1、Unit 2 He decided to be actor.一、教学目标：1. 语言知识目标： 1) 能够正确使用下列单词和词组：play, poem, marry, successful, work, build, fire, die, rich, language, around the world, young, finish school. 2) 能用一般过去时描述自己或他人过去的经历。2. 情感态度价值观目标：了解英国文豪 莎士比亚，培养学生对文学家的崇敬之情及对文学的爱好。二、教学重难点1. 教学重点：能够读懂读懂简单的人物传记， 掌握段落大意并理解文章细节2. 教学难点：能用一般
2、过去时描述自己或他人过去的经历。三、教学过程Step1Study the new words and expressionsplay, poem, marry, work, on, build, fire, die, language, rich, successful， around the world.Step2 Warming-up and Lead inJust look at Shakespeares picture, then talk about him like that:Who is he?He is William Shakespeare.Was he a writer?Y
3、es, he was. He was a famous English writer of plays and poems.Step3 Reading 1. ScanningAsk students to scan the passage and choose the best answer:1) What did William Shakespeare wrote?A. Plays and stories. B. Poems and stories. C.Plays and poems.2) When did he die? 2. SkimmingAsk students to skim t
4、he passage and finish Activity 2. a) Shakespeare went to London.b) Shakespeares company built the Globe Theatre. c) Shakespeare married. d) Shakespeare likes plays at school. e) Shakespeare died at the age of 52. f) Shakespeare decided to be an actor. 3. Careful reading.1) Paragraph 1:Have students
5、read the first paragraph and fill in the information card.Information CardNameFromJobNumbers of works2 of his famous plays2) Paragraphs2-5:Ask the students to read these 4 paragraphs and complete the time table for Shakespeare. be born build die finish school go to London marry1564 was born 1578 fin
6、ished school1582 married About 1592 went to London1599 built the Globe Theatre 1616 died4. Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about Shakespeare. Use the information in Activity 3 to help you. -Was Shakespeare born in 1564?-Yes, he was.-Did he leave school in 1582?-No, he didnt. He finished scho
7、ol in 1578.5. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words the box.Step4 Post-reading Ask the students to close the book and try to retell the story.Step5 Writing write sentences about events in your lifeLook at the sentences.At the age of three, he went to Shenzhen with his parents.At th
8、e age of six, he started school.Step6 Language Points1. Shakespeare went to London and joined a theatre company in about 1592. join意思是“加入，参加”。 e.g. My brother joined the army in 1995 and joined the Party three years later. 我哥哥1995年参军，三年后入了党。注意：join sb. in doing sth. 表示“和某人一起做某事”。e.g. Can you join us
9、 in playing basketball? = Can you play basketball with us? 你能和我们一起打篮球吗？2. At school he liked plays, so he decided to be an actor when he finished school at 14. decide后面要用动词不定式。 e.g. I decided to be a doctor when I was 20. 我二十岁时决定做一名医生。 He decided to study hard. 他下定决心好好学习。3. He married in 1582 and ha
10、d three children. Marry既可作及物动词，也可作不及物动词，意为“结婚；嫁，娶”。 1) marry sb 意为“嫁给某人，与 结婚”。 e.g. John married Mary last week. John 与Mary 上周结婚了。2) be/get married to sb 表示与某人结婚。 eg.Rose get married to a teacher. Rose与一个老师结婚了。3) marry sb to sb 表示父母把女儿嫁给某人，或儿子娶媳妇。 eg.She married her daughter to a businessman.她把女儿嫁给了
11、一个商人。Step7. Exercises一、 翻译下列短语1.finish school 2. have three children 3. begin writing plays 4. theatre company 5. be an actor Keys: 1. 毕业 2. 有三个孩子 3. 开始写剧本 4. 剧团 5. 当一名演员二、按要求做题1. My mother played the piano. （变为一般疑问句并做肯定回答） _ _ 2. There were many people in the village. （变为一般疑问句并做否定回答） _ _ 3. They pl
12、ayed football on the playground yesterday afternoon. （变为一般疑问句并做否定回答） _ _4. The new music teacher arrived last night. （变为一般疑问句并做肯定回答） _ _5. The money was in one of my pockets.（变为一般疑问句并做肯定回答） _Keys: 1. Did your mother play the piano?Yes, she did. 2. Were there many people in the village?No, there werent. 3. Did they play football on the playground yesterday afternoon?No, they didnt.4. Did the new music teacher arrive last night?Yes, he/she did.5. Was the money in one of your pockets?Yes, it was.Step8 Homework Review and recite the important points of Unit 2.
