七年级英语下册 Module 11 National heroes教案 外研版.doc

Module11 National heroes
Language goals:
Giving a talk about a hero.
New languages:
一般过去时的特殊疑问句用法；
Vocabulary：
bridge, build, engineer, foreign, government, museum, national hero, patriotic, railroad, tunnel, altitude, astronaut, Earth, flag, flight, land, orbit, pilot, read, rest, space, train, ect.
Difficult points:
1. Improve the students’ reading and writing abilities according to the reading materials.
2. Do more reading to raise the ability of speaking.
3. Raise the ability of talking people.
4. The usage of past tense.
Teaching aids:
computer, video, recorder
Teaching periods:
Period 1: Unit 1
Period 2: Unit 2
Period 3: Unit 3

Unit 1 What did Zhan Tianyou do?
Teaching aims:
1. Grasp the most important words and expressions:
Key vocabulary: bridge, build, engineer, foreign, government, museum, national hero, patriotic, railroad, tunnel.
2. Target languages:
1) To understand conversations about Zhan Tianyou.
2) To get specific information from the listening passage.
3) To talk about heroes with WH questions.
3. Train the speaking and listening abilities.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Warming-up
Complete the passage with the words:
bridge build engineer foreign government museum national
hero patriotic railroad tunnel
Zhan Tianyou is a ________. He was the ________ of a __________ in the mountains with many _________ and _________. The Chinese _________ wanted a Chinese engineer to ________ it. They didn’t want _________ engineers. There’s a _________ about him in Badaling. It’s a very ________story.
Keys：national hero engineer railroad bridge tunnel government build
foreign museum patriotic
Step 2. Listening and reading
Listen to the tape carefully, and try to grasp the main idea of the dialogue between Daming and Tony. Have a free talk with your partner. Talk about: what do you think of Zhan Tianyou?
Step3. Choosing
Choose the correct answer:
1. A railroad is for trains/ buses.
2. A bridge goes over/ under a river.
3. A tunnel goes through/ over a mountain.
Step 4. Answer the questions
1) What did Zhan Tianyou do?
2) When did Zhan Tianyou die?
3) Where did the railroad start?
4) What did the Chinese do when he died?
5) Where did it finish?
6) Why didn’t the government want foreign engineers?
7) When did Zhan Tianyou work on it?
Step 5. Learning to learn
When you write words in your notebook, underline the stressed syllable: foreign, government, engineer
Step 6. Pronunciation
How do you say these words？Put the words into the correct columns.
engineer foreign government hero museum national patriotic railroad runnel
Step 7. Grammar
(一) 一般疑问句
Did＋主语＋原形动词＋其他成分？
1）—Did you study English in 1990?
—Yes, I did. —No, I didn’t.
2) —Was he an engineer five years ago?
—Yes, he was. —No, he wasn’t.
（二）特殊疑问句
1. Who did the experiment yesterday?
2. Who taught you English in 1990?
3. What did you do last Sunday?
4. Where did your parents live five years ago?
Step 8. Listening
Listen and underline the stressed words.
1. What did you think of the film?
2. What did he do?
3. When did he work on it?

Step 12. Exercise
1. I ____ she _____ in the room.
A. think, isn’t B. don’t think, is
C. not think, is D. don’t think, isn’t
2. —Could you help me _____ English?
—Certainly.
A. To learn B. to learning
C. learning D. with
3. The Chinese government wanted a Chinese engineer _____ it.
A. Built B. build C. building D. to build
4. —What do you think of the book?
—______.
A. It’s about Chang’s B. Very much
C. It’s very interesting D. It’s five yuan.
5. —_____ is the spring?
—From March to May.
A. When B. What time
C. How long D. How soon
6. They are watching ____ news on TV.
A. The newest B. the must new
C. The latest D. later
7. Yang Liwei _______ Earth after his journey into space.
A. Returned B. returned to
C. Returned back D. returned back to
Keys: 1-5 B D D C A 6-7 C B
Homework:
1. Revise the vocabulary words in this lesson.
2. Write something about a hero.

Unit 2 He trained for five years.
Teaching aims:
1. To get information from the reading material about personal information.
2. To get a brief idea of newspaper articles.
3. Main sentences:
1) The spacecraft orbited the earth 14 times in October.
2) On Wednesday people visited China’s first spacecraft in a museum in Beijing.
Teaching importance:
1. Key words: altitude, astronaut, Earth, flag, flight, land, orbit, pilot, read, rest, space, train
2. Key structures: Past simple.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Look and match
Match these words with the photos.
astronaut Earth
national flag space
spacecraft wave
Step 2. Reading and vocabulary
Read the newspaper article and find these four parts.
1. The headline
2. The latest news
3. The background
4. Today
Step 3. Match
Match the words with their meanings.
flight hero join land last orbit pilot reach rest train
1. Someone who flies a plane ______.
2. To study and practice _______.
3. To return to the ground ______.
4. To take time ________.
5. A journey through the air or space _________.
6. To stop work and relax ________.
7. To go round the earth ____________.
8. Arrive at ________.
9. To become part of ___________.
10. Someone who many people like _________.
Key: 1. pilot 2. train 3. land 4. last 5. flight
6. rest 7. orbit 8. reach 9. join 10. hero
Step 4. Write questions for these answers
1. Last Thursday. (When …?)
___________________________________
2. 21 hours. (How long…?)
___________________________________
3. At 6:23am. (When …?)
___________________________________
4. In Inner Mongolia. (Where …?)
___________________________________
5. In 1987. (When …?)
___________________________________
6. Five years. (How long …?)
___________________________________
7. People on earth. (Who …?)
___________________________________
8. The Chinese national flag. (What …?)
___________________________________
Step 5. Writing
Work in pairs. When was the first Chinese flight in space?
days ago last month years ago yesterday
Step 6. Pair work
Work in pairs. Say what happened to Yang Liwei.
eleven years later five years later in 1987
Step 7. Write sentences
Headline: Shenzhou spacecraft in Beijing
Latest news: On Wednesday people visited China’s first spacecraft in a museum in Beijing.

Unit 3 Language in use
Teaching aims:
1. Teach vocabulary words.
2. To summarize and consolidate past simple WH questions.
3. Train the speaking and writing abilities.
Teaching method:
Formal and interactive practice.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Language practice
Practice the following sentences in groups.
1. What did he do?
2. When did he work on it?
3. How did he show his skill as an engineer?
4. Why didn’t they want foreign engineers?
Step 2. Writing
Write five questions.
Step 3. Pair work
Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions you wrote in Activity 1.
Put the words from the passage about Yang Liwei into the correct columns.
altitude astronaut days ago Earth eleven years later five years later flight land last last month orbit pilot spacecraft the next year years ago yesterday
space
time
Earth
last
Step 4. Writing
Put the words from the passage about Zhan Tianyou into the correct columns.
bridge build foreign government museum national hero patriotic railroad tunnel
Nation
Engineer
foreign
bridge
Step 5. Module task
Give a talk about a hero.
Work in pairs. Choose a hero.
Write notes about:
1. Their life
2. Why they are famous
3. What they did
4. Why you like them
Plan what you are going to say about them.
Start: something about his / her life
Middle: what he / she did
End: why you like him/ her
…was born …lived …worked …
When he/ she was 25 he / she …in 1975 he / she …
I think he /she is great because …
Step 6. Work in groups
Work in groups of four.
1. Give your talk while the others listen.
2. Ask questions about the people the others talk about.
—Where did he study?
—In Harvard, USA.
Step 7. Exercise
Example 1: I am at school today. (was; a video arcade; yesterday)
I was at a video arcade yesterday.
Example 2: He often goes to the movies (went; last night)
He went to the movies last night.
1. I do my homework every day. (did; yesterday evening)
______________________________________
2. They are bank clerks. (were; students; ten years ago)
______________________________________
3. Is he a police officer now? (Was; a sales assistant; in 2003)
______________________________________
4. The students run every afternoon. (ran; just now)
______________________________________
5. She often takes a walk after supper.(took; last Sunday night)
______________________________________
6. He has an egg every morning. (had; two; this morning)
_______________________________________
7. Uncle Wang always gets up early. (got up; late; over the weekend)
________________________________________
8. They come to visit the old people on weekends. (came; on January 1st)
________________________________________
9. He is eating a big hamburger, now.
(ate; a medium pizza; the day before yesterday)
__________________________________
10. Nightingale sings very well. (sang an English song; a moment ago)
____________________________________
11. I am a teacher at a Junior High. (was; a doctor; before I went to Xiamen)
_______________________________________
12. Do you play football every week? (Did; two weeks ago)
_________________________________________
Keys:
1. I did my homework yesterday evening.
2. They were students ten years ago.
3. Was he a sales assistant in 2003?
4. The students ran just now.
5. She took a walk last Sunday night.
6. He had two eggs this morning.
7. Uncle Wang got up late over the weekend.
8. They came to visit the old people on January 1st.
9. He ate a medium pizza the day before yesterday.
10. Nightingale sang an English song; a moment ago
11. I was a doctor before I went to Xiamen.
12. Did you play football two weeks ago?