Reading IBoy missing, police puzzled

Warm-up questions:

1. Do you often read newspapers? 2. How do you select the news you like to read,

by taking a look at its title or by being attracted by its colorful pictures?

3. Have you ever noticed there are differences in writing styles between newspaper articles and other kinds of articles?

4. what’s the differences? How should we read a news story?

The structure of a news story

Reading strategy

title

the first paragraph

to give the broadest, most general information

to give the main idea and most important facts. Pay attention to who, what, when, where , why and how about the event;

the following paragraphs

to introduce new but less important background information

the second paragraph

to give more important facts

The structure of a news story

Reading strategy

The reading skills of news stories

For general ideas, read the title and the first one or two paragraphs;

For details, read the rest of the story.

Reading strategy

Skimming&

Scanning

Boy missing, police puzzled It’s about __________.

the first paragraph: when____________; where____________________;

who__________; what___________; how_________________; why_______________________ _______________the following paragraphs: evidence given by____________________________

a missing boy

three days agoDover, New Hampshire

Justin Foster went missingshow great interestsightings of strange lights & reports of alien visits

Justin’s friends, sister, neighbors …

Main ideas Supporting details

( Para. 2)

Who believed he was back? ______________

______________

______________

Justin Foster did go back

home.

his two friends

witnesses

his sister

Main ideas Supporting details

Kelly saw ____________________________.

Kelly heard ___________.

Mavis Wood said _________________________________________________________.

a large spaceship flying outside

Justin shout

that the aliens once took her away so that they could do research on her

(Para. 3~8 )

The boy might be

taken away by aliens.

What’s the right order of the sentences?

Justin did not show up at the family lunch the next day.

Kelly heard Justin return home.

Justin left home to play baseball with his two friends.

Justin was seen walking towards his home at 10.45 p.m.

Kelly heard Justin shout.

Kelly saw a bright light outside her window.

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Find the best answers 1. The reason why people were interested in the disappearance of the child is that ____

A. the lost boy was 15 years old.

B. the police advised them to do so.

C. the disappearance might have sth.

to do with the UFO and the alien.

D. all of the above.

2. In the seventh paragraph, “show up” means _________.

A. arrive or appear

B. reach

C. disappear

D. reach for

3. What is the attitude of the police to the disappearance of the boy?

A. They can’t make 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.

4. We can infer that the boy might go missing ______.

A. in his own room

B. on the playground

C. in Kelly’s room

D. in his brother’s room

5. We can know_______.

A. the police have known the cause of the boy’s disappearance

B. the police haven’t found convincing 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

Fill in the blanks to summarize the story

Justin Foster went 1 last Friday night. He didn’t 2 3 at the family lunch the next day. That evening, Justin 4 home after the game. 5 also said

missingshow up

returned

Witnesses

they saw Justin walking towards his home. Justin’s sister, Kelly 6 him 7 8 his 9 CD and she also saw a large spaceship 10 outside. She heard Justin 11 . Mavis Wood said that she was 12 13 by 14 . They did some 15 on her. The whole 16 . was terrible.

heardput on favourite

flyingshout

takenaway aliensresearch experience

Police have not 17 18 the possibility that Justin was taken away by aliens. Detective Sam Peterson was 19 20 21 the case.

ruled out

in charge of

Discussion

Choose one of them to discuss it with your group members.1. Do you believe that Justin was really taken away by the aliens? Why or why not?

2. Suppose you were taken away by the aliens, what would you do ?

Assignment1. Finish the rest exercises on p4-5.2. All the people are concerned about

Justin’s disappearance. What do you think might have happened to him? Please give an ending to the story.