初中英语外研版 (新标准)九年级下册Unit 2 I know that you will be better at maths.教学设计

Module 8 My future life

Unit 2 I know that you will be better at maths.

教学目标

【知识与技能】

掌握本课单词和短语： h rose, kindness, disappointed, bedside, note, whom, laugh at, give up, try one’s best

【过程与方法】

PWP method, task-based method

教学重难点

【教学重点】

To learn some expressions in the passage.

【教学难点】

1. To get information from the article.

2. The usage of “give up and try one’s best”.

教学准备

录音机、图片、多媒体等

教学过程

Step 1 Lead-in

Let Ss look at the pictures and answer the questions.

How soon will you leave school?

Will you have a school-leavers’ party?

Where will you hold the school-leavers’ party?

How will you decorate the place where you’ll hold the party?　　

Will you be happy or sad at that moment?

Who will you say thanks to at that time?

Step 2 Consolidate new words and expressions

The teachers shows the new words and expressions of this lesson.

rose n.  玫瑰

kindness  n. 善举；好意

disappointed  adj.  失望的

bedside n. 床边

note n. 便条

whom pron. …….的人，那个人，那些人

laugh at 嘲笑

give up 放弃

Step 3 Pre-reading

1. Ask Ss to l the picture and choose the answers to the questions. There may be more than one answer.

1) Who will probably get thanks from the school-leavers?

   a) Family          

   b) Friends       

   c) Teachers

2) What is the speaker probably going to say?

    a) Thank you.

    b) Good luck!

    c) Cheers!

2. Now Give Ss some time to read the passage and check.

1) Who will probably get thanks from the school-leavers?

   a) Family       √    

   b) Friends       √

   c) Teachers      √

2) What is the speaker probably going to say?

    a) Thank you.  √

    b) Good luck!

    c) Cheers!

Step 4 Listening

Play the recof part 3 for Ss and ask them to answer the questions.

1. How many roses does the speaker have?

2. Did the speaker’s father buy a violin?

Keys: Three.

Yes, he did.

Step 5 Reading

1. Ask Ss to entences which show the following situations in the passage:

1) the three things the speaker has learnt

2) the three groups of people the speaker wants to thank

3) what the speaker has learnt from each group of people

Keys: 

1) These three things are friendship, effort and trust.

2) I give the red rose to my friends.

  I give the white rose to my teachers.

  I give the yellow rose to my parents.

3) She hant kindness from her friends, effort from her teachers. The parents taught her that love is about trust.

2. Questions for Ss:

1) Which sentn Paragraph 4 means “You have to work hard to succeed”?

2) “You only reose if you give up!” What does the sentence mean?

3) “I’m ou will be good at music. I know that you will be better at maths.” What did Betty’s father want her to do?

4) How do you think Betty would write to her father in reply?

5) “I’m sure ou all have your own memories about the happiness of the last three years, and the people whom you want to thank for it…”What does it mean?

Keys:   

1) “You only really lose if you give up!”

    2) 只要你坚持下去，跑完全程，那么即使你最后一个到达终点，你也不是一个失败者。

    3) He wanted her to study maths harder.

    4) Thanksour gift, and I’ll do better in maths as well as music.

5) Let all thents say thanks to their friends, teachers and parents.

3. Let Ss check swers to the questions. There may be more than one answer.

  1) Which words can you use to describe the speech in Activity 1?

    careful             excited            moving    √

    polite    √        silly              troubled

    warm    √        worried

2) Which sens) will you probably find in speeches at a school-leavers’ party?

    a) Thank you, friends, teachers and parents!   √

    b) We’ll always stay in touch.    √

    c) I’m proud to be chosen to speak to you.  √

    d) Let’s all stand up and say …    √

Step 6 Learning to learn  

To teach Ss to learn about the ways to make speeches.

You may have e speeches on the first day at your senior high. Try to plan ahead what you are going to say, but do not write the speech in full—just make notes. When you make your speech using the notes, you will sound much more natural.

Step 7 Language points

To learn about the main points in the passage.

1. But they were not laughing at me.

  laugh at sb.  嘲笑，对……一笑置之

  e.g. We shouldn’t laugh at the person who is disabled.

2. Today, than their kindness, my Chinese is much better, and we become friends.

  thanks to +名词/v-ing   多亏，由于

  表示原因，在句中作状语，可以置于句首或句末。

  e.g. Thanks to his help, we found the hospital.

  kindness n. 善举，好意   是不可数名词

3. I always finished last and I just wanted to give up.

  give up   放弃

 e.g. Smoking is bad for you, so give up smoking right now.

常见的含give的短语有：

give back  ①还给，归还；②恢复（健康等）。

give in    ①交进来；②认输，投降；③让步，勉强同意。

give out   ①散发；②停止运转；③被用完，耗尽；④发出，散发出。

give away  ①送给人，分发；②背弃，出卖；③泄露。

4. I give tte rose to my teachers, who have taught me that there is no success without effort.

   who have me that there is no success without effort是一个非限制性定语从句，对前面的先行词teachers进行信息的补充，而不是限定性描述。与限定性定语从句不同，非限定性定语从句前面通常加逗号，从句部分即使被省略也不会照成主句意义上的不完整。非限定性定语从句中的关系代词不能省略。此句中还包含有一个宾语从句that there is no success without effort, 作have taught的宾语。

no/not … without …表示“没有…就不…”。

e.g. We can’t achieve anything without you.

5. I still can fast enough, but I’ve learnt to try my best, not only with running but with whatever else I do.

  try one’s best  尽某人最大努力

  其后常接带to的动词不定式，即try one’s best to do sth.，表示“尽力做某事”。

  e.g. Try your best to do whatever you do.         

not only … but ....  不但……而且……

e.g. The girl is not only clever but hardworking.           

6. I was disappointed.   

  disappointed  adj.  失望的

  e.g. I felt disappointed when he gave up studying.

7. Then, e morning of my birthday, I woke up to find a beautiful violin at my bedside.

  bedside表示“床边，床头”。

  句中的to find a beautiful violin at my bedside是一个不定式结构，表示行为的结果。

  e.g. He arrived at the station to find the train gone.

Step 8 Writing

Ask Ss te a speech they might give at their school-leavers’ party.

         Start your speech by saying what your speech is going to be about.

Dear head teacher, teachers and parents, I’d like to thank you for …

         Decide who you want to say thank you to.

There are many people who I’d like to thank. First, I want to thank …

         Decide what you want to thank them for with examples.

They have always given me great help …

         Finish your speech by giving best wishes for the future.

Thank you and good luck for the future.

课堂作业

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