英语人教版八年级下册GFI 8B Unit 10.doc

Hometown FeelingsAnalysis of teaching materials The reading material is derived from Unit10, textbook for Grade 8 students. The topic of the passage is about hometown, and such a topic is so related to our daily life that it is easy to arouse students learning interests. In accordance with the teaching material and the new syllabus of English, I designed the following objectives.Teaching Objectives1.Language knowledge: Master words and expressions relating to this topic;Talk about their memories (comprehensive output).2. Language skills: Acquire the strategy of getting information from the previous information; Grasp the logic and the main idea of the passage (division of the passage).3. Emotional objectives: Develop deep affection for their hometown or other memories; Have the awareness of treasuring memories and establish good attitude towards the past. Teaching key points and difficultiesTalk about the memories and experiences by using present perfect tense;Predict the text by using the previous knowledge. Teaching proceduresStepsTeachers activitiesSs activitiesPurposeStep1Leading-inPlay a PSA（公益广告：回家by 麦肯光明）Discussion: What do you learn from the PSA?Lead to the topic：Nowadays, millions of Chinese leave the countryside to search for work in the cities, and they dont find much time to visit their hometowns.Teachers activitiesSs activitiesPurposeStep2Pre-readingEncourage Ss to talk about the phenomenon of migrant workers.Talk about the questions:1. Why do millions of Chinese leave their hometown every year?2. Can they visit their home often?3. In your opinion, how do they feel when they are away from their hometown?Train Ss to predict the text by using the previous knowledge, and pave the way for the text learning.Let Ss guess the main idea according to the title and picture.Try to guess the main idea with the help of the title and pictures.Step3 While-readingSkimmingLet Ss divide the passage.Skim and figure out the division of the text.To grasp the structure of the text and to foster the strategy of skimmingCareful-readingPara.11. Let Ss delete the unnecessary sentence, and arrange the sentences in order& find out the key words (why do you put them in order like this);2. Encourage Ss to summarize para.1 (get the main idea of para.1).1. Delete the sentence doesnt belong to para.1，and arrange the sentences in order, and find out the key words;2. Get the main idea of para.1: Nowadays, millions of Chinese leave the countryside to search for work in the cities.To grasp the connection between context, and to understand that every single sentence should revolve around the topic sentence or have something to do with it.3. Let Ss read para.1 and complete the information about Zhong Wei.3. Read para.1 and complete the information about Zhong Wei:Zhong Wei: a 46-year-old husband and father (Why not use man?)Job: a worker in a _ factoryPlace to live now: in _ for _ yearsHometown returning: used to return _ a year and hasnt been back for _ years To get the information in para.1 completely, and lay the foundation for the retelling part.4. Let Ss answer the question:Does Zhong Wei miss or care about his hometown? What is his feeling for not returning home?4. Answer the questions and complete the sentence:Zhong Wei feels _ for not returning home. (sorry/ ashamed)Lead to the next part through the question.Para.2&31. Encourage Ss to make a prediction1. Prediction: What may have changed in his hometown?To foster the ability to predict with the help of their own knowledge.2. Let Ss answer the question:What have changed in his hometown? 3. Encourage Ss to summarize this part (get the main idea of this part).2. Find out the changes: hospitals, schools, roads.3. Get the main idea of para2&3: There are great changes in his hometown.To sort out the changes in Zhone Weis hometown through the question, enabling them to retell the story later.4. Let Ss answer the question:Does Zhongwei like the changes?4. Answer the questions and complete the sentence:Zhong Wei feels _ for the developments. (good/ happy)Lead to the next part through the question.Para.41. Let Ss answer the question:Has everything changed in his hometown?2. Encourage Ss to summarize para.4 (get the main idea of para.4).1. Find out things never changed:an old tree (especially during the summer holiday)soft and sweet memories2. Get the main idea of para4: Soft and sweet memories of hometown will never change.To trigger a memory of Ss own childhood.Step4Post-readingEncourage Ss to retell the story with the help of mind map.Retell the story with the help of mind map.1. Through the retelling part, to review what we have learned today, and to train Ss oral English ability.2. To foster the ability of using mind map.Step5Consolidation and extensionEncourage Ss to discuss the question.Discussion: How can we help the migrant workers? From ourselves, local government, and central government.To encourage Ss to respect migrant workers, to show politeness and love for good person.HomeworkAsk Ss to think of changes that are happening in their hometowns today, and the memories have been left in their hearts. Then write an article.Write an article.To use the knowledge they learned in class, and to train their wr