镇江市实验初中八年级英语教案Unit2Schooll.docx

1、镇江市实验初中八年级英语教案Unit2SchoollUnit2 School life单元三维目标:一、 知识与技能1. 掌握课本中出现的重点词汇和句型2. 熟练运用形容词比较级和最高级的构成和用法3. 充分运用 the same as different from进行比较4. 学会谈论不同的学校及各类学生的学校生活二、 过程与方法通过对比中外各类学校情况,借助课外媒体、材料,反复使用练习,在潜移默化中学好本单元需要掌握的知识点和语言点.三、 情感态度与价值了解中西方学校情况,感受中西方文化如在教育、人文等反面的异同,为理解英语、学好英语奠定基础.Period 1 Comic strip an

2、d welcome to the unitTeaching aims and demands:1. Talk about the school life and review the words about school life.2. Learn different words which mean the same thing between British English and American English.3. Learn the differences between British English and American English.Teaching difficult

3、ies and importance:1. Grasp the spelling of British words and American words such as lift and elevator, post and mail, film and movie, football and soccer, and so on.2. Know the differences between British English and American English.3. Grasp the words: British, lift, post, eraser, fall, elevator,

4、math, movie, soccer4. Grasp the phrases: be smarter than, be like doing5. Grasp the sentences: Why dont sb do sth?=Why not do sth? Whats school like?Teaching preparation:pictures, recorder, computer, and the flags of Britain and EnglandTeaching steps:Step Lead-in T: Do you like our school? What do y

5、ou like? How many subjects do you learn? Can you tell me some names of them?S: Chinese, Math, English, PE, Geography, etc. (Encourage the Ss to say more about it.)T: Good. Is there another word for Math?S: Yes. Maths.T: Great. Maths is Math. Maths is British English. While Math is American English (

6、write on Bb) Step Pre-task (Welcome to the unit)Show the flags of the UK and the USA. Tell them that people speak English in both Britain and the USA , but sometimes they use different words which mean the same thing. T: I know many boys like playing football.Do you know what it says in American Eng

7、lish?S: Soccer.(Write on Bb) Do you know the same use of other words? Please give me some examples.Write other right answers of the students on the Bb.Teach the students the new words: BE=British English AE=American English BEautumnliftfootballmathsrubberpostgroundfloorsecondaryschoolAEfallelevators

8、occermatherasermailfirstfloorhigh schoolStep While-taskTask1 Practise the new words more. Pay attention to the pronunciations and spelling.Task2 Finish Part A on Page 23. Teacher can give more words, such as sweets and candies, holiday and vocation, biscuit and cookie and so on.Task3 Write down both

9、 the British and American words, then finish Part B.Step Different spellings(1) Say: There are also some differences in spelling between British English and American English. Make a table and write down some words. E.g. favourite and favorite, centre and center.(2) Ask Ss to find more different word

10、s means the same thing and different spellings after class.Step Comic stripsDo you remember Hobo and Eddie? They are talking about school life. Listen to the tape and answer : What does Eddie think of the school life?Listen again and read after it.Point out: Why dont you do sth?=Why not do sth? be s

11、marter than, be like doing sth, there be, few/a fewLook at the picture and practise the dialogue Act the dialogue in groups and pairs.Step Free talk about Ss ideal schoolWhat do you like more about school, the assembly, the classes, lunchtime or the after-school activities? Do you like outdoor activ

12、ities? Do you like fewer lessons? Do you like the lessons on the Internet? Talk about the above questions in groups and then make a report.Step Post-taskFill in the blankets with American English: Its my first day in high school. I felt a little tired, but I had a good time. Our classroom is on the_

13、 (ground/first) floor. So we dont need an_ (lift/elevator). I like to go outside playing_(soccer/football) after class. Its my_ (favourite/favorite) sport. Today we had 6 classes. I still found_ (maths/math) was too difficult for me. But the new classmate next to me helped me work out a difficult pr

14、oblem.Step. Homework(1) Try to remember the new words and drills.(2) Finish the exercises.(3) Preview the next lesson. Period 2 Reading (1)Teaching aims and demands:1. Know the school lives in British school and American school.2. Learn to read and understand the article with different ways of readi

15、ng.3. Learn how to understand the writers opinion.Teaching difficulties and importance:1. Know the meanings of the new words: mixed, together, subject, myself, tasty, meal, guy(s), twice, softball, practice, buddy, senior, hero, close, article, admire2. Understand the meanings of the phrases: in Yea

16、r 8=in Grade 8，a mixed school, Home Economics, learn how to do sth, do sth for oneself, cook healthy and tasty meals, bring in, a Reading Week, the end of sth, as well, take a bus, twice a week, spend time doing sth, learn about, help sb with sth, each other, have a great time doing sth.3. Can use t

17、his sentence: What does the word hero mean? It means someone you admire very much.4. Catch the main information about Lives in a British school and an American school.Teaching preparation:recorder and computerTeaching steps:Step I. Lead-in(1) Review the British and American words in different forms.

18、(2) Act the dialogue between Hobo and Eddie.Step II. Pre-taskUse the pictures on Page 26 to teach some new words. Ask: What are they doing in the pictures?(Reading Week, driving lesson, Home Economics class, lunchtime, buddy club, softball game)Step III. While-taskT: Eddie thinks school is like watc

19、hing TV. Now John and Nancy are talking about their lives in school. Lets see if it is like watching TV.Life in a British schoolTask 1 Read Paragraph 1 and answer: 1. What grade is John in?(In Year 8.) 2. Is it a school for boys? (No, its a mixed school.) 3. Whats his favorite subject? (Home Economi

20、cs) 4. What can he cook? (Healthy and tasty meals)Task 2 Listen to the tape and read after it. Use Questions 1-4 to sum up Paragraph 1.Task 3 Read Paragraph 2 and answer: 5. Does he have a Reading Week every year? 6. What books can they read ? 7. What can they do near the end of the reading class? 8

21、. Why does he think the reading week is too short? Point out: as wellTask 4 Listen to the tape and read after it. Use Questions 5-8 to sum up Paragraph 2.Point out: I like learning how to cook and sew. We can even bring in books and magazines from home.Task 5 Practice the new words and phrases more.

22、 Read Johns composition together/by themselves. Try to sum up the whole article.Life in an American schoolTask 1 Read Paragraph 1 and answer: 1. How old is Nancy? Where does she study? 2. How old is her brother? What did he learn last year? 3. Is it great that Denver drives her to school? Why?Task 2

23、 Listen to the tape and read after it. Use Questions 1-3 to sum up Paragraph 1.Task 3 Read Paragraph 2 and answer: 4. How often does she play softball? (Twice a week.) 5. Where does she go every Monday? ( A buddy club.) 6. Who is her buddy? (Teach: senior) What can they do there? 7. What does Nancy

24、think of Julie? Why?Task4 Listen to the tape and read after it. Use Questions 4-7 to sum up Paragraph 2.Task5 Read Paragraph 3 and answer: 8. Does she have a good time during lunchtime? 9. What do they sometimes do after school?Task6 Listen to the tape and read after it. Use Questions 8-9 to sum up

25、Paragraph 3.Task7 Read Nancys article by themselves and try to sum it up. Step IV. Post-taskTask 1 Finish Part B1 on Page 25.Task 2 Finish Parts B2 and C1 and check the answers.Point out: tell sb about sth, during lunchtime, in 12th grade. What does the wordmean?Step V. Homework(1) Read the two arti

26、cles carefully and try to sum them up.(2) Finish the exercises.Period 3 Reading (2)Teaching aims and demands:1. Can grasp the words, phrases and language points of the two articles.2. Can retell the lives in a British school and an American school.Teaching difficulties and importance:1. Some importa

27、nt language points.2. Retell the two articles completely.Teaching preparation:ComputerTeaching steps:Step I. Warm-upTry to memorize the main idea of Johns and Nancys articles according to the table.Who?JohnNancyWhere?(Woodland School, near London)(Rocky Mountain High School, Denver)What?(Home Econom

28、ics)(Reading Week)(Softball.)(The buddy club)When?(Every year)(Twice a week.)(Every Monday)Why?(Because he likes learning to cook and sew.)(Because he can read anything he likes.)(Because she loves the game.)(Because she enjoys it a lot.)Step II. Language points1. Year8 (the Eighth Year) = Grade 8 (

29、the Eighth Grade)2. mixed adj. a mixed school mix v. Oil and water will not mix.3. how to do things for myself (反身代词, 我自己,独自做某事)疑问代词who, what. which等和疑问副词when, where, how等加动词不定式,在句中作主语、宾语、表语等成分.E.g. Where to go is a question.(作主语)The question is how to learn English well.(作表语)I know where to find th

30、e boy.(作宾语)4. tasty adj. The food is tasty. taste link.v. The food tastes good. n. The food has a good taste.5. as well, also, too, either, as well asa. as well 副词短语,多用于口语,只用于句末. He is a teacher and a writer as well.b. also 较正式,不用于句末,用语肯定句中. He also plays football.c. too 多用语口语,通常在句末,也可在句中. He is a w

31、orker, too.d. either 用于否定句中,通常在句末. Yesterday I didnt watch TV and I didnt see the film, either.e. as well as 用于肯定句中,意为 “既又; 不仅而且”,起连接作用. He gave me clothes as well as food.6. have a great time talking to each other have a great/good time doing sth.=have fun doing sth.E.g. Mary had a god time dancing at the party. We have fun learning English.Step III. Reading and retellingTask 1 Read the articles together.Task 2 Fill in the blanket