1、Marco Polo and the Silk Road教学目标Master the following words:Italy, age, goods, Europe, Asia, journey, king, coal, discover, invent, other, hope, at the age of, be new to.Be able to use the past tense skilled introduce celebritys life and important achievements. 教学重点Vocabulary and patterns in this les
2、son教学难点The past tense of the Irregular Verbs教学方法Task- based listening and reading, group work. explaining, exercising.教学资源Electronic whiteboard, Multimedia courseware教学步骤教师活动学生活动调整与思考教学过程设计教学过程设计Step 1 Class Opening Greet the students and have a free talk with them.Step 2 Revision (about 5 min)1. Qu
3、ick response: Teacher speaks Chinese meanings, students say out the English words and expressions they leant in last lesson.2. Translation: Translate the important sentence patterns sentence by sentence.Step 3 Presentation (about 20 min)1. Divide students into 9 groups as usual. Six students are in
4、a group. And teach the new words of this lesson.2. Teacher shows Marco Polos picture and make students say something about him (Encourage them to try to use English as much as possible). And listen to the tape, and fill in the blanks.3. Let students read and analyze the passage about Marco Polo and
5、the Silk Road in groups. Ask the students to discuss the questions:(1). What country did Marco Polo come from?(2). How did he and his brother travel?(3). When did he travel to Peking?(4). How long did his journey last?(5). What did he bring back to his home country?4. Ask some students to answer the
6、 questions.5. Let one of groups translate the passage together.6. Make students analyze every important points of the passage, especially the Irregular Verbs. Teachers add more details.7. Group Contest: Let a group sum up the usage of Simple Past Tense. Then, pick up two groups to write the Irregula
7、r Verbs on the blackboard as much as they can. Award the first place, and make others read these words after them.Step 4 Practice (about 8 min) Teacher gives students a similar Chinese passage which about a famous person, and let students translate in groups.Step 5 Production (about 5 min)Let others
8、 show pictures and introduce a famous person like that. They must use Simple Past Tense.Step 6 Summary (about 2 min) Let some students sum up what they have learnt today.Translate and speakAct in pairsLook at the picture and say somethingListen and fill in the blanksRead and answerTranslateWrite the
9、 past tense of the irregular verbsTranslate in groups.作 业Remember the words and recite the text.Write down their prepared introduction and finish the exercises after the passage.Finish off the exercises in Activity BookPreview the next lesson板书设计Lesson 8I. New words and expressions: II. Structures:Italy discover Hello, everyone!age invent My project is about.goods hope .Europe other Thank you!Asia journey By: XXking coal Date: at the age ofbe new to 教学反思