英语人教版八年级下册An old man moves the mountains

Topic: Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains.Period: 1(Section A 1a-2c)Provider: Teaching aims: Knowledge aims:1.Get the students to learn the words and phrases: Shoot, remind, once upon a time, as soon as, sothat, weak, unless, god, stone, digKeep doing sth., continue to do sth., remind sb, of sth., try to do sth.,2.The students will be able to use the expressions:The story reminds us that you can never know whats possible unless you try to make it happen.Once upon a time, there was/wereAs soon as the man finished talking, Yu Gong said that his family could continue to move the mountains after he died.Ability aims:1. The students can get the general ideas of the story by listening.2.To improve the students listening and speaking abilities. 3. To train the students ability of retelling the story.Emotional aims:You can never know whats possible unless you try to make it happen.Teaching important points:How to retell a story and how to use the conjunctions.Teaching difficult points:How to make the familiar Chinese story in English .Teaching aids:CAI , a recorder,Teaching procedures:Teachers activitiesStudents activitiesPurposesStep 1 warming upShow some pictures of the Chinese story like”武松打虎、守株待兔、叶公好龙”etc.Show the four pictures in 1a.Students enjoy the pictures.Students say the names of the four pictures in 1a.Get Ss know something about this unit.Step 2 Presentation & talkShow on the screen some pictures about Yu Gong .Play the song “愚公移山”Students talk something about Yu Gong and then enjoy the song.Eg. Yu Gong was born in the Western Zhou Dynasty.The reason why Yu Gong wanted to move the mountains was that there were two big mountains near his house and they were so big and high that it took a long time to walk to the other side.Know sth. about the background of the story.To make the listening easier in the next step.Step 3 Listening1. Get the students to listen and number the pictures.2. Listen again and circle the words.1. Listen and number the pictures.2. Listen again and circle the words To train Ss listening skills by catching the key words(adj.).Step 4 Activity 2cGet students to retell the story of Yu Gong according to the information in 2b.Students retell the story according to the information.Students should use the conjunctions like : as soon as.To improve the students ability of using the language.Step 5 Show time Ask the Ss to retell the story of Yu Gong Moves the Mountains according to the pictures.Ask the Ss to finish the exercise A on P23 homework 2.Ss retell the story of Yu Gong Moves the Mountains according to the pictures.Ss finish the story of the hare and the tortoise,Help the students to use theLanguage points fluently. Enlarge the knowledge.Step 6Homework1. Retell the story of “Yu Gong Moves a Mountain”。2. 作业本2 P21-22 I II (必)III (选）3. 预习2d P424. dictationBb design Unit 6 An old tried to move the mountains. Period 1 (Section A 1a -2c)shoot dig stone unlesskeep doing sth. as soon ascontinue to do sth. Never give up.Once upon a time, there was/wereAs soon as the man finished talking, Yu Gong said tha