Unit 6 Detective stories
The first period
Welcome to the unit
一 教学目的:
1. To understand clues about a crime
2. To read notes on four suspects and decide which suspect is most likely to be guilty
3. To draw a picture of the suspect
二 教学重难点:
Words: detective, murderer, suspect, occupation, clinic, neat, shopkeeper, salesman, medium, untidy, unhelpful, wanted, rewarded
Phrases: be dressed, look for, dress like, go missing, make notes on, medium height, be wanted for murder, do important work
Sentences:
1.Why are you dressed like that?
2.This is much more serious.
3.My food has gone missing.
4.Last Saturday night at 8 p.m., a young man was murdered.
5.We have made notes on all of them.
三. 教学手段： Tape recorder ; Multi-Media
四. 教学过程:
Lead-in Presentation
T: Do you remember in Unit 4 we have learned a horror called “Murder in a Country House”? Ask: Can you tell me the main idea of this film? ( A doctor is found dead in his house. People don’t know whether he was killed or he killed himself. )
T: Good. The doctor in this film is victim. If he was killed by someone, that is a murder. And the person who killed the doctor is the murderer. The murderer killed the man, and he broke the law, so his act is a kind of crime, and he is the criminal. If we find a man, but we are not sure whether he is the murderer, we can call him a suspect.
Ask: If there is a murder, who will solve it? ( The police.)
T: Yes, a person, especially a police officer, whose job is to examine crimes and catch criminals is a detective(n.). So “ Murder in a Country House” is not only a horror film, but also a film about detective(adj.) stories.
Write down these words on the blackboard, and ask students to read together. Ask students to pay attention the word “detective”( n.&adj.)
Task 1 Comic strip
1.Presentation.
T: Do you like readingdetective stories? Who is the famous detective in the novels? ( Sherlock Holmes.) Show the picture of Sherlock Holmes, and describe the picture. ( Talk about his special dressing with his magnifying glass and the pipe.)
T: Today, Eddie is dressed like that. Let’s see what happened.
2.Listen to the tape and answer some questions:
1)Why is Eddie dressed like a detective?
2)Is his job serious?
3)What is he really looking for?
3.Check the answers by asking students.
4.Read the dialogue together.
5.Ask some pairs to act out the dialogue.
Task 2 Welcome to the unit (part A)
1.Presentation
T: Do you want to be a detective? How to be a detective? Here is a chance for you to try. The Class1, Grade 9 students are playing a game about guessing who is the murder. We can try together.
2.Show the detective’s report to students. Ask one student to read. Tell students that we can know the time, the place, the victim and the notes of the suspects from the report.
3.Look at the information of four suspects together and ask some questions about it. Teach some new words at the same time. Try to explain the meanings of these words in English.
Task 3 Discussion (part B)
1.Work in a group of four. Ask students to discuss who is most likely to be the murderer and the reason. Then ask them to draw a picture of the person they think committed the crime in part B, and remind them that there is no right or wrong answers here.
2.Choose one student from each group to show the picture they draw and ask the rest of the class to guess which person they chose. Then ask this student to describe the picture they draw and the reason.


Homework:
1.Recite the new words and the comic strip.
2.Finish 《评价手册》Period 1.
Teaching Plan for 9A Unit 6 Reading
1. Teaching aims:
  1) To read a newspaper article about a murder.
  2) To understand key vocabulary items.
  3) To develop the four skills of the students.
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