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Unit 12 Life is full of the
unexpected.
学科 English 年级 9 班级
课型 fresh 课时 5 / 6 媒体 a tape recorder, CAI
课题 Unit 12 life is full of the unexpected. Section B 2a ~ 2e
话题 Unexpected events
功能 Narrate past events
1. Target language:
By the time people realized that the story was a hoax, all of the
spaghetti across the country had been sold out.
By the end of the day, more than 10,000 people had phoned the
教 TV station to find out how to get this water.
知识 2. Grammar:
技能 Know about the past perfect tense: had + v-ed
学
3. Words and expressions;
(1) Curriculum words: announce, discovery, lady, cancel,
目
officer, believable, disappear, embarrassing
(2) Useful expressions: sell out，take place, play a trick / joke
标 on sb., lose weight, get married
过程 Train the students’ reading skill by finishing some tasks of
方法 reading．
情感 Try to collect the jokes happened on April
态度 Fool‘s Day and share them with your friends．
Using background knowledge: carefully reading the first sentence in
学习
each paragraph can active your own knowledge of the topic and help you
策略
guess what the whole text is about.
1.． Guide the students to write stories happened on April Fool’s Day．
重点 2. ． Direct the students to write an article according to the pictures
given．
难点 Direct the students to write an article with the pictures given．
教学内容及问题情境 学生活动 设计意图
Step1. Revision Tell their 讲述愚人
Revise the three boy’s stories happened on April stories to the
节的故
Fool’s Day． Ask three different students to tell their class．
事，复习
stories to the class．
所学语言
Step2. Presentation
知识。
Ⅰ. 3a
1. Show the new words and expressions on the Understandin
screen . g some new
2.Ask the students to read the three articles． Not all words .
of them are true, which of these stories is the most
believable and which is the least believable． And
they have to tell the reasons as well．
Answers
The first story really happened． The radio program
反复阅读
Read the three
was called "The War of the World．"
Unit 12 /14 Period 5Unit 12 Life is full of the
unexpected.
5.Read the article again and ask some questions. articles, and 文章，完
（1） What did a radio program announce in 1938? answer some
成阅读任
（2） What had happened by the time the authorities questions, tell
务，提高
revealed the story was a hoax? their opinions
阅 读 能
（3） What did a reporter announce on April Fool’s
力。
Day?
（ 4 ） What had happened by the time people
realized that the story was a hoax?
（5） What did a famous TV star once do on April
Fool’s Day?
（6） What was the ending of the last story?
Make
Ⅱ.3b
sentences
1. Let the students make sentences with the phrases
with the
given, based on the story happened to Nick．
phrases given.
2. Ask the students to write a magazine story about
Nick in Activities 2a and 2b, using the notes below．
Write a
3.After several minutes, ask a student to read the
magazine
completed article to the class．
story about
The rest of the class help correct the mistakes the
Nick in
student may have made．
Activities 2a
4. Get them to check each other’s writing carefully in
and 2b. 学会灵活
pairs．
运 用 短
A sample answer:
语。
On April Fool’s Day Nick’s alarm went off． He got
Write about a
up and took a shower． Then he got dressed and
joke they
went to school． When he got to school, the building played on
was empty．An hour later the other kids showed up． someone or a
Then he realized that his brother had fooled him． joke someone
His brother had set his alarm an hour earlier． played on
Ⅲ. 3c them. 通过提纲
1. Tell the students to make a list of
方式，写
ideas before starting writing． The list should include
出Nick的
the three parts, what happened first, what happened
故事，教
next, and what you finally realized． They can use
会学生按
the notes in Activity 3b as samples．
照提纲写
Write a sample list on the blackboard:
What happened first: school gate/met 文章。
Dong/Li Lei/waiting for/on the playground/ran to the
playground．
What happened next: got to the playground/no one
was there．
What I realized: Dong/fooled me
2. Ask the students to write their jokes． Tell them
写自己亲
they can use the article they wrote for Activity 3b as a
身经历的
model．
3.Ask some students to read their articles to the 事，继续
class． Correct as many of the articles as possible in 练习提纲
class． 写作的技
Unit 12 /14 Period 5Unit 12 Life is full of the
unexpected.
A sample writing 巧。
On April Fool’s Day I met Don at the school gate．
He told me that Li Lei was waiting for me on the
通过竞赛
playground． Then I ran to the playground． When
方式，提
I got there, I found no one was on the playground．
高学生写
Then I realized that Don had fooled me．
作兴趣。
Ⅳ.Part 4
Tell their
1. Review the meanings of funniest, most
funny story to
embarrassing and most creative．
the class．
2. Ask the students to tell their funny story to the
class．
3.The other students vote on the funniest joke, the
理解本单
most embarrassing joke and the most creative joke．
元的重点
Ⅴ. Self Check Part 1
短语或词
1.Ask the students to fill in the blanks with the words
语，在练
given, change the form of the word if necessary.
2. Check the answers． 习中进行
Fill in the
3.Ask students to make their own sentences with the 巩固。
blanks and
words.
make their
rush: As soon as the bell rang, the students rushed to
own sentences
the playground．
with the
realize: By the time he got to the office he realized
words. 通过看图
that he had locked all his keys at home．
写故事方
invite: Mr Green invited his good friends to have a big
式，巩固
dinner at home last Sunday．
过去完成
show up: We have to finish the task before the boss
shows up． 时 的 用
stay up: Jack stayed up very late last night． He 法。
Look at the
couldn’t wake up on time this morning．
pictures and
Ⅵ.Part 2
write about
1.Ask the students to look at the seven pictures．Then Luo Ming’s
ask the students to describe each picture ． day.
2.After describing each picture, ask the students to
write a story about Ming’s day on their own．
3.Ask a few students to tell the class about Ming’s
day ． Let the rest of the class help correct the
mistakes that they may have made． Pay attention
4.Tell them to exchange their articles with their to the box,
partners and help each other correct the mistakes． and circle the
Ask the students to rewrite their articles to make the words that
articles perfect after class． don’t belong
A sample answer in each
Ming woke up at 10:O0 o’clock in the morning． group．
She thought that she must be late for school． So she
got up and rode a bike to school．The school was
empty. She was the only one there ． Then she
realized that it was Sunday．
Her good friend, Han Mei, came to see her after she
Unit 12 /14 Period 5Unit 12 Life is full of the
unexpected.
had got home． Ming told Han Mei the whole story
happened in the morning earlier． It made Han Mei
laugh a lot．
Ming went to her grandparents’ house with her
parents ． They had dinner together and talked
happily．
Ming watched TV in the evening and she went to bed
at 10:00．
Ⅶ. Part 3
1.Ask the students to pay attention to the box, and
circle the words that don’t belong in each group．
2.Ask some students to tell their answers to the
class． Check the answers with the whole class．
Answers
1． Homework 2． Lock 3． costume 4．
empty
Step 3 Summary
1． Understand the three articles．
2．Write the stories happened on April Fool’s Day．
Step4 Homework
Unit 12 life is full of the unexpected. Section B 2a ~ 2e
By the time people realized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti
across the country had been sold out.
板
By the end of the day, more than 10,000 people had phoned the TV station
书 to find out how to get this water.
设 By the time police offices announced that the story was a hoax, thousands of
计 people had left their homes.
反
思
Unit 12 /14 Period 5
