Module 5 Cartoons
【教材分析】
Module 5的主要内容为运用三种时态,来描述所喜爱的卡通片,包括自己喜爱的卡通片人物和介绍自己喜爱卡通片的人物和原因。从全书来看,本模块承接上一模块对现在完成时的学习和运用,着重三种时态的使用区别,让同学们根据文章来理解运用。
Unit 1 It’s time to watch a cartoon.
【教学目标】
Knowledge objective
1. Words: cartoon, handsome, smart, fight, cool, humorous, can’t help dong sth., laugh, lesson
2. 一般现在时、一般过去时和现在完成时的区别。
Ability objective
能听懂和阅读关于介绍卡通片的语言材料,能通过相关词汇和图片描述自己和他人的对卡通片的观点;能编写关于卡通片的对话。
Moral objective
学会倾听他人的对卡通片的看法;养成关心、帮助他人的良好品质;认识到动画片的悠久和灿烂。
【教学重点】
三种时态的区分。
【教学难点】
1. can’t help doing sth. 的使用。
2. 三种时态的区分。
【教学方法】
PWP method, task-based method and interactive approach
【教学手段】
A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures
【教学过程】
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Lead-in
1. Ss watch the video and answer “What’s this cartoon about?”.
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2. Ss look the pictures and answer the questions.
Do you know this cartoon?
What’s the name of the cartoon?
What do you think of the cartoon?
Step 2 New words
Look and say. The teacher shows the pictures of new words and let the students to say as quickly as possible.
1. cartoon n. 漫画;动画片 2. handsome adj. 英俊的
3. smart adj. 聪明的 4. sky n. 天空
5. cool adj. 酷的 6. hero n. 英雄;男主角
7. humorous adj. 幽默的 8. laugh v. 笑 9. lesson n. 经验;教训
Step 3 Answer the questions
1. What kind of cartoons do you like?
2. Do cartoons always end in a happy way?
3. What cartoons do you think are funny?
Step 4 Listening
1. Listen to Part 2 and find out Betty’s and Tony’s answers to the questions in Activity 1.
brave, cartoon, cute, funny, handsome, smart
2. Now work in pairs and check. Do they like the same cartoons as you?
3. Listen to Part 3 and answer the following questions.
1) What are Tony and Daming talking about?
2) What does Daming think is better?
Answers: 1. They are talking about cartoons.
2. He thinks Superman is better.
Step 5 Reading
1. Read the dialogue and mark T or F.
2. Now answer the questions.
1. What does Tony think about Spiderman?
2. Why does Daming think Superman is better?
3. Why do they both like Tom and Jerry?
4. What lesson can Tony learn from Tom and Jerry?
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Answers: 1. Spiderman can’t fly, but he climbs up buildings with his hands and feet. That’s
cool.
2. Because he’s stronger than Spiderman. He can fly though the sky and fight bad
people.
3. Because Tom and Jerry are very funny.
4. They fight a lot, but they really love each other.
Step 6 Everyday English
Let Ss say what they have learnt in the passage.
Step 7 Language points
Ss should master the main points from the passage in Part 3.If possible, let the students to say at first.
1. Do cartoons always end in a happy way? 卡通片常以快乐的方式结束吗?
in a … way 表示“以一种…的方式”。
e.g. He talked about it in a similar way. 他对此事有相似的说法。
2. It’s time to watch a cartoon. 是时候看卡通片了。
It’s time to do sth. 表示“该做某事的时候了”。
It’s time for sth./doing sth.表示“该做某事的时候了”。
e.g. It’s time to have breakfast. =It’s time for breakfast. 该吃早饭了。
3. He can fly through the sky and fight bad people. 他能在空中飞并且打败坏人。
fight v. (fought, fought) 与……战斗
n. 战斗;斗争
fight sb. “和某人打仗”
fight for sth. “为…打仗”
e.g. Let’s fight poverty and disease together. 让我们一起来克服贫困和疾病。
4. He keeps fighting bad people. 他坚持和坏人作斗争。
keep doing sth. “坚持做某事”。
e.g. We must keep learning English every day. 我们必须坚持每天学英语。
5. I can’t help laughing when I watch them. 我看这些总禁不住大笑。
can’t help doing sth. “禁不住做某事”。
e.g. The boy can’t help crying when he knows what is happening.
当男孩知道发生了什么的时候禁不住地哭了。
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6. I think there’s a lesson there! 我认为这里面蕴含着道理。
lesson n. “经验,教训”
e.g. This is a lesson for you of all! 这就是给你们所有人的教训!
Step 8 Writing
Work in pairs. Describe your favorite cartoon character or the characters below. You can use the words in the box in Activity 2 to help you.
Step 9 Listening
1. Listen and underline the words the speaker stresses.
2. Now listen again and repeat.
1) That’s a real hero!
2) I don’t think we agree.
3) They fight a lot, but they really love each other.
4) I think there’s a lesson there!
Step 10 Acting
Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.
1) What cartoons do you like reading or watching on TV?
2) When do you read or watch them?
3) Which one do you like best? Why?
--What cartoons do you like reading?
--I like reading …
Step 11 Summary
时态区分
一般现在时、一般过去时和现在完成时。观察下列句子。
1. I often watch cartoons films.
我经常看卡通片。
2. I watched Spiderman last week.
我上周看了《蜘蛛侠》。
3. I have already watched Spiderman. I do
not want to watch it again.
我已看过《蜘蛛侠》了,不想再看了。
可以看出:
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1. 经常性、习惯性的动作,所以用一般过去时。
2. 在过去某个时间发生的行为,用一般过去时。
3. 动作也是在过去,但是没有明确的表示过去的时间,并且强调的是结果,即现在不想看了,所以用现在完成时。
Step 12 Exercises
1. —It’s time ___ after school.
—Let’s go now.
A. go home B. going home
C. to go home
2. Look! The plane is flying ___ the sky.
A. on B. at
C. through D. for
3. The boy kept ___ until twelve o’clock yesterday.
A. studying B. to study C. studied
4. The woman couldn’t help ___ when she saw the beautiful clothes in the shopping window.
A. stop walk B. stop to walk
C. stopping to walk
Answers: CCAC
Step 13 中考链接
让同学们直击中考,把握重难点。
1. —Why are you worried?
—I’m expecting a call from my daughter. She ___ New York for three days.
A. has gone to B. has been to
C. has been in D. has come in
2. —What did you do last night?
—I ____TV and read books.
A. watch
B. watched
C. have watched
3. —Do you know who took the students to the old people’s home, Tony?
—Well, Mr. Smith ___.
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A. took B. does
C. did D. do
4. It will be hard for us to get up in the morning if we ___ to bed too late.
A. go B. went
C. will go D. have gone
Answers: ABCA
Step 14 Homework
谈一谈你对这部卡通片的看法。60词左右。(Snow White and Seven Dwarfs)
Unit 2 Tinting has been popular for over eighty years.
【教学目标】
Knowledge objective
Key vocabulary:
orange-and-white, ugly, schoolbag, lead, clever, as, heaven, expect, artist, invent, copy,
black-and-white, own, private, create, satisfy
Key structures—win the heart of, ever since, lead against
Ability objective
To get information about cartoons.
To master the three tense.
Moral objective
To know more about other person’s opinion and splendid culture in the world.
【教学重点】
1.To learn some expressions in the passage.
2.To learn three kinds of tenses.
【教学难点】
1. To get information from the article.
2. The use of “win the heart of”.
【教学方法】
PWP method, task-based method
【教学手段】
A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures
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【教学过程】
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Warming up
Work in pairs. Answer the questions about the cartoon characters.
Which of them do you know?
Which of them do you like? Why?
Give the pictures about the cartoon characters on page 36, and show some new words.
Step 2 New words
Look and say. The teachers shows the pictures of new words.
Step 3 Reading
1. Read the passage and choose a sentence that best summarizes it.
2. Read the passage again and finish the following tasks.
一、本课以卡通为话题,介绍了5 个著名的卡通形象,它们分别是________ _________________________________。
二、课文共有4 个自然段,请选出各段的大意,并把字母编号填写在横线上。
A. a cute dog that lives in his private world
B. a favourite cartoon hero, and he works for a newspaper
C. he is the hero of Havoc in Heaven
D. two cartoon heroes are popular with young people all over the world
1. 第一段: _______ 2. 第二段: _______
3. 第三段: _______ 4. 第四段: _______
三、请根据课文内容判断正(T)误(F)。
( )1. Nemo and Shrek are green animals.
( )2. The Monkey King has celebrated his 60th birthday.
( )3. The Monkey King is brave, humorous and clever.
( )4. An artist invented Tintin in the 1980s.
( )5. Snoopy and his friends satisfy older people and children.
3. Complete the notes.
Step 4 Language points
To learn about the main points in the passage.
Step 5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box
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1. Read the sentences carefully.
2. Choose the right words to fill in the blanks.
Step 6 Exercises
Let the students practice the main points in Unit 2.
Step 7 中考链接
Do some exercises from the entrance exam to senior high schools.
Step 8 Written task
1. Write down the name of your favorite cartoon. Then answer the questions.
1) What is it about?
2) Who is in it?
3) Why do you like it?
2. Now write a passage using your answers.
Unit 3 Language in use
【教学目标】
Knowledge objective
Get the students to be able to use the key vocabulary and new words they learn in this unit
Ability objective
To summarize and consolidate three kinds of tenses.
Moral objective
To be glad to listen to others’ opinions and enjoy the splendid cartoon culture in the world.
【教学重点】
To be able to tell the differences among the three kinds of tenses.
【教学难点】
Through listening, speaking and writing, let students practise the present three tenses.
【教学方法】
PWP method, task-based method
【教学手段】
A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures
【教学过程】
Teaching Procedures:
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Step 1 Revision and lead-in
Let Ss look at the pictures and answer the questions to review what they have learnt.
Step 2 Language practice
To master the three tenses.
用适当的单词补全句子。
1. He ____ _____ popular for over eighty years.
2. Tintin _________ in China in the 1980s.
3. Snoopy ________ in his own private world.
Answer:has been, appeared, lives
Step 3 Complete the conversation with the correct form of the words in brackets
1. Read the dialogue carefully.
2. Use the correct form of the words in brackets to fill in the blanks.
Daming: Hi, Tony. What are you reading?
Tony: The Adventures of Tintin. It’s fantastic. (1)_____ you __________(ever read) a
Tintin book?
Daming: No, I (2)_______________ (never read) a Tintin story. (3)_____ (be) they popular?
Tony: Yes, they (4)__________(be) popular for more than eighty years. The first Tintin
story (5)________(appear) in 1929.
Daming: What does Tintin do?
Tony: He (6)_______ (work) for a newspaper and he (7) ______ (have) lots of exciting experiences.
Daming: And (8)_____ the stories ______(have) happy endings?
Tony: Oh, yes, they always do.
Daming: Sounds great! Do you mind if I borrow your book?
Answers: 1.Have, ever read 2. have never read 3. Are 4. have been 5. appeared
6. works 7. has 8. do, have
Step 4 Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in brackets
1. Read the passage carefully.
2. Use the correct form of the words in brackets to fill in the blanks.
When I was young, I (1)_________ (not like) green vegetables. The only vegetable I (2) ____ (eat) was potatoes. I was quite small and not very strong, so I was not very good at sport. Then
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when I (3)_____________ (watch) television one day I saw the cartoon Popeye. When Popeye stands next to the bad man, Bluto, he(4)_______ (look) small and weak, and when they fight, he always (5)______ (lose). Then he eats some green vegetables. His arms(6)_______ (grow) thicker. He becomes stronger and he wins his fights. The next day I was going to play football at school, so I asked my mother for some green vegetables. I (7)________ (score) three times and we won the match! I (8)__________ (love) green vegetables ever since.
Answers: 1. didn’t like 2. ate 3. was watching 4. looks 5. loses 6. grow 7. scored
8. have loved
Step 5 Complete the passage with the words in the box
1. Read the passage carefully.
2. Use the correct form of the words in the box to fill in the blanks.
Many people love cartoons because they are great fun.
Parents and children (1)______ together as the Monkey King makes a terrible (2)_____ or Shrek, the (3)_____ green animal, sing a song. Cartoon heroes often live in a(n)(4)
______ world of their (5)_____.
Artists (6)_______ good cartoon heroes as well as bad people. The heroes always win,
and their stories (7)______ us and help us feel safe.
Answers: 1.laugh 2. mess 3. ugly 4. private 5. own 6. create 7. satisfy
Step 6 Work in pairs and decide on the best order for the pictures
1. Look through the picture and discuss in pairs.
2. Draw the correct answers from other group.
Step 7 Now listen and check
Now listen and check which one is right.
Step 8 Listening
Listen to Part 5 and answer the questions.
1. Why does Betty not think the cartoon is funny at first?
2. Why does Tony think the cartoon is really clever?
Answer:1. Because she does not understand it at first.
2. Because the policeman could catch the man in the lift, but he doesn’t. They both just stand there, waiting for the lift to stop!
Step 9 Learning to learn
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Learn about how to listen to a word you don’t know.
When you’re listening, do not stop paying attention when you hear a word you do not know. Keeping listening. The word might not be important, or the speaker may say something to explain its meaning.
Step 10 Listening
Listen to Part 6 and answer the questions.
1) Where did the first cartoon appear?
2) When did Walt Disney start to make films?
3) Was Micky Mouse Walt Disney’s most famous cartoon character?
Answer:1. In newspapers.
2. In 1920s.
3. Yes, it was.
Step 11 Read the passage and complete the sentences
Read the passage in Part 6 and fill in the blanks.
Step 12 Around the world
Learn about classical American cartoons.
Step 13 Writing
1. Work in groups. Plan your cartoon.
l Talk about your favourite cartoons and decide on the kinds of cartoon hero you would like to create.
l Talk about developing the heroes. What are they like? What do they look like? What do they do?
l How will they win people’s hearts?
l Decide who will write the story and who will do the drawings.
2. Make your cartoon.
3. Show your cartoon to your classmate.
Step 14 Grammar
一般过去时常犯错误
1. 把动词变为过去式易出错。
例如:They stoped talking just now.
解析:stop的过去时为stopped。辅音加y,y变i加ed;元音加y,在词尾直接加ed。
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2. 忘记把动词变为过去式。
例如:I fly kites on the afternoon of last Sunday.
解析:fly应该用过去式flew。对此,我们应该记住在一般过去时的时态里,过去式不要忘记。
3. 在句式变换时出错。
例如:We didn’t went last Friday.
解析:didn’t went应改为didn’t go。
请记住“见助动词用原形”。
4. 易与现在完成时弄混。
例如:I saw the film, so I don’t want to go now.
解析:正确答案为:I have seen the film, so I don’t want to go now.“我不想去”说明了我了解这部影片的内容,强调现在的情况,应该用现在完成时。
Step 15 Summary
三种时态区分
Step 16 Exercises
Do some exercises and draw the answers from the Ss.
1. He _______ me English last year.
A. teach B. taught
C. teached D. is teaching
2. -How long have you used this book?
-Since you _______ it to me.
A. lend B. borrow C. lent
3. I have _______ for two days. I want to ask for two days’ leave.
A. ill B. been ill C. feel ill
4. It ______ not healthy to watch TV too long.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
Answers: BCBA
Step 17 中考链接
Do some exercises from the entrance exam to senior high schools.
1. Since 2000, Jingmen has become a new city. Everything _________. 【2013湖北荆州】
A. is changed B. was changed
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C. had changed D. has changed
2. I don’t know if Jack _______. If he ______, call me, please. 【2013黑龙江绥化】
A. comes; come
B. will come; will come
C. will come; comes
3. -How long ______ you _____ this book?
-For two weeks. 【2013黑龙江齐齐哈尔】
A. did; borrow B. have; borrowed C. have; kept
4. — What______ the noise, Bill?
— Sorry, I broke my glass. 【2013河南】
A. is B. was
C. has been D. will be
Answers: DCCB
Step 18 Homework
请选择你喜爱的一部卡通片,然后自己动手画出其中你喜爱的一个人物,并用英文说一说你喜爱的原因。
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