unit 9 when was he born?
teaching aims:
1. learn how to talk about exceptional people we admire.
2. learn some expressions about occupation.
3. learn some words about different kinds of occupations.
4. learn to ask “when were you born? where were you born?”.
5. know more exceptional people.
teaching difficulties and focuses:
1. the usage of passive voice, such as “when were you born? where were you born?”.
2. the usage of adverbial clauses with when and how long questions.
teaching contents: section a (1a—2c)
teaching material: a computer, cai课件
teaching design:
一. create plots and scenes to guide the new lesson.
good morning, boys and girls. listen carefully, please. have you heard of the song you and me？（students:…）can you sing the song？（students:…）let’s sing together. begin！（students:…）
very good！this song was for the olympic games last year. last year was . it was a great year in our chinese history. why? because the 29th olympic games was held in beijing. and thousands of people all over the world came to china. i think it was a chance for foreigners to get to know china. and we were very excited because we saw many famous players. now tell me the names of famous players. volunteer , hands up!
now look at the screen.
who is he? (ss…….) yes, he is liu xiang. when was he born? he was born in 1984.
who is he? (ss…….) yes, he is yang wei. when was he born? he was born in 1980.
二. cooperate and intercourse to unscramble and research.
the main content in section a (1a—2c) is to learn the target language.
who’s that?
that’s deng yaping. she is a great chinese ping-pong player.
when was she born?
she was born in 1973.
how long did charles smith hiccup?
he hiccupped for 69 years and 5 mounths.
when did he start hiccupping.
he started in 1922.
ⅰ. demonstration
learn some nouns about different kinds of occupations first, then the teacher communicates with the students.
they are all famous people. do you know them? who’s that?
he is yao ming. he is a famous basketball player.
how about that man?
he is liu xiang. he is a famous running player.
do you know how old they are?
ⅱ. activities
show them some pictures and get them to practice conversations and communicate with each other:
when were you born?
i was born in/on.....
when was he born?
he was in/on.....
ⅲ. experience
1) play the tape of part 1b, and get the students to listen and write the year the sports star was born. finish the teaching task of part 1b
2) play the tape of part 2a for the first time, and get the students to fill in “how long” column in the chart. finish the teaching task of part 2a.
3) play the tape of part 2a again, and get the students to fill in the “started” and “stopped” column. finish the teaching task of part 2b.
ⅳ. activities
1) get the students to do pairwork, and finish the teaching task of intercourse in part 2c.
2) get the students to do pairwork in part 2c and tell them to use the pictures to make new conversations. finish the teaching task of this part.
三. sum-up and improvement
按要求转换句子，每空一词。
1. i was born in 1982. (对划线部分提问)
———— ———— you born?
2. donna sneezed for two hours. (对划线部分提问)
____ ____ ____ donna ____-.
3. you are too young to go to school. (改为同义句)
you aren’t ___ ____ to go to school.
4. michael jordan is a famous basketball player. (对划线部分提问)
_____ _____ michael jordan ?
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