英语人教版八年级上册Unit1 Period3.doc

Step 1: Making a revision Ask students: What did you have for breakfast / lunch / supper yesterday? How was your breakfast / lunch/ supper yesterday? Where did you go on vacation? What did you do on vacation? Guide students to answer the questions in past tense and try to use the description words they learnt before.Step 2: Practicing Activity 1 1. Point to the words. Say each word and let students repeat it.2. Describe the picture as a model for students:This is a ring. Its one hundred million dollars. Its expensive.3. Ask students to describe the other 5 pictures in the same way.4. Ask students to match the words with the pictures.5. Check the answers. Activity 2 1. Point out the smiley face and frowny face. Say the smiley face is for good things. The frowny face is for bad things.2. Call attention to the six words in 1a. ask students to write each word under smiley face or frowny face individually.3. Check the answers: Smiley face: delicious, cheap, not crowded. Frowny face: awful, expensive, crowded4. Students ask and answer about the 6 pictures in pairs.Model: A: How is the ring? B: Its expensive.Step 3: Reading1. Point to the 2 questions in 2a. ask a student to read them to the class. Draw students attention to listen to Vera talking about her vacation carefully.2. Play the recording the first time. Students listen and write down the answers to the questions in the blanks in 2a. Check the answers. 3. Call students attention to the chart in 2b. Play the recording the second time. Students listen carefully and fill in the chart.4. Check the answers. 5. Students listen again and repeat.6. Students work in pairs. Sa is Veras friend. Sb is Vera. Talk about Veras vacation, using the information in the chart in 2b. Sa begins his questions with these words.Where did.?What did .?Did you .?How was .?How were .?Step 4: 1. Call students attention to Bobs diary and give students some questions. Let students read the diary alone and find out the answers to the questions given.Question 1: How was the weather on July 15th / July 16th / July 17th ?Question 2: Where did he go on July 15th / July 16th / July 17th