《英语》（九年级上册）
Unit 8 Detective stories
Grammar
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:?
1. understand what is relative clauses;
2. learn to use relative pronouns that, which and who correctly.
II. Teaching contents
1. The definition of relative clauses.
2. The differences among the relative pronouns that/ which/ who.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
Learn to use that, which and who to introduce relative clauses.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Lead-in
(1) T: Free talk－What do you usually do to relax yourself?
(2) T: I like reading novels. My favourite novel is Harry Potter. Have you ever read them? What do you think of them?
(3) T: They are popular among teenagers.
They are popular novels.
They are novels which/ that are popular among teenagers.
(4) T: We use adjectives to describe someone or something. But when we need a sentence to describe someone or something, we use a relative clause. A defining relative clause describes the noun before it.
【设计意图：从学生生活发掘素材，以Harry Potter为切入点引入定语与定语从句的概念，通过比较，使学生一目了然。同时，为接下来进一步使用which/ that讨论喜爱的小说类型提供范本。】
Step 2 Presentation
T: Harry Potter is a science fiction. What is your favourite kind of novel? (kung-fu novels/ network novels/ detective novels/ romance fiction) Why do you like it so much?
T: Can you express your idea in the sentence like this?
I like reading novels which/ that ________________________________________.
Free-talk
Some of you like reading detective novels. Do you know any famous detectives in the novels? (Conan/ Sherlock Holmes) How much do you know about them?
4. T: Conan is a detective in a cartoon series. He is famous all over the world.
Conan is a detective in a cartoon series who/ that is famous all over the world.
5. T: Can you say something more about Conan and Holmes by using who/ that?
6. Work out the rules: Who, which and that can be used as relative pronouns. That and which refer to things. That and who refer to people.
【设计意图：以小说为导线，讨论学生所熟悉的两大侦探，通过brainstorming呈现信息，学会使用who/ that 进行表达。】
Step3 Practice
T: Since you are so interested in detective stories, let’s play a matching game. You will read more information about detective novels. Can you match them correctly?
T: Boys and girls, do you still remember the West Town murder case? It has been solved successfully. Now, a reporter wants to write a report about it. Can you help him to collect all the information?
Part I: Information about the case
A report on the West Town murder case
Part II: Solving the crime
Part I: Information about the case
T: It’s a good idea to make a list of all the information about the murder, the victim and the suspect. Let’s have a group competition. The more, the better.
T: Can you join the two sentences together?
Murder: happened in West Town
took place between 9 p.m. last night and 1 a.m. this morning
Victim: was a computer engineer
was last seen leaving his office at about 7 p.m. yesterday
was wounded with a knife
bled to death
was guilty of computer crimes
Suspect: a short thin man
was seen running down Corn Street at 10 p.m. last night
was breathing heavily
had blood on his shirt
was somewhere else at the time of the crime
insisted that he was not guilty
【设计意图：进一步挖掘课文文本信息，促进学生对于三个引导词的判定和使用。】
Part II: Solving the crime
T: There has been great progress in the West Town murder case. A reporter is interviewing Detective Lu. Try to complete their conversation with who, which or that and expressions in the box.
5. Group-competition: A report on the West Town murder case
V. Homework
1. Write a report about the murder to Detective Lu.
2. Preview the new lesson.
课件21张PPT。Unit 8 Detective stories GrammarThey are popular among teenagers.They are popular novels.They are novels which/that are popular among teenagers.
They are popular novels.
They’re novels which/that are popular among teenagers.adj. + n. relative pronounrelative
clausenetwork novelsdetective novelsromance fictionskung-fu novelsI like reading novels which/that _______. I like reading novels which/that ____. I like reading novels which/that _______. I like reading novels which/that ____. How much do you know about them?He’s a detective in a cartoon series.
He’s from Japan.
…Conan is a detective who/that appears in a cartoon series.He’s good at solving crimes.
He’s good at checking every detail for clues.
He’s from the UK.
…Holmes is a detective who/that is good at checking every detail for clues.Working out the ruleIt’s a novel which/that is popular among teenagers.
Conan is a detective who/that appears in a cartoon series.
A matching gameEdgar Allen Poe
was a man2. Japanese writers
have written some
great stories3. Sherlock Holmes is
a character4. Agatha Christie was
a female writeris considered the
queen of crime novelsfirst wrote detective stories in Englishrequire readers to check every detail as
a masterwas created by Arthur Conan DoylewhowhowhichwhoA report on the West Town murder casePart I: Information about the casePart II: Solving the crimePart I Information about the casePart I Information about the casePart I Information about the casePart II Solving the crimeis not allowed by the lawhis boss had committedkilled the young manwas seen running down the streetReporter: Has there been any progress in the West Town
murder case?
Detective Lu: Yes. The person ______________ was his boss!
Reporter: Really? Why did he do it?
Detective Lu: The boss did something ___________________. The victim wanted to report the crime ______________ to the police.
Reporter: How terrible! What about the man ______________?
Detective Lu: Well, it turned out that he had nothing to do with this case. He works in a meat market and the blood on his shirt was from killing hens and ducks. He was in a hurry to catch a bus!
Finish the report on
the West Town murder caseGroup competition Send an e-mail of the report about the murder to Detective Lu.
Preview Study skills.Homework
