英语人教版八年级下册unit10 sectionA 3a.docx

Unit 10 Ive had this bike for three yearsSection A , 3a-3cPurpose:Grammar: Present perfect tense with “since” and “for”.Culture Focus: Yard salesReading skills: Catch the structure of the passage. Guess the meaning of the new words according the context.Useful expressions: clear out, no longer= not any longer/ more, part with, to be honest, for a whileSentences: I have had it for two years. He has owned a train and railway set since his fourth birthday.Emotional goal: Learn to help the poor. Learn to experience the different cultureyard sale. Learn to recycle the old things.Teaching steps:Step1, Lead in Show my own handbag. Write the sentences on the Bb.I _ the handbag when I was in Shanghai. (buy)I _ it for two years.I have owned it _ 2015.Note: We cant say I have bought it for/ since-Say: To be honest, I love it so much that I dont want to part with it. to be honest= to tell the truth/actually, part with= give upShow a picture of a railway set.I bought it for my son when he was a little boy.But he hasnt played with it for a long time.What should I do with it?Students give their advice.Teacher makes a conclusion: Maybe we can throw it away, keep it forever, send it to a younger child or sell it with other old things.If you want to sell some old things, the yard sale is a good way.Get the students to learn something about yard sales by a guessing game.Step 2, Fast ReadingShow the pictures of the son and the daughter.Teacher ask: What are in their hands? Do they like them? Are they old or new? What will they do with them?Get the students to read the passage quickly. Find the answers to the questions and pay attention to the structure of the passage.Why do you divide the passage in this way?One way:We: my son, my daughter and meMany things: a train and railway set, toy monkey, certain toys and football shirts.Another way:The first part is about “why to have the yard sale”The second part is about ”what feelings” and “what to sell” Step3. Detail Reading.Read the first part of the passage. Answer two questions.1. Why did they decide to have a yard sale?2. What do they want to do with the money from the sale.Students read it for 1 or 2 minutes.Note:” get bigger” means “get older”Get the second part of the passage, andFamilyFeelingThings to sellsonSad but more understandingfootball shirtsStudents read and finish the table.T: Why do all of them are sad to part with the old things?Students discuss in group and catch some ideasTeacher makes a conclusion:Old things remind the owners of some sweet memories.Old things have special meaning to the owners.Step 4, Make a summaryShow a blank form about the passage. Get the students to prepare for several minutesThen ask some of them to show the answers. At last, ask one or two students to retell the whole passage.Step 5, DiscussingWe all have some old things that we havent used for a long time. What do you usually do with them?How can the old things be useful again?Sometimes we can recycle the old things. Sometimes we can send them to the people who are in need.Lets make the old things more useful, meaningful and beautiful.Step 6. Talking Describe one of your old things to your classmatesAccording to these four questions:How long have you owned it?How did you get it?What does it mean to you?What will you do with it?Stu