Unit 2 It's Show Time Lesson 8 Marco Polo and the Silk Road 教学设计

Lesson 8 Marco Polo and the Silk Road
教学目标：
1.掌握单词:age, Europe, Asia, journey, king, coal, discover, invent, other
短语:at the age of…, between…and…, work for, be new to, etc.
2.掌握和运用关于马可·波罗旅游的句型:
Marco Polo was a man from Italy.
At the age of 17, he went to China.
He travelled along the Silk Road with his father and uncle.
Together, they moved goods between Europe and Asia on the Silk Road.
In 1275, Marco Polo travelled to Beijing.
The Chinese discovered coal and invented paper.
These things were new to Marco Polo.
I hope to write a book like that someday.
3.掌握一般过去时,提问并回答一般过去时的句型。
4.通过听力训练,两人一组合作角色扮演的方式,通过实物或图片提供的场景练习目标语言。
5.了解如何描述某人的旅行经历。
6.了解西方国家的历史和文化。
教学内容：
1.学会运用关于马可·波罗旅游方面的词或短语:age, Europe, Asia, journey, king, coal, discover, invent, other, at the age of…, between…and…, work for, be new to。
2.学会关于马可·波罗旅游的句型:
At the age of 17, he went to China.
He travelled along the Silk Road with his father and uncle.
Together, they moved goods between Europe and Asia on the Silk Road.
Their journey lasted about twenty years!
In 1275, Marco Polo travelled to Beijing.
The Chinese discovered coal and invented paper.
These things were new to Marco Polo.
I hope to write a book like that someday.
3.学会使用一般过去时、提问并回答一般过去时的句型。
4.了解如何描述某人的旅行经历。
重点难点：
1.正确使用本课的词和短语,分辨、会用age, Europe, Asia, journey, king, coal, discover, invent, other, at the age of…, between…and…, work for, be new to。
2.能够使用The Chinese discovered coal and invented paper.These things were new to Marco Polo.这些句型。
教学思路：
本课时的教学内容是冀教版七年级英语下册第二单元的第二课时,重点在于引导学生理解语境,从表示课题的词开始,自然地导入谈论马可·波罗为中外文化和历史的发展做出的卓越贡献的话题。以描述马可·波罗在中国的旅行历程作为任务引起学生的听说兴趣,训练学生的听力和口语表达能力。利用动作、手势和图片学习英语单词,同时在文章中反复运用新学的单词和短语。因此,教师可以将知识目标定为掌握本课时新出现的词和短语,介绍如何描述马可·波罗旅行历程的句型。情感目标定为通过话题的学习,培养学生的学习习惯和兴趣,使学生能够用英语描述马可·波罗在丝绸之路上的旅行历程,了解马可·波罗在中外文化的历史上所做出的贡献。
教学准备：
设计教学PPT,录音机,多媒体,相应的插图,表示一些活动的实物、图片和单词卡片。
教学过程：
StepⅠ.Lead in
Leading in 【情景1】
Group work:Ask the students to talk about Marco Polo and his travel around China.Then work in groups.Ask and answer questions with the help of a map of the world.
After a while, ask some groups to give a report in front of the class.
Group 1:Marco Polo came to China when he was 17 years old.He was from Italy.He took many things to Italy.They were coal, paper, a lot of silk, tea and other goods.He travelled on boats, horses and camels.His journey lasted about twenty years.He was a very great man.He wrote a famous book about his travels to China.
[设计意图]　小组合作,了解马可·波罗的旅行足迹,他把什么物品带到了国外,他又从国外给中国带来了什么,马可·波罗为中西方的文化发展做出了卓越的贡献。小组合作有利于学生们每个人都有机会发言。
Leading in 【情景2】
Teacher shows a picture of Marco Polo to the students.Ask them the following questions:
T:Who is the man in the picture?
S:Marco Polo.
T:Where was he from?
S1:He was from Italy.
T:How old was he when he came to China?
S2:When he was 17 years old.
T:What did he do in China?
S3:He travelled along the Silk Road.
S4:He took many things from China to his country.
S5:He brought many things to China.
S6:He travelled to Beijing.
T:Who came to China with him?
S7:His father and uncle.
T:How did he travel?
S8:He travelled on camels.
S9:He also travelled on boats and horses.
…
[设计意图]　 用英语提问关于马可·波罗的相关问题,有利于同学们对于马可·波罗在中国的旅行有一个更加清晰、完整的思路。这样做,会降低学习难度,学生会感觉今天的新内容学起来很容易。
StepⅡ.Presentation
1.Show the new words:Lead the students to learn the new words and expressions.Ask them to make sentences with the new words and expressions.
T:What’s your age?
S10:I’m twelve years old.
T:Now read after me “age”.
S:age.
…
2.Work in pairs.Try to make dialogues with the new words, expressions and patterns:age, Europe, Asia, journey, king, coal, discover, invent, other, at the age of…, between…and…, work for, be new to.Then ask some pairs to act them out.
S11:Did you go to Europe?
S12:Yes.I went to Europe at the age of ten.
S11:What did you think of the journey?
S12:It was wonderful.
S11:Who discovered coal first in the world?
S12:The Chinese.
S11:Who discovered paper first in the world?
…
[设计意图]　领同学们读会单词很重要,然后创设情景,使同学们身临其境,适当练习。在练习中巩固本课需要掌握的单词、短语和句型。
Step Ⅲ.Listening
1.Listen to the text and finish Exercise 1 in Let’s Do It.
(1)At the age of 　　　　, Marco Polo went to China.?
twenty　 seventeen　 sixteen
(2)Marco Polo and his father moved goods between 　　　　on the Silk Road.?
America and Asia　Europe and Asia　Europe and America
(3)Marco Polo learned about 　　　　in China.?
tea and paper　 coal and silk　coal and paper
【Keys】　(1)seventeen　(2)Europe and Asia　(3)coal and paper
2.Listen and imitate after it.Ask the students to pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation.
[设计意图]　加深同学们对细节的掌握,增强同学们的听力,带着问题听文章,有利于学生们抓住关键信息。
Step Ⅳ.Reading
1.Read the lesson and finish Exercise 2 in Let’s Do It.
(1)What country did Marco Polo come from?
(2)How did he and his brother travel?
(3)How long did his journey last?
(4)When did he travel to Beijing?
(5)What did he bring back to his home country?
【Keys】　(1)Italy.
(2)They travelled on boats, horses and camels.
(3)His journey lasted about twenty years.
(4)In 1275.
(5)He brought back some coal, paper, silk, tea and other things.
2.Read the text and fill in the blanks.
Jenny’s project is about Marco Polo and 　　　　.He travelled along the Silk Road with his 　　　　and 　　　　.Later, he travelled with his 　　　　.They travelled on 　　　　, horses and camels.The journey lasted about 　　　　years.In 　　　　, he travelled to Beijing.He met the 　　　　and worked for him for 　　　　years.Marco Polo learned about 　　　　and 　　　　in China.He brought back a lot of 　　　　, 　　　　and other goods.?
【Keys】　the Silk Road, father, uncle, brother, boats, twenty, 1275, king, 17, coal, paper, silk, tea
3.Group work:Read the text; ask and answer the questions.
Read the text first, then ask at least 3 questions.After a while, you can ask anyone in your class to answer your questions.
Group 1:
(1)What is Jenny’s project about?
(2)How long did Marco Polo work for the king of China?
(3)What was Marco Polo’s book about?
【Keys】　(1)It’s about Marco Polo and the Silk Road.
(2)For 17 years.
(3)It was about his travels to China.
4.Read and find the key language points.The following language points should be explained.
☆教材解读☆
1.At the age of 17, he went to China.?
at the age of意为“在……岁 时”,后加基数词表示年龄。
At the age of twenty, his uncle had a big farm.二十岁时,他叔叔就拥有一个大农场。
【拓展】　at the age of可以和when引导的时间状语相互转换。
He learned to swim at the age of seven.
=He learned to swim when he was seven years old.当他七岁的时候,他学会了游泳。
　　2.Together they moved goods between Europe and Asia on the Silk Road.?
between…and…意为“在……和……之间”。
The shop is between the bank and the library.商店在银行和图书馆之间。
3.Their journey lasted about twenty years!?
last用作动词,意为“持续”。
The festival lasted two days.
节日持续了两天。
【拓展】　last可以和表示时间的名词连用。last night意为“昨天晚上”;last week意为“上周”;last month意为“上个月”;last year意为“去年”。
Where did you go last night?
你昨天晚上去哪了?
4.The Chinese discovered coal and invented paper.?
【辨析】　discover,invent
(1)discover为及物动词,意为“发现”,表示发现以前存在的事物或现象,后加名词或代词作宾语或加复合宾语或宾语从句 。
She discovered her mistake too late.
她发现自己的错误太晚了。
We discover her to be a good singer.
我们发现她是一位出色的歌唱家。
We discovered that it was too late to catch the train.我们觉察到已经太晚了,赶不上火车了。
(2)invent也是及物动词,意为“发明,创造”。表示发明或创造以前没有的东西,后加名词或代词作宾语。
Who invented the telephone?谁发明了电话?
Li Ming invented a small machine and it is very wonderful.李明发明了一个小机器并且它很精美。
5.These things were new to Marco Polo.?
be new to…表示“对……陌生、不熟悉,没做(听)过”。
This kind of work is new to me.
这种工作对我来说很陌生。
As a beginner, everything is very new to him.他刚起步,对一切都很生疏。
6.I hope to write a book like that someday.?
hope to do something 意为“希望做某事”,动词hope后加动词不定式(to + 动词原形)作宾语。
　　We hope to visit the Great Wall this weekend.我们希望这个周末能参观长城。
【拓展】　hope后也可以接宾语从句。
I hope I can be a writer.
我希望我能成为一名作家。
[设计意图]　学生在听了细节之后,朗读巩固,训练学生的语音、语调。让同学们分组找问题,问其他组,可以增强同学们细节理解的能力。
Step Ⅴ.Practice
1.Retell the story.Work in groups.Show a map of Li Ming and his friends’ travel route.Ask the students to point at the map and retell the text.
Choose the best groups and praise them.
2.Practise the Simple Past Tense.Show some verbs on the screen.The verbs include regular verbs and irregular verbs.Ask the students to write the answers down in English.For example:
Irregular Verbs
am/is—was　buy—bought　begin—began
cut—cut drink—drank eat—ate
fall—fell feel—felt forget—forgot
give—gave go—went hear—heard
keep—kept make—made pay—paid
ride—rode
3.Work in groups.Talk about one of their favourite trips.After a few minutes, ask some groups to give a report in front of the class.
4.Work in groups:Ask the students to make sentences with the language points.Teacher knows whether the students understand the language points from their sentences.
[设计意图]　让同学们练习用一般过去时描述丹尼和詹妮的中国之旅,培养学生运用目标语言进行交际的能力。谈论学生们最喜欢的旅行,运用规则动词和不规则动词的过去式,总结动词变过去式的规律。用知识点造句可以暴露出学生没有掌握扎实的知识点。
Step Ⅵ.Complete Let’s Do It!
We have finished Exercise 1 in listening part and Exercise 2 in reading part.Ask the students to finish Exercise 3 by themselves.Then check the answers in class.
[设计意图]　Let’s Do It!部分中的Exercise 1我们在听力部分已经完成了。Exercise 2我们在阅读部分已经完成了。Exercise 3考查学生们对本课单词、短语和句型的实际运用能力。
Step Ⅶ.Task:Come to Exercise 4
Work in groups.What do you know about Marco Polo? Find more information about him and present it to the class.
Task tips:
(1)Where was he from?
(2)How old was he when he came to China?
(3)What did he do in China?
(4)What amazing things did he learn about in China?
(5)How long did he stay in China?
Give the students enough time to finish the task.Then ask some groups to make a report in front of the class.
[设计意图]　利用今天课本上学过的知识,谈论马可·波罗的人生经历,也可以加上自己在网上查到的知识来丰富马可·波罗的人生。利用本单元的主要时态——一般过去时,是本课的升华,所以给学生们充分时间练习。
Step Ⅷ.Exercises
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the given words and expressions.
ago,invent,journey,work for,be new to
1.—Who 　　　　the sofa??
—Let me guess.Was it Edison?
2.New York 　　　　me.I came here just now.?
3.People lived a hard life a long time　　　　.?
4.My brother 　　　　this store.?
5.We saw a lot of interesting things on the 　　　　to Hainan.?
　　【Keys】　1.invented　2.is new to　3.ago　4.works for　5.journey
[设计意图]　以学评教、强化落实。当堂检测主要是由本节内容组成的形成性评价,让学生们得到充分的训练。
Step Ⅸ.Homework
1.Review and recite the important points of Lesson 8.
2.Find and write down interesting facts about a famous character.
3.Preview Lesson 9.
[设计意图]　口头练习和单词记忆相结合,复习、归纳,注重语言知识的操练与积累。
Lesson 8 Marco Polo and the Silk Road
age, Europe, Asia, journey, king,
coal, discover, invent, other,
at the age of…, between…and…,
work for, be new to
Marco Polo was a man from Italy.
At the age of 17, he went to China
In 1275, Marco Polo travelled to Beijing.
These things were new to Marco Polo.
I hope to write a book like that someday.
The Chinese discovered coal and invented paper.
He travelled along the Silk Road with his father and uncle.
Together, they moved goods between Europe and Asia on the Silk Road.
【Keys】
3　1.goods　2.coal　3.journey　4.hopes　5.discovered