Module 9 Life history
一、教学背景：
1. 中学学生，一班50人左右
2. 学科：中学英语
3. 课时： 3课时
二、（布置）学生课前准备：
1. 预习词汇：March, April, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, Women’s Day, National Day, Children’s Day, writer, newspaper, date, in the 1860s,find out, real, at the age of, exact, become(became),play, poem, marry, work, on, build, fire, die, language, rich, successful和around the world。
2. Class report
教学课题: Module 9 Life history
三、学习目标
1. 语言知识目标：掌握下列单词与短语play, poem, marry, work, on, build, fire, die, language, rich, successful和around the world
2. 语言技能目标：
1）能听懂谈论过去经历的简短对话，获取事情发生的准确时间。
2）能用一般过去时询问和回答过去的经历和事情。
3）能够读懂简单的人物传纪，掌握短文大意。
4）能用一般过去时描述别人和自己过去的经历。
3. 情感目标：通过本模块的学习和对莎士比亚的了解，培养对文学的兴趣和对文学家的崇敬之情。
四、教材分析
外研版7年级英语下册Module 9 Life history units 1~3，本模块阅读课文是传记文体，本模块以生活经历为话题，主要以英国著名剧作家莎士比亚的生活经历为题材，通过学习，使学生了解这位一代文学巨匠。
本模块的主要语法是一般过去时，教学重点是通过对个人或他人过去经历的描述，重点学习本模块中出现的重点词汇、短语、固定搭配和句型。
课前准备一些节日和马克?吐温以及莎士比亚的图片和资料，让学生在warming-up时讨论和观看。
五、教学方法
以说为主要教学方式，以讨论为主要方法，通过同桌讨论和小组以及全班讨论，让每个学生充分练习口语和说的能力，并将听说读写有机地贯穿一体。设立一些语言环境，结合故事和人物经历，最后一起学习重难点，为突破重难点做一些课堂和课后的练习。
六、教学过程
Unit 1 He left school and began work at the age of 12.
Step 1 Presentation
Study the new words and expressions.
March, April, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, Women’s Day, National Day, Children’s Day, writer, newspaper, date, in the 1860s,find out, real, at the age of, exact, become(became)
Step 2 Lead in
To give some festivals pictures to students. Let them watch. Then ask students: What are the festivals in English?
Step 3 Matching
Match the festivals with the months. And then talk about when the festivals are. Such as, Spring Festival is in January of February.
January Teachers’ Day July
February Women’s Day August
Christmas
March National Day September
April Children’s Day October
New Year’s Day
May May Day November
June Spring Festival December
Step 4 Listening
Listen and choose the correct answer.
1. Betty’s grandfather’s life was / wasn’t different from Betty’s.
2. Betty’s grandfather was born in April 1935 / 1955.
3. Betty’s grandfather went to America / England in October / November 1941.
Keys: was 1935 America October
Step 5 Reading
1. Everyday English
Look at this!
Enjoy the book.
2. Listen and read the dialogue of Activity 3. And then complete this table about Mark Twain.
Time
Facts
In 1835
born in Missouri
At the age of 12
left school and began work
In the 1860s
took the name Mark Twain and became famous
3. Learning to learn
Some verbs have an irregular past simple, e.g., “go — went”.
4. Find the past form of the verbs in the conversation.
be
was/were
know
left
become
bought
leave
met
begin
came
read
read
do
did
take
saw
get
got
write
sent
go
went
5. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words from the box.
age become Europe newspaper real writer
1. He began work at the ______ of 12.
2. His ______ name was Samuel Clemens.
3. He wrote for a(n) ______ .
4. He _________ very famous.
5. He went to _________, but he didn’t come to China.
6. He is a great _________.
Keys: age real newspaper became Europe writer
Step 6 Pronunciation and speaking
Listen and repeat the Activity 6.
Step 7 Pair work
Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions about Mark Twain.
— Did Mark Twain stay in Missouri?
— No, he didn’t.
1. Was Mark Twain his real name?
2. Did Betty read Tom Sawyer？
3. Did Mark Twain leave school at 16？
4. Did Mark Twain become a newspaper writer?
5. Did Mark Twain come to China?
Keys:
1. No, it wasn’t.
2. Yes, she did.
3. No, he didn’t.
4. Yes, he did.
5. No, he didn’t.
Step 8 Language points
1. Women’s 妇女节 Children’s Day 儿童节
复数单词所有格的构成：
1) 规则的，在其后直接加 “ ’ ”即可。
如：girls’ bags 女孩子们的包
2) 不规则的复数形式，以 s 结尾的，其所有格也是在其后直接加 “ ’ ”即可。
3) 不规则的复数形式，如果不以 s 结尾，其所有格是在其后加 “ ’s”即可。如：
women’s shops 妇女商店
children’s park 儿童公园
2. Tom Sawyer, by the famous American writer, Mark Twain.
by 在此处表示“由......创作”。
e.g. Oliver Twist is a novel by Charles Dickens.
《雾都孤儿》是查尔斯?狄更斯的小说。
—Who is this music by? 这是谁的曲子？
—It’s by Mozart. 是莫扎特写的。
回忆一下前面学的 by 的用法:
They can ask their teachers questions by Internet, telephone or email.
他们可以通过互联网、电话或电子邮件 向老师提问。
句中的 “by”表示方式，意思是“用... ...，靠......，通过......”。
e.g. Send it by air mail.
用航空邮件寄吧。
3. Hey, we can find out about him on the Internet.
find out意为“发现；查明；弄清”， 指通过观察、探索或调研之后搞清楚、弄明白事情的真相。
e.g. I wanted to find out why Bill wasn’t happy.
根据汉语意思完成英语句子。
苏珊发现那个图书馆里没有电脑。
Susan _________ that there was no computer in that library.
find 和 find out 辨析
find “找到”, 指偶然发现或寻找到某人或某物。 find out “发现；查明；弄清 ”, 指通过调查询问等而查明情况或弄清事实真相。
e.g. You can find the answer.
你们能找到答案的。
At last we find out the truth of that thing.
最后我们查明了那件事情的真相。
4. His real name was Samuel Clemens…
real adj. 真实的；真正的
e.g. No, it wasn’t a dream. It was real.
不，它不是一个梦。是真实的。
5. He left school and began work at the age of twelve.
at the age of是个介词短语，意为“在……岁时”，常在句中作时间状语。
e.g. John went to Beijing at the age of 18.
将下面的汉语句子翻译成英语。
七岁时她就能讲法语。
She could speak French at the age of seven.
6. I don’t know the exact date.
exact adj. 准确的；确切的
e.g. I don’t remember the exact words.
我不记得确切的话语。
7. …Mark Twain and became very famous in the 1860s.
become v. (became)成为
e.g. Mr. Jones became headmaster last year. 琼斯先生去年当了校长。
Step 9 Exercises
根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。
1. 你可以在网上找到这个作家的资料。
You can ____ ____ _____ the _____ ____ the ________.
2. 琳达在十五岁时离开学校开始工作。??
Linda _____ school and ______ work _____ the ____ ____ fifteen.
3. 在19世纪80年代，他为一家报刊写文章。
? ___ ___ _____, he _____ ____ a newspaper.
4. 他何时获得了一份在船上的工作？没有人知道确切的日期。
When ____?he ____work ____ a?_____? Nobody knows the _____ ____?.
5. 后来，他在欧洲变得很出名。
? ____, he ______?very ______in _______.
Step 10 Homework
Remember the words and expressions.
Finish the exercises on workbook.
Unit 1
Ⅰ. 找出与所给单词划线部分读音不同的一项。
(??? ) 1. star????? A. market? ???B. plant? C. bamboo??? ???D. postcard
(??? ) 2. food????A. money? ???B. school?? C. movie????? ????D. choose
(??? ) 3. stay????A. play?????? ???B. take? C. day??????? ???? D. finally
(??? ) 4. teacher??A. meat????? B. sweater? C. mean ??????????D. tea
(??? ) 5. run????? A. hurry????? B. bus???? C. lucky????? ????D. music
Ⅱ. 根据语境及所给首字母提示补全所缺单词。
1. Today is C________ Day. So students are very happy.
2. He'll go to a middle school in S________. It's a new term after the summer holiday.
3. These are young w________ of our club. They wrote ten books last year.
4. The weather in China is usually cold in November and D________, the last two months of a year.
5. We can learn a lot about the world from n________ and magazines.
Ⅲ. 根据句意用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. They're going to celebrate the festival in ________ (October).
2. She ________ (find) two great books in the library yesterday.?
3. It's the man's ________ (real) name.
4. It's important to remember those ________ (date).?
5. He ________ (become) a singer in 1980.
Ⅳ. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。
1. 在新书中他写到了未来。
He ________ ________ the future in his new book.
2. 我们在图书馆找到了这个人的资料。
We ________ ________ ________ the man in the library.
3. 在16岁时他去了上海。
He went to Shanghai ________ ________ ________ ________ sixteen.
4. 她决定去船上工作。
She decided to work ________ ________ ________.
5. 在20世纪80年代这些外套很流行。? ??
These coats were very popular ________ ________ ________.
答案
Ⅰ. 1-5 CADBD
Ⅱ. 1. Children's? 2. September? 3. writers? 4. December? 5. newspapers
Ⅲ. 1. October? 2. found? 3. real? 4. dates? 5. became
Ⅳ. 1. wrote about? 2. found out about? 3. at the age of? 4. on a boat? 5. in the 1980s
