英语人教版八年级下册Unit 8 Section B 2a-2d.docx

Unit 8 Have you read Treasure Island? Section B 2a-2d 龙江县山泉镇中心学校 张雅婧教学目标：1.掌握本课时词汇: forever, abroad, fan, southern, modern, Success,belong, laughter, beauty, record, country music, actually, ever since, one another, million。 2.学习“summarizing”的阅读方法，能够运用所掌握的阅 读策略更好地理解文章，对文章的主旨进行概括总结。 3.通过学习美国独有的音乐文化乡村音乐，了解美国 的风土人情和文化传统。教学重点：如何运用阅读策略更好地理解文章。教学难点：通过所掌握的阅读策略，总结概括文章的主旨。教学过程：Step 1 Warming up1. Teacher plays a piece of music-Micheal Jacksons Heal The World.2. Ss talk about the idea of the song and Micheal Jackson with the teacher.3. Ss talk about their favorite singers, songs and the reasons why they like the songs or the singers.Step 2 Leading in 1. Teacher sums up the songs that most of the students like, then lead in more kinds of music, especially “Country Music”.2. Show some pictures of country music singers. Pay more attention to the girl in the middle, lead in the topic “A country Music Song Changed Her Life Forever”.Step 3 Before reading1. Ss listen to the tape player and pay attention to the words about names for people and places.(Nashville, Tennessee, Country Music Hall of Fame Museum, Garth Brooks.)2. Check their translation.Step 3 While readingI Skimming: 阅读指导：skimming是指选取课文中的重要部分和重要细节，以求抓住主要意思，对课文内容进行总的理解。（Main idea 通常是段落的首句或末句,要把注意力集中在课文的主要意思上，而不是与主题无关紧要的细节和个别单词上。）Ss. skim the passage and find out the main idea for each paragraph. answer the questions on Page 63.II Scanning: 阅读指导：查找特定信息时，通常无需认真阅读全文，只需找到信息所在的段落，然后认真阅读，来了解课文细节。Ss scan Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3, complete Country Music Fact Sheet on Page 63.III. Careful reading:Ss work in groups. Read the passage carefully, get to know the details of each paragraph, then finish 2c. Paragraph 1: 1. Ss. Read Paragraph 1 and underline the main ideas of this paragraph, and find out the following answers to each questions. Who is Sarah? Where is she from? What does she like? How does country music change her life?2. Teacher draws the mind map of Paragraph 1. Paragraph 2:1. Ss. Read Paragraph 2 and underline the main ideas of this paragraph, and find out the following answers to each questions. What is country music? What is country music about?2. Teacher draws the mind map of Paragraph 2. Paragraph 3:1. Ss. Read Paragraph 3 and underline the main ideas of this paragraph, and find out the following answers to each questions. What is Sarahs dream? Who is Garth Brooks?2.Teacher draws the mind map of Paragraph 3.Step 4 Post reading Ss. work in groups, choose a paragraph to retell the passage according to the mind maps on the screen, then show it in groups to the whole class.Step 5. Sing a country music song Country Road, Take Me Home Teacher plays the video and sing along with it. Step 6. SummaryWhat have you learned from this class?(Ss. should close their books and say)Step 7.HomeworkSs. write the summary on their exercise books after class .(Wri