1、九年级Unit1 Period 4
教学内容
More practice (p.13), Culture corner (p.16)
教学目标
语言知识
了解单词weight, weigh, scale, mark, rock, reach和短语draw a line, go lower, take…off, go down, add up。
语言技能
1. 能读懂“曹冲称象”的故事内容，理解曹冲称象的方法。
2. 能复述曹冲称象的过程。
3. 能通过阅读了解老子的生平和贡献。
学习策略
能利用关键词复述曹冲称象的过程。
文化意识
2、
了解中国历史上的智者及他们的智慧，加深对中国文化的理解。
教学重点
1. 能用关键词复述曹冲称象的过程。
2. 分享中国历史上的名人名言。
教学难点
能掌握用英语讲故事的能力。
教学过程
教学过程
Step 1 检查回家作业的落实情况。
教师邀请部分学生向全班复述自己准备的小故事。
Step 2 根据背景知识，初步了解补充阅读篇章的故事内容。
学生观察补充阅读篇章的标题和插图，预测以下问题，从而激活背景知识。学生了解
3、单词weight和weigh。
● Who was in the story?
● What did Cao Cao want to know about the elephant?
● How did Cao Chong weigh the elephant?
● What do you think of Cao Chong?
Step 3 学习More practice板块的内容。
1. 学生阅读补充阅读篇章，然后将下列句子重新排序，从而理解
曹冲称象的过程，为复述故事作准备。学生了解单词mark, rock,
reach和短语draw a line, go lower
4、 take…off, go down, add up。
（4）Soldiers filled the boat with rocks.
（5）The boat went down again and water reached the line on the boat.
（2）The boat went lower into the water.
（6）Cao Chong weighed all the rocks.
（1）The elephant walked onto a boat.
（7）That was the weight of the elephant.
5、
（3）Cao Chong drew a line on the boat.
2. 学生根据补充阅读篇章的内容，完成下文内容。
How did Cao Chong weigh the elephant?
As soon as the elephant walked onto a boat, the boat went lower
into the water. So Cao Chong drew a line on the side of the boat to
mark how low it went. After that, some soldiers took the
6、elephant
off the boat and filled the boat with rocks until it went down
again and water reached the line on the boat. Finally, Cao
Chong weighed all the rocks. That was the weight of the elephant.
3. 学生在了解了故事情节和曹冲称象的过程后，根据关键词复述
曹冲称象的过程，完成练习A。
Step 4 学习Culture corner板块的内容。
1. 学生阅读Culture
7、corner 板块的图文，然后回答下列问题。
● When did Laozi live? (He lived in the 6th century BC.)
● What did he write? (He wrote the Daodejing.)
● Can you give a famous saying from the Daodejing? (A journey of a thousand li begins with a single step.)
2. 学生分享自己收集的中国历史上的名人名言。
回家作业
1.抄写单词和短语：weight, weigh, scale, mark, rock, reach；draw a
line, go lower, take…off, go down, add up。
2.通过书籍或网络查找一个中国古代早慧孩子的故事，准备在下节
课复述。
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