with your classmates.

The following paragraphs Title details and ___ _________ information most _________ facts of the story (when, where, who, what, why) a ______ idea of the news Structure The first paragraph general important less important

On-the-spot interview Hearing the strange things that happened in Dover, the CNN news reporter Henry has been sent to cover these stories. He decides to interview someone involved. Work in pairs. One plays the role of Henry, and the other Kelly, Mrs. Foster, Mavis Wood or Detective Sam Peterson. News reporters are supposed to raise questions to get more information. Two minutes for your preparation!

Group B Mavis Wood (Henry) I’m Henry from CNN. Can you tell me...? Group D Detective Sam Peterson Group A Mrs. Foster Group C Kelly

wake up/think/assume /my husband/become worried/tell 11 p.m./put on/light /move /come closer /curtains /spaceship /creature/shout take away /research /injuries/ terrible make up/ evidence/ possibilities / give up Group A Mrs. Foster Group B Mavis Wood Group C Kelly Group D Detective Sam Peterson

Shanghai---53 killed, 90 injured The death toll of a big fire in downtown Shanghai had risen to 53 by 9:20 a.m. Tuesday. More than 90 people injured are now under treatment. The 28-story building in Jing’an District, a densely-populated area in Shanghai, was being renovated ( 修缮 ) when it caught fire at about 2:15 p.m. Monday. The fire was mostly put out at 6:30 p.m. Local authorities sent 25 fire units and over 100 fire engines to the scene. Helicopters were used to rescue people trapped in it.