译林版九年级英语下册Unit 1 Grammar教案
Unit 1 Asia
Grammar
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. use “it” as a personal pronoun;
2. use “it” as an impersonal pronoun;
2. use “it” to replace the real subject or object.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phrases: quarter, either, level, service, take up
2. New structures: It is very tiring to climb the steps.
Many people find it pleasant to travel around.
It is said that the air is not clean here, but I do not think the pollution is as serious as I
imagined.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
To tell the different uses of “it”.
IV. Teaching procedures
A Using it as a pronoun
Step 1 Lead-in
Brainstorming
T: What will you thin k of when you see the word “it”?
【设计意图：通过头脑风暴活动，激发学生的兴趣，引出本课主题。】
Step 2 Presentation
1. Use it for animals and lifeless things
T: Now, let’s play a guessing game. It is a tourist attraction. It lies in the northern part of China. It is a wall which was built to defend the enemy. What is it?
S: It is the Great Wall.
T: It is a kind of animal. It is very lovely. It wears big black glasses on its face. What is it?
S: It is a panda.
T: It is a type of transportation. It was invented by an Englishman. It has two wheels and is widely used in China. What is it?
S: It is a bike.
T: It is a common thing. It looks like a mushroom. It is used on rainy days. What is it?
S: It is an umbrella.
T: So, What does “it” refer to?
S: We use it for animals and lifeless things.
【设计意图：利用学生喜欢的猜谜游戏，激发他们的学习兴趣，在不知不觉中过渡至语法学习，将it指代动物或者无生命的事物的用法自然呈现。】
2. Use it for a young child
T: My aunt will have a baby soon. She hopes it will be a boy. What does “it” refer to?
S: The baby.
T: Look at the cute baby. It is a girl, right?
S: We are not sure.
T: So, we use it for a young child when we don’t know whether it is a girl or a boy.
3. Use it for an unknown a person
T: The next American Presidential Election will take place in 2016. One of the candidates has caught the attention of the publi c. Let’s see some information about the candidate .Guess who it is.
Personal information: 67 years old
graduated from Yale University
the second time to take part in the Presidential Election
once lived in the White House for several years
S: It is Hillary Clinton.
T: Here, “it” is used for an unknown person. Now, look at the picture, and fill in the blanks.[
—Who was calling you on the phone just now?
—It was my cousin.
【设计意图：借助2016美国大选热门人物希拉里的个人信息，让学生在猜测游戏中学习it指代未知人物的用法，在语境、交流中呈现语法，降低学生的学习难度。】
4. Use it for an action, a situation or an idea
T: We have learned something about Guilin in Reading. Do you remember what activity is popular in Guilin? S: Riding around the countryside.
S: Taking a boat trip along the Lijiang River.
S: …
T: Riding around the countryside is popular now, isn’t it?
Tourists like to take a boat trip along the Lijiang River. It is great fun.
Here, we use it for an action, a situation or an idea mentioned in a previous statement
Step 3 Practice
Finish the exercise on page 12, and check the answers.
B Using it as an impersonal pronoun
Step 1 Lead-in
Free talk
T: I’ll show you around another beautiful city—Shanghai. First let’s listen to a short introduction from May, and then try to answer some questions.
Hello, everyone. I am May from Beijing. I’ve been in Shanghai for three years. Shanghai is about 1,500
kilometres from my home town, Beijing. Now, spring is coming. The weather here is warm and sunny, sometimes a little windy. It’s a good season to visit Shanghai. Today is March 12th, Tree-planting Day.
We’ll go to plant trees. Oh, it’s 8 O’clock. I must meet my friends. Welcome to Shanghai! Goodbye!
Q: 1. What was the date that day?
It was March 12th.
2. What’s the weather like in spring in Shanghai?
It is warm and sunny, sometimes a little windy.
3. What’s the distance from Beijing to Shanghai?
It is about 1,500 kilometres from Beijing to Shanghai.
4. What time was it then?
It was 8 o’c lock.
T: Right. Here, we use it for the time, the date, the whether, the distance, etc.
【设计意图：本环节设置听取信息活动，将it做非人称代词的用法一一呈现，将语法教学与听相结合，努力做到语法呈现自然、无痕，将枯燥无味的语法学习隐藏于交流活动中。】
C Using it to replace the real subject or object
Step 1 Lead-in[
T: Shanghai is a won derful place. Let’s enjoy some pictures of Shanghai.
T: What do you think of the city?
S: …
Step 2 Presentation
1. T: Last year, I went to Shanghai for a holiday. Now, I’d like to tell you about my trip.
2. My trip to Shanghai
(Show some pictures, and make sentences.)
It was May 18. I left for Shanghai to have a two-day holiday.
It was fine that day. The sky was blue and everything looked so beautiful.
It took about two hours to go to Shanghai by coach.
It was surprising that there were so many people in Shanghai in the subway station.[来源:https://www.wendangku.net/doc/b02316789.html,]
It was easy to get lost in such a big city.
It was helpful of the policeman to show me the way to the hotel.
I thought it comfortable to live in such a hotel.
It’s said that the Bund looks especially charming at night. I went there to enjoy the view with my friends.
It was so beautiful that I couldn’t stop taking photos.
It was such a wonderful city that I wanted to visit it again.
3. Group work
What does “it” refer to in the following sentences?
It was surprising that there were so many people in Shanghai in the subway station.
It was easy to get lost in such a big city.
I thought it comfortable to live in such a hotel.
T: We use it to replace the real subject or object in a sentence.
【设计意图：通过讲述一段旅行经历，将it的各种用法贯穿其中，给出相关图片让学生先进行描述，再进行点拨，进而让it闪亮登场，尤其突出其做形式主语和形式宾语的用法。让学生通过小组讨论，理清形式主语和形式宾语的真正含义，进一步提高自主学习能力。】
Step 3 Practice
1. Finish exercises on pages 13 and 14
2. Game time
T: Now, let’s play a relay game. Here are the rules:
You are divided into four groups. Each of you makes a sentence with it. The first student in Group 1 reads his/her sentence loudly, and then asks the first one in Group 2 to tell what it refers to in the sentence. Then it’s Group 2’s turn … If you can’t tell the use of it correctly, your group will lose the game.
【设计意图：让语言学习生活化、游戏化一直是实现高效英语课堂的途径。本环节设置接力游戏，让每一个学生都有参与、表现及发现自身问题的机会。游戏紧扣it，学生自行造句，分析用法，真正成为课堂的主体。】
Step 4 Production
T: The word it is simple but very useful. Just now, I told you about my trip to Shanghai. Would you like to share one of your trips with us? Try to use it as much as possible.
【设计意图：语言学习的最终目的为语用。本板块设计以分享旅行经历为任务，紧扣本单元话题，又将语法项目融入其中，让学生真正做到学以致用。】
V. Homework
Write a short passage about a trip.