外研版英语七年级下册教案：Module9 Unit 2 He decided to be an actor

Unit 2 He decided to be an actor.
Teaching aims:
1. Learn the vocabulary words and useful expressions.
2. Train the reading and writing abilities.
3. Main sentences:
— Was Shakespeare born in 1564?
— Yes, he was.
— Did he leave school in 1582?
— No, he didn’t. He finished school in 1578.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Free talk
Talk with your good friends in groups. You may talk about the person in the picture.
莎士比亚，英国诗人、戏剧家。1564年4月23日生于沃里克郡埃文河畔的斯特拉特福镇。其父约翰·莎士比亚经营羊毛、皮革制造及谷物生意，1565年任镇民政官，3年后被选为镇长。莎士比亚幼年在当地文法学校读书，1582年同邻乡农家女安·哈瑟维结婚。1585～1592年莎士比亚经历不详，传说他当过乡村教师、兵士、贵族家仆，并因偷猎乡绅T.路希爵士之鹿逃往伦敦，先在剧院门前为人看马，后逐渐成为剧院杂役、演员并开始剧作生涯。1592年，剧院经理P.亨斯娄首先提到莎士比亚的剧作《亨利六世》上篇。同年，剧作家R.格林在其《千悔得一智》中影射莎士比亚姓氏，并引用《亨利六世》下篇台词，骂莎士比亚是“一只暴发户式的乌鸦”，可见他当时已颇有名望。1594年，他和当时名演员W.坎普、J.伯比奇同属宫内大臣剧团，同当时新贵族骚桑普顿伯爵、埃塞克斯伯爵等均有来往。他的剧团除在天鹅剧场、环球剧场演出外，也到宫廷演出，夏季或瘟疫流行期间，则到外省演出。1596年，莎士比亚以其他名义申请到“绅士”称号及家徽，1597年在斯特拉特福购置了房产，1599年成为环球剧场拥有1／10股份的股东。1610年莎士比亚卖出了他的股份,回乡隐居。1616年4月23日在家乡病逝，葬于镇上的圣三一教堂。
Step 2. Reading and vocabulary
Read the passage and answer the questions.
1. Who was William Shakespeare?
2. When was he born?
3. Where was he born?
Step 3. Put the sentences in the correct order
a Shakespeare went to London.
b Shakespeare’s company built the Globe Theatre.
c Shakespeare married.
d Shakespeare liked plays at school.
e Shakespeare died at the age of 52.
f Shakespeare decided to be an actor.
Step 4. Complete the timeline
Complete the timeline for Shakespeare.
be born, build, die, finish school, go to London, marry
1564
1578
1582
About 1592
1599
1616
was born
Step 5. Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about Shakespeare. Use the information in Activity 3 to help you.
— Was Shakespeare born in 1564?
— Yes, he was.
— Did he leave school in 1582?
— No, he didn’t. He finished school in 1578.
Step 6. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words from the box.
die fire language marry
poem rich successful
Shakespeare (1) ________ in 1582 and had three children. He became famous around the world for his plays and you can see them in many different (2) ________ . Shakespeare also wrote (3)_______ as well. He was also a (4)_____ and (5) ________ actor. You can see his Globe Theatre in London today, but it’s not the same building. There was a (6) ____ in the old theatre and they built it again. He (7)_____ at the age of 52.
Step 7. Grammar
肯定式：
1. He worked in Shanghai ten years ago.
2. Xiao Wang came here yesterday.
否定式：
主语＋did＋not＋动词原形＋其他成分（did＋not＝didn’t）
（而was/were＋not＝wasn’t/weren’t）
1. He didn’t do morning exercises yesterday.
2. He wasn’t an English teacher ten years ago.
Step 8. Writing
Look at these sentences.
Wang Dong was born in Guangzhou.
At the age of three, he went to
Shenzhen with his parents.
At the age of six, he started school.
Now write sentences about events in
your life.
I was born…
At the age of…
Step 9. Exercise
1. There are twelve m________ in a year.
2. F________ is the second month of the year.
3. School begins in S__________.
4. N_________ comes before December.
---What’s the d______ of your birth?
---It’s May 10th.
6. A_______ is the fourth month of the year.
7. When ____ your uncle’s birthday?
A. is B. are C. was D. am
8. My _____ brother is my uncle.
A. parent B. parents C. parent’s D. father
Keys: 1. months 2. February 3. September 4. November
5. date 6. April 7. A 8. C
Step 10. Conclusion
Learn and master the vocabulary words.
Talk about the life of Shakespeare.