外研版初中英语七级下册教案：Module 8 Units1,2.doc

Module 8 My past lifeUnit 1 I was born in a small village.Teaching Aims and Demands:1. Language Knowledge Key vocabulary and phrases: past, was, born, founder, scientist, professor, were, strict, nice, friendly, naughty, primary, hey, province, Mrs.,primary school, well-behavedKey structure: be born (重点) 2. Listening skill: To understand conversations containing past simple“be”. (难点) 3. Speaking skill: To talk about ones past life 4. Affection and attitudes: learn from the famous people.Learning strategies:Bottom up approach and listening to the tape and do some exercises.Teaching Aids: Multi-Media (Tape recorder, video, OHP, handout)Teaching Procedures:Step 1 Warming up by learning about past simple be (affirmative, negative, and interrogative)Hello! Boys and girls, do you like to know where I was born? Yes, I was born in a small village. Im teaching you English now. And where were you born?Most of us were born in Taiyuan. But Tony wasnt born in Taiyuan. He was born in the USLingling and Daming werent born in Taiyuan, too. They were born in Shanghai.Well, quite good. In our above dialogue we used a new grammar structure: the past simple be. It is formed like this: was/ were, was not(wasnt) /were not(werentLets make some sentences with this structure.Tony wasnt born in Taiyuan. He was born in the USLingling and Daming werent born in Taiyuan, too. They were born in Shanghai.Now go to page 50 and we are going to learn Unit 1 I was born in a small village.Step 2 Vocabulary and listening1. Match the photos with the sentences.Turn to page 36. Look at the three photos and say where they were born.In photo 1, Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, Was born in Oxford, England.In photo 2, Yuan Longping, Chinese scientist, was born in Beijing In photo 3, Professor Stephen Hawking of Cambridge University was born in Seattle, USA.Now in pairs you are going match the words in the box with the three photos. Lets see which pair will finish the task first. 2. Listen and matchNow we have come to the 2nd task on page 36. We are going to listen and match the questions with the answers.You may do this task like this: Where were you born? In a small town, the answer is cKeys: 1c; 2f; 3e; 4a; 5b; 6d3 Answer the questionsNow, lets come to the 3rd task on page 36. We are going to answer the questions in Activity 2 for you with the words given in box in activity 3.You can do this task like this:Where were you born?I was born in a village in Hunan Province.What was the name of your first school? My first school was Yuhong Primary School.What was the name of your first teacher? My first teacher is Ms Li Ping.What was she like? She was strict but very nice.Who were your first friends? My first friends were Daming and Dongdong.What were they like? Daming was well-behaved at school, but Dongdong was naughty. They were both friendly.4 Listen and readNext you are going to listen and read! Listen and read aloud to the dialogue on page 36. Reading aloud is very useful in learning English. Try to make your reading aloud the same as that by the tape.While listening and reading aloud, try to cut/ the sentences into groups of thought, blacken the predicates, darken the connectives and underline the expressions.5 Choose the correct answerTurn to page 37. You will see some questions on the left and some answers on the right. Please choose the correct answer to each question according to the information of the dialogue above.You may do this task like this:Was Lingling born in Xucun?Yes, she was.Was Tonys first school in Cambridge? No, it wasnt.Was his teachers name Ms Li? No, it wasnt.Was Ms Li Linglings teacher? No, she wasnt.Was Ms Yao very friendly? Yes, she was.Were Becky and Adam Tonys friends? Yes, they were.Were Adam and Tony well-behaved? No, they werent.Was Tony naughty at school? Yes, he was.Step 3 PronunciationNow its time to do the two pronunciation exercises 6 and 7 on page 37. Lets listen to Activity 5 first and repeat the questions and answers loudly, and then do exercise 7. And then listen and say the sentences aloud one by one.Step 4 Speaking1 Ask and answer the questions in Activity 2.Now you are going to fall into pairs, ask and answer the questions in Activity 2.You may do this task like this:Where were you born? I was born in Shanghai. Hey, Lingling. Where were you born?I was born in a small village in Shanxi Province.What was the name of the village?Xucun. Where were you born?I was born in Cambridge. Its a small city in England.And what was the name of your first school?It was Darwin Primary School.Who was your first teacher?My first teacher was Mrs Lane. What was she like? She was strict/ but very nice. Who was your first teacher?Ms Yao. She was very friendly. And who were your first friends? What were they like?Their names were Becky/ and Adam. Becky was well-behaved at school, but Adam was naughty.2 Closing down by looking and sayingTo end this period lets look at this photo and try to say about her life.Step 5 Homework:1.Recite the short dialogue as fluently as possible.2. Talk about their past lives.Module 8 My past life Unit 2 I was born in Quincy.Teaching Content: Vocabulary and Reading Teaching Aims and Demands:1. Language knowledge:New words: president, with, store, movie, baseball, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, wall, poster, garden, pond, fish, back, somewhere, unfriendlyKey structures: There were lots of things to do in Quincy, with many stores, two movie theaters, and football teams too. (重点)2. To get information from the reading material about ones past life.3. To match words with meanings and questions with answers4. Affection and attitudes: learn from the famous people.Learning strategies: Communicative approach.Teaching Aids: Multi-Media (Tape recorder, video, OHP, handout)Teaching Procedures:Warming up by visiting a small village in North ChinaHello, class. Today were going to visit a small mountain village in the Taihang Mountains in Shanxi Province. Its name is Chuan Kou. The name suggest that it is close to the mouth of a river. The river is the famous Zhanghe River. I was born in this small village. My parents were born there, too. There were many trees in the past. Now there are fewer trees there. There were more than 500 villagers living in the village ten years ago. But now most of the young go to work in the cities. So there are fewer people in the village now. The mountains around the village are green in summer. Now it is winter. So they are not green in color. Reading and vocabulary1 Read and answer.Now we are going to visit another place, not a village, but a town. It is not in China. It is in America. Read the passage on page 38 and answer the questions.Where was Betty born? Betty was born in Quincy, a town on the east coast of America.Who were John Adams and John Quincy Adams? John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams were two presidents of the USA.When was the last time Betty was in Quincy? The last time he was in Quincy was in 2003.In what year was Betty looking forward to coming to China? He was looking forward to coming to China in 2003.Now we are going to read the article on page 38. While reading, try to cut/ the sentences into groups of thought, blacken the predicates, darken the connectives and underline the expressions. After class copy all the expressions into your Expression Book. And after reading, lets answer the questions given above the passage.2 Match the words Now we are going match the words on page 38 in the box with the meanings given in numbersKeys:1living room; 2bed room; 3kitchen; 4movie theater; 5store; 6pond; 7tree; 8garden3 Match the questionsNow, lets come to match the questions with the answers in the passage.You may do this exercise like this:Where were you born? I was born in Quincy. Where is it? It is on the east coast of America.Were there lots of children? Yes, there were.What was there to do? There were lots of things to do in Quincy, with many stores, two movie theaters, and football and basketball teams too.Was anyone famous born there? Yes, they were. Who were they? They were the two presidents of the USA, John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams. What was your house like? Our house was big.How many rooms were there? There were four rooms there.What was your bedroom like? On my bedroom walls there were posters of my favorite movie stars.Was there a garden? Yes, there was a big garden with lots of trees and a pond with fish in it. It was great to play there.When was the last time you were there? The last time I was there was in 2003.Writing4 Look and join.Look at the example sentences on page 39. Look at them carefully and join the three given sentences below with the word with. Keys: 1. There was a big living room with a TV. 2. There was a big garden with lots of trees.3. There was a pond with fish in it.5 Complete the sentencesNow it is time to complete each of the four sentences with the correct word given in the box on page 39. The answer may be:He does what the teacher tells him. That is: He is well-behaved. She doesnt speak to me. That is: Shes unfriendly.They are very naughty. (Because) They dont listen to the teacher.Our teacher talks to us and asks us about our lives. That is: Shes friendly.6 Answer the questionsNow you are to answer the six questions on page 39.Work with your partner. You may do this task like this:Where were you born? I was born in Taiyuan.When were you born? I was born in 1992.Who was your first teacher? Ms Wang Hui was my first teacher.What was the name of your first school? Wuyi Primary School.Who were your best friends? Lingling and Dongdong were my best friends.7 Write a descriptionNow you are going to try to write a description of your past life. Use what you have learned in this module.I was born in Taiyuan in1992. My first teacher was Ms Li. She was nice but strict. The name of my first school was Xinhuang Primary School. Lingling and Daming were my best friends. Lingling was well-behaved at school, but Daming was very naughty. I was a naughty boy, too. Closing down by looking and sayingLook at the two photos below and say what the life is like in this small village. Homework: Write a description of their past lives.