八年级英语上册Unit 9 When was he born

1、八年级英语上册Unit 9 When was he born?Part 1: Teaching design (第一部分：教学设计)Structures: Passive voice; Adverbial clause with when When/How long questions Target language: Whos that?Thats Deng Yaping. She is a great ping-pong player.When was she born? She was born in 1973.Who is Shirley Temple? She is a movie

2、star.When did she become a movie star? When she was three years old.Vocabulary: Achievement, record. Brazilian, skater, violinist, pianist, sneezing, hiccupping, start, stop, first, went, first had, learned talented, loving, creative, outstanding, unusualLearning strategies: Cooperating, Using what

3、you knowSECTION AGoals To learn about passive voice and adverbial clause with when To learn to use when/how long questions To talk about famous people To learn the simple past tenseProceduresWarming up by learning about Passive voiceWhat does the passive voice look like?Compare these active sentence

4、s and passive voice sentences: active: The boy ate the apple. passive: The apple was eaten by the boy. active: Mary will drive the van. passive: The van will be driven by Mary. Identifying S-V-DOOnly sentences which have a direct object can be made into passive voice sentences. Only verbs which take

5、 a direct object can be used in passive voice sentences. Lets look at the sentences we saw above. The boy ate the apple. subject=boy, verb=ate, direct object=apple Mary will drive the van.subject=Mary, verb=will drive, direct object=van You can probably identify the verb easily. The subject comes be

6、fore (to the left of) the verb and the object comes after (to the right of) the verb. Warming up by asking questionsHello, everyone! I had a party yesterday. What kind of party? Can you guess? It was my birthday party. Yes, I was born on November 5th, 1972. What about you? Lets find out when were yo

7、u were born.T: When is your birthday?S: April 22 T: When were you born?S:19Now please pay attention to the structureSb + was/were + born + in + year 出生于xxxx年We use it to express when is our birthday.For example:I was born on October 25th, 1975.1a Talking about international sports stars T: Do you li

8、ke sport? I think many of you like it. What sport do you like? S: football, volleyball, tennis, table tennis, basketball and so on.T: Ok! I know you are sports fans. You must know the famous sports stars. I have some pictures of them .Do you know them. Lets make a list.International Sports StarsWhat

9、 kind of sportDo you like him or her? Why?Michael JordanBasketballsupermanDeng YapingTable tennisPertinacity Martina HingisTennisresourcefulDavid BeckhamfootballHandsomePlease think about these questions. What sport does he or she play? Do you like him or her? Why or why not?1b Listening and writing

10、Listen to the tape and write the year when the sports star were born. I will play it twice. First time you can only listen and the second time you can write.TapescriptConversation 1Boy: Whos that?Girl: Thats Deng Yaping. Shes a great Chinese ping-pong player.Boy: When was she born?Girl: She was born

11、 in 1973 Conversation 2Girl: Whos that?Boy: Thats Michael Jordan. Hes a great American basketball player.Girl: When was he born?Boy: He was born in 1963.Conversation 3Boy: Whos that?Girl: Thats Martina Hingis. Shes a great Swiss tennis player.Boy: When was she born?Girl: She was born in 1980.Convers

12、ation 4Girl: Whos that?Boy: Thats David Beckham. Hes a great British soccer player.Girl: When was he born?Boy: He was born in 1975.AnswersDeng Yaping:1973Michael Jordan:1963Martina Hingis:1980David Beckham:1975Read the tapescript and try to underline the expressions and shadow the when/how long ques

13、tions1c Doing pairworkFirst lets look at the dialogue about Deng Yaping. Please read it after me. When you read please pay attention to the pronunciations and intonations. A: Whos that?B: Thats Deng Yaping. She is a great Chinese ping-pong player.A: When was she born?B: She was born in 1973.Now make

14、 the similar dialogue about other people with your partners. Id like to ask some pair to act it out. For example:A: Whos that?B: Thats Michael Jordan. He is a great American basketball player.A: When was he born?B: He was born in 1963.2a Listening and filling the chartLook at the pictures. What are

15、they doing? Learn the new wordsHiccup 打嗝 sneeze 打喷嚏 world record means the best in the worldLets listen to the tape carefully and fill in the chart.While listening, try to get the important thing - “how long”TapescriptGirl: Whos that?Boy: Charles Smith. He holds the world record for hiccupping. He h

16、iccupped for 69 years and 5 months.Girl: When did he start hiccupping?Boy: He started hiccupping in 1922.Girl: And when did he stop?Boy: He stopped in 1990.Girl: How could he hiccup for that long?Boy: I dont know. Oh, look, this is Donna Green.Girl: Whats she famous for?Boy: Sneezing. She sneezed fo

17、r 978 days.Girl: Really? When did she start sneezing?Boy: Lets see. It says she started sneezing on January 13, 1981, and she sneezed until September 16, 1983.Girl: Wow! Thats a long time.Who hold world recordHow longStartedStoppedCharleshiccupping69 years and 5 monthsDanna Greensneezing978 days2b L

18、istening and filling in the chart.Listen again and fill in the “started” and “stopped” columns.Who holds world recordHow longStartedStoppedCharleshiccupping69years and 5 months19221990Danna Greensneezing978daysJanuary13,9811983Read the tapescript and try to underline the expressions and shadow the w

19、hen/how long questions2c Filling the chart and speakingFirst lets fill in the blank with the information from the chart in last part.A: How long did Charles Smith hiccup?B: He hiccupped for 69 years and 5 months.A: When did he start hiccupping?B: He started in 1922 A: When did he stop hiccupping?B:

20、He stopped in 1990.Please practice the conversation with your partner.Make the same kind of conversation about Donna Green.The students conversation may be like this.A: How long did Donna Green sneezing?B: She sneezing for978 days.A: When did she start her sneezing?B: She started on January 13,1981.

21、A: When did she stop sneezing?B: She stopped on September16, 1983.Grammar FocusPlease go over this part by yourselves. Put your questions to me if you have any. Please pay attention to the tense and the past forms of verbs. When we talk about things in the past, we should use the past tense. The pas

22、t form of “be” is “was” or “were”. To the regular verbs, “ed” should be added after them. And as for the irregular verbs we should remember their past forms.3a Doing pairworkFirst you read and fill in the chart with your partner.The word achievement means “the important thing each person did in life

23、. AchievementAgeTiger WoodsStarted golf10 months oldShirley TempleMovie starThree year oldWolfgang Amadeus MozartWriting music Four years oldMei LanfangFirst performed Beijing OperaTen RonaldoPlayed for his national teamSeventeenLiu xuanWon a gold medal at the World Championshipseventeen3b Doing pai

24、rworkSince you have finished reading the chart and filling in your answers, please work in pairs as is the examples in the book.A: Who is Mozart?B: Hes a musician. A: When did he start writing music?B: When he was four years old years old.4a InterviewingBoys and girls, lets play a game, an interview

25、.Look at the chart and interview you partners by asking the question.How old were you when?Name AchievementAge More informationLearned to ride a bicycleStarted learning EnglishStarted playing sportsFirst went to a movieFirst had a party4b SpeakingWho would like to tell us his report about his interv

26、iew?John started things early. He learned to ride a bicycle when he was only three years old. Sometimes he fell off the bike, but he never gave up. He was a brave boy.Closing down by having a free conversation Some students may be interested in sports stars, but some are not. If you dont like this t

27、opic, you can talk about your favorite persons, instead.SECTION BGoals To write about occupations To introduce ones experienceProceduresWarming up by describing a personI know you have lots of good friends in your class. Can you describe them and let your partners guess who they are. For example: My

28、 friend is a boy. He is twelve years old. He lives near the school. He comes to school on foot. He has a round face with short hair. He likes playing Ping-Pong Can you guess?1a Looking at these people and describing with the wordsDo you know what are the meanings of the words?talentedlovingoutstandi

29、ngunusualbeautifulcreativekindfamousTalented means “ very clever in a special way”. Outstanding means “very good, much better than others”. Creative means “having the ability or power to create, productive. ”1b SpeakingImagine you know the people in the pictures 1a. Tell your group about the peopleT

30、ony is an outstanding pianist. He is creative and loves music very much. He spends all his free time on it.2a Listening and circling the wordsListen, two people are talking about people they admire. Please circle the words you hear.talented loving outstanding unusual beautiful creative kind famousTa

31、pescriptBoy: Who do you admire?Girl: I admire Midori.Boy: Midori? Whos that?Girl: Shes a famous violinist.Boy: Oh, yeah. Shes Japanese, isnt she?Girl: Yes, she was born in Osaka in 1971. When she was eight, she was already a talented violinist. When she was fourteen, she toured the United States. I

32、saw her play when I was eight.Boy: Wow. Do you have any of her CDs?Girl: Yes, I do. I play them all the time. But how about you? Who do you admire?Boy: I admire my grandmother, Laura.Girl: Really? Why?Boy: Well, she was born in Russia in 1932. She was an unusual girl because she started ice skating

33、when she was four, and she became a skating champion when she was ten.Girl: A skating champion? Did she have to work hard?Boy: Yes, very hard. But that was a long time ago. Now shes a kind and loving grandmother.Now lets check the answerstalented loving outstanding unusual beautiful creative kind fa

34、mous2b Listening and writing “M” or “L” on the lines.1. M She is a famous violinist.2. M She was born in 1971.3. L She started ice skating when she was four.4. M I saw her play when I was eight.5. L Shes a kind and loving grandmother.6. L She was born in 1932.7. L She became a skating champion when

35、she was fourteen.8. M She toured the U.S. when she was fourteen.Read the tapescript in order to underline the expressions and shadow the connectives.Copy the expressions into your Expression Book after school.2c Doing pairworkAsk and answer questions about Midori.A: Whos Midori?B: Shes a famous viol

36、inist.A: When was she born?B: She was born in 1971. A: When did she tour the U.S.?B: When she was fourteen, she toured the United States.Ask and answer questions about Laura.A: Whos Laura?B: Shes a skating champion.A: When was she born?B: She was born in Russia in 1932.A: When did she become a skati

37、ng champion?B: She became a skating champion when she was ten.You should practice these dialogues as much as possible.3a Reading and filling the chart.Li Yundi, the well-known Chinese pianist, always loved music. He was born in 1982 in Chongqing. When he was a small boy, he could hum songs and diffi

38、cult pieces of music. He began to learn the accordion at the age of four, and he started to learn the piano when he was seven. In October 2000, Li Yundi took part in the 14th Chopin International Piano Competition in Poland. He won the first prize in his group. He was also the first Chinese pianist

39、in the 70-year history of the competition to win this prize.Accordion is a portable instrument with a small keyboard and free metal reeds that sound when air is forced past them by pleated bellows operated by the player.WhenWhat1982Was bornWhen he was a small boyCould hum songs and difficult pieces

40、of musicAt the age of fourBegan to learn the accordionWhen he was sevenStarted to learn the pianoIn October, 2000.Took part in the 14th Chopin International Piano Competition3b WritingSay something about Laura. Write an article.Laura was born in 1932. She started ice skating when she was four and be

41、came a skating champion when she was ten. She worked very hard. Now shes a kind and loving grandmother.3c WritingI think you must have someone you admire. Can write something about him or her. Introduce him or her to your classmates.My English teacher is a person I admire. He is medium build. He can

42、 make his lesson fun. He often teaches us English songs and play games with us after class. He loves teaching and loves his students.4 Asking and guessingYour classmates have to guess the name of a person you admire.They can ask you ten questions like this: A: Is the person a man or a woman?B: He is

43、 a man.C: Is he alive?B: No, he isnt.D: Was he an athlete?B: No, he wasnt.Closing down by writing your autobiographySuppose you are a famous person, for example, a scientist or pianist. A newspaper reporter wants to write a brief biography for you. Can you write one for yourself, too? My name is Li

44、Ping. I come from Taiyuan. When I was young I loved music very much. I studied playing the violin from Professor Hu when I was six. Professor Hu was very strict with me. I played very hard. I won the first prize at the City Competition in 1998. I will go on with my career. I shall never give up.SELF

45、 CHECKGoals To learn to use the past forms of verbs To write a short biography of someoneProcedures1 Filling in the blanks with the words givenWhen you do this exercise you should pay attention to the forms of the words. You should change the form if necessary.tour start stop win become1.How old wer

46、e you when you started learning English?2.What can I do to become famous?3.He stopped playing football because of his sore back.4.The Chinese football team toured Asia last year.5.John won the first prize in the speech competition.2 Reading and writingHere is the information about Deng Yaping. Pleas

47、e write an article about her. You can say something about her personal information and why you like her and so on.Name: Deng YapingDate of birth: 02/06/19731978: Starts to play table tennis1983: Joins the Henan table tennis team1988: Joins the national table tennis team1997: Goes to Tsinghua Univers

48、ity, majors in English and management1993-1998: Number 1 womens singles player in the ITTF.Now you can write an article about her.Deng Yaping was born on the 2nd of June, 1973. She started to play table tennis in when she was five. She joined the Henan table tennis team at the age of ten. In 1988, s

49、he became a member of the National Table Tennis Team. She was still number 1 womens singles player in IFTF from 1993-1998. She went to Tsinghua University, majoring in English and management in 1997.Just for fun!Sing a song in English.Baa, baa, black sheep, Baa, baa, black sheep,Have you any wool?Ye

50、s,marry, have I,Three bags full:One for my master,And one for my dame,And one for the little boyThat lives in the lane!Part 2: Teaching resources (第二部分:教学资源)I. Background readings (背景阅读)1.Deng YapingDeng Yaping Internationally famous table tennis player. Twice elected member of the Athlete Commissio

51、n of the IOC. Winner of 18 world champions, including four Olympic titles. No.1 womens table tennis player for seven consecutive years. Deng is studying at Notingham University in Britain. 2. Michael JordanMany people think Michael Jordan was the greatest basketball player ever. He led the Chicago B

52、ulls to six National Basketball Association (NBA) championships. He earned the nickname “Air Jordan” because he often seemed to defy gravity on leaps toward the basket. Fans adored his smiling face and his determination to succeed. During his playing career, Michael Jordan became the most famous ath

53、lete in the world.EARLY LIFEMichael Jordan was born on February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York. His family later moved to Wilmington, North Carolina.Young Michaels best sport was baseball. He didnt make his high school basketball team as a sophomore. Later, he played well enough to be noticed by Co

54、ach Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina (UNC). Jordan won a scholarship to UNC.As a freshman at UNC, Jordan scored the winning basket in the 1982 national college tournament championship game. He played two more seasons at UNC. He also played for the United States team in the 1984 Olympic

55、 Games.In 1984, Jordan entered the NBA player draft. He was chosen by the Chicago Bulls.NBA LEGENDJordan was a star from his first season with the Bulls. He was a scoring machine. The Bulls were not one of the NBAs better teams, but they gradually improved. They made the NBA playoffs in their first

56、five seasons with Jordan. However, they failed to make the NBA championship finals.In 1989, Phil Jackson became the Bulls head coach. Under Jackson, Jordan became more of a team player, although he remained the NBAs leading scorer. Jordan developed an incredible “court sense.” He knew where every pl

57、ayer was on the basketball court, and what was the best play for the circumstances. In the 1990-1991 season, the Bulls won their first of three straight NBA championships.In 1993, Jordan retired from basketball. He tried to make it in professional baseball, but he had little success. He rejoined the Bulls in 1995. In the 1995-1996 sea