《英语》（九年级上册）
Unit 8 Detective stories
Comic strip and Welcome to the unit
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:?21·世纪*教育网
1. understand clues about a crime;
2. find out which suspect is most likely to be guilty through reading the four notes.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phrases: detective, serious, murder, suspect, of medium height, guilty.
2. New structure: A detective is someone who looks for clues to something important.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty21cnjy.com
1. Vocabulary about describing a person.
2. Learn to use various kinds of words to describe a man.www.21-cn-jy.com
IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Lead-in
(1) T: Do you remember the horror film called Murder in a Country House? Can you tell me its main idea?
(2) T: If someone was killed by others, that is a murder. The person who killed the doctor is the murderer while the doctor is the victim. If someone is likely to be the murderer, he is a suspect. The person whose job is to find out the murderer is a detective.
Free talk:
1. Do you know any famous detectives?
2. What does a detective usually do?
3. What qualities should a detective have?
Step 2 Presentation
T: Detectives are good at solving mysteries. Do you want to have a try? Here are two mysteries for you to solve. Are you ready?
【设计意图：通过游戏难度递增的方式让学生对接下来即将要完成的任务充满期待，使其学习兴趣和课堂参与热情大增。】
Mystery A (Low level)
(1) T: Please watch a video and find out what Eddie is looking for.
(2) T: Can you help finish a report about Mystery A?2·1·c·n·j·y
Eddie is _______ like a ________ because he wants to look for ______ to something important. Is it a ________? No. In fact, his food has _____________. However, he thinks it’s much ___________. 21*cnjy*com
(3) T: Well done! Boys and girls, congratulations! Welcome to Mystery B! Perhaps it’s a little difficult for you. Don’t worry. As a team, we will help each other.
Mystery B (High level): Who is the murderer?
Detective Lu has sent you an email. Follow his instructions in the email step by step.
Task 1: Prediction
Detective Lu: Boys and girls, I am very excited to hear that you are interested in detectives.
If we want to find out who the murderer is, what information do you want to know about the murder? (T: The time, the place, the victim and the notes of the suspects and so on.)
T: Let’s read the police’s report and fill in the form.【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
Crime
A murder
Time& Date
Last Saturday night at 8 p.m.
Place
In Sun Town
Victim
A young man
Suspects
Four suspects
【设计意图：让学生阅读前了解背景知识，使其对即将进行的文本阅读做好充分准备。】
Task 2: Notes on the suspects
Detective Lu: Here are the notes on the suspects. As a good detective, you must be careful enough to pay attention to details and try to remember all the details. Let’s look through the notes one by one.21·cn·jy·com
Suspect One: Read and say something about him
Suspect Two: Fill in the blanks
Wanted
This man is __________. He is a ___________. He lives in _____________. He is _______, ________ and ________. Last Saturday, he was in __________.www-2-1-cnjy-com
Suspect Three: Pair-work
T: Make a short dialogue by using the information.2-1-c-n-j-y
Suspect Four: Remember as much as possible and check【来源：21cnj*y.co*m】
Detective Lu: Now, we have read through the notes of all the suspects. Who is most likely to be the murderer? It’s a good idea to compare their information before we have a discussion.
T: We can take their job as an example.
T: Can you compare the other information and express your ideas?21教育网
【设计意图：通过设计不同形式的活动处理文本信息，由分到总的阅读为接下来的讨论环节的大量输出做好铺垫。】【出处：21教育名师】
Task 3: Discussion
Detective Lu: Boys and girls, it’s time for you to share your ideas about the murder in groups.
T: Listen! Daniel and Sandy are also talking about it. Let’s listen to them carefully and then we are going to talk about it in this way.【版权所有：21教育】
T: Now let’s listen carefully and answer the following questions.21教育名师原创作品
What is Sandy’s opinion? Why?
How about Daniel’s? Why?
Detective Lu: Boys and girls, how about your own opinions? 21*cnjy*com
T: Let’s have a group discussion. Discuss who is most likely to be the murderer and the reasons.
T: You can use these expressions to help you.
What do you think …?
I guess …
He might be …
Perhaps …
I (don’t) think so.
I (don’t) agree with you.
Task 4: Do a survey and report.
Report
All the suspects say that they are not guilty. However, we think ___________ is not telling the truth. He is the most likely to be the murderer because _______________________.
Detective Lu: Boys and girls, there is no right or wrong answers here now. In order to find out the truth, we have to find more clues to solve the crime. However, your ideas are of great help to us. Thanks a lot. If you want to know more about detectives, you can email me at Detective Lu@126. com.
V. Homework
1. Write an email about the murder to Detective Lu and share your ideas.21世纪教育网版权所有
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