八年级下Unit4SectionA.doc

TitleUnit4 Why dont you talk to your parents?NameTypeWang XiaoxiaListening and SpeakingTeaching Aims and DemandsKnowledge and ability1. To learn some new words and phrases: allow, wrong, Whats wrong?2. To talk about problems.3. To learn to give advice by using You could/should ., Why dont you .? .4. Enable the students to have more listening and oral practice with the target language.Process and methods1. Understand the conversations and gain the information to foster the listening skills. 2. Learn to talk about problems and give advice by listening, reading, speaking and writing.3. Write down the correct sentences to foster the writing skills.Moral objects1. Encourage students to think and talk in English through communicative tasks and provide the students with the chances of cooperation.2. Get students to express their mind and face to their problems bravely. Encourage them to find a good way to solve them. Build a healthy and outgoing personality.Teaching important points1. To master the new words and phrases: allow, wrong, Whats wrong? 2. To talk about problems.3. To learn how to give sb. advice.Teaching difficult points1. How to give sb. reasonable advice by using You could/should ., Why dont you .?2. Listening practice.Teaching aidsSome pictures and electric white boardTeaching procedures and waysTeaching proceduresTeaching waysTeaching aims Warming up1. Greet the class:Hello everyone! Im your new teacher this class, you can call me Mrs. Wang. I hope we will be happy together.2. Show the teaching aims to the Ss. Then T performs some actions to review the content that Ss have learned, at the same time to lead to the target language in this unit. T：Whats the matter with me? Whats wrong with me? I have a cough and sore throat. What should I do? Can you give me some advice?S1: You should see a doctor.S2: You should lie down and have a rest. .T: Why dont you .?is another way to give advice.Ask Ss to use Why dont you .? to give advice.3. Pair work :Ss make conversationsA: Whats wrong? B: I . What should I do?A: Why dont you. ?B: Thank you. Thats a good idea, etc.Finally ask some pairs to act out their conversations.This task isaimed to makethem becomeactive.This task is aimed to lead to the target language and do more oral practice. Presentation Presentation1. In our daily life, we have different kinds of problems and worries from home or school. What should we do? Can you give some reasonable advice? Lets watch the video and see what problems the three students have. And try to give them some good and reasonable advice.Ss watch the video and try to give advice.1. I have too much homework and I dont get enough sleep. a. Why dont you go to sleep earlier? b. You should start studying earlier.c. Why dont you talk to your parents?d. You could do your homework quickly.2. I have too many after-school classes and my parents dont allow me to hang out with my friends. a. Why dont you talk to your parents?b. Maybe you should tell your parents that you cant do so many things.c. Why not read some interesting books at home?3. I got into a fight with my best friend.a. Why dont you write him a letter? b. Why dont you call him up? c. You should talk to him so that you can say youre sorry.d. Maybe you could go to his house.e. Why dont you take him to the ball game? 2. Pair work: 1. He has too much homework so he doesnt have any free time to do things he likes.2. He has to study too much so he doesnt have enough sleep.3. His parents dont allow him to hang out with his friends.4. He got into a fight with his best friends.5. She has too many after-school classes.Then ask Ss to work in pairs according to the above problems to give some reasonable advice.This activity isaimed to learnthe targetlanguage and it also providesoral practice. Lower thedifficulty inlistening practice. Listening ( Section A1b, 2a,2b )1.T: You will listen to a conversation between two girls. Please listen and circle the problems you hear in 1a. Check answers as a class.2. Activity 2a T: In this conversation Peter is talking about his problem with his friend. Please listen to the conversation and find out Whats Peters problem? and fill in the blanks with could or should. After Ss have completed activity 2a, help Ss gain a deeper understanding of the use of could and should for giving advice.Could is used to suggest a possible action.Should is used to show that the suggested action is a good idea or it is the right thing to do.Check the answers.3. Activity 2b: Why doesnt Peter like his friends advice? Write the letter( a-e) next to the advice in 2a.Check the answers.To give Ss practice in listening for specific information.To focus on theuse of modalverbs could and should forgiving advice.To give Sspractice inlistening forspecific information.GameT: Here we have six boxes, but there are only five questions in these boxes. Lets see who gives more and reasonable advice. Pay attention, in these boxes there is a lucky face. If you get the lucky face you should perform an action and ask any of the students to give you advice.Ss choose the boxes to give advice.This activityprovides Ss with the opportunityto practice their oral English and make themmore active.Group workDr. KnowTeenagers these days have some problems and worries. What should they do? Ask four students in a group, one is Dr. Know, the others talk their problems with Dr. Know. Finally Dr. Know gives advice and a report.Ss work in a group.This taskprovides Ss withthe chance ofspeaking, listening, reading and writing.Summary1. Have Ss summarize what we learned today.Talk about problems: Whats wrong with you? Whats the matter with you?Give advice: You should / could Why dont you ?2. Yes, we have different kinds of problems in life, we should find a good way to solve them. Therefore, understanding and helping each other is very important.This activityhelps Ss k