1. 知识目标：

掌握重点单词、短语用法：

(1). March ，April， May ，June ，July， August ，September ，October ，November ，December，writer, real, newspaper, exact, date, become ；

(2). Find out, at the age of, in the 1860s, Women’s Day, National Day, Children’s Day, Teachers’ Day , New Year’s Day, Spring Festivel, be born in---.

 掌握句型：

(1).Hey, we can find out about him on the Internet

(2)He left school and began work at the age of 12.

(3).Later he got work on a boat.

(4).He took the name Mark Twain and became very famous.

(5).He was born in 1835 in Missouri.

2.能力目标：能听懂含有一般过去时态的句子，能运用一般过去时态询问并回答过去发生的事情和经历。

3.情感目标：通过对马克. 吐温及其作品的了解，体验到珍惜现在生活的美好，增加对学习的信心和对生活的热爱。

【教学重点】:  一般过去时态的用法。  

【教学难点】:  一般过去时的句型转换。(重点不规则动词过去式)

[课前朗读]:

朗读重点词汇，根据音标读出单词并了解汉语意思，养成学生自主学习词汇的习惯，促使学生迅速进入学习状态。

[检查词汇预习]：

a.采取结对、小组互查等形式来检查学生对词汇的预习情况。

b.朗读单词,注意发音。

1, 教师可问学生：When is your birthday? When is your mother’s birthday? How many festivals are there in a year ? What are they? Which festival do you like best? When is it?How many months are there in a year? What are they? Show a photo of  Mark Twain, ask Ss some questions.教师可以以此为情境，导入本课。

2, 教师问学生What festivals do you know? 以及When are they? 进而用PPT展示各个节日图片，教师和学生问答节日的英文表达及节日对应的月份。图片涉及日常生活常见节日，如：New Year’ Day, Spring Festival, Women’s Day, May Day, Children’s Day, Teachers’ Day, Christmas  Day , National Day,

3,  Follow the examples. 学生模范操练，掌握月份前用介词in，并熟读，背诵节日及对应月份。

4，自主完成Activity 1，订正答案后疯狂背诵。

二、小听力（自主完成，合作释疑）

   1， 听Activity 2 ，选择正确答案。

   2，再听Activity 2 , 教师和学生一起修正答案。