人教版英语八年级下第六单元.docx

Unit6 An old man tried to move the mountains . Period 1 Section A 1a-1c一 Teaching aims：Acknowledge aims：（1）Vocabulary ： shoot, stone, weak, god and so on ；（2）Master the sentences： How does the story begin? What happened next? What do you think of the story of Yu Gong? What could Yu Gong do instead of moving the mountains?Ability aims：Learn to talk about the beginning, and the development of the stories .Try to express some ideas about the characters and the plots in the stories in English . Emotion aims：We should learn from Yu Gong whenever we meet difficulties in work and life . Try to overcome the difficulties by ourselves .二 Teaching important and difficult points （1） Important points:New words : shoot, stone, weak, godExpressions : as soon as , begin to do, try to do, so that, and so on （2）Difficult points：Try to express some ideas about the characters and the plots in the stories in English What do you think of / about the story of Yu Gong? I think its a little bit silly. I still dont agree with you.三 Teaching Steps:.Warming-upExchange greetings.T: Hello！Boys and girls. How are you today?Ss: Im fine, thank you. And you？T: Im OK, thank you. . Pre-listening1. Lead-inShow the Ss some pictures of Chinese and western stories. Let them find out the Chinese traditional stories . Then play the cartoon called An Old Man Tried to Move the Mountains. Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountainsPresent the PPTT: First, please look at the picture. Do you know these stories ? Ss : Yes.T: Which are the traditional Chinese stories?S1: Ne Zha Conquers the Dragon KingS2: Magic Brush Ma LiangS3: Chang e Flies to the Moon(Aim: Stimulate students interest in the class. ) 2. PresentationWork on1a1. Look at the pictures in1a, then read the names of the story in the box,then match them with the pictures.Keys : Journey to the West b Yu Gong Moves a Mountain dHou Yi Shoots the Suns a Nu Wa Repairs the Sky c. While-listening Work on 1b1. T: We will hear a great Chinese traditional story. Listen and see who know the name of the story.2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen.3. Ss who know the name of the story may hand up.4. Play the recording again .5. Check the answers._ The two mountains were very high and big._ A very old man tried to move the mountains._ A man told Yu Gong that he could never do it.Keys: _The two mountains were very high and big._ A very old man tried to move the mountains.(Aim: Show some pictures to the students firstly. Lead them to know and pay attention to the target language .) .ConsolidationPair work .Ask and answer.1. Read the questions in the box in1c.2. Ss discuss the questions with their partners.3. Let some pairs ask and answer the questions.1) How does the story begin?2) What happened next?3) Where would they put all the earth and stone from the mountains?Keys:Once upon a time, there was a very old man. There were two mountains near his house. They were so big and high that it took a long way to walk to the other side. The old man told his family that they should all help him to move the mountains.Yu Gong said they could put them into the sea because its big enoughto hold everything.(Aim: Train the students to read and act out the conversations.Encourage them to speak English as much as possible.) Blackboard - writing Unit 6 An old man tried to moved the mountainsSectionA (1a-2c)shoot, stone, weak, god How does the story begin? What happened next? What do you think of the story of Yu Gong? What could Yu Gong do instead of moving the mountains?. Practice T: Lets continue to listen to the story.1. Look at the pictures in 2a. Discuss the things they are going to do. When you listen to the story, please number the pictures.2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and number the pictures.3. Play the recording again to check the answers.Keys: 3 2 1 41.Pre-listening. Get Ss to look at the pictures in 2a. Discuss the things they are going to do. 2.Number the pictures. While-listening. 3.Play the recording again to check the answers. T can give Ss the opportunities to show their answers.The answers to 2a: 1. Yu Gong and his family moved the earth and stone. 2. An old man talked with Yu Gong.3. Yu Gongs family kept on digging . 4. Two gods took the mountains away.If Ss give some incorrect answers, T can play the recording again.Let Ss read the sentences below. Explain some main sentences for the Ss. Make sure they know what to do. 1) A man saw Yu Gong and his (children / family) when they were working on moving the mountains.2) He told Yu Gong he could never do it because he was old and (poor / weak).3) As soon as the man finished (talking /speaking), Yu Gong said that his family could continue to move the mountains after he died.4) Finally, a god was so moved by Yu Gong that he sent (two / three) gods to take the mountains away.5) This story reminds us that you can never (know / see) whats possible unless you try to make it happen.Play the recording for the Ss to circle the correct words in the brackets. Play the recording again to check the answers. The answers to 2b: 1. children 2. weak 3. talking 4. two 5. know (Aim: Because the students are familiar with the story, they can find out the answers easily. At the same time, lead the students to read the pictures in a right way and grasp the key words.) Pair - work Pair workPost-listening. As a post-listening task, T can ask Ss to retell the story according to the pictures in 2a.If Ss have difficulties in retelling the story, T can provide some key phrases to help them.They may work in groups. Let some Ss tell the story to the class and see which groups story is better. 1. Tell Ss to make a story chain. Ss tell the story one by one with the pictures in2a.2. Let some Ss tell the story to the class. A: Yu Gong and his family began to move some of the earth and stone to the sea. B: One day, a man saw Yu Gong and his children when they were working on moving the mountains.C: He told Yu Gong that he could never do it because he was old and weak.D: As soon as the man finished talking, Yu Gong said that his family could continue to move the mountains after he died.D: His family would live and grow, but the mountains could not get bigger. So Yu Gong and his family kept on digging day after day and year after year.F: Finally, a god was so moved by Yu Gong that he sent two gods to take the mountains away.G: This story reminds us that you can never know whats possible unless you try to make it happen.3. See which groups story is better.4. Tell Ss to read the conversation and complete the table. Work on 2d . Sum-upT: So what do you think about the story of Yu Gong? A: I think its really interesting. Yu Gong found a good way to solve his problem.A: But the story is trying to show us that anything is possible if you work hard. Yu Gong kept trying and didnt give up.B: Well, I still dont agree with you. I think we should try to find other ways to solve a problem.A: But what could Yu Gong do instead of moving the mountains?B: Well, there are many other ways. For example, he could build a road. Thats better and faster than moving a mountain!A: You have different opinions about the story, and neither of you are wrong. There ar