初中英语外研版七下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 twelve.
【教学目标】
1. To get a general idea about the 12 months and the festivals in each month.
2. To understand the conversation about someone’s life.
3. To learn the words and expressions.
4. To learn some past simple irregular words.
【教学重难点】
重点：1. To learn the words and expressions.
2. To understand the conversation about someone’s life.
难点：To be able to ask and answer questions with some past simple irregular words.
【教学方法】
创设情境法、任务型教学法、小组合作法。
【教学过程】
Step 1 Leading in
Look and say.
Say 12 months and seasons.
Step 2 Pre-task
Activity 1 Match the festivals with the months.
New Year’s DaySpring FestivalWomen’s DayMay DayChildren’s DayTeacher’s DayNational DayChristmas JanuaryJanuary / FebruaryMarchMayJuneSeptemberOctoberDecember
Activity 2 Listen and choose the correct answer.
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.
Step 3 While-task
Activity 1 Free talk.
1. Tom Sawyer comes from a book. What is the name of the book
2. What is the name of the author
Activity 2 Listen to their talk and check the sentences.
1. Tom Sawyer is written by the famous English writer, Mark Twain.
2. Mark Twain left school and began work in his childhood.
3. Mark Twain wrote for a newspaper and got work on a boat.
4. Mark Twain became very famous in the 1960s and began his stories.
5. Mark Twain went to Europe and China.
Activity 3 Read and complete the table about Mark Twain.
Time Facts
In 1835
At the age of twelve
In the 1860s
Step 4 Post-task
Activity 1 Find the past form of the verbs in the conversation.
be become begin do get go know leave read take write
Activity 2 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 twelve.
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 _________.
Activity 3 Listen and repeat.
/a:/ March Mark market
/ei/ day May stay
/i:/ read teacher
/u:/ food school too
/u/ book good
Now say them aloud.
Activity 4 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 sixteen
4 Did Mark Twain become a newspaper writer
5 Did Mark Twain come to China
Activity 5 Exercises.
一、根据句意写出正确的单词。
1. My family will visit England next _____ (七月).
2. Danny’s father reads _________ (报纸) every morning.
3. —Is she a _____ (真正的) singer
—Yes, of course.
4. —When is your birthday, Mary
—________ (四月) 6th.
5. —Where does Jack live
—Sorry, I don’t know his _______ (确切的) address.
Step 5 Summary
1. We have gotten a general idea about the 12 months and the festivals in each month.
2. We have learned some past simple irregular words.
Step 6 Homework
1. Finish the exercises in Learning English.
2. Preview the passage The life of William Shakespeare on page 56.
【板书设计】
Unit 1 He left school and began work at the age of twelve.
Time Facts
In 1835 born in Missouri
At the age of twelve left school and began work
In the 1860s took the name Mark Twain and became famous
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