英语人教版八年级下册U4 Section B (2a-2e) Reading.docx

课题： Unit 4 Why dont you talk to your parents. Section B (2a-2e) Reading教学目标：1. Knowledge Aims:Words & Phrases: skill, typical, quick, continue, crazy, development, develop, cause, usual, cut out, in ones opinion, compare with.2. Ability Aims:1) Teach ss to guess the meaning of words according to the context.2) Teach ss to find out the structure of the passage.3) Use their own words to show the idea of others.3. Emotional Aims:Ask ss to face the difficulties in life bravely.教学重难点：How to guess the meaning of words according to the context.教学过程：1. Lead in:Question: Do you take some after-school classes? What are they?Lets watch a video and answer my questions:1) What classes does the girl take?2) Whats her opinion about them? Does she like them?3) Do you like after-school classes?4) Why do parents want children to take after-school classes?2. Predict. Today we are going to read a passage. Whats the title of the passage?“Maybe You Should Learn to Relax”You Who should learn to relax?Why Why “you” should learn to relax? (Maybe because of too much homework? Study too much?)3. Now lets look through the passage very quickly. (Skimming)1) How many paragraphs does the passage have?2) Match what is each paragraph is about.Common problem for Chinese and American familiesCathy Taylors opinionLinda Millers opinionDoctor Alice Greens opinion3) How many parts does the paragraph have?4. (Careful Reading)1) Para. 1 Common problem for Chinese and American familiesRead para. 1 and find out answers to the questions.a. Whats Chinese childrens problem?b. What are Chinese children doing these days?c. Do children in other countries have similar problem?(Guess the meaning of the new words. “Compete”)2) Para. 2 Taylors opinion.a. How many kids does Cathy has?b. What do the kids do after school?c. When can kids get home every day?d. Whats Cathys opinion about after-school classes?(Guess the meaning of the new words “physical” and “training”.)3) Para. 3 Linda Millers Opinion.a. Tell True or False according to Para.3 ( ) 1. Linda Miller knows the stress and thinks its fair to compare their kids with other children.( ) 2. Linda Miller believes people should push their kids so hard to continue the competition.(Guess the meaning of the new words “stress”, “continue”, “compare”)b. Ask ss to try to raise question to para.3 with tips:WhatWhereWhenWhoHowWhy4) Para. 4 Doctor Alices Opinion.Which one is more important? Happy children or successful children?(Guess the meaning of the new words “development”)5. What is the writers opinion? How do you know? ( Ask ss to pay attention to the title.)6. Practice the skill of guessing the meaning of new words according to the context.Reading material:Overweight (超重) is one of the biggest health problems now. Being overweight affects more than how you look. Too much fat can kill you.Whats worse, overweight children turn into overweight adults. If youre obese now, you probably will grow into an obese adult. But heres good news. You can fight overweight.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“obese”mean in Chinese?A.苗条的 B.虚胖的 C.健康的 D.聪明的7. Do you have stress? How do you relax yourself?NameStressWays to RelaxTomPreparing for the final exam.Watching TVJackMake a survey about stress of your group member and their ways to relax. Then give a report.Example:A: Whats your problem? B: I have/ I amA: How do you relax yourself? B: I often play football with my friends.A: I think thats a good way to relax. What about you, C?C: IReport:Tom has a lot of stress because he has to prepare for the final exam. He thinks playing football is a good way to relax