8AUnit2ReadingI.doc

8A Unit 2 School life Reading I 长江中学 Teaching aims and demands:1. Know the school lives in British school and American school.2. Learn to read and understand the article with different ways of reading.3. Learn how to understand the writers opinion.Key points and difficult points:1. Know the meanings of the new words: mixed, together, subject, myself, tasty, meal, guy(s), twice, softball, practice, buddy, senior, hero, close, article, admire2. Understand the meanings of the phrases: in Year 8=in Grade 8，a mixed school, Home Economics, learn how to do sth, do sth for oneself, cook healthy and tasty meals, bring in, a Reading Week, the end of sth, as well, take a bus, twice a week, spend time doing sth, learn about, help sb with sth, each other, have a great time doing sth.3. Can use this sentence: What does the word hero mean? It means someone you admire very much.Catch the main information about Lives in a British school and an American schoolTeaching aids: Recorder and computerTeaching methods: Asking and answering questions, communication and discussionStep I. Check the homework and Lead-in(1) Review the British and American words in different forms.(2) Act the dialogue between Hobo and Eddie.Step II. Pre-taskUse the pictures on Page 22 to teach some new words.*mixed adj.男女混合的；混合的 French n.法语foreign adj.外国的 language n.语言during prep.在期间 discuss vt.讨论，议论 in class在课堂上*guy n.家伙 *buddy n.好朋友；搭档 offer vt.主动提出，自愿给予 end /end/ vi. & vt.结束 baseball n.棒球 win vt. & vi.赢得；赢，获胜(Reading Week, driving lesson, Home Economics class, lunchtime, buddy club, softball game)Step III. While-taskT: Eddie thinks school is like watching TV. Now John and Nancy are talking about their lives in school. Lets see if it is like watching TV.Life in a British schoolTask 1 Read Paragraph 1 and answer: 1. What grade is John in?(In Year 8.) 2. Is it a school for boys? (No, its a mixed school.) 3. Whats his favorite subject? (Home Economics) 4. What can he cook? (Healthy and tasty meals)Task 2 Listen to the tape and read after it. Use Questions 1-4 to sum up Paragraph 1.Task 3 Read Paragraph 2 and answer: 5. Does he have a Reading Week every year? 6. What books can they read ? 7. What can they do near the end of the reading class? 8. Why does he think the reading week is too short? Point out: as wellTask 4 Listen to the tape and read after it. Use Questions 5-8 to sum up Paragraph 2.Point out: I like learning how to cook and sew. We can even bring in books and magazines from home.Task 5 Practice the new words and phrases more. Read Johns composition together/by themselves. Try to sum up the whole article.Life in an American schoolTask 1 Read Paragraph 1 and answer: 1. How old is Nancy? Where does she study? 2. How old is her brother? What did he learn last year? 3. Is it great that Denver drives her to school? Why?Task 2 Listen to the tape and read after it. Use Questions 1-3 to sum up Paragraph 1.Task 3 Read Paragraph 2 and answer: 4. How often does she play softball? (Twice a week.) 5. Where does she go every Monday? ( A buddy club.) 6. Who is her buddy? (Teach: senior) What can they do there? 7. What does Nancy think of Julie? Why?Task4 Listen to the tape and read after it. Use Questions 4-7 to sum up Paragraph 2.Task5 Read Paragraph 3 and answer: 8. Does she have a good time during lunchtime? 9. What do they sometimes do after school?Task6 Listen to the tape and read after it. Use Questions 8-9 to sum up Paragraph 3.Task7 Read Nancys article by themselves and try to sum it up. Step IV. Post-taskTask 1 Finish Part B1 on Page 21.Task 2 Finish Parts B2 , B3 and B4 and check the answers.Task 3 Divide the class into two groups. Allocate one of the letter to each group. In pairs, ask students to underline the main points by asking questions about who, what, where, when, and why.Then ask students to circle all the keywords in the text. Ask students to make a grid with the different wh- questions as follows:Who?(John)(Nancy)What?(Home Economics) (Reading week)(Softball) (Buddy club)Where?(Woodland School, London)(Rocky Mountain High School, Denver)When?(Every year)(Twice a week) (Every Monday)Why?(Likes learning to cook and sew) (Can read anything he likes)(Loves the game) (Enjoys it a lot)Ask the students to complete their grids using main points and keywords only. Then ask students to complete the grid on the board with comments. Students update their own grids as they hear information from other students.Task 4 Do some exercises and check them with your partner【当堂巩固】一、根据中文提示填写单词1. David Beckham is my _（被崇拜的对象）. He plays football very well.2. Does your mother like _ （缝纫）or cooking?3. The chicken _ （尝起来）wonderful. Would you like to have some?4. The girl says Lily, Millie and Sam are her _（亲密的） friends.5. We learn many _（科目） such as Chinese, Maths and English at school.6. The boy is reading an _ （文章）about basketball.7. I spend some time _（练习） singing every Sunday morning.8. I can solve this difficult Maths problem by _（我自己）.9. When I have a birthday party, my best friend Tom gives me a _（特别的） present.10. Which is your _（特别喜爱的） film star?【课堂延伸】一、单项选择： ( )1. My bother writes _ my parents once a month. A. from B. with C. to D. down ( )2. Now, I know _ to cook healthy and tasty meals. A. how B. what C. where D. when ( )3. Why dont you _ your favourite books here? A. take B. bring C. to bring D. to take ( )6. Well have cakes _ dinner tonight. A. to B. for C. at D. with ( )7. Do you go _ a school trip _a museum every year? A. on, to B. to, on C. for, for D. to, to ( )8. Mary has_ CDs than Kitty does.A. few B. little C .fewer D. less ( )9. We love this game _, but we spend _time practicing. A.much, much B. a lot, little C.a lot, a lot of