牛津英语9B Unit4 Great people教案

牛津英语9B Unit4 Great people教案
The second period
Reading (I)
Teaching aims:
To become familiar with and appreciate biographical writing.
To understand related details and information.
To infer general meaning from pictures ,title and context.
Difficulties:
at the age of
work as
it was better to be safe than sorry
order sb to do sth
cut sth / sb short
Teaching methods; Listening , speaking , reading and writing
Procedure:
Background information:
Explain the context. Simon is reading an article about a famous astronaut, Neil Armstrong. Ask students whether they know when the first man walked on the moon. Also ask them if they know the names of the first two men who walked on the moon. Tell students that they will learn more about men visiting the moon in the reading passage.
Students listen to the recording for the first three paragraphs and then read them after the tape again.
Do True or False questions to check understanding of the first three paragraphs.
Neil Armstrong was born in the 1940s.
He flew in an aero plane when he was six.
The Gemini 8 mission is all about star signs.
Gemini 8 landed in the USA.
Neil Armstrong received his student pilot’s license when he was 15.
Neil Armstrong successfully brought the spacecraft down into the western Pacific Ocean when Gemini 8 was out of control.
Ask students to scan the first three paragraphs and underline the new words. Encourage them to explain the words to the class in English.
5 . Language points:
a. at the age of… =when sb was … years old
The boy could swim at the age of 5.
= The boy could swim when he was 5 years old.
b. work as…
He worked as a teacher when he finished school.
c. better safe than sorry
= it is wiser to be too careful than to act too quickly and do something that may be regretted later.
d. order sb (not) to do sth
The commander ordered the soldiers to stand in line.
The doctor ordered me not to work for a long time and have a good rest.
e. cut sb/sth short
The interviewer cut short his guest in mid-sentence.
Homework:
1. Recite the paragraphs.
2. Preview the following paragraphs..




The third period
Reading (II)
Teaching aims:
1. To identify specific meaning in different contexts.
2. To check understanding by answering some questions.
3. To consolidate the understanding of the passage.
Difficulties:
There are reports that say Armstrong and Aldrin saw alien spacecraft
It is said that Neil Armstrong sent a message to Mission Control which said that…
The most important award that Armstrong got for his service was the Medal of Freedom
Armstrong is the person who made people round the world realize that…
Teaching methods: Listening speaking reading and writing.
Procedures:
Revision
When did Neil Armstrong become the first man that walked on the moon?
What did Armstrong do when Gemini 8 was out of control?
2. Listen to the tape about the following four paragraphs and read after recording.
Ask and answer to check comprehension:
1. Which was the first spacecraft to land on the moon?
2. How many people walked on the moon from Apollo11?
3. What did Armstrong and Aldrin do on the moon?
4. What did astronauts take back to Earth?
5. What do people think the Aliens tried to do?
6. What was the highest award that Neil Armstrong received?
3. Language points:
a. There are reports that say…
这是由关系词that引导的定语从句。当先行词是人或物时，我们可以使用关系代词that 来引导。
The money that is in the wallet is mine.
Do you know the boy (that )my mother is talking to?
b. It is said that…
It is said that he has got married.
c. Neil Armstrong sent a message to Mission Control which said…
这是由关系代词which引导的定语从句。当先行词是物时，我们可以使用关系代词which来引导。
Where is the book which/that I bought this mornig?
The building which/that stands by the river is our school.
Neil Armstrong is the person who made people round the world realize that…
这是由关系代词who引导的定语从句。当先行词是人时，我们可以用关系代词who来引导。
The man who/that I saw is called Smith.
The woman who/that spoke at the meeting yesterday is my mother.
4.Consolidation
4. Read the passage again and rearrange the following sentences:
(1) Neil Armstrong was born on 5th August 1930.
(2) Armstrong received his student pilot\s licece
(3) Armstrong became a naval pilot
(4) Gemini 8 went into space
(5) Two men walked on the moon for the first time
(6) Apollo 11 returned to Earth
(7) Armstrong was awarded the Medal of Freedom
Homework:
Recite the paragraphs of reading part.
Preview vocabulary.