英语人教版八年级下册unit4reading.doc

Unit 4 Reading Why dont you talk to your parents? Period 5 Reading Maybe you should learn to relax! Teaching aims1. Knowledge objectives: a. Words and phrases: football, pressure, complain, as much as possible, not until, include, pushy, compare with, on the one hand, on the other hand, b. Sentences:The tired children dont get home until 7 p.m.Doctors say many children are under too much They are always comparing them with other children.【来源：21cnj*y.co*m】They might find it difficult to plan things by themselves.21教育名师原创作品They do it by themselves.2. Ability objectives:a. Improve the students reading skills.b. Learn to use new words better after using a learners dictionary. 3. Moral objectives:a. Learn to relax and plan things for themselves.b. Develop students cross-cultural awareness.Teaching key and difficult points:1. Language points: not until, fit, include , send, by themselves, its time for./to.,as much as possible, take part in, see sb. doing, compare with, on the one/other hand. 21教育网2. Improve the students reading skills.Teaching proceduresStep 1 Lead in1. Ask Ss if they are stressed out right now for there are so many teachers sitting around them. Pressure is a terrible problem (example: Zhang Guorong committed suicide).【来源：21世纪教育网】2. Lead in the topic: Maybe you should learn to relax!2-1-c-n-j-yStep 2 Warming-up1. T: In our daily life, we are stressed out sometimes. So when under pressure, what do you usually do ?www-2-1-cnjy-com What after-school activities can you think of?21*cnjy*com2. Get the Ss to list after-school activities which are available for them.3. Work on 1a to write down “After-school activities” and share what they have written.【出处：21教育名师】Step 3 Pre-readingTask 1: New words1. Get students to look up the words in the dictionary and pay attention to the meanings of each word and choose correct meaning according to the situation.2. Ask Ss to make sentences with these words and have some students read out their sentences.21世纪教育网版权所有Task 2: DiscussionDiscuss with partner:1 Do you feel stressed out when your parents ask you to get good grades? 2 Do you think many children are under pressure?3 Are your parents comparing you with other children?【版权所有：21教育】4 Do your parents send you to all kinds of classes?Step 4 While-reading1 Fast readingTask 1: SkimmingSkimming the passage to catch the main idea, notice the words they have just looked up in the dictionary.21cnjycomTask 2: ScanningScanning and answer the following questions:1 When do Taylors children get home?2 Do American and British children do many after-school activities?3 When does competition between families start?4 What is difficult for these children when they are adults?5 Are the American and British children under pressure?21*cnjy*com6 What does Dr. Alice Green say about the children under pressure?2. Careful reading1) Mark true or false.1 Cathy Taylors children do many after-school activities.2 Doctors say many children arent under too much pressure.3 Parents dont think their children should do the same as others.2) Difficult language pointsRead these sentences with the noticed words aloud to the class, and discuss if there is any problem understanding it.Step 5 Post-readingWork on 3a. Discuss with your partner. Get some students to report their ideas.Step 6 Summary This class weve learned a reading passage. And we knew many families and children are under pressure. In daily life, we should learn how to work and how to relax. If you have any problem, you should solve them as soon as