焦溪中学 沈淼
Learning aims:
1. Know something about Bill Gates
2. Some important phrases and the use of them
3. Learn to learn from others
Difficulties &Importance
1.Bill Gates’ life
2.spend… doing be interested in
Teaching steps:
Step 1 Revision
Say something about one of their friends , make others guess who he or she is.
Step 2 free talk
T: Today I’ll introduce a person to you .She is a teacher in our class now. She is maybe 7 or 8 years older than you .When she was a middle school student ,she was good at maths ,and she liked watching basketball matches, esp NBA. Can you guess who she is ?
(students guess :it’s yourself.)
T: Yeah ,it’s me . Do you want to know more about me?
S: Ask some more questions.
T: Thank you for caring for me so much . But I’m not famous.
Today I’ll introduce you a famous one--- Bill Gates.
Step 3 ---reading
T: Do you know something about him?
S: Say something about him as much as they know.
Step 4 Reading
T: Play the tape , have the students scan the text ,then find out the main idea .
S: The text is about Bill Gates’ life.
T: have students read the text again , then fill in the blanks on WB ,Exe .1.
Step 5 Explanation
S: Raise some problems about the language points if any .
T: Help students solve the problems .
Step 6 Discussion
1. What can we learn from Bill Gates?
2. Do you want to be a person like Bill Gates? Why or why not?
Step 7 Exercises
WB Exe 3.