Module 9 Unit 1 He left school and began work at the age of twelve.

Module 9 Life history
Unit 1 He left school and began work at the age of twelve.
设计说明 本单元设置节日的场景，教授学生有关日期表达的相关句型。通过听力练习，进一步巩固所学句型；通过对话表演，让学生在真实情境中进行学习，同时也为第二、三单元的学习扫清语言障碍。 教学目标 通过本单元的教学，让学生达成以下目标: 1.知识目标： 掌握单词和短语：March, April, June, Women’s Day, National Day, Children’s Day, July, August, September, October, November, December, writer, find out, real, at the age of, newspaper, exact, date, become, in the 1860s。 2.能力目标： (1)能谈论历史名人； (2)能通过不同目的的听力训练，迅速提取有用的信息； (3)能听懂、读懂、理解和复述对话。 3.情感目标： 通过听说训练，学习名人刻苦钻研和勤奋学习的精神。 重点难点 重点：动词的过去式。 难点：询问和回答过去的事情和经历。 教学准备 PPT 课件；有关节日的图片；活动2、3、6的录音。 授课时数 2课时 教学过程 Step 1 Warming up 1. Ask the following questions and let students answer according to the pictures. 2. Ask the students to look at the words in the boxes of Activity 1.Match the festivals with the months. Answers: a)—9 b)—3 c)—12 d)—10 e)—6 f)—1 g)—5 h)—2/1 3. Ask the students to talk about when the festivals are. Step 2 Listening Listen and choose the correct answer in Activity 2. Answers: 1.was 2.1935 3.America ,October Step 3 Listening and reading. 1. Ask the students to listen to the dialogue and choose the correct answer of the following questions. 1 Where was Mark Twain from A. England. B. America. C. China. 2 When was Mark Twain born A. In 1835. B. In 1845. C. In 1855. 3 When did Mark Twain begin work A. When he was 11. B. When he was 12. C. When he was 13. 4 When did Mark Twain become famous A. In the 1840s. B. In the 1850s. C. In the 1860s. Answers:1-4 BABC 2. Let the students find out some phrases and the difficult points. 3. Explain the difficult points. 4. Play the tape once again and ask the students to complete the table about Mark Twain on Page 55. Answers: 5. Let the students find the past form of the verbs in the conversation in Activity 4. Answers: be—was/were; become—became; begin—began; do—did; get— got; go—went; know—knew; leave—left; read—read; take—took; write—wrote Step 4 Practice Ask the students to read the words in the box in Activity 5. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words from the box. Check the answers together. Answers: 1. age 2. real 3. newspaper 4. became 5. Europe 6. writer Step 5 Language points 1. Hey, we can find out about him on the Internet. 嘿，我们可以在网上查明有关他的资料。 辨析：find out与find find out发现；查明；弄清强调过程，通常指通过各种手段或方式探清、查明具体的东西或抽象的数据或道理等find发现；找到强调结果，通常指找到或发现具体的东西
We tried to find out the answer to the question. 我们尽力弄清楚了这个问题的答案。 I looked for my pen everywhere. At last I found it in my bag. 我到处寻找我的钢笔，最后在我的书包里找到了。 2. He left school and began work at the age of twelve. 他在12岁时离开学校开始工作。 at the age of意为“在……岁时”，后接基数词。表示在某人多大时，也可以直接用“at +年龄”。 My sister began to learn dance at the age of three. = My sister began to learn dance at three.我姐姐在三岁时开始学习跳舞。 [拓展] at the age of在功能上相当于一个when引导的时间状语从句。 The famous scientist died at the age of 86. = The famous scientist died when he was 86 years old. 这位著名的科学家在86岁去世。 3.He wrote for a newspaper. 他为报纸撰稿。 newspaper是可数名词，意为“报纸”。表示读书看报通常用动词read。 My grandfather reads newspapers every night. 我爷爷每天晚上看报纸。 4.But he took the name Mark Twain and became very famous in the 1860s. 不过他在19世纪60年代取名马克·吐温，并变得非常有名。 (1) become连系动词，意为“变得；变成”，过去式是became，后面通常接形容词或名词作表语。 She became happy soon. 很快她变得高兴起来。 The weather becomes hot when summer comes. 夏天到来后天气变得炎热起来。 He became a writer at the age of 26. 他在26岁时成为一位作家。 (2) in the 1860s意为“在19世纪60年代”。“in +the +整十年份+s”或“in+ the +整十年份+’s”表达年代。 in the 1980s = in the 1980’s 在20世纪80年代 Step 6 Pronunciation and speaking 1. Play the recording once without stopping. 2. Play the recording again and stop at the end of each line. Ask the whole class to repeat. Let the students work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions about Mark Twain in Activity 7. Answers: 1. No, it wasn’t. 2. Yes, she did. 3. No, he didn’t. 4. Yes, he did. 5. No, he didn’t. Step 7 Homework 1. Recite the conversation. 2. Talk with your partner about a famous writer you know. 当堂达标 I.根据句意从括号内选择合适的词填空。 1. — Is D__________ the last month of the year —Yes, it is. That is not ________ box. That box is very small, but ______is very big. ( I ) 2. The boy says he is Mike. But I know Mike isn’t his r______ name. 3. I remember it happened in March, but I can’t remember the ________（确切）date. 4. Is there anything interesting in today’s ____________（报纸） 5. Our National Day is on 1st O__________. II. 用所给单词的适当形式填空。 1. We celebrate __________ (teach) Day on September 10th. 2. Mr Green isn’t here. He ________ (leave) for the library just now. 3. My father __________ (become) a doctor at the age of 26. 4. —What do you want to do in the future — I want to be a ________ (write). 5. I ______ (know) nothing about the great man when I was young. 6. She left school and ________ (begin) work at 16. 答案：I. 1. December; my; mine 2. real 3. exact 4. Newspaper 5.October Ⅱ.1. Teachers’ 2. Left 3. became 4. writer 5. knew 6. began 板书设计 (
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