英语人教版八年级上册what is the matter.doc

Unit 1 Whats the matter? Period 1 Section A (1a-1c) Teaching Aims and Demands: 1、Knowledge Object:(1) Ss can use the following words: head , ear, eye, mouth, nose, throat , neck, back, hand, arm, leg, tooth-teeth, foot-feet , matter, have a cold, stomachache, , backache, headache, toothache(2) Ss can use the following sentence patterns: Whats the matter? I have a stomache ./I have a sore back./I have a cold. He/She has a sore throat. 2、Ability Object: Enable students to talk about health problems using target language. 3、Emotion Object: Let Ss know keeping healthy is important. Teaching Key Points: Learn how to talk about health, use have /has to talk about health problems Teaching Difficult Points: Learn the English names of different parts of human body and talk about various health problems. Teaching Methods： 1. Listening and speaking practice. 2 .Autonomous and cooperative approach. Teaching Aids: CAI, A tape recorder. Teaching Procedure: Step 1 Warming-up Sing an English song: If youre happy and you know it, clap your hands. Step 2 Word study 1. T: Are you happy? S: Yes, we are. T: When were happy, we can clap our hands and stamp our feet. Hands and feet are parts of our body, do you know other parts of our body in English? 2. Teach the parts of the body one by one by touching it. While teaching one, let them touch or show it. 3. Present a picture of a baby and Yao Ming. let the Ss say the parts of the body. 4. Work on Section A 1a 5. Play a game: Touch the parts of your bodyLet the whole class touch the parts of their body when the teacher says: Touch your2) Ask eight Ss to come to the front and do as the teacher tells them: Touch yourif one does wrong, let him or her go back, the last one who in the front is the winner. Step 3 Presentation and Practice 1. T: Are you happy? Ss: Yes, we are. T: When theres something wrong with your body, are you still happy? Ss: No. T: Look at the picture, is he happy? Ss: No, he isnt. T: Why?(Help the Ss to answer: He has a stomachache.) 2. Present other pictures, talk about health problems of the persons in the pictures. Whats the matter? He/She has a headache/ toothache /a sore back/ a sore throat/a cold and a cough. 3. Let the Ss practice in pairs 4. T: Suppose there is something wrong with your body, please use gestures to show it .You may say: I have a headache. I have a sore throat. Make a model dialogue with two Ss. T: Whats the matter? S: I have a headache. T: Oh, thats too bad. Im sorry to hear that. Let the Ss practice in pairs. 5. Show the following on the screen. Let students get familiar with the names of some illnesses.Part of human body Illnessstomach stomachachetooth toothachehead headacheback a sore backthroat a sore throat cold, fever . Ask two students to read the sample conversation in activity 1c. Then let them work in pairs and make more similar conversations. Then help students understand: When the subject is “he/she/it”, we use “has” instead of “have” to talk about health. Let students play a game to practice it. Tell the student in the first line, “I have a headache”, then he/she repeats it to the second student, “He/she has a headache” and so on. Step 4 listen and sayWork on Section A 1b, listen and number the names 1-5.Talk about the health problems of the persons in the picture. Eg: Nancy has a toothache, Sarah has a cold, Step 5 Chant Head, head, I have a headache. I have a headache,Stomach, stomach, I have a stomachache. I have a stomachache,Ear, ear, I have an earache. I have an earache, Tooth, tooth, I have a toothache. I have a toothache.Back, back, I have a sore back. I have a sore back, Throat, throat, I have a sore throat. I