八年级英语Unit9 When was he born Section B新课标 人教版.doc

Unit 9 When was he born
Part 1: Teaching design
Structures: Passive voice; Adverbial clause with when
When/How long questions
Target language:
Who’s that?
That’s Deng Yaping. She is a great ping-pong player.
When was she born? She was born in 1973.
Who is Shirley Temple? She is a movie star.
When did she become a movie star? When she was three years old.
Vocabulary:
Achievement, record. Brazilian, skater, violinist, pianist, sneezing, hiccupping, start, stop, first, went, first had, learned talented, loving, creative, outstanding, unusual
Learning strategies: Cooperating, Using what you know
SECTION B
Goals
● To write about occupations
● To introduce one’s experience
Procedures
Warming up by describing a person
I know you have lots of good friends in your class. Can you describe them and let your partners guess who they are. For example:
1a Looking at these people and describing with the words
Do you know what are the meanings of the words?
Talented means “ very clever in a special way”. Outstanding means “very good, much better than others”. Creative means “having the ability or power to create, productive. ”
1b Speaking
Imagine you know the people in the pictures 1a. Tell your group about the people
2a Listening and circling the words
Listen, two people are talking about people they admire. Please circle the words you hear.
Now let’s check the answers
talented loving outstanding unusual beautiful creative kind famous
2b Listening and writing “M” or “L” on the lines.

Read the tapescript in order to underline the expressions and shadow the connectives.
Copy the expressions into your Expression Book after school.
2c Doing pairwork
Ask and answer questions about Midori.
Ask and answer questions about Laura.
You should practice these dialogues as much as possible.
3a Reading and filling the chart.
Accordion is a portable instrument with a small keyboard and free metal reeds that sound when air is forced past them by pleated bellows operated by the player.

3b Writing
Say something about Laura. Write an article
Laura was born in 1932. She started ice skating when she was four and became a skating champion when she was ten. She worked very hard. Now she’s a kind and loving grandmother.
3c Writing
I think you must have someone you admire. Can write something about him or her. Introduce him or her to your classmates.
4 Asking and guessing
Your classmates have to guess the name of a person you admire.
They can ask you ten questions like this:
Closing down by writing your autobiography
Suppose you are a famous person, for example, a scientist or pianist. A newspaper reporter wants to write a brief biography for you. Can you write one for yourself, too?