Unit 3 Language in use第二课时教案

Module 9 Life history Unit 3 Language in use

Lecturer: Liu Wenfeng From Haydn School of Hefei Date: June 11

Module 9 Life history Unit 3 Language in use

I. Analysis of the teaching contents：

The topic of this unit is about how to describe your favourite writer. Besides, students should know some past

forms of verbs. This lesson is the first of the unit, whose contents are fundamental. So students learn to the forms of verbs and they may practice by doing some exercises.

II. The analysis of the students:

As teenagers, students will be highly interested in such a topic as introductions of the great writers. It’s easy for them to learn some new words and phrase. They are willing to talk about the topic and they are ready to receive more fantastic activities. But students should use the past forms of the verbs as well in context. The irregular verbs may be the biggest problem for them.

III. Teaching aims

Knowledge aims

i. Students should be able to understand and say the new words: some past forms of verbs; ii. Students shall master the main structures like

She was born in/on …

She began to … ; iii. Students should use the verbs freely.

i. Students are able to use what questions to inquire and reply; ii. Students can improve their writing and speaking; iii. Students will be able to talk about their favourite writers and great books with the target language.

i. Students will learn to know the importance of reading; ii. Students’ awareness of cooperation and competition will be fostered. Ability aims

Emotional aims

IV. Key points

i. Students can remember the past forms of the verbs; ii. Students can know how to describe great writers using the limited knowledge.

V. Difficult points

i.Students can use the past forms of verbs;

ii. Students should know how to describe their favourite writers with the target language.

VI. Teaching type

Language in use VII. Teaching model

Communicative approach, situational teaching method

VIII. Teaching aids

Multi-media, a blackboard, some materials.

IX. Teaching procedures

Steps

Step 1 Warm-up i. Lead-in. Talk about some great

book and great writers; i. Talk

ii. Warm-up favourite i. Help them go over Teacher’s activities Ss’ activities Purposes

Watch the picture and talk about Shakespeare.

i. Free talk. Step 2

Show the students the writer

called Shakespeare. And provide

Pre- some information about him.

language in use Especially give them the verbs part

and some main points.

about their the lessons that we writers and have learned. books.

ii. Let students know ii. Say something about the points we will the experience of the learn like how to writers. describe people and

master the forms of verbs.

i.

Look at the chart and i. To encourage them the table, and discuss the to use the information writer’s life history. For provided to introduce example, where was he people in the past. To born? What did he do help them know about in …? And then what the past forms of the happened to him?... verbs.

i. Please students watch some

photos about Shakespeare’s Step3 birthplace. Then Show students the Practice sentences and ask them to fill in the students’

blanks after listening to the listening by material. learning the

ii. First, let them guess the missing part-the around words before listening according to the world. the topic and some sentences.

(Read the sentences before listening.)

iii. Check the answers.

i. Exercise Step4

Use the exercises in the textbook. Practice the past

To sum up the rules of the past forms of verbs forms of verbs.

i. Look the sentences provided.

ii. Students read the sentences before listening.

iii. Check and correct if necessary.

iv. Guess the meaning of some new words.

v. Check the answer individually.

i. Finish the exercises

ii. Check the answers individually.

i. Finish the exercises Step 5 Practice the past forms of verbs, especially some irregular verbs.

Step 6 Pre-writing

Step 7 Writing part

i.

Exercises

Use the exercises in the textbook.

To sum up some irregular verbs such as left, lost, wrote, had, shopped, stopped and so on. about some life history.

ii. Check the answers individually.

i. Show the information about a i. Let students know writer, and encourage them to about the structures that discuss it. they may use soon.

i.Show them the table about Bin i.

Speak out the past Xin.

forms of the ii. Practice the main point verbs. according to the information. ii.

Try to write down

And then let them write a passage some sentences about her life.

about Bin Xin.

It trains students’

basic listening and recognizing skills. Let students learn how to predict the answer according to the photo or sentences and other information.

i. Students can learn the rules of past forms of verbs and learn to describe some people or how to chat with others about favourite writers.

i.

Students can learn past forms of

irregular verbs and learn to describe some people or how to chat with others about favourite writers.

. i. Master the main structures and some past forms of verbs. i. Encourage students to master the details of the listening.

ii. Students go over the points

X. Homework

iii.Group work:

iii.

Students can practice iii. Put the knowledge Before writing, can work in a in a group and into use. Describe the group, and discuss it.

choose the leader people with the target iv. Read some difficult sentences

of the group to language. The together. present cooperation is also performances. important as well.

Choose one for today’s homework: i. Write down a passage about your favourite writer; ii. To read a great book and share yours ideas with us.

XI. Blackboard

design

Past forms of verbs:

Great books: picked; carried; left; shopped

Jane Eyre;

Hamlet;

Gone with the wind Structure:

She was born on/in…

XII. Reflections