人教版九年级英语上册 Unit 8 教案设计

九年级 英语 上册

Earlybird Unit 8 Grammar Focus

Class Type Grammar

Objectives 1. To understand the modal verbs “must, might, could,

can’t” for making inferences.

2. To practice using the modal verbs to make sentences.

Key

structure 1. Whose volleyball is this?

— It must be Carla’s. She loves volleyball.

2. Whose hair band is this?

— It could be Mei’s. Or it might belong to Linda. They

both have long hair.

3. What did you see that night?

— I’m not sure, but it can’t be a dog.

Difficulties How to practice well using these modal verbs “must,

might, could, can’t” for making inferences.

Period 1

Procedure

Lead-in Revision.

Translate the English phrases into Chinese.

Step 1 Read the sentences with the modal verbs underlined.

Step 2 The information about the modal verbs referring to the

inference.

Step 3 The differences and uses of “can, could”.

Step 4 The differences and uses of “might, may”.

Step 5 The differences and uses of “must, have to”.

九年级 英语 上册

Earlybird Step 6 The different situations about inferring sentences with

modal verbs.

Step 7 Exercises.

Complete the sentences with the right words.

Step 8 Activity 4a.

Choose the best way to complete each sentence using the

words in brackets.

Step 9 Activity 4b.

Ask Ss to complete these responses.

Step 10 Free talk.

Look at two rooms below. Ask Ss to make guesses about

the owner of each room.

Step 11

More exercises about choosing the best answers.

Unit 8 Section A-1

Class Type Listening, reading and speaking

Objectives 4. To understand the relationship between things and

persons by listening.

5. To read and understand the dialogues.

6. To practice talking about the conversations.

Key

structure 1. Whose book is this?

— It must be Mary’s. J.K. Rowling id her favorite writer.

2. Look! There’s a schoolbag here.

— What’s inside?

— There is …

3. What’s wrong? 九年级 英语 上册

Earlybird 4. I can’t remember.

Difficulties How to practice talking about the conversation about

persons and their things by using “must, might, could,

can’t”.

Vocabulary Whose, truck, picnic, rabbit, attend, valuable, pink,

anybody

go to the picnic, at the picnic, belong to, pick up

Period 1

Procedure

Lead-in Show Ss some pictures with sentences.

E.g.:

I’m Lily. I like dancing.

Lily may be a dancer when she grows up.

Step 1 Enjoy a flash.

Step 2 Activity 1a.

Ask Ss to look at the picture and write the things in the

correct columns in the chart.

Step 3 Activity 1b.

Let Ss to listen and match each person with a thing and a

reason.

Step 4 Pair work.

Ask Ss to practice making conversations.

E.g.:

A: Whose … is it?

B: It must/might be ...

Step 5 Activity 2a.

Listen and write down the things in the schoolbag.

Step 6 Activity 2b.

Listen again and fill in the blanks.

Step 7 Brainstorm.

1. Use “must” to show that you think something is 九年级 英语 上册

Earlybird probably true.

2. Use “might” or “could” to show that you think

something is possibly true.

3. Use “can’t” to show that you are almost sure something

is not true.

Step 8 Show Ss the knowledge about the modal verbs.

Step 9 Exercises about the modal verbs,

Step 10 Activity 2d.

Read the passage and answer the questions.

Step 11 Pair work.

Ask Ss to have a role-play conversation by reading after the

tape.

Step 12 Pair work.

Ask Ss to have a role-play conversation by using the

information in 2d as a model.

E.g.:

A: Where is/are my ...?

B: It/ They ...

Step 16 Language points: explain the key words and phrases in

section A-1.

Step 17 Let Ss do some exercises about the language points.

Unit 8 Section A-2

Class Type Reading

Objectives 7. To understand the strange story by reading the passage.

8. To learn to express the strange noise that people think

by reading the story carefully. 九年级 英语 上册

Earlybird Key

structure 1. Nothing much ever happened around here.

2. It must be teenagers having fun.

3. We have no idea.

4. It could be a girl’s room because it’s very tidy.

—I guess so. But it might be a boy’s room because the

clothes look like boy’s clothes.

Difficulties How to describe the opinions that people give about the

strange noise.

Vocabulary Noise, policeman, wolf; laboratory, coat, sleepy

Have fun, have no idea, go away

Period 1

Procedure

Lead-in Revision.

Ask Ss to translate some phrases into Chinese.

Step 1 Free talk.

Show Ss some pictures and then to ask questions like:

E.g.:

Whose hair band is it?

It must/might...

Step 2 Pair works.

Show Ss some pictures like the things in the schoolbag

below, and then ask them to make guesses about the

owner of the schoolbag.

Step 3 Free talk.

Did something strange happen in your neighborhood

before?

What were they?