外研版英语九年级上册 Module2 Great books.doc

Module 2 Great books
Unit 1 Confucius Works are read by many people.
Teaching goal:
1. Talking about books, writers and thinkers.
2. Present simple passive
Teaching steps
Step 1 Work in pairs. Match the words in the box with the people in the pictures.
Read the word in the box with the students. Then match the words with the pictures.
Step2 Listen and check your answer to Activity1.
Listen to the tape and answer the questions. Read the answers ad think of the questions.
Step 3 Listen and read.
First listen to the tape , then ask the students read in pairs.
Choose the best answer.
Then check the answer.
Step 5 Answer the questions.
1. What was your last composition about?
2. What is the most ancient Chinese wonder of the world?
3. What were your best grades in English last year?
4. What clubs do you go to or would you like to go to?
Step 6. Pronunciation and speaking
1. Listen to the sentences.
2. Work in pairs. Make a list of articles for your own school magazine.
3. Work in groups of three or fur and act out a conversation about your own school magazine. Use your list and the conversation in Activity 3 for help.
Unit 2 I was o the edge of the Grand Canyon.
Teaching aim:
1. Review of tenses. Present, past and future simple; present and past continuous; present perfect
2. Listening for specific information
3. Having a conversation about a school magazine.
Teaching steps
Step1 Work in pairs. Can you think of any wonders of the world? Talk about buildings, mountains, rivers, seas, towers, waterfalls.
Step 2 Read the passage and describe what you can see in the photo. Use some of the words in Activity1.
Ask the students to read the passage individually, then choose the best answer.
1. Where does the passage most likely come from?
2. Why was there nothing to see?
3. Where was the writer facing on the edge of the Grand Canyon?
4. What is the writer’s purpose in writing this passage?
Step 3 Match the words in the box with their meanings.
anywhere gate huge natural stranger
1. not made by people
2. an entrance
3. someone you don’t know
4. very very big
5. of any place
Step 3 Complete the table with facts about facts about the Grand Canyon.
Step 4 Writing
1. Make a table with facts about:
2. Imagine you have seen one of the wonders of the world. Write sentences describing how you felt when you saw it for the first time.
Unit 3 Language in use
Teaching aims:
Language practice
Teaching steps
Step1 Explain the difference in meaning between sentences a) and b).
Ask the students to finish it individually then call back the answers.
Step2 Match the three parts of the sentences.
Step 3 Complete the passage with the correct form of the words.
Ask the students to do it individually them check the answers in pairs.
Call back the answers.
Step 4 Work in pairs. Interview your partner and write answers to the questions.
Step 5 Talk about the past, present and future of the wonders of the world.
Choose the best answer.
Work in pairs. Look at the photos and the notes. Guess where the notes go in the table.
Step 6 Complete the passage with the correct form of the phrases in the box.
Ask the students to fill in the blanks individually first, then call back the answers
Step 7 Around the world
Stonehenge: a man- made wonder of the world.
Read the passage with the students. Then talk about the man-made wonder of the world.
Step 8 Module task: Making a poster of a wonder of the world
Plan a poster about a wonder of the world. Work in groups of four. Decide on the wonder of the world you’d like to wrote about. You can wrote about one of the wonders on this module or research other wonders.