北师大版英语八年级下册 Lesson 18 The Mystery Writer 学案（无答案）

Unit 6 Detective
Lesson 18 The Mystery Writer
【学习目标】
认读本课生词，如：translate, sales, actress, education, print等
获取文章各段段意以及作家Agatha Christie一生的成就的信息
思考并讨论Agatha是一个什么样的人以及你这样认为的理由
【学习重难点】
[教学重点] 获取文章各段段意以及作家Agatha Christie一生的成就的信息
[教学难点] 思考并讨论Agatha是一个什么样的人以及你的理由
【学习过程】
新知学习
1．回忆上一节课所学的单词和短语。
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【学习内容】
达标检测
Read the passage and match the main ideas with each paragraph.
a. Agatha had a long and active career and is still famous now.
b. Agatha's books and plays are popular.
c. Agatha learned at home and became a fantastic writer.
d. Introduce detective Hercule Poirot.
e. Introduce detective Miss Maple.
Para.1_______ Para.2 _______
Para.3_______Para.4________
Para5._______
2. Who / What do the underlined pronouns refer to
（1）She has sold more than two billion books and her books have been translated into 103 languages. ______
（2）It started in the West End of London in 1952. ______
（3）Readers must pay close attention while reading her stories and she very cleverly made each one difficult to solve. ______
（4）He is the main character in 33 of her books and 51 of her short stories. ______
（5）Sometimes they do this by telling the truth. ______
3. Read the text again and write T (True) or F (False) for the sentences. Then correct the false ones.
（1）The play The Mousetrap has a history of over 60 years.
（2）Agatha Christie learned reading, writing and maths by herself.
（3）Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple are the two main characters in Agatha’s stories.
（4）Hercule Poirot usually uses his memory of local history to find the truth.
（5）Agatha Christie wrote her last book when she was 79 years old.
4. Your Opinion
Compare Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. How are they similar How are they different
5. Vocabulary
Complete these sentences with the proper pronouns.
（1）I don’t know where the books are. ______ aren’t in the classroom.
（2）The play was very long. ______ didn’t end until 10:40 pm.
（3）Mr Wang and his daughter go to school together every morning. ______ is a teacher and ______ is a student there.
（4）James left his wallet in the gym. Now he can’t find ______.
（5）I really like the detective characters in this book. ______ are so clever.
（6）Get that cat! ______ is going to hurt the baby!