九年级英语下册Module 1教案2
■Warm up by doing language practice
Hi, class. Read after me the six sentences on page 6.
Is the Grand Canyon/ the greatest wonder/ anywhere/ in the natural world?
She sings/ with the band Crazy Feet.
We're having a meeting.
She went to our school.
It was raining.
I've written down some ideas.
I'll do an interview/ with Becky Wang.
Now tell me what sentence type each of the sentences belongs to.
■ Put on a text play.
The text on page 4 will be changed into a play in groups of four. Then the play will be put on stage.
The greatest wonder of the natural world
A: Where did you go last weekends?
B: We went to see the greatest wonder of the natural world.
C: Where is it?
D: It is in the USA.
A: When did you arrive?
B: When we arrived, it was early morning and it was raining.
D: Then we got out of the car, went through a gate and walked along a path.
C: Was it morning then?
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■Read Around the world
Turn to page 9. Let's go on to read Stonehenge: a man-made wonder of the world.
While reading, try to: cut/ the sentence into thought groups, study the predicative, darken the connectives and underline all the useful expressions. (阅读过程中,断开/意群,观察谓语构成,圈出连词,摘录短语搭配。)
Useful expressions (有用的短语搭配)
an ancient circle of …, in the south of…, built about 5,000 years ago, about five meters tall, bring…from…in the west of…, over 200 kilometers away, probably a place to bury…, somewhere to study…, at night, one of the most wonderful sights of…, because of…, move…from so far, pieces of…
■Write as they do. (仿写)
We are to write as they do. That is, to write a short passage similar to the one we read just now.
■Close down by making a poster of a wonder of the world
We are to work in pairs and make a poster of a wonder of the world.
The Great Pyramid of Giza (埃及吉札金字塔) is the only remaining structure of the Seven Wonders of the World along with being the oldest. Most people agree the pyramid was built over a 20 year period concluding around 2560 BC. It is generally believed the Great Pyramid was built as the tomb of Fourth dynasty Egyptian king or pharaoh Khufu, after whom it is sometimes called Khufu's Pyramid or the Pyramid of Khufu. Hemon is believed to be the designer of the Great Pyramid.
