Project English (in grade 9)

Unit 5 . Learning about China

湖南澧县双龙中学  马芙蓉

 

The first period

 

Content: Unit 5.  Topic 1:The man who is giving a class is Confucius. Section A  (P9-10)

Teaching aims and demands:

          1).In this unit students learn to talk about China’s historical persons and historical events.

2).Go on learning the attributive clauses.(2)

               3).Learn to catch the meanings of some familiar persons and personal feelings and  get the main information.

Teaching important points and difficult points:

1).Express one’s own opinions and ideas in proper words.

               2).Learn to use the attributive clauses and can exchang personal feelings .

Teaching method : The deductive method.

Teaching aids: The tape、 the flashing cards.

Teaching  procedure:

Step 1.Review

1. Let the students talk about the feelings about the winter holidays and the Spring Festival in groups .

     2. Ask the students to look at the map on page    8, the part 3,choose  1 student to give a report about the Spring City in class.

Step 2. Presentation

1.Show the flashing cards about Confucius, ask 1 or 2 students to talk,then finish 1c.

2.Play the tape ,learn the parts 1a and 1b, explain the main points and the difficult points.

3.Let the students act the dialog in the part 1a.(in pairs)

Step 3.Practice

1.“Listen and choose the right answers”,go through  the part 2 on page 10.Then check the answers together .

2.Ask the students to  discuss China’s dynasty freely.

3.Discussion:Who is Chen Sheng/ Liu bang/ Wu Guang/ Qing Shihuang ?

Step 4. Consolidation

1.             Let the students’ express the students’ own ideas about Confucius with the attributive  clauses.

2. Grasp the attributive clauses(that/ who/ whom/ whose.)

 

Step 5.Project/ Homework

1.            Write an article to sum up Confucius’ thoughts about nature 、the world and human behavior.

2.            Recite the part 1b on page 9.

 

Design:

1:New words:(omission)

      2: The main points and the

difficulties of  syntax English.

1):He is a man who had many wise

    ideas and thoughts about

          nature,  the world and human behavier. 

2):Could you tell me more about him ?/  I think I can learn a lot from him .

3):He is a great teacher whose wise sayings have influenced many people in different countries.

4):When I walk along with two others ,I may be able to learn from them.

5):What you know,you know .What you don't know ,you don't know.

6):To study and not think is a waste.To think and not study is dangerous.

7):Isn't it a pleasure that friends come to see you from far away ?

3:Clue:

1):His father died three years after he was born.

2):When Confucius was 17, his mother died.

3):In his thirties, Confucius began to teach,.He spent the rest of his life teaching and writing.

4):When he was 55,Confucius began to travel around China.He tried to search for good rules of behavior.

5):When Confucius was 68 years old,he returned to Lu, his home state.

6):He died five years after  returning to his home in the state of Lu.

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