1、Teaching goals教学目标1. Target language目标语言a. Words and phrases生词和短语 invent, explorer, nun, rock and roll, match with, on the left/right, care for, in the West, walk on the moonb. Key sentence重点句子 Who do you think is?Ive never heard of Hes the person who2. Ability goals能力目标Learn to talk about some peop
2、le who are famous for the great things they did simply.3. Learning ability goals学能目标Help Ss learn to talk about some famous people simply.Teaching important & difficult points教学重难点Try to make Ss remember some great people in different fields as much as possible.Teaching aids教具准备Screen, slide project
3、or and Multi-media.Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式Step I Warming-up (Cartoon)This activity leads to the topic in the unit and introduces some new sentence structures.T: Have you ever seen some cartoons?Ss: Yes. (Cartoons are very popular in school.)T: Do you think cartoons are interesting and humo
4、r?Ss: Yes.T: OK. So lets see a cartoon story. After that please tell me who are in the story and what are they doing.Show the four cartoon pictures on the screen. A moment later ask the students questions.T: Who are in the story?Ss: Two dogs. / Eddie and another dog.T: What are they doing?Ss: They a
5、re talking.T: What are they talking about?Ss: They are talking about the greatest person that has ever lived.T: So whats Eddies idea about this?Ss: Eddie thinks its Paul Yum.T: Do you know why?Ss: Because he invented Eddies favourite food.Choose some Ss to ask them “Who do you think is the greatest
6、person that has ever lived?” After they said out the persons name, the teacher can describe him or her in a simple sentence.Sample: T: Who do you think is the greatest person that has ever lived?Ss: I think its Tomas Edison.T: He was a great inventor, wasnt he?Ss: Yes, he was.If the teacher doesnt k
7、now the person who was mentioned by the student, the teacher can ask the students to describe him or her in a simple sentence.For example:T: Who do you think is the greatest person that has ever lived?Ss: I think its Baggio(巴乔 ).T: Who is he?Ss: Hes a famous football player.Step II VocabularyThis ac
8、tivity presents the new vocabulary in this period.Write some vocabularies on the blackboard: astronaut, explorer, film star, football player, nun, singerLet the Ss read the words on the blackboard after the teacher, then guess the Chinese meanings of them.At last the teacher says the English explana
9、tions and asks the Ss to choose the right words.T: Which word means a famous actor?Ss: Its “film star”.T: Which word means someone who travels into space?Ss: Its “astronaut”.T: Which word means someone who sings?Ss: Its “singer”.T: Which word means someone who plays football?Ss: Its “football player
10、”.T: Which word means someone who travels to places where no one has ever been in order to find out what is there?Ss: Its “explorer”.T: Which word means a member of a group of religious women living apart from other people?Ss: Its “nun”.Step III PracticeThis activity provides guided practice using t
11、he key vocabulary.Show the pictures of the six famous people on page 57. Then have the Ss match the professions with the pictures.Help the Ss to complete Part B on page 57. Then let them make a form.Name Profession InformationBruce Lee film star made kung fu popular in the WestChristopher Columbus e
12、xplorer discovered AmericaMother Teresa nun spent her life caring for the poorNeil Armstrong astronaut was the first man to walk on the moonPelfootball playerplayed four times in the World CupElvis Presley singer was the king of rock and rollLet the Ss make sentences with the information in the tabl
13、e and give them a model.Model: Bruce Lee was a famous film star and he made kung fu popular in the West.Ss answers:Christopher Columbus was an explorer and he discovered America.Mother Teresa was a nun and she spent her life caring for the poor.Neil Armstrong was an astronaut and he was the first ma
14、n to walk on the moon.Pel was a football player and he played four times in the World Cup.Elvis Presley was a singer and he was the king of rock and roll.When the Ss are answering, the teacher should nod or say “good” to encourage them.Step IV Pair workThis activity provides practice of oral speakin
15、g in pairs.If the Ss can say the sentences fluently, give them another model on the blackboard. And let them follow it to make more sentences.Bruce Lee was a famous film star and he made kung fu popular in the West.whoBruce Lee was a famous film star who made kung fu popular in the West.Ss answers:C
16、hristopher Columbus was an explorer who discovered America.Mother Teresa was a nun who spent her life caring for the poor.Neil Armstrong was an astronaut who was the first man to walk on the moon.Pel was a football player who played four times in the World Cup.Elvis Presley was a singer who was the
17、king of rock and roll.Then have the Ss make up dialogues about “Who do you think is the greatest person” in pairs.A proper conversation may be:A: Who do you think is the greatest person that has ever lived, Bruce?B: I think its Neil Armstrong.A: Neil Armstrong? Ive never heard of him. Who is he?B: H
18、es an astronaut who was the first man to walk on the moon.Step V Post-taskThis activity helps students to improve the ability of communication.Choose some pairs to practice their dialogues before the whole class.Step VI Homework 1. Revise the conversation.2. Search for more pictures of great people and write down their names, professions and information.3. Make up a conversation about a great person you know and respect.
