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长沙县实验中学英语教案 诚 康 智 毅长沙县实验中学英语学科教案设计授课班级 课时安排授课人课 题Unit 2 Growing Pains课 型Word power教 学目 标分 析新课标要求To identify the difference between American English and British English;知识目标To develop the ability of understanding words in context.德育目标The meaning of some more colloquialisms and their usage.重、难点阐释some differences between American English and British English学法指导教具设计教学过程问题引导二次备课Step 1 Show a poster and introduce the movie “the Parent Trap”.Show two questions about the movie: (1) Whats the difference between the twins? (2) Can you tell Annie from Hallie in the movie? Try to find the answers while watching the following movies and reading the texts concerned.The Parent Trap, presented by Disney in 1998, tells a story of a pair of twins getting reunited after 11 years separation since birth. Lindsay Lohan elegantly played two main characters, the twins, one from the UK and the other from the USA.Step 2 Show the movies.Show the texts, and fill in the blanks according to the movies.Chapter I MeetingAt Maine Summer Camp, eleven-year olds Californian Hallie Parker and Londoner Annie James meet each other. Though they look surprisingly _ to one another, they develop a _ for each other, and attempt to play tricks on one another in a series of childish competitions. (alike, dislike)Chapter II RealizationFinally, both girls are punished to stay together in an isolation cabin, where they learn that they have much in _. They then realize that they are in fact _ sisters that were separated at birth. They each have one half of the same photograph, a wedding picture that their _ took eleven years and nine months ago. (common, twin, parents)Chapter III PlanDesperately wanting to meet the other parent theyve never seen since _, the sisters hatch a plan: Hallie will return to London _ as Annie, and Annie will return to California as Hallie. Of course, the plan will eventually be _, and the two girls imagine their parents having to meet after 11 years in order to change them back. (birth, acting, discovered)Chapter IV DiscoveryAfter some training lessons, where they each learn about one another, they head home separately, and the plan begins. Due to their slightly different _, and their greatly different manners, they are soon discovered one after another. With the help of others, they continue with their plan to bring their parents back together again. (language)Chapter V Re-unionIn the end, of course, they _ in bringing the whole family together as one. (succeed)Step 3 Finish the exercise of true or false.1) Annie is from the USA while Hallie is from the UK. (F)2) Theyve never met each other before. (T)3) They recognize one another at the first sight. (F)4) They each have one half of the same picture. (T)5) According to their plan, Hallie will go to California, and Annie, London. (F)6) The language they speak is completely different. (F) Step 4 Show the two questions at the beginning of the class: (1) Whats the difference between the twins? (2) Can you tell Annie from Hallie in the movie? Ask students to discuss about them.After discussion, try to complete the form shown below according to the movie.AnnieHalliefromLondon, UKCalifornia, USAlanguageBritish EnglishAmerican Englishexamplesgive me a frightscare medizzywoozyMy God! My God! Step 5 Introduce the differences between American and British English from four aspects: grammar, spelling, vocabulary and pronunciation.Show examples of the differences one by one. (students book page 26)Step 6 Make a conclusion of the differences: Despite such differences, all English speakers, Americans or Englishmen, can understand each other, just like the twins, Hallie and Annie.Ask a question about the differences between American and British cultures: Besides language, can you name any other differences between the cultures of the USA and the UK?Step 7 Let the students discuss about the question above. Show some examples of cultural differences in the form of brain-storming: How much do you know?1) Thanksgiving is observed only in _. (the USA)2) People usually walk on the _ side in the USA while in the UK people usually walk on the _ side. (right, left)3) _ behave in a more casual way while in _ people are a bit more formal or traditional. (Americans, Britain)4) Americans select _ as the top leader of the country, while in the UK, the _ or _ is always the representative of the country. (president, King, Queen)5) Football has its origin in _, but in America, where it is called _, it is not so popular as American football, or _. (Britain, soccer, rugby)Step 8 Explain the meaning of the word “colloquialism”: A colloquialism is an informal expression used in spoken English. Colloquialisms are never used in formal English or in writing, but are often used in conversations. In many cases, we can guess the meaning of the colloquialisms through the words used.Match the two columns. (students book page 27, part A)Guess the meaning of the given expressions, try to find an equal Chinese expression for each. (students book page 27, part B)Step 9 Assignments: (1) Try to find more differences between the USA and the UK, both in language and in culture.