初二8A第3单元.doc

Teaching plan Of Chapter 3 Detectives and crimes

Teaching aim: Overview
This chapter is about detectives and crimes. The main passage is an interview between Pansy and Detective Ken, who tells pansy about one of his cases.
The Listening section contains a task about identifying stolen jewellery, in which students have to listen to a description and identify the correct pictures.
The Language section contains several exercises featuring Detective Ken, where students are asked to practice using infinitives and gerunds after verbs.
The Speaking section is a role-play game in which two theft suspects mst try to give the same story during two separate interviews.
In the Writing section, students must use pictures and notes to write a report of a crime.
The cartoon
The joke in the cartoon depends on the fact that the detective character assumes that the broken arm is called Lo, and not that the robot is called Lo. The cartoon introduces a funny detective character, and suggests what the topic of the chapter will be detective character, and suggests what the topic of the chapter will be.
Moral target: Teach students to behave well.

The First Period
Important points:
a. Do some pre-reading activities.
b. Learn some new words about the reading.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1: Pre-reading activities
1. Tell students to look at the cartoon, and explain it if necessary.
2. See a music video and have a brainstorm activity.
l What kind of quality does a good detective need?
3. Play a game---Have a competition:
Ask Ss to guess the detective according to the information given. The earlier you know the answer, the more marks you will get.
Guess the detective:
l Detective Conan
1). He was a young famous detective in Japan.(4 points)
2). He turned into a boy by a secret criminal organization when they gave him a drug.
(2 points)
l Sherlock Holmes
1). He is the world's first consulting detective. (4 points)
2). He is tall and thin. He has a hooked nose and a long face. (3 points)
3). He always smokes a pipe. (2 points)
4). He lives in Baker Street, London. (1 point)
l Dr. John H. Watson
1). He studied medicine at the University of London Medical School. (4’)
2). He was wounded in the Battle of Maiwand. (3’)
3).He was a little clumsy. (2’)
4).He was Sherlock Holmes’ best partner. (1’)
l Di Renjie
1). He was born in 630, Tang Dynasty.(4’)
2).He was one of prime ministers in Tang Dynasty.(3’)
3).He is the most reliable person of Wu Zetian. (2’)
4). Li Yuanfang was one of his good followers. (1’)
Step 2: What do you know about…? (P 30)
A. Are you a good detective?
There are 10 modern things in the painting. Can you find them?
B. Look and think
1. What happened in the story?
2. What is the man doing?
3. Who are the women?
Step 3: New words and expressions
Learn some new words
l innocent (adj.): having done nothing wrong
He’s innocent of murder.
l guilty (adj.) having done something wrong
He promised to find the guilty person.
l case (n.) a matter being investigated by the police.
The police solved the case of the stolen car.
l alone(adv.) without any other people
The girl is afraid of going out alone at night.
l lock (v.) put something in a safe place.
He always locks his money in the safe.
l safe (n.) a strong, metal box for holding valuable things
I know the number to open the safe.
l clue (n.) a thing helping us find the truth.
The detective was clever at looking for clues.
l question(v.) ask someone questions about sth. serious
The police questioned him about the stolen money.
l deny (v.) say that sth. is not true
May denied cheating in the exam.
l proof (n.) information showing the truth
The police took the fingerprints on the murder weapon as proof.
l recognize(v.) make out
I recognized him by his blond hair.
l no longer not any more
The station is no longer used.
l suspect (n) someone you believe has committed a crime.
The police are holding a suspect for questioning.
l admit (v.) say that you have done sth. wrong or illegal.
John admitted breaking the window.
l own (adj.) belonging to oneself
The teacher asked students to come and pick up their own things.
l instead of in the place of
Chinese people prefer to use chopsticks instead of knives and forks.
l behind bars in prison
The police put the thief behind the bars.
Step3. Practice about the new words and expressions
D1 and D2 on Page 32
Step 4. Homework
1. Revise new words for dictation.(innocent to proof)
2. listen to the tape about the reading passage three times.

The Second Period
Important points:
a. To review the new words students learnt in the last class.
b. To have a whole understanding of the passage and ask the students to answer some questions about the passage and then conclude synopsis of each paragraph.
c. To have a discussion and have an activity about the passage.
Teaching procedures
Step1. Revise new words
Give Ss several minutes to go over the new words and expressions quickly.Then ask them to fill in the blanks with the words and expressions learnt last time.
1. He’s __________of murder.
2. He promised to find the _________person.
3. The police solved the ______of the stolen car.
4. The girl is afraid of going out ______at night.
5. He always ________his money in the safe.
6. I know the number to open the________.
7. The detective was clever at looking for______
8. The police ___________him about the stolen money.
9. May ________cheating in the exam.
10. The police took the fingerprints on the murder weapon as________.
11. I _____________him by his blond hair.
12. The station is __________used.
13. The police are holding a _________for questioning.
14. John _________ breaking the window.
15. The teacher asked students to come and pick up their ______things.
16. Chinese people prefer to use chopsticks ____________knives and forks.
17. The police put the thief .
Step2. Reading comprehension:
a. Scan Para 1- 4 and answer the following questions.
1.Why does Ken like working as a detective?
2.What does Mr. Li enjoy doing?
3.How much is that vase?
4.Where did he lock the vase?
5.What did Detective Ken find and notice?
b. Scan Para. 5-10 and discuss the following question.
How did Detective Ken know Mr. Li was the thief?
Clues: the mud outside
the clean carpet inside
Jill lost her black pearl earring
Step 3. Ask the students to read the passage by themselves and tell what each paragraph means.
Synopsis:
P12: Pansy asks Ken why he likes working as a detective and Ken says he wants to protect the innocent and find the guilty.He uses his recent case as an example.
P3-4: Ken investigated the case. He found some clues and suspected Jill was the thief.
P5-6: Ken kept on his investigation. Jill claimed that she had lost the earring a week
before. Ken checked her story and found it was true.
P7-8: Ken further questioned Li and li admitted stealing his own vase for the insurance money and trying to make Jill the suspect.
P9-10: Ken confirmed that Li was arrested and Jill was innocent.
Step 4.Play the recorder and students listen to the tape about the stories.
1. The whole class read the passage in chorus.
2. Read the passage again and finish doing Exercise E----Read and think
Reaching conclusions:
E1 We often reach a conclusion from a fact. Match the facts with the possible conclusions in the box.
E2 Detective Ken discovered some facts. Match the facts with the possible conclusions below.
E3 Write down the letters of the right conclusions and the letters of the wrong ones.
E4 Put the following steps in the right order and then complete them with words in
the box
3. Have an activity---- 4 Ss in a group and let them play the role of Jill, Jenny, Mr. Li
and Detective Ken. Think about some words for the four roles and change the
passage into dialogues. And then act out the story
Step 5. Conclusion
Step 6. Homework
1. Go on reciting the new words and expressions (recognize to belt) and try to recite
Para 1- 4.
2. Finish Parts A, B of Chapter 3 in Workbook(Page 23).

The Third Period
Contents: Explain some key points in the reading passage and Conclude some important phrases. Do some complementary exercises.
Important points: Be familiar with the reading passage and master the usage of the key
words.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Revision.
a. Dictation----15 new words and expressions. (from recognize to belt)
b. Text reciting---- Para 1- 4.
Give Ss several minutes to be familiar with P1,2,3 and 4 of the reading passage. Then ask some Ss to recite it one paragraph by one paragraph. At last ,ask some good students to try to recite the the whole 4 paragraphs.
Step 2. Check the students’ exercises they did before class. (Workbook)
Step 3. Keys to the reading:
l To get information, she interviewed Detective Ken.
to 表目的,为了…
1. To pass the exam, I worked very hard.
2. To finish the work in time, I didn’t have lunch.
3. I come here to see you.
4. I fly to Beijing to watch the Olympic Games.
l as well as
1. I like apples as well as bananas.
2. He can speak English as well as Chinese.
3. John as well as his friends likes music very much.
=John likes music very much as well as his friends.
4. He as well as his wife ____ (is/ are) an English teacher.
= He is an English teacher as well as his wife.
l as well =too, also
1. He is a scientist. I am a scientist as well.
= He is a scientist. I am a scientist, too.
= He is a scientist. I am also a scientist.
2. Mr. Liu can speak English，and he can speak French as well.
=Mr. Liu can speak English，and he can speak French, too.
=Mr. Liu can speak English，and he can also speak French.
l look for寻找(过程)
find 找到(结果)
find out 找出,查明 ~ the truth
1. Can you _______who broke the window?
2. Can you _______who is the murderer?
3. ---What are you doing? ---I am __________my ruler.
4. --- Have you _________your ruler? --- Yes, I _____it/ No, I didn’t _____it.
l no longer= not …any longer不再
1. He no longer smokes.
= He doesn’t smoke any longer.
2. The baby no longer cried.
= The baby didn’t cry any longer.
3. Xiao Ping didn't go fishing any longer
=Xiao Ping no longer went fishing．
4. 他不再是淘气的孩子了。
   He is          a naughty boy _____ _____．
l Instead of “代替……”、“而不……”，
1. I come here instead of my brother. He is ill.
2. I will go instead of you.
3. Instead of playing computer games, I watched TV.
=I didn’t play computer games. I watched TV instead.
4. He went to school by bike instead of walking to school.
=He didn’t walk to school. He went to school by bike, instead.
l alone=by oneself 独自，一个人
lonely(感情)孤独地，孤单地
1.After his wife died, he lived alone.
2. She went home alone.
=She went home by herself.
3. I lived_____ but I didn’t feel______.
Step 4. Phrases of the reading:
1. protect the innocent 保护无辜
2. write an article on detectives 写一篇关于侦探的文章
3. work as 从事
4. find the guilty 找出凶手
5. a recent case 一个最近的案例
6. enjoy collecting things 喜欢收集东西
7. show sth to sb 给某人看某物
8. lock it in the safe 锁在保险箱里
9. a black pearl earring 一只黑珍珠耳环
10. deny doing sth. 否认做某事
11. notice sb. doing sth=see sb doing sth
12. the same … as / be different from
13. steal sth from sb 从某人处偷某物
14. no longer 不再…
15. break into 破门而入
16. in the end=finally/at last 最后 ,终于
at the end of 在… 末端
17. admit doing sth.承认做了某事
18. insurance for…的保险
19. go to jail=go to the prison去坐牢
20. be behind bars=be in jail, be in prison坐牢
Step 5. Homework
a. Recite Para 5-10 of the reading passage.
b. Review the phrases and prepare for tomorrow’s dictation.

The Fourth Period
Contents: language--- Part A Infinitives
Important points:
1. Review the reading passage.
2. Language---master the uses of infinitives
Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Revision---Review the reading passage.
a. Ask Ss to recite the reading passage (P5-10)
b. Have a dictation about the phrases in the reading passage.
Step 2. Language Part A ---- Infinitives
a. Introduction
Do you know what is Infinitive and can you find them out from the sentences below?
1. It’s not easy for me to get here. = To get here is not easy for me.
2.I want to see you.
3.The teacher ask us not to play in the classroom.
4. He often walks to school.
5. I fly to Beijing to watch Olympics.
6.Jim went to the Baoli cinema to see Mummy Third.
7.My dream is to be a doctor.
b. Conclusion: Infinitives: to do/be
c. Function: 主语、表语、宾语、宾补、定语、状语。
主语:
1. It is dangerous to play in the street.
2. It takes us thirty hours to get there by trains.
宾语:
3. They began to read and write.
4. He wanted to have a cup of tea.
5. She hopes to help us.
宾补:
6. The teacher told us to do Exercises 1 and 2.
7. Lucy asked him to turn down the radio.
8. Would you like us to go with you?
状语:
9. She went to see her grandma last week.
10. He came to give us a talk yesterday.
定语:
11. Have you got anything to say.
12. He said he had an important meeting to attend.
13. She was the first person to think of the idea.
表语:
14. The important thing is to be good at learning.
15. To be a doctor, the most important thing was to save lives.
Note:
宾语: 1). 能以不定式作宾语的动词常见的有：like, want, hope, wish, expect, need, hate，prefer, continue, manage, try, ask, offer, start, forget, mean, begin, decide, learn, agree, choose, refuse, plan, help 等。
2). 动词tell, advise, show, teach, find out, decide, discuss, learn, forget, know等常用一个连接代词或连接副词的不定式做宾语.
e.g. We didn’t know who (whom) to ask.
She teaches us what to do.
They forget when to go.
宾补：1). 能以不定式作宾补的动词常见的有：want, wish, expect, ask, tell, beg, order, help, allow, drive, invite, encourage, remind, warn, teach, require, call on, ask for, wait for,等。
2). 感官动词see, watch, notice, observe, look at, hear, listen to, feel等及使役动词 have, make, let之后，不定式作宾补要省去不定式符号to.
d. Practice
用不定式完成下列句子：
1. ________________(说)is one thing; _______________(做)is quite thing.
2. ___________________________(学好一门外语)is not easy.
3. It’s good ___________________________(帮助别人) when they are in trouble.
4. I want ___________________________(和你说句话).
5. I hope __________________________________(不久再见到你).
6. My idea is ______________立刻开始工作).
7. Her wish is _________________________(上大学) when she finishes middle school.
8. Li Ming asked me ____________________(和他去游泳).
9. Did you see him________________________(上公共汽车)?
10. You must be hungry. I’ll get you something______________________(吃).
11. Is there anyone ____照顾这些孩子)?
12. She went to the station _______________________(接一位美国朋友).
13. My uncle has come to Beijing____________________(参加一个重要的会议).
14. Please tell me ______________________(怎样念这个词).
15. I haven’t decided _______________________(买哪一件衬衫).
16. The question is _________