Unit9Whenwasheborn?IAnalysisofteachingmaterialThisbookispublishedbyPeople’sEducationPressandThomsonLearning,whichisadaptedfromtheoriginalGoforit!SeriesbyDavidNunan.TheChineseeditionusestask-basedlanguageteachingmethodtoformanewkindofteachingpatternwhichcontainsthecurrenttopics,abilityofcommunicationandalsolanguagestructuretomakestudentstolearnEnglisheasily.ⅡAnalysisofstudentsThestudentsinGrate8havefamiliaredwithlisteningandspeakingtypeclass,buttheirabilitiesaboutreadingcouldbeimproved.Sowewouldteachthemhowtounderstandthearticleandkeyanddifficultpoints.ⅢTeachinggoalsA.Languagegoals:1.words:born,well-known,pianist,accordion,hum2.Phrases:humsongs,difficultpiecesofmusic,attheageoffour,starttodo,takepartin,wintheprize,inone’sgroup3.Sentences:a.Who'sthat?That'sLiYundi.b.Whenwasheborn?Hewasbornin1982.c.Heisawell-knownChinesepianist.B.Communicativegoals:TodevelopSs’readingabilityandwritingability.C.Virtuegoals:a.DevelopSs’learninginterests.b.StimulateSstolearnfromthefamouspeople.IVKeypointsanddifficultpoints:Keypoints:a.words:born,well-known,pianist,accordion,humb.Phrases:humsongs,difficultpiecesofmusic,attheageoffour,starttodo,takepartin,wintheprize,inone’sgroupc.Sentences:1.Who'sthat?That'sLiYundi.2.Whenwasheborn?Hewasbornin1982.Difficultpoints:Howtouse"when"questionsand“beborn”toasksbsthV.Teachingmethods:Inmyopinion,themaininstructionalaimsoflearningEnglishinMiddleschoolistodevelopthestudents’abilitiesoflistening,speaking,reading,writingandtheirgoodsenseoftheEnglishlanguage.SointhislessonI’llmainlyusecommunicativeapproach(交际教学法),andTask-basedlanguageteaching(任务教学法).VITeachingprocedureStep1.Warmingup(5’)Game:Whoishe/she?Askastudenttocometothefront,saysomesentencesaboutafamouspersonoroneoftheclassmates,includinghisorherbirthdate,occupation,andsoon.AndaskotherSstoguesswhoheorsheistalkingabout.Later,thestudentgivestheanswerandshowsthepictures.Step2Lead-in(5’)IwillshowsomephotosoffamouspeopleonthescreenandasksomepairsofSstomakedialoguesonebyone.A:Who’sthat?B:That’s______.Heis_______.A:Whenwasheborn?B:Hewasbornin_____.Step3Newcontent(30’)1.Listentothetapeandreadthenewwords2times.Firsttime,justlistentothepronunciation;thesecondtime,letSsfollowthetapeandreadwords.Atlast,readwordsloudlytogether.(5’)2.Thendosomereading.Wewillhearofsomefamouspeople.Mostofthemstarteddoingthingswhentheywereveryyoung.Andtheybecamefamouswhentheywereyoung,too.LookatActivity3aandreadafterthetape.(T:Now,let’sdosomereading.Wewilllearnsomefamouspeople.Mostofthemstarteddoingthingswhentheywereveryyoung.Andtheybecamefamouswhentheywereyoung,too.PleaselookatActivity3a.Let’sreadafterthetape…)(5’)3.AskSstofindsomekeyphrasesandunderline.Explainsomekeylanguagepoints.(5’)1.humsongsanddifficultpiecesofmusic哼唱歌曲和有难度的乐章2.starttodosth.开始做某事orwecansay“startdoingsth.”3.attheageoffour在四岁时4.takepartin参加5.wintheprize获奖4.ThensaysomesentencesinChinese,andaskSstoputintoEnglish.(2’)1.我8岁时就开始踢足球。2.他们10岁时就开始学英语。5.HaveSslookatthechart.AskSswhattheythinktheword“achievement”means.Explainthatitmeanstheimportantthingeachpersondid.AskSstoreadthearticleagainandfillinthechart.Later,checktheanswers.Thenaskthewholeclasstoreadthearticleagain.(3’)6.Groupwork–Interview(10’)AskSstoworkingroupsoffour.Eachgroupchoosesareporter.Thereporterinterviewsothergroupmembersaboutwhentheystarteddoingthesethings(learnedtorideabike,startedlearningEnglish,startedgoingtoschool,learnedtowrite,andsoon.).(T:Welldone.Let’sdoaninterview.I’dlikeyoutoworkingroupsoffour,andeachgroupchoosesareporter.Thereportershouldaskothergroupmembersaboutwhentheystarteddoingthesethings.First,supposeI’mareporter.(InterviewthreeSs)Understand,now?It’syourturntodothisexercise.Standupanddothisexercise.Whenyoufinish,youcansitdown.Now,groupwork,begin!--WhendidyoustartlearningEnglish?--IstartedlearningEnglishwhenIwastenyearsold.)Step4Summary(3’)Thisclasstellsussomefamouspeopleandtheirstories.Wealsolearnnewknowledge.I’llasksomeSstoretellthephraseswehaveleant,thenIwillsummarizethesentencepatternstoends.(T:OK,let’ssummarize.Inthisperiod,wehavetalkedaboutsomefamouspeople.Theyallstarteddoingthingswhentheywereveryyoung.Andfinallytheyhavemadegreatsuccess.Sopleaseremember:“Youarenevertooyoungtostartdoingthings.”(showonthescreen).Somuchfortoday.)Step5Homework(2’)1.Writeanexperienceofafamousperson:First,findouthisorhermaterialthroughmagazines,Internetetc..Then,writeacompositionofthepersonyouadmiredaccordingto3a.2.FinishSectionB.VIIReflectionInclass,welearnedalotofwords,phrases,sentences.Maybesomestudentswouldfeelhardtoacceptssomuchknowledge,Iwillfocusonthemandmakeallstudentscouldsteponmyfeet.