1、Teaching goals教学目标1. Target language目标语言a. Words and phrases生词和短语 absent, helper, spoil, broth, appear to do, give away, intend to do b. Key sentences重点句子 It must be understood as2. Ability goals能力目标To learn to use English idioms.3. Learning ability goals学能目标To learn that English idioms must be unde
2、rstood as a whole instead of its individual words.Teaching important & difficult points教学重难点To develop the knowledge of English idioms.Teaching Aids教具准备 Projector and Multi-Media.Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式Step I RevisionThis activity will review the passage in the last period and check the ho
3、mework.First, the teacher can choose some students to read the story that they rewrote, and then praise those who did good job.Then ask the students to tell the sameness and difference between the two astronauts. And write their answers on the blackboard.Sameness DifferenceThey are both astronauts.
4、Neil Armstrong is an American and Yang Liwei is a Chinese.They were pilots when they were young. Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, but Yang Liwei didnt.They have both dreamed to be an Neil Armstrong was the first astronaut astronaut. of the world.Both of them had trained for years before they becam
5、e an astronaut.Neil Armstrong got the Medal of Freedom, the highest award that a US citizen can receive.Step II Lead-in This activity leads to the topic and introduces new language structures.1. Introduce some knowledge about idioms.T: In English there are some special expressions that have differen
6、t meanings from they seem to be. Now Ill give you some examples. Do you know what “gold apple” means?Write “gold apple” on the Bb.Ss: Maybe its an apple made of gold.T: Thats not the exact meaning of it. It means something can cause fighting or disaster. And can you guess what “white elephant” means
7、?Write “white elephant” on the Bb.Ss: An elephant in white?T: No, actually it means tragedy or disaster. So there are some words in English with special meanings. And also there are some phrases and sentences in English with very special and different meanings. We call them idioms. An idiom is a phr
8、ase or sentence whose meaning is not clear from the meanings of its individual words. It must be understood as a whole because it often does not mean what it appears to mean. For another example, “spill the beans”.Write “spill the beans” on the Bb.T: It means “give away secret information, especiall
9、y without intending to do so”.2. Ask the students to say some idioms.T: Now if you have ever heard of any idioms please share with us, and remember to tell us the deep meaning of the idioms.Write the idioms that the students provide on the Bb.3. Help the students to review the phrases and sentences
10、on the Bb again.Step III PracticeThis activity provides further practice of idioms.1. Guess the meanings of the idioms with the pictures.T: Next, we will see some idioms with interesting pictures that can help you to understand the idioms better. Please try your best to guess the meanings of them.Sh
11、ow the idioms and pictures on page 62 and page 63 on the screen.After a moment, choose some students to express their ideas.Explain the idioms that nobody can explain correctly.2. Do exerciseMake the students match the meanings and the idioms on page 62 and page 63, then check the answers.3. Pair wo
12、rkT: Please organize a story with one of the idioms that we learnt just now, and tell the story to your partner.Step IV Presentation This activity provides more English idioms to improve the students interest of English learning. 1. Some idioms about animals.(1) to throw to the wolvesto sacrifice ot
13、hers to release oneself (2) to let the cat out of the bagto betray the secret by mistake(3) to let sleeping dogs liedont do that if it will make trouble to you or others2. in a cloud, on a cloud, under a cloudin a cloud: no good future can be seenon a cloud: be very happyunder a cloud: lose face, be doubted or be in bad luckStep V Homework1. Find out the background story about “gold apple” and “white elephant”.2. Remember all the idioms in the book and on the Bb.3. Share the idioms that you are interested in with your friends after class.
