【外研版】初中英语九年级上册同步教案 Module 7 Unit 2 教案

Module 7 Great books

Unit 2 It is still read and loved.

教学目标

【知识目标】

能够正确使用下列单词和词组：adventure, get into trouble, run away, escape, cave,

dead, for a time, neighbour, funeral, surprised, alive, southern, state, pay for, action,

everyday, dialogue

【能力目标】

1、能够读懂介绍和评价文学作品的文章。

2、能够写一篇短文介绍和评价自己喜欢的文学作品。

【情感态度目标】

通过了解名著及著名作家，激发学生阅读名著及了解著名作家的兴趣。

教学重难点

【教学重点】

能够读懂对介绍和评价文学作品的文章。并通过阅读a book review of The

Adventures of Tom Sawyer让学生掌握并运用略、精读的技巧，即略读找大意，精读搜索相关信息。

【教学难点】

能谈论自己喜爱的名著及喜欢的理由。

教学过程

Step 1 Revision

Look at the pictures and say who they are and why they are famous.

Confucius

Confucius was a great teacher and thinker in ancient China. He lived over 2000 years

ago and he is well-known in many countries.

Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was English and wrote plays and poems. Although he died about

400 years, his plays are still seen, and his poems are still read by many people.

Mark Twain Mark Twain was an American writer. His stories are set in the south of the US over

100 years ago, and readers still enjoy them very much.

Step 2 Scanning(略读) 小组讨论，最后得出答案。

1. Read the first paragraph of the passage in Activity 2 quickly.

2. Try to answer the questions. Use the words and expression in the box to help you.

adventure hero nineteenth century treasure

1) What kind of story is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?

2) When and where is the story set?

3. Read the passage and check your answers to Activity 1.

Keys: 1.It tells some exciting stories about a boy who has many adventures.

2. The story is set in the town of St. Petersburg, Missouri, the US, in the nineteenth

century.

Step 3 Extensive reading（精读）.

1. Play the recording and listen to the tape carefully.

2. Ask the students to read through the passage.

3. Ask the students to read the passage by themselves.

4. Read the text together.

Complete the table.

1. Read the passage again.

2. Complete the table with the information about The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

The Adventures of Tom

Sawyer Your favourite book

Writer 1.

Place where the story is set 2.

Main characters 3.

Stories the book tells 4.

Theme 5.

Features 6.

3. Check with a partner.

4. Call back the answers from the whole class.

Keys:

1. Mark Twain

2. St Petersburg, Missouri, America

3. Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, Joe, Aunt Polly, Injun Joe, Becky

4. The adventures of a boy and his friends

5. It tells how young people grow, how people love each other and how bad people

pay for their actions.

6. It is written in everyday English and the dialogues sound especially real.

Complete the passage.

1. Ask the students to the words in the box in Activity 4. dialogue everyday neighbour state

2. Ask the students to read through the passage in Activity 4.

3. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.

4. Check with a partner.

5. Call back the answers from the whole class.

Keys: 1. state 2. neighbours 3. dialogues 4. everyday

Step 4 Learning to learn.

Noticing words and expressions that are similar or repeated will help you understand

the theme of a passage. For example, the expressions many adventures, run away and

treasure box in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer show us that the story will he an

exciting adventure.

Step 5 Writing

1. Work in pairs. Ask and answer. Would you like to read The Adventures of Tom

Sawyer? Why / Why not?

2. Complete the Your favourite book column in the table in Activity 3.

3. Write a passage about your favourite book. Use the passage in Activity 2 and the

information in Activity 6 to help you.

My favourite book is Harry Potter and Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling. It is a

story about a boy…

4. Work in pairs. Talk about your favourite book.

Step 6 Language points

1. It tells how young people grow, how people love each other and how bad people

pay for their actions.

pay for的意思是“为…付出代价；受惩罚”。例如：

e.g. We all pay for our mistakes in one way or another.

我们都会为自己的错误付出这样或那样的代价。

These people must be made to pay for their crimes.

必须让这些人为他们自己的罪行付出代价。

2. …and it is thought to be one of the greatest American stories. …

is thought to be… 的意思是“人们认为…”，相当于People think…类似的结构还有：… is said to be…“据说…”；…is believed to be…“人们相信…”。例如：

At 115, Mrs. Jackson is believed to be the oldest person in the country.

115岁高龄的杰克逊夫人被认为是该国最长寿的人。

He is said to be the richest man in the world. 据说他是世界上最富有的人。

3. He does not like people telling him what to do, so he always gets into trouble.

get into trouble遇上麻烦

e.g. Who will I call if I get into trouble? 一旦陷入麻烦，我可以向谁寻求帮助？

4. He and his best friend, Huck Finn, run away to an island in the middle of the

Mississippi River.

run away 逃走；逃跑

e.g. If I run away, it will run after me. 如果我逃走了，它将追上我。