英语人教版八年级下册Unit4 SectionA.doc

Unit 4 Why dont you talk to your parents? Section A 1a-2cTeaching content: Students talk about their problems and try to solve these problems. Teaching ideas: 1) Students are always centered.2) To help students develop their speaking and listening.Analysis of teaching material: The article is about teenagers problems in life. After the class, students can find good ways to solve the problems in life .Analysis of students: This class is for Grade Eight, who are active and they have had some basic language. Its also a hard problem for teachers to let students think about the problems and help students to express themselves,finally they can try to solve problems by themselves. Good and creative activities can attract students attention.Teaching aims:The knowledge objective: too much too many much too allowThe ability objective: To improve students ability of speaking and listening.The moral objective : Students learn to solve problems in life and try to be happy students.Teaching key points:Learn about the problems and give effective advice.Teaching difficult points:Students can express themselves in English and try to solve the problems in a group.Teaching aids: Multimedia and computer.Teaching procedures: Step 1 Warming up and lead in 1, Play the songIf you are happy. (Students sing and clap,stomp,wink along the song)2,Greeting.T: Good morning,boys and girls. Students: .T: Sit down, please. Students: . T: How is the weather? Students: Its .T: Are you happy? Students: . T: But I am not happy . Students:Why?T: Because I had a fight with my mother last night. Can you help me ?Step 2 Talking1, Look at these pictures and tell me whats wrong.T: Whats the matter/ Whats wrong? S: He has too much homework to do. T: Do he like to do it?S1：No, he doesnt. Because he doesnt have any free time to do things he likes. 2, A guessing game. Imagine this is your problem. Can you guess”Whats wrong with you?”3, Look at these problems. Do you think they are serious or not? Ss discuss with their partners and give some advice. I have to study too much so I dont get enough sleep. I have too much homework so I dont have any free time to do things I like. My parents dont allow me to hang out with my friends. I have too many after-school classes. I got into a fight with my best friend.Step 3 Listening 1. T: Tell students to read the sentences in 1a again. Make sure they know the meaning of the sentences. What problems are they talking about?2. Play the recording for the students to listen and circle the problems you hear in 1a. 3. Play the recording again. Check the answers with the students. Step 4 Pair work 1. Let Ss read the conversation in the box. 2. Use the information in 1a to make other conversations. 3. Let some pairs act out their conversations. e.g. A: Whats wrong? B: Im really tied because I studied until midnight last night. A: Why dont you go to sleep earlier this evening? Step 5 Listening Work on 2a: T: Peter has some problems. What advice does his friend give him? Fill in the blanks with could or should. 1. Let Ss read the sentences in 2a. 2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and write the words in the blank. 3. Play the recording again to check the answers. Work on 2b: 1. Let Ss read the sentences below. Explain some main sentences for the Ss. Make sure they know the meaning of each sentence. 2. Play the recording for the Ss to write the letters (a-e) next to the advice in 2a. 3. Play the recording again to check the answers. Answers: 1. d 2. e 3. a 4. c 5. b Step 6 Pair work 1. Tell Ss to make a conversation using the information in 2a and 2b. 2. Let one pair to read out their conversation first. 3. e.g. A: Whats the matter, Peter? B: I had a fight with my best friend. What should I do? A: Well, you should call him so that you can say youre sorry. B: But I dont want to talk about it on the phone. 4. Ss act the conversation in pairs. Ask some pairs to act out their conversations. Step 7 Role-play Lets try to solve problems in our life.1, You got a fight with someone.2, You are unhappy because of something.Look at these happy pictu