1、Module 3 Now and thenI. Teaching goals 模块教学目标 Skill Focus听Listen to the dialogue about life today and 50 years ago.说Talk about the life today and in the past读 Read articles about life in the past写Compare peoples life today and in the pastWrite sentences with advantages and disadvantages about people
2、s lifeWrite about the life of your own family LanguageFocus功能句式Talking about life: The advantage is that we know more about medicine today. P18Were better at preventing illness. P18But people dont eat as well as in the past, and dont take as much exercise as they did. P18Faster transport also makes
3、more pollution. P18And that makes life more dangerous and less healthy. P18词汇1重点词汇 debate illness prevent medicine suppose relaxed eldest married get married couple diet disease 2短语as a result instead of grow up each other have to do ones best free time next month fall off lead a life语法The positive
4、degree, the comparative degree and the superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs.重点句子Is life today better or worse than it was 50 years ago? P18The most important difference is that people are healthier today and they live longer than they did in the past. P18But people dont take as much exercise
5、 as they did. P18People walk or use their bikes less, and they are lazier. P18I really want to do my best. P18II. Teaching material analyzing 教材分析 本模块以“life”为话题，以学习“现在和过去生活”的对比为主线，介绍了现在生活和过去生活的优与劣。通过模块学习，学生将重点掌握形容词的比较级和最高级，并能运用所学知识对周围事物和人进行比较。Unit 1 通过听、读、说训练，要求学生了解五十年后生活的变化，初步学习两者之间进行比较的方法。Vocabula
6、ry and listeningActivity 1要求学生看图，然后两人一组谈论现在和过去的生活。Activity 2要求学生听录音，利用所给词汇回答问题，并通过再次听录音检查答案，从而对Activity 3 的对话有一个准备。Activity 3听读一段Betty and his mum 关于对现在和过去生活进行对比的对话，在让学生了解50年生活变化的同时，学习一些关于比较的句式。Activity 4根据对话内容选择最佳答案。Activity5要求学生学习对话，学会分类提取重要信息来完成表格。Activity6根据对话内容完成句子。 Pronunciation and speakingAc
7、tivity 7 要求学生听录音，注意重读的单词。Activity 8 要求学生自己朗读句子，标出认为需要重读的单词，并听录音检查自己是否读得正确。Activity 9两人一组活动，就所列举的方面谈论50年前后的生活变化，加强对形容词比较级的理解和运用。Unit 2. 通过读、写训练，学习谈论过去的生活状况，学会用事实来支持论点。Reading该单元共设计了7个活动。Activity 1看图，运用所给词说说图中woman生活的变化。Activity 2通过阅读关于Mrs. Li 的过去生活的文章，来让学生了解他们奶奶爷爷辈的生活。Activity 3要求学生两人一组讨论Mrs. Li那辈人生活
8、的优缺点。Activity 4通过深入理解课文找出所给事实需要表明的观点。WritingActivity 5要求学生继续阅读相关文章和对话，对五十年生活变化的优劣进行讨论写作，要有正反观点并要有支持各自观点的依据。Activity 6要求学生能把Activity 5中的论点和例证连起来，同时运用合适的连词，使文章紧凑又有逻辑。Activity 7要求学生以“Is life today better or worse than it was 50 years ago?”为题，运用讨论的观点和例证，采取正确合理的句式，下笔成文。Unit 3 对形容词的比较级和最高级这一语法项目以及今昔生活的对比的
9、话题进行综合训练。Activity1根据所给形容词，选用其正确形式进行填空。Activity 2运用所给词汇对两幅图进行对比，进一步练习功能句型。Activity 3把所给的单词进行归类。Activity 4通过看图和课文阅读来了解过去生活的艰辛，并找出三个使过去生活艰辛的例子。Activity 5 再读Activity4的文章，找出所提问题的原因。Activity 6. 听录音完成表格。 Activity 7. 根据听力材料中所听到的信息，写一篇短文比较他们的生活。Around the world 介绍了Dr. Barnardo资助贫困儿童上学的事迹。Module Task就孩子是否应该工作
10、这一话题组织小组进行辩论。Activity 8 小组活动，以“小孩不应该干活”为主题,进行辩论。Activity 9 学生分出正方和反方准备辩论。Activity 10 进行辩论。Activity 11 写出你作为正方或反方的陈述。IIIClass types and periods 课型设计与课时分配 Period 1 Listening and speaking Period 2 Reading and writing Period 3 Language in use Period 4 Integrating skills IV. Teaching plans for each perio
11、d分课时教案 Period 1 Listening and speakingTeaching goals 教学目标1. Language goals 语言目标a. Key vocabulary 重点词汇和短语Advantage composition environment free time homework illness law personal population prevent protect safetyb. Key sentences 重点句子There were not so many cars as they are today. People are healthier
12、today and they live longer than they did in the past.We know more about medicine today.But people dont eat as well as in the past, and dont take as much exercise as they did.2. Ability goals 能力目标Enable students to listen to, read and talk about how life has changed using the positive degree, the com
13、parative degree and the superlative degree of adjectives. 3. Learning ability goals 学能目标 Help the students learn how to talk about how life has changed using the positive degree, the comparative degree and the superlative degree of adjectives.Teaching methods 教学方法Listening and speaking. Explanation
14、and discussionTeaching important/difficult points教学重难点How to compare the life now and then. Teaching aids 教具准备a tape recorder, a projector and a computer Teaching procedures and ways 教学过程与方式 Step Warming up and lead-inIn this procedure, try to make students talk about the differences between the pas
15、t life and the present life. Show some pictures on the screen: T: Good morning! Boys and girls. A new day begins. But I want to show you some old pictures of a city. Please look at Picture 1 and Picture 2. Can you guess which city it is? Ss: Beijing.T: Good! You are clever. The two pictures are abou
16、t Beijing in the 1950s. The third picture, please look! How beautiful the city is! Do you know its name?Ss: Its also the picture about Beijing. Wow, it has changed a lot.T: Picture 3 is about Beijing today. Many changes have taken place in Beijing in the past 50 years. Can you say out the difference
17、s? Work in pairs, talk about the photos. What was life like in the past and what is life like today?Encourage students to work in pairs and make conversations like this:A: What was life like in the past？B: There werent so many cars as there are today. A: What is life like today?B: There are more bui
18、ldings today.Or: let the students see a short movie about the life in the past and compare it with the life today. T: Is it the same as the life today? Whats the difference? Ss: Of course, it isnt the same as the life today. There is much more traffic and the city is more beautiful now.T: Do you lik
19、e the life in the movie? Why? S1: The life in the movie makes me think a lot. We should learn from their spirit. But I like the life today better because its more convenient. S2: From the movie, we can see that the life in the past was much harder. We should worker harder today to make our city more
20、 beautiful. T: Do you want to know more about the changes? Do you know the advantages and disadvantages of the changes? Lets begin to learn Unit 1.Step II. Vocabulary and listeningT: Before we read the conversation, its necessary for us to learn some new words. So lets play a guessing game. I say th
21、e words and its English explanation. And you tell me the Chinese meaning of these words. OK?Ss: OK!T: Advantage: something useful or helpful. Something which can bring success.Ss: 优点；好处。T: Right! Composition: exercise in writing by one who is learning a language.Ss: 作文T: Environment: surroundingsSs:
22、 环境T: Free time: the time you can do what you want.Ss: 自由时间T: Homework: a work that a pupil is required to do in the evening at home and take to his teachers at school.Ss: 作业T: Illness: state of being ill.Ss: 疾病T: Law: rule made by authority.Ss: 法律T: Personal: private; individual; on ones ownSs: 个人的
23、；私人的。Pollution: making dirtyPrevent: stop or hinderProtect: keep safe; guardSafety: being safe; freedom from danger.T: Well done! I think you are very happy to learn like this. Now listen to the tape and answer the questions. Use the words and the expressions in Activity 2 to help you.Question1: Wha
24、ts for homework?Question2: Whats the title?Question3: What does Betty ask about?Question4: What does Daming ask about?Question5: Does Mr. Jackson agree?(Use PPT to make a flash)Check the answers together. (If the students have some trouble to get the answers, they can listen to the tape once again.)
25、Step III. Listening and reading.ListeningT: Have you got such homework like Betty and Daming? How will you finish your homework? What do you think of your homework like this? Now listen to Betty. She has nearly finished a composition. And she is talking about it with her mother. Listen and answer th
26、e questions. Question 1: Whats the title of Bettys composition?Question 2: What does she think of the life today?After the listening, the teacher may check the answers with the whole class.T: The title of her composition is.Ss: “Is life today better or worse than it was 50 years ago?T: What does she
27、 think of the life today?Ss: She thinks its better.T: This time you will listen to the dialogue again and choose the best answer for each question in Activity 4.Let the students listen three times. For the first time, let them try to choose the best answer. For the second time, pause at each questio
28、n in order to help them find the right answer. For the third time, let them listen as a whole to check their answers.The answers: a a b b cReadingT: Read the dialogue about Betty and her mother. Then complete the table and write notes. You can work in groups.The sample answers to Activity 5:Advantag
29、esDisadvantagesPersonal healthPeople are healthier and live longer that they did in the past.MedicinePeople know more about medicine and are better at preventing illness.People dont eat as well as in the past and dont take as much exercise as they did.TransportPeople walk or use their bikes less and
30、 public transport is much better today.People are lazier. Faster transport also makes more pollution. And that makes life more dangerous and less healthy.WorkPeople dont have to work as hard as they worked 50 years ago.People dont have too much free time. School children today work harder.(Use PPT t
31、o make a flash)T: Read the dialogue carefully again, and complete the sentences in your own words in Activity 6.Then check the answers with the whole class. The possible answers to Activity 6:1. Because its late, Bettys mum thinks that Betty should go to bed.2. Betty is working late in order to fini
32、sh her composition.3. Bettys mum thinks we know more about medicine, although people dont eat as well as in the past and dont take as much exercise as they did.4. Betty reminds her mum that she is going on the school trip next month.5. Bettys mum thinks that Bettys school trip and theatre visit will
33、 make her more relaxed and less nervous before her exams.After finishing the exercises, the teacher should let the students read aloud in pairs and then act it out.Step Pronunciation and speaking In this procedure, get the students listen, read after the tape and learn to underline the words which t
34、hey think the speaker will stress.a. Activity 71. Play the tape only to listen for the first time.2. Play the tape again to read after it.3. Learn to say these sentences without listening to the tape.b. Activity 8Underline the words which the students think the speaker will stress.The sample answer:
35、Yes, I agree. People walk or use their bikes less, and theyre lazier. Faster transport also makes more pollution. And that makes life more dangerous and less healthy.(Use PPT to make a flash)Listen and check. As you listen, say the passage aloud.c. Activity 9 Work in pairs. Talk about the answer to
36、the question.Is life today better or worse that it was 50 years ago?Say whats better or worse in:At home education entertainment environment life medicine transport work(Use PPT to make a flash)T: Just now Betty and her mother talked about the life today and the life in the past. Can you talk about
37、the same question to compare whats better or worse in the life at home, education .and so on?Discuss the question with your groups. And try to write down your opinion and your partners opinion.The sample dialogue: S1: Do you think life today is better or worse than it was 50 years ago?S2: I think th
38、e life today is better. We have better education. Especially we girls have the same opportunity as boys in education. What about you?S1: I also think its better. We have more entertainments and they are more interesting. S2: And there is so much more traffic today and its more convenient. But at the
39、 same time, faster transport also makes more pollution. S1: In the past, we know less about medicine, but now we know more about medicine.Step Homework1. Make an interview of your parents to ask something about their ideas of the differences between the life today and in the past. Take down what the
40、y said. 2. Preview Unit 2Period 2 Reading and writingTeaching goals 教学目标1. Language goals 语言目标a. Key vocabulary 重点词汇和短语 eldest, married, couple, diet, fall off, get marriedb. Key sentences 重点句子 Families have changed a lot since I was young. These days people change their jobs much more often. My mot
41、her never bought ready-made food as people do today. There are lots more buildings and so much more traffic. I am healthier than Ive ever been.2. Ability goals 能力目标Enable students to read and understand the passage” Life in the past.” Enable student to write a composition about the changes in the pa
42、st 50 years including the main points and the examples.3. Learning ability goals 学能目标 Help the students learn how to write a composition about the changes in the past 50 years including the main points and the examples.Teaching methods 教学方法Reading and writing. Explanation and giving examples.Teachin
43、g important/difficult points教学重难点How to write an argument using the main points and the examples.Teaching aids 教具准备a tape recorder, a projector and a computer Teaching procedures and ways 教学过程与方式 StepWarming up and lead-inIn this procedure, get the students look at the photos and talk about the chan
44、ges.T: Morning, everyone! How is it going?Ss: Not bad.T: Here is a photo of an old woman, Mrs. Li. She is over 70 years old. She has lived in Beijing all her life. Look at the photo, how do you think life has changed for her? These words can help you: family, health, life in Beijing, marriage, the r
45、ole of women, work.S1: I think the families were much bigger in the past. My grandmother have six children, but I am the only child.S2: I think she is healthier today.S3: There is much more traffic. I think she walks less and takes the bus more.S4: In the past, their parents helped her find the husb
46、and, but now, the love is free.S5: In the past, most women stayed at home to do housework, but now women can go out to work.T: Well done! Is what you said the same as what is written in this passage? Lets learn “Life in the past”.Step II. Reading a. let the students read the passage and do Activity
47、2.T: This passage is about an old womans life in the past. Its written from the aspects listed in Activity 1. Now, read the passage and write notes about Mrs. Lis answers to the ideas in Activity 1.For example: family: bigger families, less moneyThe sample notes: health: healthier, live longer, eat betterlife in Beijing: much better, more buildings, so much more traffic, walk less and take the bus more.marriage: in the past, parents choose partners for their children; now, children choose partner
