九年级版英语下册Lesson 11教案
Lesson 11: Cloning People?Teaching Content:
Mastery words and expressions: exactly, divide, crazy
Oral words and expressions: human being, original, adult, Dolly, insect
Teaching Aims:
1. Know more about cloning.
2. Create the students' spirit of cooperation.
Teaching Important Points:
1. The advantages and disadvantages of cloning.
2. The expression of ability and disability.
3. The use of coordinating conjunctions.
Teaching Difficult Points:
The advantages and disadvantages of cloning.
Teaching Preparation: pictures
Teaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, pictures
Type of lesson: new lesson
Teaching Procedure:
Step1: Show a picture of Dolly. Then let the students discuss what our life will be if we make a clone of ourselves.
Divide the class into groups of three or four. Discuss for five minutes. Then present their results to the class.
Step2. Listening task:
Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks with the correct words you hear.
1. The clones are the ______ height.
2. There are ______ ways to clone people.
Finish the task in class in oral.
Step3. Reading task:
Read the text and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false(F).
1. We can make clones from dead animals.
2. Each clone would be a different person.
3. We can combine the DNA of pigs and dogs.
Finish the task in class in oral.
Step4. Pair work:
Read the text again and find more details about the text. Try to solve the following problems. Talk about them with your partner. At the same time, encourage them to ask more questions about the text.
How many ways are there to clone people? What are they?
Do you want a clone of your self? Why?
What is the use of cloning?
Try to finish it in a limited time in order to improve their comprehension ability.
Step5. Read the text by the students. Give the students time to listen to the tape again. Then make a chance for them to practice in front of the class.
Step6. A debate
Divide the class into two groups. One group is for the advantages of cloning. The other is for the disadvantages of cloning.
The teacher designs the task in order to find out the meanings of cloning.
Step 7.Come to "LET'S DO IT'.
This task is similar to the one is step6. This topic is about the food. The students can use their imaginations. Of course the best way is to search on the Internet for more information about the subject.
Step8. Homework
1. Search more information about cloning on the Internet or in the newspaper.
2. Finish off the exercises in the activity book.
Summary:
Cloning is a popular subject in the modern society. It is good for the students to know more about that. Encourage the students to find out more information on the Internet. They can use other tools to get more. Give them chances to present their results in the next lesson.
