英语人教版八年级下册unit 3 Section B reading 教案.docx

Unit3 Could you please clean your room?Teaching aims1. Learn and master the new words, phrases and sentence patterns.Fold the clothes, sweep the floor, in order to, spend time on, a waste of time.They should spend their time on schoolwork in order to get good grades and get into a good university.Doing chores helps to develop children s independence and teaches them how to look after themselves.2. Improve students listening, speaking, reading and writing abilities.3. Master some reading skills like skimming and scanning.4. Cultivate students habit of doing chores.Teaching key and difficult points1. New words and phrasesFold the clothes, sweep the floor, in order to, spend time on, a waste of time.2. sentence patternsThey should spend their time on schoolwork in order to get good grades and get into a good university.Doing chores helps to develop children s independence and teaches them how to look after themselves.3. Reading skills such as skimming and scanning.4. Listening, speaking, reading and writing abilities.Teaching and learning methods1. Fast reading such as skimming and scanning to find out the general information about the passage.2. Question-and-answer activities to help students to go through the whole passage.3. Individual, pair and group work to make every student work in class.Teaching aidsBlackboard, PPTTeaching proceduresStep1. GreetingsLook at the pictures, can you guess what chores I do at home?I usually fold the clothes, do the dishes, sweep the floor, do the laundry, make the bed and take out the trash.Step 2. Warming-up and free talkDiscuss the questions with your partner.1. What chores do you often do to help your parents at home?2. What chores do/dont you like doing?3. Do you think kids should help out with chores at home?Different students may have different opinions about doing chores. Do you want to know our parents voice? There are two letters from Ms. Miller and Mr. Smith on Page 22.Step 3. SkimmingSkimming means we get the main idea by reading the first sentence of each paragraph.Now I will give you two minutes to skim the two letters and then finish the following tasks.Task 1. Find the topic sentences of the two letters. Task2. Answer the two questions.1. What is Ms. Millers opinion?2. What is Mr. Smiths opinion?Step 4. ListeningListen to the two letters and finish the following task.Task. Which letter agrees that children should do the chores and which letter disagrees.Step 5. ScanningScanning means we read the passage quickly to find the detail information. Now I will give you one more minute to scan the two letters and mark true or false.1. Ms. Miller thinks kids should do chores at home. F2. According to Ms. Millers letter, she doesnt think housework is a waste of kids time.F3. Ms. Miller and Mr. Smith have different ideas on doing chores.T4. Mr. Smith thinks it is useful to do chores. TCareful readingI will give you two minutes to read the two letters carefully and finish 2c.According to Ms. Miller and Mr. Smith, what are the pros and cons about kids doing chores? Pros It teaches them how to look after themselves. Doing chores helps to develop children s independence. It helps them to understand the idea of fairness.It is their duty to share the housework with their parents.It is good for their future.ConsHousework is a waste of children s time. Children already have enough stress from school.They are too busy with their studies and dont have time to do chores.They should spend their time on schoolwork in order to get good grades and get into a good university.There is no need for children to do chores now.It is the parents job to provide a clean and comfortable environment at home for their children.Step 6. Key words and phrasesAsk students to make sentences with the following phrases.1. a waste of time Doing chores/Playing computer games is a waste of time. 2. there is no need for to There is no need for you to go to the town./There is no need for the children to do the chores now.3. do not mind I do not mind sweeping the floor.4. spend time on I spend two hours on my homework every evening.5. in order to He studies very hard in order to get good grades./In order to catch the early bus, we got up at 5 yesterday.6. it is not enough to It is not enough to clean up the parks.7. the earlierthe better The earlier you give up smoking/start to exercise, the better it is for your health.Step 7. Post-readingNow lets have a discussion.Do you think children should do some chores at home? Why or why not? Discuss this with a partner and take notes. Then I will ask some students to tell me your opinions and reasons.Children should do chores because 1. Doing chores helps children understand their parents better.2. It makes their parents happy and relaxed.3.Children can learn a lot of life skills.4.Children can learn to help and care about others by doing chores.5.Its their duty to share the housework with their parents. 6.Its healthy for the mind and body.7.It helps to develop the sense of responsibility. Children should not do chores because 1. Children already have enough stress from school and doing chores is a waste of time.2.Children s only job is to study hard and do well at school.3. Doing chores makes children tired, so they dont have time and energy to study.4. Children are too young to do chores.Step 8. Homework writingWrite a letter to the Sunday Mail and express your opinion. The following sentence structures may help you.Dear Sir or Madam,I think /believe that _. I agree/disagree that _. I think it is fair/unfair fo