Unit 4 Lesson 21 The Fable of the Woodcutter-【绿卡初中创新题】2025-2026学年九年级上册英语同步教案(冀教版)河北专版

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Lesson 21: The Fable of the Woodcutter

课型

新授课

教学目标

1. 知识目标

掌握单词：silver

接触单词：fable，woodcutter，axe，dive，admit，policy

短语：make one's living，dive into...

句型：Honesty truly is the best policy.

2. 能力目标

能够运用一般过去时描述过去发生的事。

3. 情感目标

养成良好的阅读习惯。

教学重点

学习本课节新词汇及重要表达。

教学难点

正确运用一般过去时描述过去发生的事情。

教学准备

PPT课件；相关录音。

教  学 

过  程

Step 1  Warming up

1. Ask the students the question: Do you know what a fable is?

2. Tell the students some information about it.

3. Show the students some pictures of ancient Chinese fables and let them guess the names of the fables.

4. Choose some students to answer.

5. Check the answers together.

Step 2  Pre-reading

1. Show the students new words.

2.Ask the students to read aloud.

Step 3  Reading

1. Play the recording for the students to listen to and ask them to read aloud after it.

2. Read the lesson and answer the questions. (Let’s Do It! No. 1)

（1）What happened to the woodcutter when he was cutting wood beside a lake?

（2）Who appeared as the woodcutter cried?

（3）How did the woodcutter get back his old axe?

（4）Why did the spirit give the woodcutter the other two axes as presents?

3. Ask one of the students to give the answers.

4. Check the answers together.

Answers:

（1）He lost his axe in the water.

（2）A spirit appeared.

（3）The spirit dove into the lake and brought back his axe.

（4）Because the spirit was so happy with the woodcutter’s honesty.

5. Read the lesson again. Think about the spirit and the woodcutter. Match each person with the words that describe them. (Let’s Do It! No.2)

6. Ask one of the students to give the answers.

7. Check the answers together.

Answers:

Step 4  Practice

1. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words or phrases in the box.

(Let’s Do It! No.3)