A teaching plan for Unit 2，Module10
一、Teaching materials:
Unit 2 He decided to be an actor. (Module 10 Life history)
二、Targets for this period:
To get information from the reading material about William Shakespeare
To write sentences about events in one’s life
三、Key points:
Key vocabulary—some of, marry, at the age of, move to, join, still, become
Key structures —past simple
四、Teaching methods:
Task-based approach and bottom-up approach
五、Teaching aids
Reading material, blackboard
六、Teaching arrangements:
Step One Lead-in (Homework)
Students work in pairs to make a dialogue about when they were five years old
Step Two To pronounce some new words and expressions of Unit 2
1. Students read the words after the tape.
2. Students practice pronouncing the words by themselves.
3. To help some students correct the pronunciations of some words.
4. Students should understand some word-formations:
(1) actor visitor sailor (2)writer reader player thinker
(3)poem 诗歌 poet 诗人 (4)company companies (pl.)
(5)successful (adj.) success (n.) successfully(adv.) succeed(v.)
Step Three Students read the passage quickly and answer the questions. (Activity One)
1. Who was William Shakespeare? ---- a writer of plays and poems
2. When was he born? ---- in 1564
3. Where was he born? ---- in England
Step Four Students read it again and put the sentences in the correct order (Activity Two)
d f c a b e
Step Five To complete the timeline for Shakespeare (Activity Three)
1. Students match the verb with the right timeline
2. Students make sentences according to the given information
1564 be born Shakespeare was born in 1564 in England.
1578 finish school He finished school in 1578 and decided to be an actor
1582 marry He married in 1582 and had three children.
1592 move to He moved to London and joined a theatre company in 1592.
1599 open His company opened the Globe Theatre in 1599.
1616 die He died in 1616.
Step Six Language points
1. some of
Some of the students like reading. = Some students like reading.
(pron.) (adj.)
2. 年龄的表达方法
1) be + 数字 (+ years old) He is ten (years old).
2) 数字-year-old He is a ten-year-old boy.
3) at (the age of) + 数字 He started school at (the age of) ten.
= He started school when he was ten (years old).
3. 1) marry (v.) = get / be married (adj.) 结婚的，已婚的
They (were/got) married when they were young.
2) marry sb. = be married to sb.
She married a famous doctor. = She was married to a famous doctor.
3) marry sb. to sb. 把某人嫁给某人
They married their daughter to a famous doctor.
4. move to
We’ll move into a new house next month.
5. 1) join + 党派/ 团体
He joined the Communist Youth League of China last year.
This afternoon we will go swimming. Will you join us?
2) join in + 活动
Everyone joined in the game.
3) join sb. in sth./ doing sth. 参与到与某人一起的行动中
I joined them in welcoming you.
6. become (became)
At last, she became a popular singer.
Our country is becoming more and more beautiful.
7. still (肯定句中，be/助动/情态动词之后，实义动词之前；否定句中，否定词之前。)
He was still working when I saw him.
He still can’t do it.
Step Seven Students practice reading the passage aloud
Step Eight Students match the words with their meanings (Activity Five)
Step Nine To talk about the life of Shakespeare. (Activity Four)
1. Students put the words and phrases in the correct order of time.
2. Students retell the passage according to the given information.
Homework:
1. To write sentences about events in your life.
2. To finish Unit2, Module10, 点中典


Blackboard designing
Unit 2 He decided to be an actor.
The life of William Shakespeare
1564 be born Shakespeare was born in 1564 in England.
1578 finish school He finished school in 1578 and decided to be an actor
1582 marry He married in 1582 and had three children.
1592 move to He moved to London and joined a theatre company in 1592.
1599 open His company opened the Globe Theatre in 1599.
1616 die He died in 1616.

1. some of
Some of the students like reading. = Some students like reading.
(pron.) (adj.)
2. 年龄的表达方法
1) be + 数字 (+ years old) He is ten (years old).
2) 数字-year-old He is a ten-year-old boy.
3) at (the age of) + 数字 He started school at (the age of) ten.
= He started school when he was ten (years old).
3.1) marry (v.) = get / be married (adj.) 结婚的，已婚的
They (were/got) married when they were young.
2) marry sb. = be married to sb.
She married a famous doctor. = She was married to a famous doctor.
3) marry sb. to sb. 把某人嫁给某人
They married their daughter to a famous doctor.
4. move to
We’ll move into a new house next month.
5. 1) join + 党派/ 团体
He joined the Communist Youth League of China last year.
This afternoon we will go swimming. Will you join us?
2) join in + 活动
Everyone joined in the game.
3) join sb. in sth./ doing sth. 参与到与某人一起的行动中
I joined them in welcoming you.
6. become (became)
At last, she became a popular singer.
Our country is becoming more and more beautiful.
7. still (肯定句中，be/助动/情态动词之后，实义动词之前；否定句中，否定词之前。)
He was still working when I saw him.
He still can’t do it.