英语人教版八年级上册unit 8 Thanksgiving in the US.doc

Unit8 how to make a banana milk shake?SectionB Reading Thanksgiving in the United StatesTeaching aims 1. Master the key words and phrases.2. Improve students reading skills.3. Learn something about Thanksgiving in the US and descibe how to make a turkey dinner.Key points 1. Master the key words and phrases.2. Improve students reading skills.Difficult points1. Improve students reading skills.2. Students are able to descibe how to make a turkey dinner.Teaching and learning methods1. task-based teaching metnod2. group work and commnicative learning methodStepI.Warm up Talk about some traditional food people eat on special holidays in China. Teacher can give students some pictures to help them start their topic.People eat dumplings on New Years Day. People eat zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival.People eat mooncakes on Mid-autumn Day.StepII.Reading1. Pre-reading activity. Ask students to talk about the special food that Americans eat on Thanksgiving Day. They eat the turkey on Thanksgiving Day.2. Guess. Who is the most talented cook?(1) Ask students to number pictures in activity 2b according to their own opinions.(2) Ask students to read the passage quickly to check the correct orders.(3) Check students answers and check who the most talented cook is.3. Read the passage again to fill in the blanks in the mind-map.(1).Read and fill in the blanks.(2).Discuss their answers with their deskmates.(3).Check their answers together.StepIII.Post-reading1. Play the recording of the passage for students to listen and repeat. Remind students to pay attention to the words they cant read.2. Ask students to finish a passage according to the article they have read .( Students can challenge themselves if they can finish the passage without their text book. If not ,thats OK,and they can do it with the help of your text book. )3. Ask 2 students to write their answers on the bla rckboard while others do it on their work paper.4. Students discuss their answers in groups.5. Check anwsers together.StepIV.Summary1. Thanksgiving Day is a time to give thanks.2. We have learned how to make a turkey dinner.Lets retell how to make turkey.3. lets express our thanks to people around together. Lets give thanks for our parents love, our teachers help and friends help.Le