教学内容：外研版初中七年级下册
Module 9 Unit 2 He decided to be an actor
教材分析：The unit is focused on the students’ reading and writing, the vocabulary is also very necessary.
教学目标：To get information from the reading material about William Shakespeare. To write an article or introduction of a famous person.
核心内容：词汇：play, poem, some of…, at the age of, marry, move, join, successful, in;结构：past simple
教学准备：Tape recorder, ppt
教学过程：
Step 1 导入：让学生初步了解莎士比亚
Let the students read the title and tell the person talked about in this passage. Play the tape for the students and ask them to find the answers to three questions:
1. When was William Shakespeare born and when did he die?
2. How many different words are there in his plays?
3. Which one is the most popular and longest of all his plays?
通过听一段Lingling和Tony之间的对话回答这三个问题，初步了解莎士比亚的基本情况，以吸引学生的注意力，使其对人物感兴趣，并有意愿更深入的了解所学内容。
Step 2 课文及知识点讲解：掌握应知应会的语言点并适当拓展
Ask the students to listen to the passage The life of William Shakespeare, then ask students to read the passage paragraph by paragraph, and meanwhile explain the words and expressions to them with the help of ppt.
Ask the students to read paragraph 1 and explain “play”, “poem”, “some of…”, and his hometown. For example: here is a sentence in the passage “He was born in 1564 in England”. The teacher has found a picture about William Shakespeare’s old family house and his hometown to let the students gain more knowledge. Besides, the teacher also gives them a sentence to explain his hometown “Shakespeare was born in Stratford-on-Avon in England”. The teacher will explain Stratford-on-Avon to the students and ask them to guess why we have to use such a long name to describe Shakespeare’s hometown. The reason is that there are two Stratford in the UK, so we should say the birthplace clearly so that there will not be any mistakes.
Ask the students to read paragraph 2 and 3 together and fill in the table on their own, in order to understand the brief history of Shakespeare. Then check the answers with partners. Explain the words “at the age of”, “marry” to them. Take another example: when explaining the word “marry”, the teacher will ask the students to read the sentence “He married in 1582 and had three children.” on the book. There is not an object behind “marry”, so it is a vi --- sb. marry. The teacher will show one sentence about William Shakespeare’s life, that is, “He married a farmer’s daughter called Anne at the age of 18.” In this sentence, we can find out another usage of the word “marry” --- marry sb. Here the word is a vt. In this way, the students can not only learn the word but also widen their minds.
Ask the students to read the last two paragraphs and explain a background of the New Globe Theatre to them, so that they can learn more about history and culture.
通过通篇文章的学习，使学生掌握应知应会的知识点，并借助ppt图片来为学生进行适当的文学背景知识拓展，让学生通过了解背景对所学知识产生更加浓厚的兴趣，学得更快更好。
Step 3 写作：学会如何介绍名人
通过整篇文章的学习，我们可以将文章分为开头、正文和结尾部分；开头是对人物进行简要介绍，正文部分是对莎翁的生平进行说明，结尾则给出了作者或世人对莎翁的评价。了解了这样的结构，学生就可以仿写一篇文章来介绍其他名人。
此时，教师会在ppt中给出一个关于鲁迅生平的表格和一个作文模板，让学生看着表格填充模板，体会如何才能写出一篇介绍名人的好文章。这个活动既可以使学生运用所学词组，又可以让学生通过作文练习得到成就感，了解写英语作文其实并不难，只要有方法会用词就能写出好文章。
Homework:
Read the passage again and try to recite it.
Write a passage to introduce a famous person.
板书设计：
Unit 2 He decided to be an actor
play v./ n.
poem n.
some of +可数名词复数 + 动词复数形式
… +不可数名词 +动词单数形式
at the age of … = when sb. was … (years old)
marry (vt.) sb. sb. marry (vi.)
get/ be married to sb.
move to sp.
successful (a.) successfully (ad.) success (n.) succeed (v.)
in + 语言
2.引导学生进行深度思考
这个环节是给学生一定材料，让学生通过积极思考、利用所学知识解决问题。
3.课堂总结
使用临下课前一两分钟的时间，总结本课所学知识，帮助学生梳理本课所学知识。机械的模仿不是教学的最终目的，使语言学习过程实用化，掌握初步进行英语交际的能力，适用于生活中简单的对话。
课件18张PPT。Module 9 Unit 2He decided to be an actor.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Listen and answer1.When was Shakespeare born and when did he die?
He was born on April 23, 1564 and died on April 23, 1616.
(born and died on the same day)
2.How many different words are there in his plays?
There are 29,066 different words in his plays.
3.Which was the longest and most popular of all his plays?
Hamlet was the longest and most popular of all his plays.
What can we talk about Shakepeare?He was born in Stratford-on-Avon,
England on April the 23rd,1564. his hometownShakespeare’s old family houseBirth time and placeBirthplaceShakespeare studied at the grammar
(文法）school. He left school when he
was fourteen. EducationHis father was an important man in the town . He was the third of eight children. He married a farmer’s daughter called Anne when he was 18 and they had 3 children.FamilyHe began working in his hometown and then he went to London in 1592. He worked in a theatre company. He worked hard with his pen. He became rich enough to buy a house in the capital and one in Stratford. JobHe wrote a lot./He was busy writing.Shakespeare
had 37 great plays and 156 poems.Four famous tragedies（悲剧）
Hamlet , Othello , King Lear and Macbeth
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Four famous comedies（喜剧）
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Merchant of Venice
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Twelfth night
As you like it
Of all the famous English writers, the best known is William Shakespeare. Fame名声The New Globe TheaterShakespeare does not belong to an era,
but it belongs to future generations.Others: Shakespeare’s famous lines1. To be or not to be，that’s a question.
生存还是毁灭，这是一个值得考虑的问题。
2. Better a witty(a.机智的) fool than a foolish wit(n.才智).
宁为聪明的愚夫，不作愚蠢的才子。
3. The empty vessels(容器) make the greatest sound .
满瓶不响，半瓶咣当。
4.The?time?of?life?is?short?;?to?spend?that?
shortness?,?it?would?be?too?long?.?
人生苦短，若虚度年华，则短暂的人生就太长了。
A timetable of Shakespearebe born, die, finish school, have children, marry, move toSentence–making:finished school
married
had childrenmoved to London
opened
Globe
Theatredied
Let’s skimWe can say:
Shakespeare was born in 1564. finished school in 1578. married in 1582 and had three children.moved to London in 1592.opened the Globe Theatre
in 1599. died in 1616.BeginningBodyEndingIntroduction(概况）Experience（经历）Fame/writer’s opinion
(声誉/作者观点）/12182226 56Began to study in Sanwei Shuwustudied in Nanjing moved to Japan married and started writingdied Let’s writeThe life of Lu Xun Lu Xun was a great ______.Some of his famous works are _________. He was born________.
He began to study __________ and then he studied ________....
…
He died ______. You still see his works _______. He is one of the … 标题The life of Lu Xun开头结尾正文Homework!Level A: read the passage and try to reciteLevel B: make an introduction of a famous
person Thank you!
