Module 9 Life history
Language goals:
Writing about people in the past.
New languages:
月份的表达；
一般过去时的用法；
Vocabulary：
January, February, March, April, May, June, August, September, October, November, December, be born, start school, finish school, marry, work, have children, die, build, poet, rich, successful, language, theatre, around the world, young, etc.
Difficult points:
1. Improve the students’ reading and writing abilities according to the reading materials.
2. Do more reading to raise the ability of speaking.
3. Raise the ability of writing about people in the past.
4. The past tense.
Emotional attitude：
通过对莎士比亚的了解，培养对文学家的崇仰之情以及对文学的兴趣。
Teaching aids:
computer, blackboard
Teaching periods:
Period 1: Unit 1
Period 2: Unit 2
Period 3: Unit 3
Unit 1 He left school and began work at the age of twelve.
Teaching aims:
1. To master the months of a year .
2. To improve the ability of listening and reading.
3. To express your experiences of the past.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Review
Review the 12 months of a year.
January February March April May June
July August September October November December
Step 2. Presentation
Look at some pictures about festivals.
Step 3. Match
Match the festivals with the months.
January Teachers’ Day July
February Women’s Day August
March Christmas September
April National Day October
May New Year’s Day November
June Children’s Day December
Labor Day
Step 4. Listen and choose
Listen and choose the correct answer. Check the answers together.
Step 5. Look at a flash.
Work in groups.
Now complete the table about Mark Twain.
Time
Facts
In 1835
?
At the age of 12
?
In the 1860s
?
Step 6. language points：
1、具体的月份、年份、季节前介词用in
例如：I was born in 1995.
2、“在……岁时” at the age of…
He left school and began work at the age of twelve.
He could speak English at the age of five.
3. “发现；查明；弄清 ” find out
指通过调查询问等而查明情况或弄清事实真相。
At last we find out the truth of that thing. 最后我们查明了那件事情的真相。
as well 也
用于肯定句，置于句末,前面不加逗号。
I can do it as well.
这件事我也能做。
Step 7. Work in pairs and role play.
Step 8. Practice
4 Find the past form of the verbs in the conversation.
be become begin do get go know leave read take write
be — become —
begin — do —
get — know —
leave — read—
take — write —
Step 9. The past tense
1）在确定的过去时间里所发生的动作或存在的状态。 时间状语有：yesterday, last week, an hour ago, the other day, in 1982等。 Where did you go just now?
2）表示在过去一段时间内，经常性或习惯性的动作。 When I was a child, I often played football in the street.
Step 10. Have a test：
1. Is it cold here ________ December ?
A. on B. for
C. at D. in
2. Li Na began to play tennis ________6.
A. at the age B. at the ages
C. at age of D. at the age of
3. You must ________ the flight（航班）number.
A. find B. look
C. find out D. look for
4. I am going to London and my sister is going ________ .
A. as well B. too
C. either D. also
Step 11.拓展延伸：
Work in groups .
Talk about your past life.
Step 12.Homework:
以“My past life”为题写一篇作文，不少于60词。
