山东省肥城市安站中学八年级英语上册 Unit 9 When was he born Period 2导学案 人教新目标版

Unit 9 When was he born Period 2Step 1 Warming up and revisionToday we are going to learn a couple of famous people. Some are sportsman, some are musician, some are movie star, opera performer, etc. Most of them started doing things when they were very young. And they became famous when they were young, too. First, let's learn some words. Show the new words on the screen. Point to them and lead the students to learn them. Explain the meaning or usages of them, if necessary.golf v. & n. (打)高尔夫球Brazilian adj.巴西的；巴西人的professional adj.专业的；职业的achievement n.成就；功绩perform v.表演Show some pictures to students and talk about them, using the sentences learnt in the last class.Step 2 Lead in by describing a personI know you have lots of good friends in your class. Can you describe them and let your partners guess who they are. For example:My friend is a boy. He is twelve years old. He lives near the school. He comes to school on foot. He has a round face with short hair. He likes playing Ping-Pong… Can you guess?1a Looking at these people and describing with the wordsDo you know what are the meanings of the words?talented loving outstanding unusualbeautiful creative kind famousTalented means “ very clever in a special way”. Outstanding means “very good, much better than others”.Creative means “having the ability or power to create, productive. ”1b SpeakingImagine you know the people in the pictures 1a. Tell your group about the peopleStep 3 listening and practice2a Listening and circling the wordsListen, two people are talking about people they admire. Please circle the words you hear.Now let’s check the answers2b Li stening and writing “M” or “L” on the lines.Check the answers.2c Doing pairworkAsk and answer questions about Midori and Laura.You should practice these dialogues as much as possible.Step 4 Pairwork(This activity provides reading and writing practice using the target language.)Read the directions.Your are never too young to start doing things. For example. Tiger Woods started golfing when he was only ten monthsold.Mozart started writing music when he was four years old. And Pele, the great Brazilian soccer player, became a professional soccer star when he was fifteen. Ask students to point to the names in the chart below the article. Read the names to the class.Point out the headings in the chart. Ask students what they think the word achievement means. Explain that it means the important thing each person did.Point out the sample answer in the chart. Divide the class into two groups—A and B. Ask each student A to look at the pictures and paragraph on page 55. Ask each student B to look at the pictures and paragraph on page 93. Remind students not to look at the other page.Have students continue filling in their own charts, on their own. Move around the room monitoring students', progress and offering help as needed.Step 5 Writing (3b)Now exchange information with your partner and fill in the chart.(This activity provides listening, speaking, reading, and writing practice using the target language.)When all students have finished reading and filling in their answers, ask the students to work in pairs.Point out the sample conversation and ask two students to read it to the class.A: Who is Shirley Temple?B: She's a movie star.A: When did she become a movie star?B: When she was three years old.Then ask students to work in pairs.Student A asks questions to get the information he or she needs to complete the chart. Then student B asks for his or her missing information. Both students complete all sections of their charts.Draw the chart on the blackboard. Ask the students who finish first to write the answers in the chart.Correct the answers in the chart.Step 6 Interview (4a)How old were you when you started doing the things below? Interview your classmates and fill in the chart.(This activity provides listening, speaking, reading, and writing practiceusing the target language.)Point out the chart and read the instructions to the class.Write this sample question on the blackboard: When did you learn to ride a bicycle? Then ask two students to ask and answer these questions. The first student can ask the question. The second student can tell his or her age when he or she learned to ride a bicycle.Say, Now stand up and move around the room. Talk to several other students. Ask a different student about each thing in the chart. Write the students' names and their answers in the chart.Ask students talk to each other, move around the room checking their progress. Step 7 Class SurveyAsk a group of students to make a list of four or five things they learned how to do when they were little children. For example, learned to ride a bicycle, learned to read, learned to whistle, and so forth. Then ask each student in the group to talk to other students in the class and write down when they learned to do each thing. When they have finished , ask the group to tell the class what they learned.For example,Nine students in the class learned to ride a bicycle when they were seven. Three students were eight. One student was ten.Step 8 SummaryToday we have talked about some famous people. They all start their doing when they were very young. And finally they have made great success. But that is based on their years of hard work. Even to us they are still good examples. Whenever we study or do something other field, you are never too young to start doing things , or you are never too old to start doing things. From now on, start your own doings like making up English learning or other courses, you will success. Only remember, no pains, no gains.Step 9 HomeworkPractise describing people as in Activity 3a and 4a.Practise words we learned in the first three periods.。