Unit 9 When was he born?period2
The Second Period
Ⅰ．Teaching Aims and Demands
1．Knowledge Objects
Key vocabulary.
Target language.
Writing practice.
2．Ability Objects
Listening skill.
Inducting skill.
Writing skill.
Cooperating skill.
3．Moral Object
Keep on one goal you will succeed at last.
Ⅱ．Teaching key Points
1．Key vocabulary
2．Target language
When was he born? He was born in 1895．How long did Charles Osborne hiccup? When did he start hiccupping? When did he stop hiccupping?
Ⅲ．Teaching Difficulty
Target language.
Ⅳ．Teaching Methods
Eliciting method.
Listening method.
Writing method.
Speaking method.
Pairwork.
Ⅴ．Teaching Aids
A tape player.
Pictures or photos.
A projector.
Ⅵ．Teaching Procedures
Step Ⅰ
Greet the class as usual and check the homework.
Step Ⅱ
Yesterday we have talked about some exceptional people, sports, stars. We learned how to say their birthday. Today we are going to talk about another kind of exceptional people. Let's learn the words about them and see what they are.
Show the words on the screen. Point to them and lead the students to learn them. Explain the meaning or usages of them if necessary.
record n. 记录；(尤指运动中的)最高记录
hiccup n. 打嗝 star, stop,
sneeze n. 打喷嚏 first went, first had
sneezing, learned skater
hiccupping
champion, great
Step Ⅲ 2a
Listen and fill in the “How long” column in the chart. (This activity provides guided listening and writing practice using the target language.)
Show the picture and the chart on the screen:
Point out the columns in the chart and read the column headings to the class.
Then explain the meaning of the words at the top of each column.
T: What does world record mean?
S1 : Someone is the best.
T: Correct. A person who has a world record for skating is the best skater in the world. And what do the words start and stop mean? Can someone stand up and show me start and stop?
S2: (stands up and starts to walk) Start. (stops walking) Stop.
T: That's correct. (repeating the starting and stopping actions) Start. Stop.
T: On the recording, you will hear a conversation about the two people on this chart. What are their names?
S3 : Charles Smith and Donna Green.
T: Correct. They are two unusual people.
Look at the second column. What did Charles Smith do?
Demonstrate, or ask students to demonstrate, what a hiccup is and what a sneeze is. Say, Mr. Smith has a world record for hiccupping and Ms. Green has a world record for sneezing.
Now let's see how they got the world record.
Play the recording the first time. Students only listen.
Then say. Listen and look at the chart.
Fill in the information/or each person under the column that says how long.
Play the recording a second time. This time students write the words in the chart.
Check the answers.
Answers:
Charles Smith: 69 years and 5 months Donna Green: 978 days
Girl: Who's that?
Boy: Charles Smith. He holds the world record for hiccupping. He hiccupped for 69 years and 5 months.
Girl : When did he start hiccupping?
Boy: He started hiccupping in 1922. Girl: And when did he stop?
Boy: He stopped in 1990.
Girl: How could he hiccup for that long?
Boy: I don't know. Oh, look, this is Donna Green.
Girl: What's she famous for?
Boy: Sneezing. She sneezed for 978 days.
Girl: Really? When did she start sneezing?
Boy: Let's see. It says she started sneezing on January 13 , 1981 , and she sneezed until September 16 ,1983.
Girl : Wow! That's a long time.
Step Ⅳ 2b
Listen again and fill in the “Started” and “Stopped” columns in the chart above.
(This activity provides guided listening and writing practice using the target language.)
Keep showing the picture and the chart on the screen.
Point to the Started and Stopped columns in the chart. Say, Listen again. This time fill in the information that says when each person started and stopped.
Play the recording again. Students fill in their answers.
Check the answers.
Answers:
Charles Smith: 1922, 1990
Donna Green: January 13, 1981 , September 16,1983
Step Ⅴ 2c Pairwork
Fill in the blanks with information from the chart in Activity 2a . Practise the conversation with a partner. Then have the same kind of conversation about Donna Green.
(This activity provides guided oral practice using the target language.)
Show the chart in Activity 2a on the screen again.
Point to the chart and ask a student to read the information from his or her chart.
Point out the fill-in lines in the conversation in Activity 2c . Say, This activity has three parts. First fill in the correct answers.
Then practise the conversation about Charles Smith with a partner. Then make your own conversation about Donna Green.
Read the example on the book:
A: How long did Charles Smith hiccup?
B: He hiccupped for 69 years and ________ months.
A: When did he start hiccupping?
B: He started in ________.
A: When did he stop hiccupping?
B: He stopped in ________.
Show students how to do the activity.
First point out the sample answer. Then complete the first question and answer exchange with a student. Then ask the student. How long did Donna Green sneeze? Give the sample answer, She sneezed for 978 days.
Ask students to work in pairs.
Correct the answers.
Answers :
Charles Smith: He hiccupped for 69 years and 5 months. He started hiccupping in 1922.
He stopped hiccupping in 1990.
Step Ⅵ Grammar Focus
Show the dialogue on the screen.
When was he born?
He was born in 1895.
How long did he hiccup?
He hiccupped for 69 years and months.
When did he start hiccupping?
He started hiccupping in 1922.
Review the grammar box. Ask students to say the questions and responses.
Ask what is the same about all four questions. Point out the difference between the first question and answer and the other three. Ask what is different about the first question.
Step Ⅶ Summary
Today we have learned another kind of exceptional people—Mr. Charles Smith who has a world record for hiccupping and Ms. Green who has a world record for sneezing. Keep on one goal you will succeed at last. Every day you practise, at last you will succeed someday. This is like the way you learn, days and days you keep working hard on it, you will collect your fruit someday like say, go to a famous university, and to be a famous professor or a scientist, or a succeeded businessman.
Step Ⅷ Homework
Practise activities in Activity 2a and 2c .
Step Ⅸ Blackboard Design
Unit 9 When was he born?
When was he born?
How long did he hiccup?
When did he start hiccupping?