英语冀教版Lesson 8 Marco Polo and the Silk Road教学设计

Unit 2 It’s Show Time!

Lesson 8 Marco Polo and the Silk Road

正确使用本课的词和短语,分辨、会用age, Europe, Asia, journey, king, coal, discover, invent, other, at the age of…, between…and…, work for, be new to。

能够使用The Chinese discovered coal and invented paper.These things were new to Marco Polo.这些句型。

Step 1.Lead in

Leading in 【情景1】

Group work:Ask the students to talk about Marco Polo and his travel around China.Then work in groups.Ask and answer questions with the help of a map of the world.

After a while, ask some groups to give a report in front of the class.

Group 1:Marco Polo came to China when he was 17 years old.He was from Italy.He took many things to Italy.They were coal, paper, a lot of silk, tea and other goods.He travelled on boats, horses and camels.His journey lasted about twenty years.He was a very great man.He wrote a famous book about his travels to China.

Leading in 【情景2】

Teacher shows a picture of Marco Polo to the students.Ask them the following questions:

T:Who is the man in the picture?

S:Marco Polo.

T:Where was he from?

S1:He was from Italy.

T:How old was he when he came to China?

S2:When he was 17 years old.

T:What did he do in China?

S3:He travelled along the Silk Road.

S4:He took many things from China to his country.

S5:He brought many things to China.

S6:He travelled to Beijing.

T:Who came to China with him?

S7:His father and uncle.

T:How did he travel?

S8:He travelled on camels.

S9:He also travelled on boats and horses.

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Step 2.Presentation

1.Show the new words:Lead the students to learn the new words and expressions.Ask them to make sentences with the new words and expressions.

T:What’s your age?

S10:I’m twelve years old.

T:Now read after me “age”.

S:age.

2.Work in pairs.Try to make dialogues with the new words, expressions and patterns:age, Europe, Asia, journey, king, coal, discover, invent, other, at the age of…, between…and…, work for, be new to.Then ask some pairs to act them out.

S11:Did you go to Europe?

S12:Yes.I went to Europe at the age of ten.

S11:What did you think of the journey?

S12:It was wonderful.

S11:Who discovered coal first in the world?

S12:The Chinese.

S11:Who discovered paper first in the world?

Step 3.Practice

1.Retell the story.Work in groups.Show a map of Li Ming and his friends’ travel route.Ask the students to point at the map and retell the text.

Choose the best groups and praise them.

2.Practise the Simple Past Tense.Show some verbs on the screen.The verbs include regular verbs and irregular verbs.Ask the students to write the answers down in English.For example:

Irregular Verbs

am/is—was　buy—bought　begin—began

cut—cut drink—drank eat—ate

fall—fell feel—felt forget—forgot

give—gave go—went hear—heard

keep—kept make—made pay—paid

ride—rode

3.Work in groups.Talk about one of their favourite trips.After a few minutes, ask some groups to give a report in front of the class.

4.Work in groups:Ask the students to make sentences with the language points.Teacher knows whether the students understand the language points from their sentences.

Step 4.Complete Let’s Do It!

We have finished Exercise 1 in listening part and Exercise 2 in reading part.Ask the students to finish Exercise 3 by themselves.Then check the answers in class.

Step 5.Task:Come to Exercise 4

Work in groups.What do you know about Marco Polo? Find more information about him and present it to the class.

Task tips:

(1)Where was he from?

(2)How old was he when he came to China?

(3)What did he do in China?

(4)What amazing things did he learn about in China?

(5)How long did he stay in China?

Give the students enough time to finish the task.Then ask some groups to make a report in front of the class.

1.Review and recite the important points of Lesson 8.

2.Find and write down interesting facts about a famous character.