Unit 9 When was he born?
教學目標
1、語言技能目標
(1) 能對別人的出生年月進行問答,如:When was he born?
He was born in/on…
(2) 能對別人的經歷進行詢問,如:When did he start hiccupping?
How long did he hiccup?
2、語言知識目標
(1)詞匯: achievement; record; violinist; start; stop;
pianist; creative; outstanding.
(2)句型: Who is that?
That’s Deng Yaping. She is a great ping-pong player.
When was she born?
When did she start/stop…?
How long did she start…?
(3)掌握被動語態以及由when 引導的狀語從句和由how long/when 引導的特
殊疑問句.
3、情感目標
(1)通過談論體育明星的成就,培養學生吃苦耐勞的精神.
(2)在談論自己和別人的經歷的同時,樹立遠大的理想.
教學重點:
When was he/she born? When did he/she start…?
How long did he/she…?
教學難點:句型的實際運用及when引導的狀語從句和特殊疑問句.
教學過程
Step 1 Warming-up and revision
(1) Intercourse
(2) A guessing game
Get the students to review how to describe the famous people.
T:. Let’s play a guessing game. I will tell you something about
a famous woman. Please listen to me carefully, and try to guess who she
is. She is Chinese. She was born in 1973.
She plays ping-pong very well. She is short. She is very great.
Do you know who she is ?
S: Is she Deng Yaping ?
T: Yes, you are right . Now please try to describe the famous persons
Step 2 Presentation
This activity introduces the difficult points.
A: When did Deng Yaping start playing ping-pong?
B: She started playing ping-pong in 1978.
A: When did she stop playing ping-pong?
B: She stopped in 1997.
A: How long did she play ping-pong?
B: She played for 19 years.
1、 Ask the students to practice the sample conversation, then make
up similar conversations.
2、 Ask several students to perform their conversations.
3、Learning the new words.
Step 3 Practice and listen
Now we are going to talk about two unusual people.
Look at this picture in section A 2a and the chart.
T: What are their names ?
S: The man is Charles Smith and the woman is Donna Green.
T: What are they doing ?
S: Charles Smith is hiccupping. Donna Green is sneezing.
(Help them answer)
T: What kinds of world record did they have ?
S1: Charles Smith had a world record for hiccupping.
S2: Donna Green had a world record for sneezing.
T: How long did Charles Smith hiccup ?
S3:He hiccupped for 69 years and 5 months.
T: How long did Donna Green sneeze ?
Let students listen to the tape and fill in the “How long” column in
the chart.
Let students listen again and fill in the “started” and “stopped”
columns.
Get the students listen and write ,then check the answers.
Step 4 Drill
Ask some pairs of students to perform the conversations.
T: You got all the answers right now. Let’s come to section A 2c pair
work. Please fill in the blanks with information from the listening.
Ask two pairs of students to Practice the conversations.
T: You did very well.
I’d like you to work in pairs and make the same kind of conversation
about Donna.
S1:How long did Charles Smith hiccup?
S2:He hiccupped for 69 years and 5 months.
S1:How long did he start hiccupping?
S2:He started in 1922.
S1:When did he stop hiccupping?
S2:He stopped in 1990.
Ask several pairs to act it out.
Step 5 Sum-up
Think about what we learn today
Step 6 Homework
1)Write down a list of famous stars about their ages, birthdays, hobbies
and achievements
2)Ask your parents birthdays and help them do something.
板書設計：
Unit 9 When was he born？ He was born in/on…
When did he start hiccupping? How long did he hiccup?
Who is that?
That’s Deng Yaping. She is a great ping-pong player.
She started playing ping-pong in 1978.