八年级上册Unit 8 section B .doc

Unit 8 Thanksgiving in the United States sectionB （2a-2e） The 4th period ( Section B 2a- 2e)Teaching aims:Language goals:1. Words: Thanksgiving, traditional, autumn, traveler, England, celebrate, mix,pepper, fill, oven, plate, cover, gravy2. Phrases:By doing, give thanks for, fill with, cover with, cut into3. Sentences:At this time, people also remember the first travelers from England who Came to live in America about 400 years ago.Ability goals:1. Cultivate the students reading ability and the ability to use knowledge.2. understand the article content, get the information and finish reading task.Emotion goals:Understand other countries culture, form the cross-cultural awarenessTeaching important and difficult points: 1.How to cultivate students reading ability, such as predicting and scanning. 2. How to help students get the information from the passage.Teaching methods:Task-based class method Teaching steps StepI. Lead-in1. Enjoy a video and guess what this passage will talk about.2. Introduce the history of Thanksgiving.StepII. PresentationFast-readingRead the passage quickly and find out the main idea of each part.Careful readingPart1Read Part1 and underline the answers to the following questions on your books. 1). Where do people celebrate Thanksgiving? 2). When do people celebrate it? 3). Why do people celebrate it? 4). How do people celebrate it now? 5). What is the main dish of the Thanksgiving meal?2.Look at the mind map and retell the Part1. S1: People celebrate Thanksgiving in _. S2: Its always on _. S3: For some people , it is a time to _. S4:These days, most Americans celebrate it by_. S5:The main dish of this meal is almost always_.Part2 Read part2 and number the steps of making turkey.Read again and fill in the blanks. First, _together some bread pieces, onions, salt and pepper. Next,_the turkey_ this bread mix . Then, put the turkey in a hot_and _it for a few minutes. When it is ready, _ the turkey on a large_and _it with _. Finally, _the turkey into pieces and eat the meat with vegetables Like _ and_.Groupwork：Read Part 2 aloud and retell with the pictures and key words.Here is one way to make turkey for a Thanksgiving dinner.S1: First,. S2:Next,. S3:Then,. S4:When it is ready, . S5: Finally, .StepIII. After- readingWhat is the true meaning(真正的含义) of Thanksgiving? Its to _.Lets be a thankful person! Id like to say thanks to