英语九年级下册Unit 2 Great people教案设计

Reading I

Teaching aims:

1. Practise reading skills by reading the article about Neil Armstrong.

2. Learn some expressions about introduce a great person.

Teaching steps

Step 1 Review

Complete the following sentences:
1. Who do you think is the _______ person in history?
2. I’ve never _______ _______ Paul Yum.
3. Thomas Edison was an American ________ who _______________ more than  

1,000 _________.
4. Christopher Columbus was an ________ explorer, one of the first Europeans to

_______ America.

5. William Shakespeare was a great writer of English ___________.
6. Qian Xueson was the _________ of China’s space technology programme.
7. Nelson Mandela was a _______ for the rights of black Africans all his life.
8. Peter Tchaikovsky was a __________ of ________ music.

Keys: greatest

heard  of

inventor    created /invented    inventions

Italian  discover

literature

pioneer

fighter

composer   classical

Step 2 Presentation

I. Show some pictures some famous people and ask:

1. Who is he or she?
2. What does he or she do?

singer

Football player

explorer

film star

astronaut

II. Introduce Neil Armstrong with video and pictures.

Who is the first man to walk on the moon?

Neil Armstrong.

Step 3 Words study

Simon has read the article about Neil Armstrong, but he does not know some of the

words. Help him find out the meanings of the words. Circle the correct letters.

1. A licence is ______.

 a. some money      b. a type of power

 c. a piece of paper that shows you are allowed to do something

2. An astronaut ________.

  a. draws maps        b. travels to space

  c. travels to different countries

3. Something that is spinning is ______.

  a. turning round and round quickly

  b. going very fast

  c. making a lot of noise

4. A leap is ______.

  a. a new place

  b. a long or high jump

  c. a walk

5. A surface is _______.

  a. the inside of something              

  b. the bottom of something

  c. the outside or top part of something

6. A citizen is a person who ______.

  a. lives in a country and enjoys rights there

  b. is kind and helpful

c. does something important

Keys: c b a b c a

Step 3 Reading

I. Simon is working out a timeline for Neil Armstrong. Help him complete it.

Neil Armstrong

1930:  born in (1) ________, the USA

1936:  took his (2) ____________

1946:  received his student (3) ___________

1949:  joined (4) _______________

1955:  became (5) ______________

1962:  became (6) ______________

1966:  went into (7) ______ with David Scott

1969:  became the first man to walk on (8) ____________

  Keys: Ohio   first flight   pilot’s licence   the navy    a test pilot

       astronaut    space    the Moon

II. Simon is telling Millie about Neil Armstrong. Check if Simon remembers

everything correctly. Write a T if a sentence is true or an F if it is false.

1. The Gemini 8 flight was a great success.   ________

2. Gemini 8 landed in the western Pacific Ocean.   ________

  3. Three men from Apollo 11 walked on the Moon together.  _________

4. The astronauts took some Moon plants back to the Earth.   _________

5. Neil Armstrong received the Medal of Citizen.  _________

  Keys: F T F F F

III. Millie is adking Simon some questions about Neil Armstrong. Help Simon answer her questions. Use the information on pages 22 and 23 to help you.

1. When did Armstrong become interested in flying?

2. How old was Armstrong when he became an astronaut?

3. What did Armstrong do when the spacecraft was out of control during his first trip into space?

4. What was the first spacecraft to land on the Moon?

5. How long did Armstrong and Aldrin walk on the Moon?

6. What did Armstrong mean by his famous words “one small stop for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind?

Keys: When he took his first flight at the age of six.

32 years old.

He successfully brought the spacecraft down into the western Pacific Ocean.

Apollo 11.

For about two and a half hours.

He meant that humans had made great progress in space research.

Step 4 Summary

Sum up the major information about Neil Armstrong.

Name: Neil Armstrong

Date of birth: 5th August 1930

Place of birth: Ohio, the USA

Major events:

at 6: took his first flight

at 16: received his student pilot’s licence 

1949: joined the navy

1955: became a test pilot

1962: was chosen to become an astronaut

1966: went into space

20th July 1969: walked on the moon

Awards: Medal of Freedom

Enjoy the video about life of Neil Armstrong

Step 5 Exercise

Read the text again and fill in the blanks with the right words.

    Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon. He took his first _____ at six and received his pilot’s ______ at 16. In 1949, Neil ______ the navy and served as a ____. He was _______ to be an astronaut in 1962. Four years later, he ________ to join two spacecrafts together in space.

    Mr Friend wants to help Millie and Simon. He has made a list of keywords in their letters. March the words on the left with the meanings on the right. Write the correct letters in the blanks.

Then the big day came. On 20th July 1969, he ______ Apollo 11 on the Moon together with Aldrin. Neil said the famous words ‘one small step for man, one ____ leap for ________’ on the Moon. They became ______ after they returned with many Moon _______. Neil was ________ the Medal of Freedom, the _______ award that a US ______ can receive because of his excellent ________.

Keys:　flight  licence   joined   pilot   chosen   managed    landed

Giant   mankind    heroes   rocks    presented    highest

citizen     service

Step 6 Homework

1. Remember the new words in this lesson.

2. Find out the difficult sentences in the article and discuss them with your partners.