1. Reading I Boy missing, police puzzled

2. 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?

3. Reading strategy
The structure of a news story
to give the broadest, most general information
title
to give the main idea and most important facts. Pay attention to who, what, when, where , why and how about the event;
the first paragraph

4. Reading strategy
The structure of a news story
the second paragraph
to give more important facts
the following paragraphs
to introduce new but less important background information

5. 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.

6. Boy missing, police puzzled It’s about __________.
the first paragraph:
when____________;
where____________________; who__________; what___________; how_________________; why_______________________
_______________
the following paragraphs: evidence given by____________________________
Skimming& Scanning
a missing boy
three days ago
Dover, New Hampshire
Justin Foster
went missing
show great interest
sightings of strange lights & reports of alien visits
Justin’s friends, sister, neighbors …

7. Justin Foster did go back home.
Main ideas
Supporting details
Who believed he was back? ______________
______________
Justin Foster did go back home.
his two friends
witnesses
( Para. 2)
his sister

8. The boy might be taken away by aliens.
Main ideas
Supporting details
Kelly saw ____________________________.
Kelly heard ___________.
Mavis Wood said _________________________________________________________.
The boy might be taken away by aliens.
a large spaceship flying outside
Justin shout
(Para. 3~8 )
that the aliens once took her away so that they could do research on her

9. 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 p.m.
Kelly heard Justin shout.
Kelly saw a bright light outside her window. 6 3 1 2 5 4

10. 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.

11. 2. In the seventh paragraph, “show up” means _________.
arrive or appear
reach
disappear
reach for

12. 3. What is the attitude of the police to the disappearance of the boy?
They can’t make sure that Justin was taken by aliens.
They think it possible for some people to make up an amazing story.
They are looking at other possibilities, such as murder.
All of the above.

13. 4. We can infer that the boy might go missing ______.
in his own room
on the playground
in Kelly’s room
in his brother’s room

14. 5. We can know_______.
the police have known the cause of the boy’s disappearance
the police haven’t found convincing evidence about the boy’s disappearance
the police will catch the aliens who took away the boy
the police won’t get any information about the child’s disappearance

15. Fill in the blanks to summarize the story
Justin Foster went last Friday night. He didn’t at the family lunch the next day.
That evening, Justin home after the game also said
missing
show up
returned
Witnesses

16. they saw Justin walking towards his home
they saw Justin walking towards his home. Justin’s sister, Kelly him his CD and she also saw a large spaceship outside. She heard Justin
Mavis Wood said that she was by They did some on her. The whole was terrible.
heard
put on
favourite
flying
shout
taken
away
aliens
research
experience

17. ruled
Police have not the possibility that Justin was taken away by aliens. Detective Sam Peterson was the case.
out in
charge of

18. Discussion Choose one of them to discuss it with your group members.
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 ?

19. Assignment 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.