英语人教版八年级上册8上 Unit 8 Reading.doc

Unit 7 How do you make a banana milk shake?一. Topic: Thanksgiving in the United States二. Teaching aims:1. Language goal: Ss can talk about something about Thanksgiving, and they can learn clearly how to make a turkey dinner.2. Knowledge goal: a. words: traditional, Thanksgiving, England, travelers, autumn, celebrate, mix, pepper, oven, plate, cover, gravy, serve, temperature; b. phrases: the main dish, one way to, mix together, fillwith, putin, placeon, coverwith, cutinto; c. sentences: At this time, people also remember the first travelers England who came to live in America about 400 years ago. These days, most Americans still celebrate this idea of giving thanks by having a big meal at home with their family.In most counties, people usually eat traditional food on special holidays.3. Moral goal: Ss should be a thankful person. And they learn to face their family, teachers and friends with gratitude.三. Key and difficult points: Motivate Ss learning interests and improve their reading abilities. Try to make Ss retell this story by their own words.四. Teaching steps: 5 steps Lead in pre-reading while reading post reading homeworkStep 1 Lead in (4 minutes) T: Good afternoon, everyone. Ss: Good afternoon, teacher. T: How are you? Im so glad to be your English teacher today. First let me have a brief introduction about myself. My family name is Xie, so you can call me Miss Xie. Do you think that I am a little bit fat? Yes, thats because I like eating very much. Such as hotpot, fish, shrimp. All of these are my favorite food. And I like music, too. Here is music for you. Lets enjoy it.(music 30s) T: Do you like it? Have you ever heard it? When did you hear it? What festival is it? Ss: Spring Festival. T: Yes, we can hear this music in every Spring Festival. I like Spring Festival because I can eat lots of delicious food in Spring Festival. Oh, look! Whats this? Ss: Dumpling. T: Wow! Yummy. Dumpling is a traditional food that we always eat in Spring Festival. And in different festivals we have different traditional food. We have dumplings in Spring Festival. How about Mid-autumn Festival? Yes, we eat moon cakes. And in Dragon Boat Festival, we have rice dumplings. All these festivals are about Chinese culture. Do you know some American cultures? What festivals do they have? Today, Ill introduce an interesting festival to you-Thanksgiving Day. Step 2 Pre-reading. (10 minutes)T: There is a short story about Thanksgiving. Its about the first travelers came to live in America. Lets watch it.(T shows Ss a short movie about Thanksgiving with PPT.)T: In order to show their gratitude to the Indians, here is a day-Thanksgiving Day. All of us should be a thankful person. Gratitude can turn a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Now a day, people celebrate thanksgiving by having a big meal at home. And the main dish is turkey. Wow! Yummy! Yummy! Would you like some? Lets have a try and make a turkey. I am a cook now. Ill cook a turkey for my big family. Look, what do I have? Turkey, pepper, gravy, oven, bread, salt, vegetable. Oh, thats not enough! I need an assistant. Who can help me?(Teacher invites one Ss to help her. They will cook turkey together. And there will have a instructions about how to make a turkey in PPT. In this way, Ss will understand better. And they will be more interested in this class. By the way, if there are some new words or phrases, teacher should teach them for the Ss.)Step 3 While-reading. (20 minutes)a. Skimming for main ideas of this article.T: OK, so much for this. Now its your turn to do 2b. Please skim this article and number the picture1-5. Do it quickly by yourself. Ill check the answers later. (2 minutes later, Ill check the answer for the Ss)T: You did a very good job in 2b. Now please do 2d quickly. Put them in order, and write the words First, Next, Then, Finally.(2 minutes later, Ill ask 4 Ss answer read the answers in order. Finally, Ss read this little instruction together.)b. Scanning this passage to finish the exercise in CAI.T: This time, please scan this article and mark T or F:1. A special day in the United States is Thanksgiving.2. Thanksgiving is on Thursdays in November in the U.S.3. People remember the first travelers from England to live in America about 300 years ago.4. Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on a big square (广场）now.5. The main dish of this meal is chicken.(3 minutes later Ill check the answers for the Ss. And give them a way about how to do these exercises.)c. Careful reading.T: Read this carefully and do 2c. Pay more attention to the key words. And find the answers from the article. Ill check the answer for you 5 minutes later.Step 4 Post-reading. (10 minutes)a. Listen to the recording.T: Please look at this article. Lets listen to the recording and imitate the pronunciation and intonation of this passage.b. Mind-mapping. Use your own words talk something about Thanksgiving. when where Thanksgiving what how whyc. Group work. Ss talk about some other traditional festivals.T: Lets do a group work now. What do you think is the most special day in China? Discussion the following questions with your partners. (If there is enough time, T can ask some groups to show their works.)Step 5 Homework