外研版 (新标准)九年级上册Unit 1 We’re still influenced by Confucius’s ideas.获奖教学设计

Module 7 Great books

Unit 1 We’re still influenced by Confucius’s idea

一、教学目标

1. 掌握以下词汇：

discuss, wise, review, influence, sense, make sense, by the way, suppose, well-known

2. 正确运用以下句型：

What’s up?

I accept that they’re great because their works are still read by many people today.

I think I’d describe Confucius more as a teacher and thinker than a writer.

We’re still influenced by Confucius’s ideas.

I suppose he isn’t as well-known as Confucius or Shakespeare.

3. 语法：一般现在时态的被动语态。

4. 语音：英语句子中的重读。

5. 通过听力和阅读了解孔子、莎士比亚和马克·吐温的生平及他们的优秀作品。

6. 能够谈论自己喜欢的书籍和作家，并给出自己的观点。

7. 了解中西方著名作家、戏剧家及其文学作品的相关知识，让学生明白通过读书可以汲取前人的智慧，不断丰富学识和提高自身素质，以培养学生爱读书的好习惯。

二、教学重点及难点

重点：1. 掌握本单元词汇，能够听懂有关名著及其作者的对话。

2. 初步了解被动语态的用法。

难点：1. 能够谈论自己喜欢的书籍和作家，并给出自己的观点。

2. 在语境中了解并运用被动语态的用法。

三、教学准备

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四、教学过程

Step Ⅰ Warming-up

1. Free talk

Ss look at the pictures, and then have discussions with their parterns and talk about what books they have read.

Do you like reading books?

What great books have you read?

设计意图：通过谈论耳熟能详的名著名人引入本课话题，吸引学生兴趣。

Step Ⅱ Pre-listening

Activity 1

1. T shows the pictures of Confucius, Shakespeare and Mark Twain and then puts Ss in pairs to talk about them.

T: Work in pairs. Say who the people are and why they are famous.

(Possible answers: Confucius was a great teacher and thinker in ancient China. William Shakespeare wrote plays and poems about 400 years ago, but people still can see his plays and read his poems. Mark Twain was an American writer and his works are studied in schools.)

2. T plays the recording and asks Ss to check their answers.

设计意图：学生对图片中人物进行描述，为听力训练做好准备。

Activity 2

T plays the recording again and asks Ss to complete the sentences.

设计意图：进行听力训练完成补全句子，培养学生辨别信息、捕捉重要信息的能力。

Watch and answer

Ss watch a video about Mark Twain and answer the questions.

1. What is Mark Twain called by many people?

2. When is his famous book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer published?

设计意图：通过视听阅读回答问题，培养学生听力和阅读技能的同时，也化解后面环节的听中困难。

Step ⅡI While-listening

1. Ss listen and choose the correct answer.

What are Mr Jackson and Betty talking about?

A. The great books.   

B. Confucius and Shakespeare.   

C. The great writers.

2. Ss listen again and answer the questions.

(1) Who are Betty’s great writers?

(2) What does Betty think of Mark Twain?

(3) Who wrote the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?

设计意图：让学生带着问题听，提高学生听的效率。通过听力练习题目的设置，让学生获取对话主要内容和一些细节信息，锻炼学生快速获取信息的能力。

Step IV Post-listening

Activity 3

Ss read the conversation and match the people with the descriptions.

Role-play the conversation

设计意图：通过回答问题帮助学生加深对对话的理解，再通过角色扮演，让学生巩固对对话的理解的同时，为完成下面活动4做准备。

Language points

1. But I think I’d describe Confucius more as a teacher and thinker than a writer. 我更愿意把孔子描述为教师兼思想家，而非作家。

more... than...在本文中指“与其说……不如说……”。

2. ... and Shakespeare’s plays also make a lot of sense to us today. 莎士比亚的戏剧现在对于我们来说也仍然很有意义。

make sense意思是“易理解；合情理；有意义”。

3. We’re still influenced by Confucius’s ideas. 我们仍然被孔子的思想所影响。（被动语态）

被动语态结构：主+be+ v.过去分词+( by+动作执行者）

设计意图：讲解语言点，使学生掌握本单元重点词汇的用法，并初步了解被动语态。

Activity 4

1. T asks Ss to read the words in the box aloud and make sure that they can pronounce the words correctly and understand the meaning of the words.

2. Ss complete the passage with the words in the box and then check the answers together.

设计意图：通过练习使学生掌握并巩固所学重点词汇的用法。

Activity 5

1. Ss read the sentences by themselves and pay attention to the words that should be stressed.

2. Ss listen to the recording and underline the words the speaker stresses.

3. Ss compare the recording with their own reading, and read again in a correct way.

4. Ss listen again and repeat.

设计意图：语音练习使学生掌握朗读中单词的重读、语调和规律，培养抑扬顿挫的语感。

Activity 6

1. Ss discuss the opinions in groups.

T: Do you agree with the following opinions? Have a discussion and give your reasons.

Teahouse is one of the greatest plays in China.

Everyone should learn some Tang poems.

We should only read books by great writers.

2. Ss state their opinions beginning like this:

I accept…

I agree / don’t agree with…

I suppose…

I think…

3. Ss in each group choose one member to report the ideas of their group to the whole class. They can begin with:

Most of us think… We think we learn…

设计意图：鼓励学生进行讨论，说出自己的观点，易引起学生学习兴趣，锻炼其口语及交流合作能力。

Cultural background

T introduces some information about Mark Twain and Shakespeare.

设计意图：帮助学生加强对西方著名作家、戏剧家及其文学作品的了解。

Step V Summary

Sentences:

1. What’s up?

3. But I think I’d describe Confucius more as a teacher and thinker than a writer.

4. We’re still influenced by Confucius’s ideas.

5. I suppose he isn’t as well-known as Confucius or Shakespeare.

设计意图：带领学生梳理所学知识，方便学生课后巩固复习。

Step VI Homework

1. Retell the whole dialogue.

2. Write something about your favourite great writers.

设计意图：通过复述整篇对话以及写出自己最喜欢的作家的内容，达到应用新知识的目的。

五、板书设计

Module 7 Great books

Unit 1 We’re still influenced by Confucius’s idea

Words and expressions:

discuss, thinker, wise, review, influence, sense, make sense, by the way, suppose, in the nineteenth century, as… as, join in

Sentences:

What’s up?

I accept that they’re great because their works are still read by many people today.

I think I’d describe Confucius more as a teacher and thinker than a writer.

We’re still influenced by Confucius’s ideas.

I suppose he isn’t as well-known as Confucius or Shakespeare.