Lesson 8:Marco Polo and the Silk Road
英语
七年级
冀教版
Lesson 8:Marco Polo and the Silk Road
英语
七年级
冀教版
地区:陕西省-汉中市-南郑县
学校:南郑县青树镇初级中学
发布时间:2018-04-20 14:10:14
教学目标
1.掌握单词:age, Europe, Asia, journey, king, coal, discover, invent, other
短语:at the age of…, between…and…, work for, be new to, etc.
2.掌握和运用关于马可·波罗旅游的句型:
Marco Polo was a man from Italy.
At the age of 17, he went to China.
He travelled along the Silk Road with his father and uncle.
Together, they moved goods between Europe and Asia on the Silk Road.
In 1275, Marco Polo travelled to Beijing.
The Chinese discovered coal and invented paper.
These things were new to Marco Polo.
I hope to write a book like that someday.
3.掌握一般过去时,提问并回答一般过去时的句型。
4.通过听力训练,两人一组合作角色扮演的方式,通过实物或图片提供的场景练习目标语言。
5.了解如何描述某人的旅行经历。
6.了解西方国家的历史和文化。
重点难点
1.正确使用本课的词和短语,分辨、会用age, Europe, Asia, journey, king, coal, discover, invent, other, at the age of…, between…and…, work for, be new to。
2.能够使用The Chinese discovered coal and invented paper.These things were new to Marco Polo.这些句型。
教学过程
第1学时
学时难点
1.正确使用本课的词和短语,分辨、会用age, Europe, Asia, journey, king, coal, discover, invent, other, at the age of…, between…and…, work for, be new to。
2.能够使用The Chinese discovered coal and invented paper.These things were new to Marco Polo.这些句型。
教学活动
新活动
Group work:Ask the students to talk about Marco Polo and his travel around China.Then work in groups.Ask and answer questions with the help of a map of the world.
After a while, ask some groups to give a report in front of the class.
Group 1:Marco Polo came to China when he was 17 years old.He was from Italy.He took many things to Italy.They were coal, paper, a lot of silk, tea and other goods.He travelled on boats, horses and camels.His journey lasted about twenty years.He was a very great man.He wrote a famous book about his travels to China.
新活动
1.Show the new words:Lead the students to learn the new words and expressions.Ask them to make sentences with the new words and expressions.
T:What’s your age?
S10:I’m twelve years old.
T:Now read after me “age”.
S:age.
…
2.Work in pairs.Try to make dialogues with the new words, expressions and patterns:age, Europe, Asia, journey, king, coal, discover, invent, other, at the age of…, between…and…, work for, be new to.Then ask some pairs to act them out.
S11:Did you go to Europe?
S12:Yes.I went to Europe at the age of ten.
S11:What did you think of the journey?
S12:It was wonderful.
S11:Who discovered coal first in the world?
S12:The Chinese.
S11:Who discovered paper first in the world?
…
新活动
1.Listen to the text and finish Exercise 1 in Let’s Do It.
(1)At the age of , Marco Polo went to China.
twenty seventeen sixteen
(2)Marco Polo and his father moved goods between on the Silk Road.
America and Asia Europe and Asia Europe and America
(3)Marco Polo learned about in China.
tea and paper coal and silk coal and paper
【Keys】 (1)seventeen (2)Europe and Asia (3)coal and paper
2.Listen and imitate after it.Ask the students to pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation.
新活动
1.Read the lesson and finish Exercise 2 in Let’s Do It.
(1)What country did Marco Polo come from?
(2)How did he and his brother travel?
(3)How long did his journey last?
(4)When did he travel to Beijing?
(5)What did he bring back to his home country?
【Keys】 (1)Italy.
(2)They travelled on boats, horses and camels.
(3)His journey lasted about twenty years.
(4)In 1275.
(5)He brought back some coal, paper, silk, tea and other things.
2.Read the text and fill in the blanks.
Jenny’s project is about Marco Polo and .He travelled along the Silk Road with his and .Later, he travelled with his .They travelled on , horses and camels.The journey lasted about years.In , he travelled to Beijing.He met the and worked for him for years.Marco Polo learned about and in China.He brought back a lot of , and other goods.
【Keys】 the Silk Road, father, uncle, brother, boats, twenty, 1275, king, 17, coal, paper, silk, tea
3.Group work:Read the text; ask and answer the questions.
Read the text first, then ask at least 3 questions.After a while, you can ask anyone in your class to answer your questions.
Group 1:
(1)What is Jenny’s project about?
(2)How long did Marco Polo work for the king of China?
(3)What was Marco Polo’s book about?
【Keys】 (1)It’s about Marco Polo and the Silk Road.
(2)For 17 years.
(3)It was about his travels to China.
新活动
1.Retell the story.Work in groups.Show a map of Li Ming and his friends’ travel route.Ask the students to point at the map and retell the text.
Choose the best groups and praise them.
2.Practise the Simple Past Tense.Show some verbs on the screen.The verbs include regular verbs and irregular verbs.Ask the students to write the answers down in English.For example:
Irregular Verbs
am/is—was buy—bought begin—began
cut—cut drink—drank eat—ate
fall—fell feel—felt forget—forgot
give—gave go—went hear—heard
keep—kept make—made pay—paid
ride—rode
3.Work in groups.Talk about one of their favourite trips.After a few minutes, ask some groups to give a report in front of the class.
4.Work in groups:Ask the students to make sentences with the language points.Teacher knows whether the students understand the language points from their sentences.
新活动
1.Review and recite the important points of Lesson 8.
2.Find and write down interesting facts about a famous character.
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