九年级英语全册 Chapter 9 The weird world of plants教案 牛津深圳版.doc

Chapter 9 of Junior 9 The weird world of plants
Lesson Plan
Teaching aims and demands:
Words and expressions:
a. Learn how to use 22 words:
novel gardening nature survive desert excitement unfairly work commonly
truly actually family closely arrangement gentleman discovery content
ceremony advantage account description stand
a novel called…
a gardening competition
a great success
be filled with
imaginary things
amazing plants
be known as widely as
grow up to
create excitement
be put in prison
be ready to do sth.
extremely successful
not actually exist
try one’s best to do sth.
romantic dream
come true
take place
at the latest

b. Learn to use the following phrases
1. 一本叫……的小说
2. 园丁竞赛
3. 一次巨大的成功
4. 充满
5. 想象中的事物
6. 奇特的植物
7. 广为人知
8. 长到
9. 引起兴奋
10. 被送进监狱
11. 准备好做某事
12. 非常成功
13. 实际上并不存在
14. 尽全力做某事
15. 浪漫的梦想
16. 实现
17. 发生
18. 最迟
2. Listen to understand descriptions of living things. Match them with the pictures.
3. Be able to skillfully use the comparatives and superlatives of adverbs. Make comparisons using (not) as…as… .
4. Read and comprehend the reading in Chapter Nine. Get to know something about an amazing imaginary plant ‘The black tulip’.
5. Get to know something about helping our listeners understand us.
6. Learn to write an account of a school activity.
Main and difficult points:
1. Key words and phrases
2. Reading comprehension
Teaching Methods:
1. Listening, speaking and writing.
2. Watch and say
3. Pair / group work
Teaching aids: PPT and tape recorder
Periods needed: 10
Teaching procedures:
Period One

Teaching target
1. To know some new words and expressions.
Pronounce the words correctly. And try to explain them in a simple way.
2. Memorize the word spelling. Do some
exercises about the new words learnt in
class.
Cartoon talk
1. Give students some time to look at the cartoon on SB, page115. Tell them to read the sentences carefully.
2. Meaning of the cartoon:
The cartoon raises the topic of the main passage by showing Lo in the grips of a fast-growing plant which Hi has just bought.
Teaching courses:
Step1 Greetings and leading in.
What do you know about…?
A1 Match the names in the box with these photos of plants.
roses rice bamboo
A2 Answer the following questions.
Which of the plants in A1
a. is used in construction? bamboo
b. can be sent to people we love? roses
c. produces grains which we eat? rice
Step 2 New words Study
l tulip
e.g. The tulip is the national flower in Holland.
l imaginary adj. 想像中的，虚构的
image n. 形象，概念
imagine v. 想象，设想
imagine doing something
imagination n. 想象力
imaginative. adj. 富于想象力的，爱想象的
Practice:
1.The story shows plenty of _______.
2.You can _________ my surprise when they told me the news.
3.She is such an _________ child that she can write many novels.
4.She had a clear _______of how she would look in twenty years time.
l Nature
The beauties of nature 大自然的美景
by nature 生性
e.g. She’s polite by nature.
human nature 人性
e.g. It is only human nature to like money.
natural adj. 自然的,天然的
natural resources 自然资源
natural food 天然食品
natural English
l survive
从…… 中逃生
Only two passengers survived the air-crash.
比……活的长;丧失
She survived her husband by twenty years.
Her parents died in the accident, but she survived.
She survived in the desert for a week on biscuits and water.
survivor n.幸存者
e.g. There was the only survivor from the plane crash.
survival n.幸存
basic skills for the survival of the modern society.
Survival skills
l desert
E.g. Many trees and cactuses are growing
toughly in desert .
l excitement
e.g. The gymnastic athletes showed their excitement after winning the gold medals in 2008 Olympic Games.
excite 使兴奋，使激动
e.g. Don’t excite yourself! Relax!
excited. adj. 兴奋的，激动的
e.g. The scientists are excited about the results of the experiment.
exciting adj. 令人兴奋的
e.g. The exciting film made him excited.
Practice:
1.The news of her arrival ________ the crowd.
2. Life will seem very quiet after the ________ of our holiday.
3. The _______ children were opening their Christmas present.
4. The football mach was so___________ that everyone cheered up .
l unfairly adv. 不公平的
fair adj. 公平的，公正的
un（表否定的前缀）+ fair = unfair
adj. 不公平的，不公正的
unfair + ly = unfairly
adv. 不公正地，不公平地
与之相似的构词法：
happy unhappy unhappily
healthy unhealthy unhealthily
fortunate unfortunate unfortunately
l works
e.g. Shakespeare’s works include plays and poems.
Steel works
l rare
e.g. rare species 珍惜物种
It is very rare for him to be late.
the rare air of the mountains
rare 指罕见而可能是珍贵的东西。
scarce一般指有用而又不足的东西。
Potatoes were scarce last winter.
l rarely / seldom / hardly / scarcely adv.
不常，很少, 几乎不
I have rarely/seldom heard such a strange story.
He’s hardly / scarcely/ ever late for school.
Practice：
1. This is a ______ plant that I have never
seen it before.
2. There is ________ rain in autumn .
3. We have __________ any money left.
l truly adv. 准确地，确实地
A spider cannot truly be described as an insect.
写信末尾通常会用到： yours truly…
truth n. 事实，真相。
动词+ the truth
clear up the truth
face the truth
find out the truth
search the truth
tell the truth
介词+ truth
In truth
out of truth 不准确
形容词+truth
cold truth 冷酷的事实真相
true adj. 真实的，真正的，准确的
true + 名词
true friend
true feeling
true colors
副词+ true
quite true
动词+true
Come true
It is/ was true + to do sth. /that+ clause.
l Cultivate v.培植，培育，养殖
cultivate a new generation 培育新一代
cultivate the habit of analysis
养成分析问题的习惯
培养，养成，磨练（才能等），启发
cultivate a love of art 培养对艺术的热爱
结识（有地位的人）
He always tries to cultivate rich and famous people.
他总是试图结交有钱有势的人。
l Close and closely
1. v.关闭
close a door // a business//
Close your books!
2) adj.=not far// very near
A close friend of mine
Don’t be close to the river!
close to 离…近， 与…关系密切,将近
The factory is close to the school.
My English teacher was close to me, she was almost my best friend.
close by 在…附近
He lives close by the church.
Stand close!（强调距离）
Watch closely!（强调程度）
l discover, invent,
discover指发现或偶然发现 (原本就存在但一直未被认识的东西)
invent 指发明.(原来不存在的东西)
Who discovered the New America?
=Who is the discoverer of the New America?
Who invented the fire powder?
=Who is the inventor of the fire powder?
Practice：
1. Whilhelm roentgen _______ X rays.
2. He was amazed to ______ her there.
3.Let’s try and _______________ what’s at the back of this problem.
4. What ___________ the steam engine.
5. She ran across some old letters when she was ________ something else.
l take place; happen; occur
happen 往往指事情的发生带有偶然性，
occur 更加正式一些，
take place 常指按（计划//事实）发生。
e.g. The explosion (爆炸)happened / occurred during an exercise near the town.
Great changes have taken place in
Shenzhen.
Step 3 Help to explain the words in English and memorize the spelling
l survive: continue to live or exist
l excitement: the state of feeling excited
l unfairly: in an unfair way
l works: a book, piece of music, painting, etc.
l commonly: usually; very often
l truly: used to emphasize a particular quality
l try one’s best: do everything possible
to achieve something
l come true: become reality
Step 4 Practice
A. Complete the following sentences using suitable words.
1. The young couple was put in prison_______( unfair).
2. Nature is _______ with amazing plants. (fill)
3. Since 1979 great changes _____________in Shenzhen. (take place)
4. ________（imagine）things can sometimes create_______ (excite) more easily than real ones.
5. The book was ______（true）amazing and the girl could not put it down.
B Change the forms of the words
1. imaginary (动词)---imagine
2.nature （形容词）---natural
3. survive （幸存者）---survivor
4.excitement（形容词）---excited /exciting
5.fairly （反义词）---unfairly
6.work （动词）---work
7. rare(副词)---rarely
8.despite （同义词）---though/ although
9.cultivator （动词）---cultivate
10. closely （形容词）---close
11. arrangement（动词）---arrange
12.discovery （动词） ---discover
13.advantage （反义词）---disadvantage
14. description （动词）---describe
15. Take place (同义词)---happen/occur
Step 5. Read the words correctly.
Step 6. Conclusion
Step 7. Assignments.
a. Recite the new words and expressions.(from tulip to actually)
b. Listen to the tape about the reading passage three times.

Period Two
Teaching target
1. Review the new words and expressions.
2. Pre-reading about the text.
Teaching courses:
a. Review the new words and expressions.
Have a dictation about the following words:
novel gardening nature survive
desert excitement unfairly work
commonly truly actually work
imaginary tulip cultivate
b. Pre-reading
i. Warming-up
Background:
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ii. Listen to the text and answer:
What does the passage mainly talk about?
an imaginary ‘black tulip’
iii. Skim the reading passage and tell True or False.
T 1. Nature is full of wonderful plants,
F 2. No plants can live in the desert.
T 3. Sometimes people get more excited by imaginary things by real ones.
F 4. It is not difficult to find a real black tulip in nature.
F 5. The cultivator gave up their dream of growing truly dark flowers.
iv. Scan the passage and replace the italicized pronouns with information from the passage.
1. He wrote a novel called the black tulip in 1850. Alexander Dumas
2. He tries to grow a black tulip to win a gardening competition. Cornelius
3. She is the daughter of the prison guard. Rosa
4. They fall in love and find a way to grow the plant. Cornelius and Rosa
5. It was a great success after it was published. the novel The Black Tulip
6. Those with dark colors are very rare.
flowers
v. Read and think
Read the text again, and put the following events in the correct order by numbering them from 1~7.
a. Cornelius and Rosa think of a way to grow the ‘black tulip’. 6__
b. Cornelius meets Rosa. 4
c. Cornelius and Rosa win the gardening competition. 7
d. Cornelius is put in prison unfairly. 2
e. Cornelius and Rosa fall in love. 5
f. Cornelius is unhappy and wants to give up his dream. 3
g. Cornelius tries to create a black tulip to win a gardening. 1
vi. Read the passage again and sum up the text.
The ‘black tulip’ is an ___________
imaginary flower. In the _____________
the black tulip, a young man tries his best to
___________ a black tulip, in order to win
a ____________ competition. However, he
is put in prison __________. There he
meets Rosa, and they__________ .together
they cultivate the black tulip. The book was
extremely ____________. People all dream
of growing a real ‘black tulip’ like the one
in the story. But most scientists think that a
_______black flower does not _________
exist. Despite this, the cultivators have tried
their best to make this romantic dream ____
and all enjoy the special flowers they have
made.
c. Conclusion
d. Assignments.
1). Recite the new words and expressions.(from despite to content)
2). Read the passages after the tape and try to recite P1-2.

Period Three
Teaching target
1. While-reading: to read intensively and try to understand the details.
2. To explain the key points about the reading.
Teaching courses:
a. Revision
Dictate 10 new words and expressions.
Despite cultivator romantic closely
volunteer arrangement discover
agenda content ceremony
b. Key points:
l Nature is filled with amazing plants .
be filled with与 be full of 通常可以互换.
e.g. The basketball is filled with apples by the
old man.
= The basketball is full of apples by the old
man.
特别强调: full 是形容词,意为满的;fill 是动词,意为装满;在组成短语时,不要忘记将fill后加ed
l sometimes, sometime, some time 区别:
sometimes 频度副词，表有时，常常
e.g. I sometimes receive letters from him.
sometime 表过去或将来的未知时间
Let’s have dinner together sometime next week.
I forgot seeing her sometime before.
some time 名词短语(一些时间，某个时段)
I will be away for some time.
l create 创造,创作;设计
An artist should create beautiful things.
Tourism creates jobs.
That would create a wrong impression.
n. creation. 创造力
full of creation
adj. creative 有创造力的
creative thinking
n. creator 创造者，创作者
l know 知道，懂得，认识，了解
既可做及物动词，也可做不及物动词
know ---knows---knew---known---knowing
e.g. I honestly don’t know.
He knows English and French.
He knows that this is quite true.
be known to sb/sth. 为……说熟知的
The actor is well known to us.
know about 知道，了解
I happened to know about him.
be known for 因为……而出名
It is known for its handicraft products.
know of 听说 =hear of
I don’t know the writer, but I know of him.
be known as…
Luxun is known as a writer.
l for example and such as
for example用来举例说明某一论点或情况,一般只举同类人或物中的“一个”为例,作插入语,可位于句首、句中或句末 ，用逗号隔开，类似于for instance。
such as用来列举事物时,一般列举同类人或事物中的几个例子。插在被列举的事物 与前面的名词之间,as后面不可有逗号 ，类似于like。
e.g For example, no-smoking is a good
habit.
He can speak six languages, such as English and French.
l succeed v. success n. successful adj.
succeed in doing 成功做某事
Tim succeeded in reaching the mountain.
achieve success 获得成功
wish sb success 祝愿某某成功
successful performance 成功的演出
make sth. successful 使得某事成功
Were you successful in the contest?
= Did you succeed in the contest?
l despite = in spite of 尽管
He came to the meeting despite his illness.
=He came to the meeting in spite of his illness.
= he came to the meeting though he was ill
Con