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

Module 9 Life history
Unit 1 He left school and began work at the age of 12.
一、教学目标：
【语言知识目标：】
1) 能够正确使用下列单词和词组：① Words of 12 months. ② Some festivals.
③ writer, find out, real, at the age of…, newspaper, exact, date, become, in the
1860s...
2) 能够听懂谈论过去经历的简单对话，并获取事情发生的准确时间。
【情感态度目标】
通过对马克. 吐温及其作品的了解，体验到珍惜现在生活的美好，增加对学习的信心和对生活的热爱。
二、教学重难点
【教学重点】
能够听懂并熟练运用不规则动词的过去式并且进行口头交际。
【教学难点】
掌握不规则动词的过去式和能询问并回答有关过去的事情和经历。
三、教学过程
Step 1 Study the new words and expressions
March, April, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, Women’s Day, National Day, Children’s Day, writer, newspaper, date, in the 1860s,find out, real, at the age of, exact, become(became)
Step 2 Warming-up and Lead in
1. Give the students some pictures and videos of festivals. Get the students to learn about the festivals by asking: Do you know what festival is in January Can you say out more festivals
2. Have students finish exercises of Activity1.
Step 3 Pre-task
1. Listening: Now we are going to listen to something about Betty’s grandfather, please listen and finish the exercises of Activity 2
1) Betty’s grandfather’s life was / wasn’t different from Betty’s.
2) Betty’s grandfather was born in April 1935 / 1955.
3) Betty’s grandfather went to America / England in October / November 1941.
2. Show students a famous novel Tom Sawyer and let them learn the new words: writer, find out, Mark Twain, real name, Samuel Clemens, be born, Missouri, at the age of…
Step 4 Listen and read
1. Listen to the recording and let the students know more about Mark Twain,and answer the questions
1)People can find out about Tom Sawyer ______.
A. on TV B. on the Internet C. on the newspaper
2)Mark Twain became famous_____.
A. in 1835 B. in 1860 C. in the 1860s
2. Read the dialogue and complete the table about Mark Twain
Time Facts
In 1835 born in Missouri
At the age of 12 left school and began work
In the 1860s took the name Mark Twain and became famous
3. Read and find the past form of the verbs in the conversation.
4. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words from the box.
age become Europe newspaper real writer
1)He began work at the ______ of 12.
2) His ______ name was Samuel Clemens.
3) He wrote for a(n) ______ .
4) He _________ very famous.
5) He went to _________, but he didn’t come to China.
6) He is a great _________ .
Step 5 post-reading
Let the students retell the retelling:
Betty and Tony are 1._________ out something about Mark Twain on the Internet. Mark Twain, the famous American 2.___________. He was 3._____________ in 1835 in Missouri. He 4. _______ school and 5._________ work at the 6.__________ of twelve. He wrote for a 7.____________ and later he got work on a boat. He didn’t stay in Missouri and he 8.________ to write stories and he 9. ________ the name Mark Twain and became famous in the 10._____________.
Step 6 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions about Mark Twain.
— Did Mark Twain stay in Missouri
— No, he didn’t.
1. Was Mark Twain his real name
2. Did Betty read Tom Sawyer？
3. Did Mark Twain leave school at 16？
4. Did Mark Twain become a newspaper writer
5. Did Mark Twain come to China
Step 7 Language Points
1. Tom sawyer, by the famous American writer, Mark Twain.
by 在此处表示“由……创作”。
e.g.1) Oliver Twist is a novel by Charles Dickens.
《雾都孤儿》是由查理.狄更斯写的。
2) — Who is this music by 这首音乐是谁写的？
— It’s by Mozart. 是莫扎特写的。
2. He left school and began work at the age of 12.
at the age of…在……岁时
e.g. 1）He can speak English at the age of five. 他五岁时就可以说英语。
2）Daniel could swim at the age of 10. 丹尼尔10岁时就会游泳了。
Step8 Exercises
一、句型转换
1. Tom was born on 17 February 1995. (对画线部分提问)
________ ________ Tom ________
2. My uncle made me a model plane yesterday. (改为否定句)
My uncle _______ _______ me a model plane yesterday.
3. I watched films last Sunday. ( 对画线部分提问)
________ _______ you _______ last Sunday
4. They lived in Beijing when they were young. ( 对画线部分提问)
________ ________ they live in Beijing
5. He rode a bike to school yesterday. (同义句)
He _______ ______ school ________ bike yesterday.
Keys: 1. When was ;born 2. didn’t make 3. What did; do
4. When did 5. went to; by
二、单项选择
( ) 1. My grandfather was born __________, but I don’t know the exact year.
A. in 1930 B. in 1930s C. in the 1930 D. in the 1930s
( ) 2. He came back to China _______ 1979.
A. on B. in C. for D. at
( ) 3.Children’s Day is in ____________.
A. April B. June C. July D. August
( ) 4. The math problem is too difficult. I can’t _________ the answer.
A. find B. look at C. find out D. look for
( ) 5. Can you pass me today’s ____________ I want to read the news.
A. real B. date C. newspaper D. writer
Keys: 1. D 2. B 3. B 4. C 5. C
Step9 Homework
Review and recite the important points of Unit 1.
教学反思