英语人教版八年级下册unit8 sectionB2a---2e.docx

Unit8 Reading A Country Music Changed Her Life ForeverTeaching Aims:1. Learn some new words:pop, rock, band, country music, fan, southern, modern, success, belong to, beauty, laughter, abroad, etc.2. Ss will understand what country music is and what it is about.3. To help all the students develop the reading skills-how to locate information and how to make a short summary with the key words in the passage and some other reading strategies . 4. By the writers feeling to the music,lead Ss to enjoy the happiness in daily life,and enjoy your life. 学情分析Ss are in Grade 8. They have studied for 6 units,but they havent studied Unit8 yet and the Present Perfect Tense either,so its a little difficult for Ss to understand some sentences,Most of the Ss are middle-levelled ,they are not familiar with American country music and it is not easy for them to understand its cultural meaning.重难点:1. Tounderstand what country music is and what it is about.2. To learn to write a summary of a passage.Anticipated difficulties:1. Some new words and expressions might be obstructions for Ss to uderstand some important information appropriately.2. If Ss cant get the main idea of each paragraph, it is difficult for them to write a good summay.3. How to understand the theme of country music, especially the “good old days” and “belonging to a group教学过程：导入 warming-up1.Let students look at the pictures and listen to some music pieces to know the different kinds of music. And then express their opinions about their favorite music导入 lead in1.Lead Ss walk to the music world,then show a viedo about the famous American country music “take me home,country road”from John Denver. 2.After watching,ask two questions:1.What kind of instrument does he play?2. Is this song about life in the city or in the countryside?(This activity is to let Ss get some basic facts about the country music)3. Introduce two famous American country music singers:Garth Brooks and John Denver.Then lead the question:Do you believe that a country music song can change peoples lives?Pre-reading T leads Ss to guess the main idea of the text by referring to the title and the picture.Then summarize the Reading Strategy1:Read the title and look at the picture can help to predictwhat well read 讲授 While-readingReading task 1 skimmingRead the whole passage,then mach the main idea with each paragrap.Finally summarize the Reading Strategy2:The topic sentence is usually the first sentence or the last sentence of each paragraph. Reading task 2 Scanning or fast readingRead and complete the sheetCountry Music Fact SheetWhere it is from: _What kind of music it is: _A famous country music place in Nashville: _A famous country music singer: _The number of records he has sold: _Steps:Tell the students how to do this task: First look though the questions and circle the key words in the questions.Ask students to do this task individually. Move around the classroom to check their process.Check the answers. Reading task 3 Careful readingCareful reading: Read the passage carefully, and answer the questions. Then underline the main idea in each paragraph. While reading(读中），take notes (做笔记）and underline main ideas（划出大意）.1. Read para 1 answer the qustions:Who is Sarah? Where is she from? What does she like?How does the country change her life ?2. Read para 2 Judge True or False and then correct the mistakes in the statements.(1).Country music is a traditional kind of music from the western states of America.( )(2). Country music is about modern life ,such as money and success. ( ) (3).Many songs these days are about belonging to a group . ( )(4). Country music brings us back to the “ good old days .” ( )“ good old days refer(指)to_.(5). Country music reminds us that the best things in life are free . ( ) 3. Read Para 3 and underline the answers in the passage.What is Sarahs dream? Who is Garth Brooks? Ask students to read the passage carefully to find the answers individually.Check the answers.Reading task 4Groupwork 1.Fill in the blanks,complete some information about the passage.1.Let Ss work in groups to write a short summary.Then invite some Ss to have a show time.2.Lead Ss to reach the moral aims:love music,enjoy our life