外研版 (新标准)七年级下册Unit 2 He decided to be an actor.教学设计

Module 9  Life history

Unit 2 He decided to be actor.

（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

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。

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的图片和资料，让学生在warming-up时讨论和观看。

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。

教学过程

Unit 2 He decided to be actor.

Step1：Study the new words and expressions.

play, poem, marry, work, on, build,  fire, die, language, rich, successful and around the world.

Step2：Warming-up and Lead in

Just look at the picture, then talk about him like that:

Who is he?

He is William Shakespeare.

Was he a writer?

Yes, he was. He was a famous English writer of plays and poems.

Step3：Work in pairs. Read the passage and decide what William Shakespeare wrote.

1. Who is he?

2. Where was he from?

3. What did he do?

Step4：Put the sentences in the correct order.

a) Shakespeare went to London.

b) Shakespeare’s company built the Globe Theatre.

c) Shakespeare married.

d) Shakespeare likes plays at school.

e) Shakespeare died at the age of 52.

f) Shakespeare decided to be an actor.

Keys:  a. 4     b. 5    c. 3     d. 1    e. 6    f.2

Step5：Complete the timeline for Shakespeare with the correct form of the words and expressions from the box.

      be born    build    die    finish school    go to London   marry

1564—— was born

1578—— finished school

1582—— married

1592—— went to London

1599—— built the Globe Theatre

1616—— died

Step6：Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about Shakespeare. Use the information in Activity 3 to help you.

—     Was Shakespeare born in 1564?

—     Yes, he was.

—     Did he leave school in 1582?

—     No, he didn’t. He finished school in 1578.

Step7：Complete the passage with the correct form of the words the box.

Step8： Writing —— writing sentences about events in your life.

Look at the sentences.

At the age of three, he went to Shenzhen with his parents.

At the age of six, he started school.

Step9：Explain and study the important and difficult points.

1. successful ~  success  ~ succeed

2. marry sb.

3. work n. (UN)

4. die ~  death  ~ dead ~  dying  ~ died

5. rich ~ poor

Step10：Homework

 Review and recite the important points of Unit 2.