初中英語牛津譯林版八年級下冊Unit4Agoodread 全國獲獎

8下

Unit

4

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goodreadPeriod2

ReadingⅠAnalysisonteachingmaterialsTheteachingmaterialismostsuitableforGrade8students.ItistakenfromanEnglishnovel‘Gulliver’sTravels’,whoseChineseversionhasbeenreadbythestudents.Thebackgroundthatstudentshavereadthestorycanbeagreathelpfortheirunderstandingofthistext.ThisnoveltellsusGulliver’samazingadventureinsomecountries.ThetextisaboutGulliver’sexperiencesinLilliputandstudentswillbeinterestedinwhathappenedtohiminthisstrangeworld.AnalysisonlearnersTheGrade8studentsareexpectedtomastercertainreadingstrategiessuchasskimmingandscanning,predictionandguessingmeaningfromthecontext.However,whattheyreallyneednowisadivergentthinkingmodeinsteadofsuperficialthinking.Soitisnecessaryforateachertodesignsomeactivitiestostrengthenthestudents’readingstrategiesandtocultivatetheircriticalthinking.TeachingobjectivesBytheendoftheclass,Ssareexpectedto1.learnthenewwordsandexpressionsinthestory;2.understandthegeneralideaofthestory；3.improvetheabilityofskimmingthestoryforthemainidea,scanningthestoryforspecificinformationandreadingcarefullyformoredetails;4.appreciateandexperiencethebeautyofthetextbyactingcreatively5.bebraveandoptimist,imaginativeandcreative,andrespecteverylifeintheworld.Importantpoints1.Tounderstandthegeneralideaofthestory；2.Toimprovetheabilityofskimmingthestoryforthemainidea,scanningthestoryforspecificinformationandreadingcarefullyformoredetailsDifficultpointsToguidethestudentstosearchforandusethetargeteddetailstosummarizeastory.TeachingstrategiesCommunicativeapproachTaskbasedlanguageteachingThinkingactivities(prediction,summarizing,comparisonandcontrast)Teachingprocedures

Step1

Lead-inShowpicturesofdifferentfamousnovelsandtalkaboutthenovelsDidyoureadthesefamousnovelsbefore?What’sthenameofthisnovel?【Purpose】

EncouragestudentstoreadmorebooksandtrytoleadthemtoexpresstheiropinionsinEnglish.Step2

Pre-reading1.Show

picturesandteach

thenewwords.2.Showthepictureofthestory.Letstudentspredictthestory.【Purpose】Thisstepisdesignedto

arousestudents’interestintheofpredictionwillbeexercisedinthisperiod,whichcatersforthenewEnglishCurriculumstandards,thatistoimprovethestudents’criticalthinking.Step3

While-readinga.

Skimforspecificinformation.1.Whichadventuredoesthisextractbelongto?ALilliput(小人國）

BBrobdingnag(大人國）

CLaputa2.Inthisextract,whoam“I”?AJonathanSwift

BGulliver

C

Sandy3.Howmanytinypeopledid“I”meetintheend?AOne

BAfew

CAlargenumber【Purpose】

Questionsareraisedtohelpstudentsknowthestory’ssettingand

trainstudentsabilityoffindingrelevantinformationfromthecontext.b.

Scantogetthemainidea.

WhatGulliverfoundafterwakingup

WhatGulliverdidtoprotecthimself

HowGulliverfellasleeponthebeach【Purpose】Studentsarerequiredtoreadthestorysilentlyandgetthemainideaofeachpartofthestory.C.Close-readformoredetails.Task1

Readandanswerthequestions.(

Para

1)1.WhathappenedtoGulliver’sship?2.WhatdidGulliverdoafterit?【Purpose】Thequestionscanhelpstudentsunderstandthefirstparagraphbetter.Task2

Watchavideoandimagine.(Para

2-3)IfyouwereGulliver,howwouldyoufeel?【Purpose】StudentsareguidedtothinkintheshoeofGulliver.Thiscanhelpstudentsgetfamiliartothestory’scharacterandimaginethefeelingofGulliver.Itisalsohelpfultotrainstudents’divergentthinking.Task3

Completeandactitout.

（Para4-5）smallmen

Gulliver

startedclimbingalloverme

________them;

_____upand_______movingacross

madethem__________;began_______;

couldnot____________;

didn’tknow_________;

triedto_____________;

managedto_________;

beganto_______

_________mylefthand;

werecomingstraighttowardsme…

saw__________tinypeople.

【Purpose】Comparisonandcontrastareusedtohelpstudents

understandtheactionsofGulliverandtinymenbetter

,whicharealsoofgreatvaluetothecultivationofstudents’thinkingmode.Task4

Retellandsharethestory.

swam

wokeup

shouted--tiredout

--couldnotmove

--couldn’tunderstand--felldown

--betied

--triedto--managedto--wenttosleep

--felt

--lifted

--lookeddown--saw

--lookeddown—saw【Purpose】ThepurposeofthisactivityistohelpstudentsconsolidatewhattheyhavelearntandshowtheirunderstandingofthetextinproperEnglish.Step4

Post-reading

1.Fillintheblankswiththehelpofthefirstletterofeachword.Gulliversetoffonashiptothe

South

Theshipc_______againsttherocks.Gulliverlandedonab________.Whenhewokeup,hefoundhimselft________totheground.Helookeddownandsawat______persononhisbody.Soonmoresmallmenstartedc________alloverhim.Gullivers_________athim.Thenoisewassol_______thattheyallfellover.However,theyc_________movingacrosshisbody.Gulliverfinallym_______tobreaktheropes.Whenheliftedhislefthand,thesmallmenbe