英语人教版八年级下册hometown feelings.doc

Hometown feelings (Section B 2a-2e, Unit 10)深圳中学 何 英 Lead-inT: Good morning, my dear students. I wear a new coat today. Do you like it?Ss: Yes.T: I like it, too. I bought it in the Spring Festival. How was your Spring Festival? Where did you go?Ss: It was good. I went to Beijing with my parents?T: Why did you go there? What did you do there?Ss: Because we wanted to visit some places of interest. We visited the Forbidden City and the Great Wall.T: That sounds interesting. Do you know where did I go in the Spring Festival?(T shows ss a ticket. This is a ticket from Ninghai to Shanghai.)Ss: Shanghai.T: Yes. Shanghai is my mothers hometown. Do you know hometown? Home, town. Yes. It is a place you were born or you live in. And how did I go there?Ss: By train.T: Yes. I went to Shanghai with my mother by train. In the train. I met a man. He is Zhong Wei. Here is an information card of Zhong Wei. (T shows the card to ss. Ss have ten seconds to skim it.) Information cardName: Zhong WeiHere is a photo of Zhong Wei.Birthplace:GuizhouWorkplace:Wenzhou Age:46Hopes in 2016:To have time to go home one day.Where is Zhong Weis hometown?Ss: Guizhou.T: Good. Where does he work now? And why didnt he work in his hometown?Ss: He works in Wenzhou. Because he can make more money in Wenzhou.1. Pre-reading.Activity 1: Discussion.T: So he leaves his hometown for Wenzhou for a better job. I have some questions here. Why do millions of Chinese leave their hometown? How often do they visit their hometown? Why dont they visit their hometown often? (T shows these three questions on PPT.)Ss:On this step, Ss can use their previous knowledge.Activity 2: Prediction.T shows the title of the reading and two pictures from the textbook on PPT.T: I have a title and two pictures for you. Can you find out the differences between the old classroom and the new classroom? Ss:T: There are many changes here. Now read the title and look at these two pictures. Can you guess what does this passage talk about?Ss:T makes a summary according to Sss answers: The writer express hometown feelings by describing the changes in hometown. And we can get an idea that, sometimes, we can use the title and the pictures to help us get the main idea.2. While-readingActivity 1: Skimming.T: Skim the passage. You need to read quickly and match the main ideas.Para1Para2&3Para4(T shows the chart on PPT.)Activity2: Careful reading.Para 1.T shows the passage of Para1 on PPT. And there are three questions below the passage.Q1: Why does Zhong Wei leave his hometown?Q2: How often does Zhong Wei visit his hometown?Q3: Why doesnt he visit his hometown often?Ss need to find out the answers from Para1. They have two minutes to finish it.Ss also need to learn to guess the meaning of new words by context. T will give an example:I used to return home at least once a year, but I havent been back for almost three years now.Return v.s. be back. Ss should guess the meaning according to the context.Para2&3.Fill in the chart.Changes in Zhong Weis hometownbeforenowNew buildingsNew roadsPeople teacherschildrenQ: What does ZW think of these changes, good or bad?Para4.True or False.Read Para4 and judge whether these 3 statements are true or false. If it is false, please correct them.T shows 3 questions on PPT.Activity 3: Summary.T shows a summary with some blanks on PPT. Ss can use the words below the summary to fill in the blanks.3. Post-reading.Activity 1Which title is the best? And why?A: Hometown feelings.B:C:D: Ss can make their own titles if they dont like the titles above.Activity 2Some ss may think the first title is better. So T can explain why by this way.Look the passage as a whole.The writer wants to express hometown feelings by describing changes and sweet memories in childhood.Activity 3Lets share your soft and sweet memories together.1) Three questionsQ1: Which place holds all of your childhood memories?Q2: What kind of changes does it have now?Q3: Why do you remember it well? (Tell us a story about it.) Ss can write the