A teaching plan for Unit 3，Module 8
一、Teaching materials:
Unit 3 Language in use (Module 8 My past life)
二、Targets for this period:
To summarize and consolidate the past simple “ be” (affirmative, negative and interrogative)
三、Key points:
Students can use “when /where ---were you born?” to ask and answer some questions orally and in writing
四、Teaching methods:
Task-based approach, formal and interactive approach
五、Teaching aids
Blackboard, handouts
六、Teaching arrangements:
Step One Lead-in: to label the picture with the words in the box (Activity 1)
Step Two To learn something about Nelson Mandela (Around the world)
1. Questions:
1) Where was he born? In a small village in the Transkei region of South Africa.
2) When was he born? On 18th July,1918.
3) Was he president of South Africa? Yes, he was.
2. Detail explanation:
表示頭銜或職位的的名詞前面常不用冠詞。
e.g: In those years he was head of a village.
3. Reading aloud
Step Three Presentation
1. The teacher presents what will be taught and emphasizes the past simple “be” and its three forms.
am is are now
was were last year
was not == wasn’t
were not == weren’t
I________ a student now.
I______ (not) a student last year.
He ____ in No 2 Middle School now.
He _____ in a primary school last year.
----- _____ you a teacher now? -----No, I ______ .
----- _____ you (not) a teacher last year? ----- Yes, I ______.
2. Do some exercises on P116.
Step Four Pair working (Activity 1&2)
1) where/born 2) when / born 3) what / primary school
4) who / first teacher 5) who / first friend 6) what / like
1. Students ask and answer questions about Liuyun.
A: Where was she born? B: She was born in Tianjin.
A: When was she born? B: She was born on November 2nd, 1990.
A: What was her primary school? B: It was Qiuzheng Primary School.
A: Who was her first teacher? B: She was Ms. Guo.
A: Who were her first friends? B: They were Hunter and Jiajia.
A: What were they like? B: Hunter was naughty, but Jiajia was nice.
2. Students complete the You column, and then do pair work
A: Where were you born? B: I was born in...
A: When were you born? B: I was born on…
A: What was your primary school? B: It was … Primary School.
A: Who was your first teacher? B: She/He was…
A: Who were your first friends? B: They were … and ...
A: What were they like? B: … was …, but/and … was …
3. Students complete the Your partner column, and then do pair work
A: Where was your partner born? B: She/He was born in ...
A: When was your partner born? B: She/He was born on ...
A: What was your partner’s primary school? B: It was … Primary School.
A: Who was your partner’s first teacher? B: She/He was ...
A: Who were your partner’s first friends? B: They were … and ...
A: What were they like? B: … was …, but/and … was ....
Step Five To translate the sentences into English
1. 我在廣東省的一個(gè)小村莊出生。
I was born in a small village in Guangdong Province.
2. 你第一個(gè)學(xué)校的名字是什么？
What was the name of your first school?
3. 你認(rèn)識的最早的朋友們的性格怎么樣？
What were your first friends like?
4. 上小學(xué)時(shí)，Beck表現(xiàn)很好但Adam很淘氣。
Beck was well-behaved at primary school but Adam was naughty.
5. 五歲時(shí)，Betty一直盼望著能來中國。
Betty was looking forward to coming to China at the age of five.
6. 我臥室的墻上貼著我最喜歡的電影明星的海報(bào)。
On my bedroom walls there were posters of my favorite movie stars.
7. 我小時(shí)候老家的池塘里有很多魚。
There was a pond with lots of fish in it in my old family house when I was a child.
8. 有一天我會回去的。
One day I’ll go back.
9. 那兒出過名人嗎？
Was anyone famous born there?
10. 從1994年到1999年他任南非總統(tǒng)。
He was President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
Homework:
1. To review Module 8 and copy all the words and expressions in P158
2. To finish Module8, 點(diǎn)中典 & 輕巧奪冠
Blackboard designing
Unit 3 Language in use
Questions about Nelson Mandela:
1 Where was he born?
2 When was he born?
3 Was he president of South Africa?
“be”
am is are now
was were last year
was not == wasn’t
were not == weren’t
I am a student now.
I wasn’t (not) a student last year.
He is in No. 2 Middle School now.
He was in a primary school last year.
----- Are you a teacher now? -----No, I’m not .
----- Weren’t you (not) a teacher last year? ----- Yes, I was.