英语人教版八年级下册Unit2 Period 4.docx

Unit2 Ill help clean up the city parks.Teaching aims:1) Master the new words and expression: clean up, city, cheer, give out, volunteer, notice, used to, lonely, several, feeling, satisfaction, joy, owner, journey, sign, sick, raise, alone, repair, fix, give away, wheel, letter , set up, make a difference, blind, dead, imagine, difficulty, open, door, carry, train, excited, training, kindness, clever, understand, change, disable, strong.2) Learn to express the volunteer work they would like to do and give suggestions to the others.3) To train the students to use the phrasal verbs, and to train the students listening, speaking and writing skills using the target language.4) Learn to deal with new problems or situations using what you have learned.Teaching process and methods:1) Cultivate students listening, speaking reading and writing skills through serious of practice.2) Consolidate the target language by self-check.3) Employ task-based approach.Emotions aims:1) Being a volunteer is great!2) Get students to be interested in volunteer work and do something really on it.Key points:1) To train Ss listening, speaking, reading and writing skills with the target language.2) To train the students to use the phrasal verbs.Teaching difficulties:1) To help students learn and grasp the phrasal verbs and the target language.2) To let students know something about the volunteer work.Teaching methods:Sequencing and deducingTeaching arrangement:Five periods:The first period: section A (1a-2d)The second period: section A (3a-4c)The third period: section B (1a-1c)The fourth period: section B (2a-2c)The fifth period: section B (2a-2c)Section A (period1-period2)Teaching aims:Abilities:1) Be able to express ones willingness to help others who are in trouble by listening and speaking.2) Get some information about volunteering career.3) Improve Ss speaking and listening skills.Emotions:1) Offer help to those who are in trouble as soon as possible.2) Think up some things one can do on Clean-up Day.Key points:1) Master the target language and the use of phrasal verbs.2) Get some information about volunteer.3) Guide Ss to take notes based on an article.Teaching difficulties:1) How to offer help using the new phrases and target language.2) How to express the preferences on some kind of volunteer workSection B (period3-period4)Teaching aims:Abilities:1) Master the target language.2) Improve Ss writing and cooperative skills.Emotions:1) Try to come up with an idea when doing something to get much volunteer experience.Key points:1) Guide Ss to make notes based on an article.2) Review the learned contents.Teaching difficulties:1) Train Ss listening and speaking skills by using the target language and some phrasal verbs.2) How to help students have a self-check on the phrasal verbs and target language of this unit.Period 1 Listening and Speaking I1. Warming-up T: Good morning, boys and girls. There is a song for you. Can you guess the name of it?(T plays the song HELP.) Ss: Help.T: Maybe youre young, healthy and strong, you dont need anybodys help. But you can help others, and one day you will be rewarded by your good deeds.T: Who are they? Some people who do jobs without being paid for it, because they want to do it and help others. Ss: They are volunteers. T: Do you know this organization? It is China Youth Volunteers. And what do you know about this group? Look at the logo of it. T asks the Students to describe the logoT: In the logo you can see three shapes like a heart, a pigeon and a hand. the spirits of volunteers are dedication, love ,mutual aid and progress. Would you like to join it? And how can you help others?Ss: various answers.2. Presentation T shows some pictures about some people who needs help. T: What do they need?Would you like to help them? T shows some pictures and presents some new phrases and sentences. T: What could we do to help the poor? Ss: We could give out the food. T: What could we do to help the sick kids? Ss: We could cheer up the sick kids in the hospital. T: What could we do to help the old? Ss: We could listen to them and care for them. We could read the newspaper to them.3. Listening practice 1 T: We can help people in many ways. a. Listen and number the ways the boy and the girl could help others. b. Listen and complete the sentences. T: What other ways we could help people? Just think and fill in the blanks.4. Listening practice 2 T: Whats the problem? Ss: Pollution T：What can we do to on City Park Clean-up Day. Look at the picture. Ss: Make some notice and hand them upcome up with a planput up signs Listen and check () the things the students are going to do. listen again. Fill in the blanks.5. Group work The City Park Clean-Up Day is coming. What would you like to do? Talk with your partner and come up with a plan. A: The City Park Clean-Up Day is coming. What could we do?B: We need toA: We couldB: Id like to A: I hope to 5. 2d. Role-play the conversation. Read the conversation and answer the questions. 1. What plans are Helen making?2. What did Tom do in the old peoples home last summer? Period 2 Reading I1.Warming up T: March 5th is a special day in memory of Lei Feng. What would you like to do to help others in March?Ss: I volunteer to 2. Pre-reading T: Look at the title. Do the students work for money or do they work for free? How do you know? Ss: T: What can we know from the pictures? Ss: 3. While-reading T: Skim the letter and fill the chart. Read Para.2 and answer the questions. 1. Why does Mario volunteer to help others?2. What does he say about volunteering?Read Para.3 and answer the questions.1. Why does she volunteer to help others?2. What does she say about volunteering?Read the passage again and fill the chart.NameBenefitsMarioMaryT: In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us. Helping others is also helping ourselves. If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.As a saying goes: “roses in her hand, flavour in mime.”4. After-reading a. . T: Underline the infinitives in the article.b. Grammar focus不定式的用法1. 作宾语：主语+谓语动词+to doMario loves animals and want to be an animal doctor. I want to learn more about how to care for animals.2. 作宾语补足语：主语+谓语动词+sb.+to do It can help him to get his future dream job.3. 作状语： 主语+谓语+（宾语）+（状语）+to doMario Green and Mary Brown give up several hours each week to help others.She still works there once a week to help kids learn to read. c. Exercise3a Use the infinitive to complete the sentences below.Period 3 Listening and Speaking II1. Lead-in T shows some pictures and explain some new phrases.The girl takes after her mother, both of them have two big eyes. =look like The writer gives away his books to the charity. The girl spent most of her money on clothes and ran out of her money. I am running out of my money.= My money is running out.=My money is used up.2. Exercise a. Match the sentences with similar meanings.a)Ive run out of it.b)I take after my mother.c)I fixed it up.d)I gave it away. a)I repaired it.b)I dont have any more of it.c)I am similar to her.d)I didnt sell it. b. Match the phrasal verbs with the nouns.Then make sentences with the phrases.2. Listening practice. a. Look at the picture. Tell me what happened. b. Listen and number. c. Listen again and circle “T” (for true) or “F” (for false).Jimmy fixes up bicycles. T FJimmy sells bikes. T FJimmy takes after his mother. T FJimmy has run out of money. T F3. Consolidation T: Now, look at the pictures. Lets try to retell the story.4. After-listening Q: Whats Jimmy problem? What can you do to help him solve this problem? Ss: I couldId like toT: How did Jimmy solve his problem? Fill the blanks.Last week, Jimmy, the Bike Boy _ of money_ old bikes. He was unhappy, so everyone was trying _ him up. He _ some signs asking for old bikes and _ all his friends on the phone _ them about the problem. He even _notices at the supermarket. Then he told the teachers at school about his problem and they _ a call-in centre for parents. The ideas that he _worked out fine. He now has sixteen bikes to up and _ to children who dont have bikes.5. Grammar focus Grammar Focusclean up cheer up give out put offtake after try out give awayv. + prep.We put up the signs. =We put the signs up.put up + n =put + n+ upHe cleans it up . he put them up .put+ pron.+ upPeriod 4 Reading II1. Warming up T: were going to watch a short video about dogs. After watching it, tell me what the dogs can do in the video. Ss: Send gifts, say thank you, write letters, dance 2. Pre-reading Q: Who is Lucky in the picture?Who are they?What are they doing?3. While-reading a. Skim the passage and answer the questions. Qs: 1.Who wrote the letter to Miss Li? Why?2. What is Animal Helpers? b. Skim the passage again and underline the sentences that Mr. Ben shows his thanks. 1. Id like to thank you for giving money to Animal Helpers. 2. You see, Im only able to have a “dog-helper” because of your kindness! 3. Thank you again for changing my life.(T introduce the reading skill- learning parts of speech) c. Read Para 2 and answer the following Qs.1. What do “most people” and “many people” refer to in Para2? 2. What do these difficulties refer to from the above sentence?3. For us, these difficulties are _things.But for people like Ben they are _ things. 4. Who came up the idea of getting Mr. Smith a special dog from Animal Helpers?Why doesnt Ben Smith use “I m disabled, I cant walk easily” to begin his story in Para 2?A. To catch readers eyesB. To make readers think more from others eyes and feel more of what others feelThese difficulties are.TIP: Tip: To use hypothetical (假设性的) question or situation like “whatif / imagine”may help readers 换_ 思_ 和感_身_.(T; Are you blind or deaf now? to imagine is to think (what might happen in the future.) lets do an experiment. Student A comes here to close the door for me. Good. Is it easy? Yes. What about closing your eyes? Dont open them, now please open the door for me? Difficult or easy? So from para 2, we know Bens life is really hard and difficult. So how can life be easier for him? Lets read Para3. (From others eyes means putting yourself in others shoes or from others point of view.)d. Read Para3 and answer the Qs.1. Ben feels very _ to have the dog. With it, Bens life is _before.2. When and where did they get training?3. How long had they been trained?4 .How can Lucky be a great helper? （ in the form of charts）e. Read the article again and finish 2d. 3. After-reading a. discussion1. What other ways do you think dogs are able to help people?2. What other animals can we train to help people? b. Grammar focus Part of speech pron. /article./ adj/ prep.+ ns. this groupa big differencethese difficulties +.of trainingyour kindnessadjs modify nsdisabled peoplenormal thingsc. Exercise Circle the part of speech of each word and make your own sentences with these words. 1. group (adj. / n. ) _2. disabled (adj. / adv. ) _3. difference (adv. / n. ) _ 4. imagine (v. / n.) _5. difficulties (n. / adj.) _6. normal (adv. / adj.) _ 7. training (adv. / n. ) _8. kindness (n. / v. ) _d. Language study (On PPT)1. sick 生病的，有病的；可在句中作表语Mary could not come because she is sick. 也可作定语a sick child 【区别ill】ill与sick同义；但是只在句中做表语，不做定语。Mary could not come because she is ill.2. cheer (sb.) up（让某人）变得高兴；振奋起来The good news cheered up everyone in our class.3. give out分发；散发，相当于hand out，The teacher is giving out/ handing out the test papers. give sth. out to sb. 意为 把某物分发给某人 。4. volunteer 【名词】志愿者 【动词】义务做，自愿做（某事）volunteer to do sth. 自愿做某事 ， The girls could volunteer in an after-school study program.5. used to do sth.过去/曾经(常)做某事，表示过去的习惯、动作或状态，并强调现在已经不再存在或发生。 There used to be a cinema here. 这里曾有一个照相机。 They told me stories about the past and how things used to be. 他们告诉我关于这里过去的故事。 6. alone 【形容词】独自一人的，无感情色彩：The musician enjoyed living alone and writing songs himself. lonely （感到）孤独寂寞的，带有很强的感情色彩，可做表语或定语。The lonely boy is not lonely now.7. care for sb./sth.照顾；照料 care 【名词】小心，关心take care of=look after 【动词】care about sb./sth.关心，在意某人/事 【形容词】careful 仔细的 / careless 粗心的 【副词】carefully 仔细地 8. such “这样的，这种，如此”，用于修饰名词 such+ a/ an+形容词+单数名词：such a good day 多么美好的一天 /such an exciting match 多么 精彩的比赛 such+形容词+复数名词/不可数名词：such important decisions 多么重要的建议 such delicious food 多么美味的食物 如果名词前被many, much, few, little修饰时，只能用so，而不用such：so many sick children/ so little time9. try out for参加选拔，争取成为Thirty football players tried out for the Best Player of the year.try out试用，试验10. journey 【名词】（尤指长途）旅行，行程；trip【名词】多指短途旅行；travel【名词、动词】travel around the world 【名词】traveler旅行者11.【复习】be busy with sth. 忙于（做）什么事情 be busy doing sth. 忙于（做）什么事情 12.【复习】try doing sth. 试着去做某事 try to do sth. 尽力去做某事 try ones best (to do sth.) 尽某人最大的努力去做某事 13.【复习】be worried about sb./ sth. = worry about sb./ sth. 担心某人、某事 14. raise money集资，筹钱；raise money for为筹钱 raise【动词】举起；提高；募集15. keep【动词】keep+名词，保留（某物）；keep+形容词，保持16.【形容词】broken破损的，出毛病的；blind瞎的，失明的；deaf聋的；disabled有残疾的，丧失能力的；在句中做定语和表语。17. make it possible (for sb.) to do sth.使（某人）做某事成为可能，You helped to make it possible for me to have Lucky. make it +形容词(+for sb.) to do sth. 使（某人）做某事成为； think/find it +形容词to do sth. 18. make a difference to对有影响；对有作用，difference前可以用no, any, some, much等修饰，如The rain made no difference to the game. Hard-working makes much difference to study.19. difficulty【可数/不可数】表示抽象意义的“困难”时为不可数；表示具体的“难题、难事”时为可数；have difficulty (in) doing sth.= have trouble (in) doing sth. 做某事有困难 20. train【动词】训练，trained为过去分词，可做定语，意为“受过训练的”a trained dog21. be excited about sth. 对某事感到兴奋 ，Everyone is excited about the good news. 【复习】excited意为 兴奋的，修饰人；exciting意为 令人兴奋/激动的，修饰物。22. order【名词】命令，指示；顺序，次序【动词】订购；点（菜）follow the order。23. change【动词】变化，改变Its hard for a person to change his life(style). 【名词】变化；零钱 change A for B用A换成B：When you travel in China, remember to change US dollars for RMB.24. repair 【动词】修理，修补； fix【动词】安装；使固定 【fix up修理=repair】 Period 5 Writing & Self-check1. Warming up T: March is coming, what can we volunteer to do? T shows some pictures and ask the Ss to say something. Ss: clean up the city park, visit sick kids in hospital, help poor kids, cheer up the sick people, help to stop hunger, help to set up a Hope School. 2. Lead in Yesterday we learned the