英语人教版八年级下册unit4 Section B .docx

Unit 4 Why dont you talk to your parents?Section B 2a2e第一课时一、教学目标I. Knowledge objectives: 1) The students will be able to read and understand the new words: Pressure, push, compete, continue, compare, cause, usual, crazy, typical, skill, opinion, development 2) The students will be able to use the following structures to express their opinions and advice: agree or disagree /dont agree withI believe.I dont thinkIn my opinion, I thinkMaybe I could .Why dont they Parents/ kids should /shouldnt Although its normal to, its even important to Parents /kids should .so thatII. Ability objectives: 1) The students will be able to express their opinions and advice through reading other opinions and advice. 2) The students will be able to develop their reading skills by reading the passage with prediction, skimming and guessing the meaning according to the context.III. Emotional objectives: To encourage the students to talk about the problems in our lives and give their opinions about them二、重点难点教学重点：Knowledge objectives and reading skills教学难点：Talk about their opinions三、教学过程Step1 WarmingupTeacher asks the students some questions about their weekends.Q1: What did you do last weekend?Q2: What do you often do on holidays/weekends? (Show some pictures of their after-school activities or write on the blackboard)Q3: How do you feel?Step2 Presentation1. Fast reading(1) Match the key words of each paragraph.(2) Then lead them to sum up the structure.2. Careful reading(1) Read and answerAsk the students to read carefully and answer the questions:What is the common problem from Chinese and American families?Who gives their opinions about the problem?(2) Read and find out the answers with classmatesDoes Cathy Taylor think its important for kids to join after-school activities?Does Linda Miller agree with Cathy? Whats her opinion?Does Dr. Green agree with Cathy or Linda? What does she say?(3) Ask the students to read each paragraphParagraph one:Fill the missing information of paragraph one.Understand the word compete.Paragraph two:Fill the missing information of paragraph two.Understand the words typical and training.Answer the question:What does Cathy Taylor think of after-school activities?Paragraph one and two:Fill in the chart to conclude the situations.Paragraph three and four:Write T or F for each statement.Match the words with their meanings.Fill in the chart to conclude the ideas. 3. Further readingTeacher shows the brief edition of this article on the screen and asks the students to read the whole passage to fill in the blanks.Step3 PracticeGroup workT: Lets give suggestions to the students who feel stressed and have no time to relax.Sentence structures: 提建议的句型 -Why dont they do? -How/What about (doing)? -I think they could/should doStep 4 SummaryWords and phrases: opinion skill typical cut out continue compare comparewith development cause usual Key sentences:I. They are always comparing them with other children.II. People shouldnt push their kids s