英语人教版八年级下册unit6SectionA 3a-3c.doc

Section A 2 (3a-3c)一、Teaching aims： 1. knowledge aims：1) to have a great command of the new words：object, magic, stick, hide, tail, turninto, excite, western2) to improve their ability of reading.3) to be familiar with the main character: Monkey king in Journey to the West.2. Emotional aims：To encourage them to read more traditional masterworks, and cultivate students interest of learning English.二、Teaching key and difficult points:1. Teaching key points：To master the new word and new expressions.2. Teaching difficult points:1) To get the exact information by reading. 2) To improve their reading ability.三、Teaching procedures:Step 1 Revision Let some Ss tell the story of Yu Gong moves a mountain.S1: 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. S2: The old man told his family that they should all helped him to move the mountains. S3: Yu Gong said they could put them into the sea because its big enough to hold everything.S4: Yu Gong and his family began to move some of the soil and stone into the sea.S5: One day a man saw Yu Gong and his children when they were working on moving the mountains.S6: He told Yu Gong that he could never do it because he was old and weak.S7: As soon as the man finished talking, Yu Gong said that his family could continue to move the mountains after he died.S8: 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.S9: Finally, a god was so moved by Yu Gong that he sent two gods to take the mountains away. S10: This story reminds us that you can never know whats possible unless you try to make it happen. Step 3 Warming-up1. Watch a video about the Monkey King. 1) Who are they? 2) In which book are they the main characters?3) Do you know something about the Monkey King?Keys: 1) Theyre Zhu Bajie, Su Wukong, Sha Heshang and Tang Seng. 2) Journey to the West. 3) He is a monkey, and he can make 72 changes. Step 2 New words1. Revision and learn about the new words.1). turn into 变成2). unless conj. 如果不；除非。引导条件状语从句, 相当于ifnot。3). hide v. 隐藏；隐蔽 (hide-hid-hidden)4). magic adj. 有魔力的；有神奇力量的5). a magic stick 金箍棒6). a main character 主角2. 学生们根据讲解，理解这些单词的用法，并试着强化记忆。 Step 4 Fast Reading 1. Tell Ss to read the article quickly and try to find the answers to the questions: Which book is talked about? Who is the main character? What is he like?Ss read the article quickly and try to answer the questions: 2. 方法指导：带着问题，然后快速阅读短文，争取在较短的时间内，找到答案。3. 学生们按老师指导的方法进行阅读，并快速回答这三个问题。 4. 最后，教师让部分学生回答答案，并校对答案。Keys: 1. Journey to the West. 2. The Monkey King. 3. He is not just any normal monkey. In fact, he sometimes does not even look like a monkey! Step 5 careful reading1. para1: Lets read the first paragraph and finish true or false questions.1. Pupils in America could watch the TV program Monkey in 1979.2. All the children in England heard the story of Monkey for the first time in 1979.3. Monkey King was new to Chinese children.4. Monkey King is the main character in the traditional Chinese book Journey to the West. 2. para2: find out the correct answer about what the Monkey King can do?What he can do: What he cant do:3. para3: answer the questions: Why are children interested in reading the Monkey King?Step 6 Fill in the blanks, and then retell the story by using the expressions. The Monkey King is the _ _ from the famous Chinese story Journey to the West. The Monkey King has a _ _. He uses it to _ _ _. He can sometimes make the stick so small that he can put it in his ear. He can make 72 changes, _ himself _ different animals or objects. But unless he can _ _ _, he cannot make himself a human. Children all over the world love him because he keeps fighting to _ _ _ and _ _ _!Step 7 Do you like the Monkey King or Sun Wukong? Why? never give upfight bad peoplehelp the weakkeep on fighting clever and smartStep 8 Homework Retell the story with your partners. Exercises . Choose the correct words.magic, birth, hide, tail, turninto, western 1. Four years later, Laura gave _ to a son.2. They want to _ the old house into a hotel. 3. England lies to the _ part of Europe.4. She broke her _ mirror into pieces.5. Dogs wag their_ when theyre pleased.6. Dont _behind the door. Its not safe. Keys: birth, turn, western, magic, tails, hide. Fill in the blanks.1. A neighbor _ (call) Tony, helped me repair my fence yesterday.2. The Monkey King c