英语人教版八年级下册A Country Music Song.doc

Unit 8 A Country Music Song Changed Her Life Forever（第一课时）一、教材分析1.本单元话题是文学和音乐。话题功能是能谈论最近发生的事情或经历。本单元Section B部分的主题是音乐。该部分不仅呈现了与音乐话题相关的词汇，还通过听说读写活动进一步巩固学生对目标语言现在完成时的认识和理解，并要求学生能够围绕音乐话题进行口头和笔头语言输出。2.活动2a-2e为Section B部分的阅读板块，读前活动列举了几个问题，要求学生思考并回答问题，为下一步的阅读做好铺垫。活动2b要求学生阅读文章，获取细节信息。通过阅读，把握文章各段落核心，培养学生归纳段落大意的能力，在对文本理解的基础上，对整篇文章的大意进行总结并复述。二、学生分析1、由于学生是八年级学生，经过了一年半的学习，掌握了大量的语言知识，对英语语言的分析能力也有了较大的提高，但阅读技能的培养也不能放松，本节课是阅读课的第一节课，所以我在教学环节上将重点放在了归纳段落大意和复述文章内容上，开始慢慢从老师讲授到学生自己总结规律过渡。2、我校学生大部分来自区县，基础薄弱，在英语学习上存在许多困难；且本堂课是借班上课，师生之间基本不了解，所以本节课充分发挥思维导图的优势，设置的任务台阶低、针对性强，力求让各层次的学生都有收获。三、教学目标1.语言能力：(1)学习文章中出现的重点单词,能掌握下列单词和短语， forever; used to; fight over; ever since; record; southern; sing live.(2) 巩固语法现在完成时,理解其在文中的意思和应用。2.思维品质:了解中西方音乐中重要支流乡村音乐的背景知识。3.学习能力：学会找准一般情况下段落中心句的位置，并根据中心词、句来总结段落大意，并在段落框架下对文章内容进行复述。4.文化品格:（1）懂得珍惜生活中平凡而美好的事物的重要性；（2）知道只有为此做准备、付出的梦想才叫真正的梦想，也只有这样的梦想才可能成为现实。四、教学过程Step 1 Warming-up: Watching the short videoCountry road, take me home. T: What did you see in the video? How did you feel while watching it?设计意图：通过John.Denver的这首经典乡村音乐歌曲的美妙音乐和美好的乡村画面引入话题，先让学生感知乡村音乐的魅力，同时引入话题。Step 2 Guessing: Title & pictureT: Guess! What is the passage about? Who is it about? Is the song important to the girl? Do you really believe only a song can change ones life? Does the song have any magic? Whats the magic？ Lets read and find out the magic.Tip 1: Title and picture can give us some important information.设计意图：通过标题和图片来预测文章内容，并抛出这首歌能永远改变一个人生活的魔力是什么这个问题，激发学生积极阅读寻找魔力来帮助自己。Step 3: Fast reading-Skimming & matchingT: Read the passage quickly and find the main idea of each paragraph. Para 1 About Sarahs dreamPara 2 About Sarahs changePara 3 About country music T: How did you finish it so quick and correct? Where did you find it?Tip 2: main ideas are usually the first sentence or the last sentence.设计意图：快速浏览文章，找出文章的段落大意。通过追问让学生自主发现段落大意一般的位置位于段首或者段尾。Step 4. Careful reading.1. Read Para 1 and underline the main idea. Use the main idea to answer the questions.What was Sarah like before?.Where is she from?.What does she like now?.How did country music change her life?Summary: Sarah, a girl from _, who used to _ everything with her family, likes _ very much. It _ her life _.设计意图：带着问题进行阅读，可以培养学生的阅读能力。教师补充了一个问题，是为了帮助学生更好的理解乡村音乐是如何改变了Sarah的。读完之后，通过总结段落大意的方式帮助学生理清文章的思路，并为后期自我总结做出示范。2. Read Para 2 and underline the main idea, then finish the T/F exercises. . Country music is a traditional music from northern states of America. Tennessee is the home of country music. Country music is about modern life in the US.T: According to , country music isnt about modern life, so whats country music about?T: Read para.2 again and put these words in different columns.Songs these daysCountry musickind; countryside; trust ; money; laughter; friends; family; beauty of nature；successT: Money and success belong to songs these days or country music? Which ones do you think is more important?设计意图：通过正误判断了解更多乡村音乐的背景信息，通过乡村音乐的话题选择更深理解乡村音乐的精髓自然、平凡、朴实，让孩子们明白The best things in life are free.并珍惜它们。3.Read Para. 3 and underline the main idea.Use the main idea to answer the questions. .What is Sarahs dream?.Why does Sarah want to go to Nashville?What has Sarah done for her dream?设计意图：通过从Sarah去纳什维尔的原因Sarah的梦想Sarah为自己梦想做出的努力这条线索展开，明白Sarah有了梦想，并在为自己的梦想努力。Step 5: Post-readingretellingT: Now we know something about Sarah and country music. Please try to retell the story in groups. Summarizing can help you better understand the text. 设计意图：在复述文章的环节，还是采用阅读时划分的小组，每两小组复述一段。小组之间复述之后可以进行比较，教师综合较好的复述进行展示。作为口头输出，复述短文可以帮助学生更好的理解语篇。 Step 6: RethinkingT: Whats the magic of the country music song?A. The songB. Country musicC. Her love for country musicT: Because of her love, she has a dream about country music, will her dream come true? Why? How about you? So, you have a dream, you got to protect it.设计意图：文章最后解开谜底，之所以乡村音乐能够改变Sarah是因为她对于乡村音乐的热爱和为它的付出，梦想是需要实际行动来支撑的。 Step 7: Hom