8AUnit2Reading備課

1、8A Unit2 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 reading.3. Learn how to understand the writers opinion.Teaching difficulties and importance:1. Know the meanings of the new

2、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 Year 8=in Grade 8，a mixed school, Home Economics, learn how to do sth, do sth for oneself, cook healthy and tasty meals, b

3、ring 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 this sentence: What does the word hero mean? It means someone you admire very much.4. Catch the main information about L

4、ives 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.(2) Act the dialogue between Hobo and Eddie.Step II. Pre-taskUse the pictures on Page 26 to teach some new words. Ask:

5、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 watching TV. Now John and Nancy are talking about their lives in school. Lets see if it is like watching TV.Life in a Briti

6、sh 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 Economics) 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

7、 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. Why does he think the reading week is too short? Point out: as wellTask 4 Listen to the tape and read after it. Use Q

8、uestions 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. Read Johns composition together/by themselves. Try to sum up the whole article.Life in an American schoolTask 1 Read P

9、aragraph 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 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. H

10、ow 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 think of Julie? Why?Task4 Listen to the tape and read after it. Use Questions 4-7 to sum up Paragraph 2.Task5 Read Para

11、graph 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 Paragraph 3.Task7 Read Nancys article by themselves and try to sum it up. Step IV. Post-taskTask 1 Finish Part B1 on Pa

12、ge 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 articles carefully and try to sum them up.(2) Finish the exercises. 8A Unit2 Reading (2)Teaching aims and demands:1. Can gr

13、asp 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 important language points.2. Retell the two articles completely.Teaching preparation:ComputerTeaching steps:Step I. Warm-upTr

14、y to memorize the main idea of Johns and Nancys articles according to the table.Who? John Nancy Where? (Woodland School, near London) (Rocky Mountain High School, Denver) What? (Home Economics)(Reading Week) (Softball.)(The buddy club) When? (Every year) (Twice a week.)(Every Monday) Why? (Because h

15、e 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 (the Eighth Grade)2. mixed adj. a mixed school mix v. Oil and water will not mix.3. how to do things for

16、 myself (反身代詞, 我自己,獨自做某事)疑問代詞who, what. which等和疑問副詞when, where, how等加動詞不定式,在句中作主語、賓語、表語等成分.E.g. Where to go is a question.(作主語)The question is how to learn English well.(作表語)I know where to find the boy.(作賓語)4. tasty adj. The food is tasty. taste link.v. The food tastes good. n. The food has a good

17、taste.5. as well, also, too, either, as well asa. as well 副詞短語,多用于口語,只用于句末. He is a teacher and a writer as well.b. also 較正式,不用于句末,用語肯定句中. He also plays football.c. too 多用語口語,通常在句末,也可在句中. He is a worker, 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 we

18、ll as 用于肯定句中,意為 “既又; 不僅而且”,起連接作用. 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 tog

19、ether.Task 2 Fill in the blankets according to Johns composition. John was in _ at Woodland School near London. Its a _school. His favorite subject is _.So he can cook healthy and _meals now. His school has a_ week every year. He and his classmates can read books from the school library. And they ca

20、n also _ in books and_ from home. The reading week is too _ because he wants to read others books _.Task3 Fill in the blankets according to Nancys composition. Nancy is 14 years old. She is in 9th g_ at Rocky Mountain High School. Her brother Denver had d_ lessons last year. Its great for her becaus

21、e he d_ her to school every day. Its f_ than taking a bus. She plays s_ twice a week. She spends lots of time p_. Every Monday she goes to a b_ club. Her buddy is Julie. Julie h_ Nancy learn all about her new school. She helps Nancy with her homework and listens to her p_. Nancy thinks Julie is a h_

22、. During lunchtime, she has a good time t_ with her friends. Sometimes, they go to s_ malls after school.Task4 Read the two parts by themselves.Task5 Retell Johns life in a British school and Nancys life in an American school.Step IV. HomeworkTask1 Translate the sentences into English.1、我最喜歡的科目是家政。2

23、、在我到這個學校之前我不知道該如何為自己做事。3、李華喜歡打壘球，每天花很多時間練習它。4、老師經常告訴我們課后也要練習英語。5、我想學如何做健康可口的飯菜。6、乘出租車去公園比騎自行車去要快得多。Task2 Recite the article. 8A Unit2 VocabularyTeaching aims and demands:1. Learn about the school subjects.2. Review and learn the adjective nouns about peoples opinion.3. Grasp the opposites of the adj

24、ective nouns.Teaching difficulties and importance:1. Grasp the new words such as art, geography, language, PE, science, useful, unimportant, useless, unpopular and so on.2. Can give opinion on different school subjects.Teaching preparation:Computer and the timetableTeaching steps:Step I. Lead in Ask

25、 some questions about the reading. Ask 2-4 students to sum up John and Nancys school lives.Step II. Pre-taskTask 1 T: We know Johns favorite subject is Home Economics. Because he likes cooking and sewing. Whats your favorite subject?S: Chinese, Math, English, PELook at the pictures and teach the Ss

26、the new words:Ask: What class is it? What can you learn from each subject?(Teacher can give a table.)Art You can draw and paint pictures. Computer Studies Geography History Home Economics Languages PE Science Task2 Finish Part A on Page 27.Step III. While-taskTask 1 Some adjective words to show ones

27、 opinion on different school subjects.T: I think Home Economics is very interesting, but History is very boring. What do you think of the subjects? Is the Art lesson very easy/difficult/important/unimportant/useful/useless?S: Yes, its/I thinkPoint out: useful careful unimportant unpopular useless ca

28、reless Encourage the Ss to say more words like this.Task 2 Finish Part B on Page 27.Step IV. Post-taskFill in the blankets with the right forms. 1. The song is _(popular) now, but I still like it.2. I like Daniel because he can tell _(interest) stories.3. The bus left 5 minutes ago. Its _(use) to ru

29、n to the stop.4. What a _(bored) book. I cant read it any more.5. It is _(important). We dont need to go there.Step V. Homework1. Remember the new words.2. Finish the exercises. 8A Unit2 Grammar A&BTeaching aims and demands:1. Compare two things using morethan, fewerthan and lessthan.2. Compare more

30、 than two things using the most for the largest amount and the fewest/ the least for the smallest amount.Teaching difficulties and importance:1. How to use morethan, fewerthan and lessthan.2. How to use the most the fewest and the least.Teaching preparation:pictures, objects and computerTeaching ste

31、ps:Step I. Lead in Revise the words of school subjects and the adjective nouns.Step II. Pre-task Look at the pictures and answer: （見課件）What are they in the pencil-boxes?(Teach paper clips)Step III. While-taskTask 1 The use of “more than” and “fewerthan”.T: Lucy has 4 pencils and Lily has 3 pencils.

32、（見課件）It means: Lucy has more pencils than Lily. (manymore) (Write on the Bb.) Lily has fewer pencils than Lucy. (fewfewer)Lucy has fewer paper clips than Lily. (fewfewer) Lily has more paper clips than Lucy. (manymore)Point out: We use “more/fewerthan” to talk about countable nouns.Ask the Ss to mak

33、e more sentences with the pictures.Task 2 The use of “morethan” and “l(fā)essthan”.T: Look at the pictures of Daniel, Jam and Sandy. （見課件）T: Daniel has more juice than Jam. (muchmore) Jam has less juice than Daniel. (littleless)Point out: We use “more/lessthan” to talk about uncountable nouns.Make more

34、sentences with the pictures. Task 3 Finish Parts A, A1、 A2 and A3. (Solve their problems)【Look at the pictures of Part A on Page 28 and answer:T: How many flowers does Millie have? How many flowers does Amy have?S: Millie has seven flowers and Amy has three flowers.T: Who has more flowers?S: Millie

35、does.T: Yes, Millie has more flowers than Amy. Amy has fewer flowers than Millie.Ask Ss to talk about the second picture in the same way.Use the same way to present lessthan.Work out the rule: We use morethan and fewerthan to talk about countable nouns. We use morethan and lessthan to talk about unc

36、ountable nouns.】Task 4 The use of the most/fewest/least. T: Look at the pictures. （見課件）Peter has more beef than Leo. Leo has more beef than Jack. That is to say: Who has the most beef?Ss: ( Peter has the most beef of all.) T: Who has the least beef? Ss: (Jack has the least beef of all.)T: Nancy has

37、more pears than Millie. Millie has more pears than Amy.That is to say: Nancy has the most pears of all. Amy has the fewest pears of all. Ss try to work out the rules: We use the most/fewest to talk about countable nouns.We use the most/least to talk about uncountable nouns. Task 5 Practice the drill

38、s more with the things in the classroom. e.g.: pens, rulers, erasers, water, milk, etc. Finish Parts B1, B2 and B3. Task 6 Make a conclusion of today and then finish Part B4.Step IV. Post-task Fill in the blankets with the right words.Look at the pictures of Jack, Leo and Peter.（見課件） 1.Jack has _ br

39、ead _Leo. 2. Peter has _ bread _ Jack. 3. Peter has _ bread of all. 4. Jack has _ bread of all. Look at the pictures of Nancy, Millie and Amy. （見課件） 5. Nancy has _ apples _ Millie. 6. Amy has _ apples _ Millie. 7. Nancy has _ apples of all. 8. Amy has _ apples of all.Step V. Homework (1) Revise the

40、new drills of this lesson.(2) Preview the next lesson.(3) Finish the exercises. 8A Unit2 Grammar CTeaching aims and demands:1. Can make comparisons using the same as and different from.2. Can make comparisons using the sameas.Teaching difficulties and importance:Grasp the sentences like these: My un

41、iform is the same as Simons uniform. My uniform is different from Johns uniform. Millies pencil box is the same size as Amys pencil box.Teaching preparation:Objects and computerTeaching steps:Step I. Lead-in Revise the use of more/fewer/lessthan and the most/fewest/least. (make some sentences)Step I

42、I. Pre-taskTask 1 “be the same as” and “be different from”. Ask some questions about the picture. （見課件）T: What can you see in the picture? Do the girls wear the same kind of sweaters? What about their skirts? Point out: Amys sweater is the same as Millies sweater. Amys sweater and Millies sweater ar

43、e the same. Amys hair is different from Millies hair. Amys hair and Millies hair are different.Task 2 Make more comparisons.Step III. While-taskTask 1 Say something about the picture of Part C on Page 31. Simons uniform is the same as Daniels uniform. Johns uniform is different from Daniels uniform. Make different sentences with the picture. E.g. Johns hair is different from Simons hair Use the following pictures of Part C