Module 9 Unit 1 He left school and began work at the age of twelve教案 2023-2024学年外研版七年级英语下册

Instructional design Basic information 课题 Module 9 Unit 1 He left school and began work at the age of twelve. 课型 Listening and speaking 年级 Grade 7 时长 45mins 教材 English Book 2 for Grade 7 (by FLTRP) Teaching philosophy The teaching is designed according to the View on English Learning Activities(英语学习活动观), which is proposed in the National English Curriculum Standards (2017). In order to develop students’ core competencies, three levels of activities are carefully designed, including comprehension, application and creation. Analysis of teaching material This text is from English book for Grade 7 (by FLTRP) Module 9 Unit 1 He left school and began work at the age of twelve. What:The text is a dialogue about Mark Twain. The theme is Man and self. It shows Mark Twain’s basic information and life history. Why: It’s meaningful for students to know the life history of Mark Twains and get experience of being a successful writer from him. How: Many past verbs are used in this text to meet its language function: writing about people in the past. The dialogue is developed by subsequent question and answer. Analysis of students They have already known some famous writers and their life history more or less. And they are skilled in locating factual information about information of people. However, they are not familiar with Mark Twain and his works and they have problems in introducing the writers I the past. It's necessary for the teacher to take students ZPD into consideration and guide them to learn more about Mark Twain’s life history and introduce a writer in the past by scaffolding. Teaching objectives Teaching objectives: After the class, students will be able to: 1. get the factual information about Mark Twain and his life history by listening to the text; 2. find out the past form of the verbs from the text; 3. introduce a writer in the past with irregular past forms. Teaching focus: 1. get the factual information about Mark Twain and his life history by listening to the text; 2. introduce a writer in the past with irregular past forms. Teaching difficulty: introduce a writer in the past with irregular past forms. Teaching procedure Stages Activities Purpose Step 1 Lead-in: 1. Ask Ss two questions. (1) Do you like reading? (2) What’s your favorite book? 2. List T’s favorite English books and its writer. Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain Arise Ss’ interests; activate Ss’ background knowledge. Introduce T’s favorite book to lead to the theme; create listening expectations. Step 2 Listening: 1. Listen and choose the correct answers. (1). What is Tony reading? A. Harry Potter B. Tom Sawyer C. Charlotte’s Web (2). Who do Tony and Betty want to find out about? A. J. K. Rowling B. Mark Twain C. E. B. White Retrieve the main idea of the dialogue. 2. Listen and finish the name card. Retrieve factual information about Mark Twain; cultivate Ss’ ability to retrieve exact time. 3. Listen and complete the table. Time Facts In 1835 Mark Twain in Missouri. At the age of 12 he and . Then he for a newspaper. Later he on a boat. In the 1860s he and . Retrieve more information about Mark Twain’s life history; attract Ss attention in verbs having irregular past simple. Step 3 Find the past form of the verbs. (p55 Ex.4) be, become, begin, do, get, go, know, leave, read, take, write Lead Ss to find out the past form of the verbs to deepen their impression about the verbs having irregular past simple; scaffold for the report activity. Step 4 Enjoy the cartoon and imitate the dialogue. T invites Ss to imitate the dialogue in roles. (Boys play Tony, and girls play Betty.) Lead Ss to pay attention to the intonation, mood and pronunciation of the dialogue; scaffold for the next activity. Step 5 Introduce Mark Twain with past forms. Retell the dialogue; cultivate Ss’ ability to introduce a writer in the past with correct verbs having irregular past simples Homework T sets a scenario: if you are preparing a speech contest in your school to introduce one of your favorite writers, how should you organize your speech? Blackboard design U1 He left school and began work at the age of twelve. 学科网(北京)股份有限公司 $$