一、年级：九年级
二、教学内容：9A Unit 6 Detective stories
三、课型： Checkout
四、教学目标
1. 知识目标
系统复习本单元的话题及语法知识。
2. 能力目标：
帮助学生自主地建构本单元所学习的语言知识，并能正确地运用。
3. 情感目标：
让学生在这一部分中查漏补缺，学有目标，学有方法，进而增强学习的自信心。
五、教学重难点
1. 重点
检查学生掌握所学语言的情况，并有针对性地进行训练。
2. 难点
如何构建合理的知识体系。
六、教学步骤
Step 1 Lead-in
At the very beginning of the lesson, ask the students if they want to be a detective and be a detective like the famous detective Conan. If the answer is “yes”, tell the students that here is a good chance: a local police station needs new detectives. Encourage the students to have a try.
Show a picture of the Detective Lu, the top detective in Valley Town. And say that Detective Lu would like to see if you can be a good detective.
Step 2 “First, he’d like to test your vocabulary.” Get the students to open their books to page 115 and complete part B.
Check the answers.
Step 3 Say “As a detective, you also need to write reports about cases.” Invite the students to complete the report about the murder in Valley Town.
The murder_____ place ________ nine o’clock yesterday evening ____ one o’clock this morning. He was _______ with a knife and ____ to death as a ______. There was also evidence of a ________. The victim obviously put up a good _______.
The only _______ is a short, thin man who was seen ________ down Upper Street at 10 last night. He was breathing ______ and had _____ on his shirt. But he had evidence to prove that he was _____ another place at the time of the ______ and insisted that he was not ______.
The police are not sure _______ the victim was killed somewhere ____ and then brought to Valley Town, ___ killed at the place he was _____. They are now checking the scene for the __________ and other _____. They are interested in knowing if the victim had any ________.
They have found out that the victim was _______ with _________ into several computer systems over the last year. Anyone with information should ________ the police __ 5550 1212. The victim’s parents have offered a _______ of 50,000 for any information that _____ to the arrest of the murderer.
Step 4 Give some comments and introduce the new task by saying “Good, Detective Lu is very pleased to see that you are good at writing reports. He also brings us a pieces of good news. He has just solved the case. He is now TV now. An interviewer is talking to him about the murder. ”
Invite two of the students to read the dialogue and the other students should keep their books closed and listen carefully. Try to answer the following questions:
1 Who murdered the programmer? (His boss.)
2 Was the suspect with blood on his shirt guilty? (No, he wasn’t.)
Tell the students that Millie also watched Detective Lu on TV. Her father has just come home from work and she wants to tell him about it. Complete what Millie is saying.
Invite the students to finish Part A on page 115 and then check the answer together.
Step 5 Tell the students that, “As a detective, you also need to report what others say.” invite the students to practice reporting what others say.
1 “I want some water,” said the suspect.
The suspect said (that) he/she wanted some water.
2 “The earth moves around the sun,” said my teacher.
My teacher said (that) the earth moves around the sun.
3 “I’ve seen the film,” said my father.
My father said (that) he had seen the film.
4 “The man is running quickly,” said the witness.
The witness said (that) the man was running quickly.
5 “I was born in 1998,” the boy said.
The boy said (that) he was born in 1998.
6 “Do you like reading detective stories?” asked Millie.
Millie asked if/whether I liked reading detective stories.
7 “Where are you going?” asked Mr. Smith.
Mr. Smith asked where you were going.
8 “Have you finished your homework?” asked my mother.
My mother asked if/whether I had finished my homework.
9 “We will be back tomorrow,” said Mr. Jones.
Mr. Jones said (that) they would be back the next day.
10 Lucy said, “I will have supper outside tonight.”
Lucy said (that) she would have supper outside that night.
Give a summary to the key points of changing a direct speech into a reported speech.
Remind the students that we also need to change the adverbials of a sentence when a direct speech is changed into a reported speech. Give a summary and help the students to figure out the methods.
Step 6 Prepare a quiz for the students to do and check the answers.
A. Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the given words.
1 We were very surprised that Tom was charged with _______ (rob).
2 Uncle Wang sells newspapers for a _____ (live).
3 The policemen caught those ______ (thief) and took them to the police station.
4 He is _______ (charge) with breaking into a computer system.
5 A terrible _______ took place last night.
A nice girl was _________ in her home between 10p.m. and 12p.m., but the policemen haven’t found the ________ yet. (murder)
6 The police are asking people who saw anything ______ ( usual ) to be _______ ( witness )
7 All the boys were breathing ______ (heavy) after the race.
8 I will never forget my dog’s _____ (die).
I still can’t believe he has been _____ (die) for almost a year.
B. Transform the sentences.
1 Someone saw him running down Upper Street at 10 pm last night. (改为被动语态)
He ________________ down Upper Street at 10 pm last night.
2 She said, ‘He will be busy.’ (改为间接引语)
She said _______________.
3 The detective said, ‘The victim was attacked with a knife.’ (改为间接引语)
The detective said that ____________________ a knife.
4 ‘What did you do here yesterday?’ the old man asked my brother. (改为间接引语)
The old man asked my brother _________________________________.
C. Complete the following sentences.
1 We were not sure ________________________________(他是否犯有谋杀罪).
2 ________________ (他将被逮捕) for computer crimes.
3 Unluckily, _______________________(他最后因为失血过多而死亡).
4 Who ___________________ (闯入你们家) last night?
5 ________________________ (他被看见在打网球) at ten pm last night.
6 __________________________ (他有证据证实)he was not there at that time.
Step 7 Homework
A Review the whole unit and get ready for the test.
B Do some additional exercises.
A. Complete the sentences with the words.
1 Don’t blame them any more. They are all ________ (受害者).
2 The police are trying to search for the _________ (凶手).
3 I’ve just left my bag ___________ (某处). But I can’t find it.
4 My little cousin Tom likes ___________ (侦探) stories very much. He asks me tell him one every evening.
5 After the long race, John was __________(呼吸) heavily.
B. Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the given words.
1 Hey, Tom! You are ______ (want) on the phone.
2 Nearly 70 _______ (thief) have been caught by the police since last year.
3 The second suspect had a _______ (crime) record for theft.
4 The boy is too young _______ (dress) himself.
5 The man was charged with ______ (rob).
C. Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the given phrases.
1 People cut down forests every year. __________, there is less and less space for the wildlife.
2 When I walked out of the shopping mall, I found that my purse had __________.
3 Last night a man ________ my house but he didn’t steal anything.
4 She likes singing and I can ________ every time I pass here house.
5 A body of a young man was found by the river ________.
Keys:
A 1 victims 2 murderer 3 somewhere
4 detective 5 breathing
B 1 wanted 2 thieves 3 criminal
4 to dress 5 robbery
C 1 As a result 2 gone missing
3 broke into 4 hear her sing
5 the following day
七、说明
本节课是第六单元的综合检测，在教学过程中教师不应只局限于课本本身所提供的内容，而应着眼于整个单元，对单元的话题(侦探故事)以及语法(间接引语)作一个系统的回顾，确保学生能够掌握并运用。
