江苏省昆山市兵希中学九年级英语下册：Unit4Greatpeople教案.docVIP

The second period Reading (I) Teaching aims: To become familiar with and appreciate biographical writing. To understand related details and information. To infer general meaning from pictures ,title and context. Difficulties: at the age of work as it was better to be safe than sorry order sb to do sth cut sth / sb short Teaching methods; Listening , speaking , reading and writing Procedure: Background information: 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. Students listen to the recording for the first three paragraphs and then read them after the tape again. Do True or False questions to check understanding of the first three paragraphs. Neil Armstrong was born in the 1940s. He flew in an aero plane when he was six. The Gemini 8 mission is all about star signs. Gemini 8 landed in the USA. Neil Armstrong received his student pilot’s license when he was 15. Neil Armstrong successfully brought the spacecraft down into the western Pacific Ocean when Gemini 8 was out of control. Ask students to scan the first three paragraphs and underline the new words. Encourage them to explain the words to the class in English. 5 . Language points: a. at the age of… =when sb was … years old The boy could swim at the age of 5. = The boy could swim when he was 5 years old. b. work as… He worked as a teacher when he finished school. 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 sth The commander ordered the soldiers to stand in line. The doctor ordered me not to work for a long time and have a good rest. e. cut sb