Unit 1 How do you study for a test?课时： Period 1教学内容：Page 2, 1a, 1b, 1c教学目的： Talk about how to study.Learn the use of “by doing something”重点难点： Useful expressions-How do you study …? I study by doing …教学工具： courseware教学步骤：Step 1. Self-introductionThe new term has come. Ask the students to introduce themselves to the others and the teacher. Then ask what they did in the summer ho liday. If possible, ask how they did that.Help the students use the construction “I …by doing…”.Explai n “by”.Step 2. DiscussionHave the students say what they think of English.Then tell each other how they study for an English test. See the phras es shown in the courseware, which is similar to 1a. Remind them to use “by doing…”Step 3. 1a. Checking the ways you studyAsk students to finish the task. They can add something else. Step 4. 1b.ListeningListen to the listening stuff of 1b, which is recorded in the co urseware (convenient to be repeated). Finish the task.Then the teache r asks, ”How did Mei/ Pierre / Antonio study?” Have some students give the answers, i.e. repeat the sentences by usin g “by doing”Step 5. 1c. Making dialoguesWork in pairs or groups. Discuss first. Then make a short dialog ue.Have the students share their work.Step 6. Writing.See the courseware. Fill in the blanks. Write down the answers o n a piece of paper. Ask students to read their work.课时： Period 2教学内容： Page 3, 2a, 2b, 2c and the grammar focus.教学目的： Talk about how to learn English.Consolidate the use of “by doing something”重点难点： Useful expressions-Do you study …by doing…? Yes /No... (reason).教学工具： courseware教学步骤：Step 1. RevisionMake a dialogue between the teacher and some students. Ask wheth er they like English, then tell the reason. Ask how they learn English.Step 2. 2a. ListeningSee the courseware. Explain any difficult points. Listen to the stuff, and check the answers.Have students repeat some main sentences, ready to practice dialogues.Step 3. 2b.ListeningFinish the task.Step 4. 2c.Doing a pairworkGive students some time to talk about the contents of 1a and 1b.See the courseware. Some patterns will help, such as “Do you... / What about.../ Have you ever.../ How do you…?” and the possible an swers.Share their dialogues.Step 5. Make a conversation.Ask students to tell the others their own experience about study ing English by working in pairs or groups. Then make a conversation re spectively.Th ey can also use indirect speech, such as “... says she learns ... by ...”etc.Step 6. SummaryPoint out the main contents learnt these two days.英语(九年级)教学设计(3)课时：Period 3教学内容：Page 4, 3a, 3b,教学目的：Practice reading.Learn useful expressions.Practice writing.重点难点：v + ing phrase used as a subjectfind / think + O + OC教学工具：courseware教学步骤：Step 1. Make a statement.Firstly the teacher asks a student a question and the student answers. Ask several.Then have many more students make a statement one by one to introduce how he / she learns English.Step 2. 3a. ReadingFirstly, read to the tape aloud. Pay attention to the pronunciation and the intonation.Read again, underline the useful expressions.Read once more. Fill in the chart. Check the answers.Step 3. Learn the useful expressions.1. Ask students to say the useful expressions they have underlined.2. Add if the students miss some.3. Learn some grammar:Ask a student to tell us how many sentences, which include v-ing phrase as a subject, are in the text. Point out the constructions. Explain why they are used.Teach the structure ”find / think + O + OC” and other grammar.Step 4. 3b. PairworkGive the students a little time to prepare a role play.Ask some to share their work with the whole class.Step 5. ConsolidationIn Chinese, teacher says some important phrases from the text. Have the students tell us the English ones as quickly as possible.课时：Period 4教学内容：SectionB 1a,1b,2a,2b,2cGoals●To listen about learning English●To talk about learning English●To read about learning EnglishProceduresWarming up by reading to the recordingHello, everyone. To begin with, let’s listen and read to the recording of the text HOW DO YOU LEARN BEST? That is, read aloud to the tape, as fast as the tape goes, as clearly as the native reader reads. OK? Here we go!My cat speaks English.Sometimes my cat comes to me and tells me that she is hungry. Or that her leg hurts. How does my cat tell me these things? I don't speak pussy-cat language.1a Reading and checkingLearning English can be both easy and difficult. What things are easy for you? And what things are difficult for you? Now turn to page 5, read the list on the top and check √the statements that are true for you.1b Making a listYou have read and checked the statements true for you. Now think and make a list ofother things difficult for you, too.I don’t know how to…!1. I don’t know how to use commas.2. I don’t know how to work with others.3. I don’t know how to make flashcards.4. I don’t know how to read the textbook.5. I don’t know how to make vocabulary lists.6. I don’t know how to listen to tape.7. I don’t know how to ask the teacher for help.8. I don’t know how to study for a test.9. I don’t know how to work with a group.10. I don’t know how to watch English videos.11. I don’t know how to practice conversations with friends.12. I don’t know how to read aloud to practice pronunciati on.13. I don’t know how to learn by using English.14. I don’t know how to get more specific suggestions.15. I don’t know how to read English magazines.16. I don’t know how to learn new words.17. I don’t know how to memorize the words.18. I don’t know how to studying grammar19. I don’t know how to watching English movies20. I don’t know how to joining the English club21. I don’t know how to improve her English22. I don’t know how to get lots of practice13. I don’t know how to ask teache rs about the best ways to learn more English.2a Listening and checkingPaul is a nice boy. He works hard at his English, but still has many learning challenges. Now listen to find out what challenges he has and check them in the box on page 5.2b Listening and matchingNow listen again to Paul talking about his challenges at learning English and match them with the solutions listed in the box on page 5. While listening, pay attention to the structures of the sentences.2c Doing pairworkIN pairs we are going to role play conversations using the information from activitiesIt’s time to read the text HOW I LEARN ENGLISH. Now read and check (/) the sentences.We are going to read the text again to study the form and function of all the predicate verbs.Next we shall read the text for the third time to underline all the useful expressions. After class you are to copy them into your notebook.All right, read the text the fourth time and circle all the signal words, or the linking words which connect all the short sentences.Now you may read the statements in the box on page 6 following the tex t. Write “T” or “F” beside each statement.3b Writing a letterYour friend Lin Feng is having difficulties with her English. Write her a letter telling3c Writing an articleYou have been learning English for at least three years. That is such a long time. Now think about the things that have helped you the most in learning English. Write an article telling others about them.4 Doing an interviewNext we shall do an interview in groups of four. Ask the three group mates about learning English. Take notes of what they say. Tomorrow you shall stand to tell the课时：Period 3教学内容：Self-check and Reading1.Filling in the blankWe shall make a check on our use of expressions first. Turn to page 7 and fill in each blank with the correct word given. Change the form of the word if necessary. ThenTurn to page 7 and write an article about Xu Zheng using the notes on Xu and his essay.Xu Zheng: a boy fond of EnglishMost people in the world speak English as a second language. And so does Xu Zheng. Yesterday I asked Xu Zheng about his ways to learn English. He said he learns by making up conversations and speaking to friends in English. When I asked about studying pronunciation, he said he spent much time on it, but he still found native speakers’ pronunciation difficult to learn.I said to him, “You are a computer student. Why are you so interested in English?” “English popular in science. And it is popular around the world for computers,” he told me. “I like writing notes, watching movies and listening to pop songs. But I like reading in English onli ne most, ” added he.Xu Zheng is right. English can really help us understand many new things from other countries. Let’s learn from Xu Zheng. Let’s be fond of English, too.IReading: How do we deal with our problems?As English is learned mostly through reading in China, we shall now turn to page 8 to learn to read the article entitled: How do we deal with our problem?Before reading, please go over the vocabulary list for reading on page 146. Get yourself familiarized with all the words and expressions to be found in the article. While reading try to divide the sentences into thought groups and underline all the expressions useful to you. While you are reading it for the second time, try to circle allthe linking words and try translating the text into Chinese.After reading, copy the underlined expressions into your Phrase Book as home. Expressions from How do we deal with our problem?rich or poor, young or old, have problems, deal with one’s problems, become unhappy, worry about one’s problems, do well at school, influence the way, behave well with…, deal with one’s problems, be angry with…, feel unfair, stay angry for years about…, time goes by, lose good friendships, see… playing together, have disagreements, talk to each other, last for long, an important lesson for…,solve a problem by learning to forget, regarding problems as challenges, complain about school, have too much work to do, the rules are too strict, change…into…, an important part of one’]s development, as young adults, be one’s duty, to try one’s best, to deal with…in one’s education, with the help of…, thinking of something worse, comparing…to…,find one’s problems, think about…, for example, a very clever scientist, regards…as unimportant, become very famous and successful, worry about…, face the challenges。