英语人教版八年级下册Unit 6 Period 1 Section A (1.docx

Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains. Period 1 Section A (1a-2d)课 时:Period 1 课型:标准课（40ms） 备课人:邹乘刚教学目标：Knowledge aims:1. Words and phrases: shoot, remind, once upon a time, as soon as, sothat, weak, unless, god, stone, dig, keep doing sth., continue to do sth., remind sb. of sth., try to do sth.2. Expressions:The story reminds us that you can never know whats possible unless you try to make it happen.Once upon a time, there was / wereAs soon as the man finished talking, Yu Gong said that his family could continue to move the mountains after he died.Ability aims:1. The students can get the general ideas of the story by listening.2.To improve the students listening and speaking abilities. 3. To train the students ability of retelling the story.Emotional aims: You can never know whats possible unless you try to make it happen.教学重难点：Teaching important points: How to retell a story and how to use the conjunctions.Teaching difficult points: How to make the familiar Chinese story in English.教学准备：Teaching aids: CAI , a recorder教学过程设计：Step 1 Lead in 1.Free Talk: Chinese Mythology2. Show some pictures of the Chinese story.3. 1a. Students enjoy the pictures and say the names of the four pictures in 1a.探究点一 :Read and match1a Match the story titles with the pictures (a-d).Step 2 Presentation & talk1. Show on the screen some pictures about Yu Gong and play the song “愚公移山”.Students talk something about Yu Gong and then enjoy the song.Eg. Yu Gong was born in the Western Zhou Dynasty.2. The reason why Yu Gong wanted to move the mountains was that there were two big mountains near his house and they were so big and high that it took a long time to walk to the other side.3. New words.Step 3 Listening1. Get the students to listen and check the facts they hear.2. Listen again and check the answer.探究点二 :Listening (1b)3. Answer these questions.4. Language pointsStep 4 Discussion Discuss the questions in pairs first, then ask some pairs to make dialogues by asking and answering.探究点三 : Discussion (1c)1. How does the story begin? Once upon a time, there was a very old man. There were two mountains near his house. They were so big and high that it took a long way to walk to the other side. 2. What happened next?The old man told his family that they should all helped him to move the mountains.3. Where would they put all the earth and stone from the mountains?Yu Gong said they could put them into the sea because its big enough to hold everything.Step 5 Listening1. (2a) Listen to the story about Yu Gong, and number the pictures 1-4 in order to tell the story.2. (2b) Listen again and circle the words you hear.3. Check the answers.Step 6 Answer these questions (2a ).Step 7 Activity ( 2b)1. Mind Map 2.Language pointsStep 8 Pair work ( 2c)Look at the pictures in 2a and tell the story in your own words.1. Get students to retell the story of Yu Gong according to the information in 2b.Students should use the conjunctions like: as soon as.2. Ask several students to retell the story of Yu Gong Moves the Mountains in their own words.Step 7 Fast reading 2dRead the conversation and answer the questions.1. What does Wang Ming think about the story?He thinks its really interesting. Yu Gong found a good way to solve his problem.2. What does Claudia think about it?She thinks its a little bit silly. It doesnt seem very possible to move a mountain.3. Whose opinion do you agree with? Why?4.Role-play the conversation.5.Exercises探究点四 : An open questionYou have different opinions about the story, and none of you are wrong. There are many sides to a story and many ways to understand it.Step 8 HomeworkTell the story Yu Gong Moves a Mountain in English to your parents. 板书设计：Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains.Period 1 Section A (1a