江苏省昆山市锦溪中学九年级英语下册 Unit 4 Great people Reading 1教案 牛津版.doc

Unit 4 Great people Reading 1
教学课题

课 型
New
教 学 目 标:
1.To become familiar with and appreciate biographical writing.
2.To understand related details and information.
3.To infer general meaning from pictures ,title and context.
教学重点、难点：
1.How to improve the students’ reading ability.
2.The use of some useful expressions.
教学方法与手段：
The multimedia ,Listening , speaking , reading and writing
教 学 过 程：
教师活动
学生活动
设计意图
Step 1. Revision
Revise the phrases and important sentences in the Comic strips & welcome to the unit
1. 最伟大的人
2. 听说
3. 以---著名
4. 在月球上行走
5. 关心穷人
6. 发现美洲大陆

7. 世界杯
8. 电影明星
To consolidate learning of the comic strips and welcome to the unit
Step 2 .Lead-in
First show some pictures to the Ss to make the Ss interested in space.
Look at the screen and answer the questions:
1,Who is he?
2,What is he?

To make the Ss show interest in the passage.
As we know, Yangliwei is the first person to travel the space in China.
Step 3 .Presentation
T: please open your books and turn to Page 58. Explain the context. Simon is reading an article about a famous astronaut, Neil Armstrong. Ask students whether they know when the first man walked on the moon. Also ask them if they know the names of the first two men who walked on the moon. Tell students that they will learn more about men visiting the moon in the reading passage.
Who is he? Please listen to the tape of the passage and tell me the answer
Neil Armstrong

Step 4. Paragraph 12
Do you want to know more about Neil Armstrong? OK, follow me, let’s read the first two paragraphs first and answer the questions:
1). Who is the first man to walk on the moon?
2). What has Neil Arstrong been interested in ever since he was only six?
3). When did he receive his student pilot’s licence ?
2, Underline the important expressions in the paragraph
3, Finish the exercises
4, Read the paragraph together.
Ss answer the questions:
1)Neil Armstrong
2)He was interested in flying.
3)When he was 16.
2, write down the expressions
1) the first man to walk on the moon
2) be interested in doing
3)take one’s first flight
4) at the age of six
5) take flying lessons
6) a driving licence
7) join the navy
8) work as a naval pilot
To learn about what Neil Armstrong did from 1930 to 1949.
Step 5. Paragraph 3-5
This part tells us Armstrong was selected to become an astronaut and walked on the moon. Let’s ask the girls to read them and then ask Ss to answer the questions:
1). When was he selected to be an astronaut?
2). How old was he when he landed on the moon?
3). What did Armstrong and Aldrin take back to Earth?
2, Underline the important expressions in the paragraph
3, Finish the exercises
4, Read the paragraph together.
1,Ss answer the questions:
1). In 1962
2). 39 yeaars old
3). They collected many rock samples to take back to Earth for further research.
2, write the expressions
1)be selected to do
2)out of control
3), the first time in histroy
4), take back to Earth
5), for further resarch

To learn about Armstrong was selected to become an astronaut and walked on the moon.
Step 6. Paragraph 6-8
1,Ask boys to read these paragraphs together and fill in the blanks:
2, Answer the questions: 1) What do people think the Aliens tried to do?
2)What was the highest award that Neil Armstrong received?
3,Underline the important expressions in the paragraph
4, Read the passage together.

1).They were watching them and trying to warn the Astronauts to stay away.
2) The Medal of Freedom.
2, the important expressions
.1).the USA government
2). warn sb to do
3).It is said that
4). send a message to
5). The Medal of Freedom.
6).the pride of the world
To learn about the details about the alien and Neil Armstrong got the award .
Step 8. Consolidation
According to the story of Neil Armstrong, can you find out what happened to him?
1.On 5th August 1930,_____________
2.At the age of six,__________
3.At the age of fifteen,___________
4At the age of sixteen,___________
5.In 1949,________________
6.When he moved to California,__ __
7.In 1962,_________________
8.In 1966,____________
9.On 20thJuly1969,__________
1. Neil Armstrong was born in Ohio
2. He took his first flight
3. He began taking flying lessons
4. He received his student pilot’s licence
5. He joined the navy
6. He became a test pilot for NACA and NASA
7. He was selected to become an astronaut
8. He went into space as Command Pilot of Gemini 8
9. He became the first human that walked on the moon
To test the students whether they understand the passage we have learned
Step 9.Language points
Explain some useful language points to the Ss
a. at the age of… =when sb was … years old
b. work as…
c. better safe than sorry = it is wiser to be too careful than to act too quickly and do something that may be regretted later.
d. order sb (not) to do
e. cut sb/sth short
To help the Ss understand them and use them correctly
Step 10.Exercises
1,useful expressions
2,important sentences
To consolidate this passage.
Step 11. Homework
1.Retell the text
2.Finish the exercises
To help the students revise the passage
授后小记：
课文比较长，大部分学生能根据课文内容回答问题，但单词还要巩固。