unit1 He spent about twenty-one hours in spaceTeaching contentModule7 unit1 He spent about twenty-one hours in spaceTeachingobjectivesKnowledge Objects I.Learn new words :flew became spentII.Learn new sentences: 1.I flew to the earth in it long ago.2.He spent about twenty-one hours in space. And so on.Ability ObjectsStudents learn to talk about and describe the life of famous people with the past tense.Moral ObjectsStudents should be proud of our country.Important pointsUnderstand the past tense and and the irregular variation of verbs Difficult pointsStudents should be able to use the past tense correctly.TeachingProceduresTeachingProceduresTeachingProceduresStep 1.Warm-upT：Good morning, girls and boys.Ss: Good morning, Ms sun.Teacher shows two pictures,one is a new-born baby,the other is the shenzhou V.then ask “when were you born? what happened when you were born?”Do you know?” let students discuss,then answer “shenzhouV was sent into space when you were born. ”Step 2Listen to the tape.(pay attention to the pronunciation) Play the tape,have students look and listen.In order to have them understand the text,teacher asks these following questions:1. When did Shenzhou V fly into space?2. How long did he spend when Yang Liwei flew into the space?3. How did Yang Liweis son feel about his father?After work in groups ,then let them answer.Step 3.Find and explain. Ss:find the new words and sentences with the past tense T:explain them.(such as words: fly - flew become - became spend spentSentences: He spent about twenty-one hours in space)Step 4Practice Do more exercises and the activity book about the past tenseStep 4Summery Summarize the important and difficult points,and let students write them on the blackboard.Step 5.Homework1. Describe the story of Yang Liwei and shenzhou V to your parents in English 2. Introduce yourself with the past tense.In 2003,some students were born,at the same time ,shenzhouV was sent into the space. Especially the past tenseTeaching reflectionLack games,but stimulate studentscooperation.4