英语人教版八年级下册Unit 7 Section B 3a-3b.doc

Teaching plan for Unit 7Whats the highest mountain in the world ? Section B 3a-3b , Book 8B in Go for itBy Feng Shili from Xianshi Middle SchoolPart 1 Teaching objectivesFirst, the knowledge objective :1. Able to understand the new words and new phrases and use them well: whale,oil,protection,huge in their own passages;2. Able to use the conjunctions logically;3. Able to use these phrases（be in danger, putinto,protectfrom）correctly;4. Able to learn much about whales.Second, the ability objective: 1. Able to make a poster ;2. Able to write about a kind of animals;3. Able to use the words well according to their part of speech. Third, the emotional objective:1. Able to develop the spirit of cooperation through teamwork and pair-discussion to enlarge their mind; 2. Able to develop the quality of protecting animals in danger. Part 2 Teaching key and difficult pointsFirst, Important points: 1. Able to make good and clear sentences about whales;2. Able to develop their writing skills such as brainstorming, making sentences, making a passage;Second, Difficult points:Are to enable the Ss to use the writing skills naturally.Part 3 Teaching and learning methods1.Teaching methods : audio-visual teaching method, communicative teaching method, and task-based teaching methods.2.learning methods : group work,guessing,brainstorming as well as discussion.3.Teaching aids: a computer, blackboard, whiteboard, a projector .Part 4 Teaching proceduresStep 1 pre-writing(3mins)1. the teacher gives todays writing task directly, that is to make a poster by writing a paragraph about a kind of animals and why they need to be protected.2. guess: what animals are they?(giving such information as below on PPT)They are huge animals. They are very clever and also very friendly. They live in the sea. They can sing songs.They can jump high out of water. (showing the pictures of whales)The answer : they are whales.Step 2 While-writing ( 30 mins)1.Writing Task 1: Brainstorming (头脑风暴)(ask students to write some words or phrases about whales as many as they can on the writing paper) (1) Step 1: Getting some information from the pictures bellow or 3a on Page 55 The teacher will guide the students to think with some questions like this:What do they look like？Where do they live?What do they eat?What can they do?Why do some of them have to be protected?How can we protected them?(2) Step 2: writing the words or phrases students can think of about whales on a piece of paperThe teacher will guide the students to write according to the part of speech of the words, and give an example like adj. huge v. jump n. fish(3) The good way to make the writing mind richer: 1.Share opinions about whales about words and prases with each other.2. Explain what those words mean. 2.Writing Task 2: Making sentences with your words and phrases. Sentence examples: They are/look hugeThe whales (can)jump . People kill Humans catch whales for meat, fat and oilThe whales are in danger We shouldnt put rubbish into the sea 3. Writing Task 3: Making a passage by the questions in 3a . What do they look like？Where do they live?What do they eat?What can they do?Why do some of them have to be protected?How can we protected them?(1)Give a poster model in 3b: Whales are They live in They eat They canOne interesting fact is Another interesting fact isSome kinds of whales are in danger becauseWe should protect whales fromI think people should/shouldntstudents now begin to write a passage.(2)The good way to make the passage logical by using such words.(Because they can make your passage more logical(逻辑的). Conjunction: because/so , although/but, if, while, though, or, and, then, howeverStep 3 Post-writing ( 8 mins)1. Writing Task 4:Making the writing better (Show it and make it better). Share one students writing and check it to all the students.2. Homework today: Make the writing better. Part 5 blackboard designment adj. huge v. jump n. fishconjunction.Unit 7Whats the highest mountain in the world ? Section B 3a-3b They are/look hugeThe whales (can)jump . People kill Humans catch whales for meat, fat and oilThe whales are in danger We shouldnt put rubbish into the sea What do they look like？Where do they live?What do they eat?What can they do?Why do some of them have to be protected?How can we protected them? Teaching reflection:Though the whole writing class, I think the writing tasks can help train students to write efficiently from the simple task to the complex one. However, if the teacher can give students a writing summary, it can make students to correct their writing in a much cleaner way. Step 4 Careful reading (13mins)There are two parts for the Ss.First read Paragraph 2 carefully to complete the chart:l What can he do ? l He can _ to his _, turning himself into_. l He can make _ so small that he can_, or make his magic stick_. l What cant he do ? l He cant _himself _(unless he can_ ) Second read Paragraph 3 carefully in order to make sure whether these statements are true or false:1. Sun Wukong has excited the children of China for many years. (T)2. The TV programMonkey came out over 30 years ago. (T)3. Western children like to read this story because the clever Monkey King can make 72 changes. (F)4. The Monkey King never gives up fighting to help the weak. (T)Step 5 Post-reading (17mins) 1）Guide Ss to give the best title of the passage in order to train Ss ability to get the main idea.2）Group discussion: share the problems about the key language points:As soon as, unless, sothat,traditional, come out, become interested in, is able to, and then check like this:But unless he can hide his tail, he cannot turn himself into a man. unless conj. _。引导条件状语从句, 相当于_。Have a try：translate the Chinese sentence into Englishe.g. 如果我不努力学习, 我父母会很难过的。 _ And as soon as the TV program came out more than 30 years ago, Western children became interested in reading this story The similarity phrase of as soon as : Whats the meaning of as soon as: Whats the meaning of come out : Try to translate the sentence into Chinese. Sometimes he can make the stick so small that he can keep it in his ear.Whats the meaning of so that?Make a sentence.( so +adj./adv. + that 从句 ) 1. My sister is so young that_2.I got up so late that _ Fill in the blanks1. Journey to the West is a _ Chinese book. It tells one of the most popular stories in China.2. When the English TV program Monkey _ in 1979, Western children _ this wonderful story. 3. The Monkey King _ make his magic stick small or large.3）Retell the passage: And then fill in the blanks in a short passage present on the PPT. The short passage is made up from the article, and the answers are the language points in this lesson.The Monkey King is the main character from the famous Chinese story Journey to the West. He is wonderful because he _ (help) weak people. The Monkey King _ (have) a magic stick. He _ (use) it to fight bad people. He can _ (make) the stick big or small. He can sometimes make the stick so small that he can put it in his ear. As soon as he _ (