八下Unit3 SectionA 3a-3c Reading.doc

Unit3 Could you please clean your room? -Period2 , by Fang JianzhenTeaching objectives:At the end of this period, students are expected to understand the new words and expressions: the minute, neither of, as soon as, etc. aware the variety of sentence expressions in similar meanings. For example, “For one week, she did not do any housework and neither did I. pay attention to words that are both verbs and nouns. act out the conversation vividly. aware the importance of sharing chores at home.Teaching focus: The students will be able to apply the reading skills of prediction and scanning into practical use. The students will be able to learn about the features of language and the different feelings they can bring out. The students will be able to continue writing the story by brainstorming with group members.Teaching procedures:Step1: Warm-up and lead-inTask： DiscussionT: Class begins! M: All arise!T: Good afternoon, boys and girls!Ss: Good afternoon, Sally.T: Whats the weather like today?Ss: Its sunny.T: Its a nice day, isnt it?T: What day is it today?Ss: Its Friday.T: What about tomorrow? Ss: T: So our weekends will come. What do you usually do on weekends? S1:T: Do you do chores at home?S1: T: What kind of chores do you do?S1: T: In your family, who does the most chores in your home?S1: T: What about your father?S1: T: Imagine if no one does any chores at home, what will your home be like?Ss: Step2: ReadingPre-readingTask: Compare two kitchens.T: Look at these two kitchens. What do you think of them? Which kitchen do you like better?Ss: T: Why? Can you use adjectives to describe the two pictures?Ss: This kitchen is clean and tidy. That one is dirty and messy.T: Is it yours?S1:T: This kitchen is in Nancys family. Why do you think it is dirty and messy? Could you predict? Can you guess?Ss: While-readingTask 1: Analyze the text type of the passage and the ways of dealing it.T: Maybe your guess is right, maybe wrong. Why dont we read the passage of Nancy and find out the reasons. First of all, could you guess what text type of the passage it is?Ss: T: You are right. (How do you know?)We can also find it from the title. Yes?T: When we talk about a story, we can always deal it from five useful questions. What are they?Ss: Who; Where; When; What; Why. (板書上Who; Where; When; What; Why.)T: Who are the characters? Where did the story happen? When did the story happen? What is the main idea of the story? Why does the writer write this passage? First lets use scanning to finish the “who, where and when” questions. Would you please look through the passage quickly and find the information you need.”T: Who are the characters?Ss: Our dog, Nancy and Nancys mom. T: Where did the story happen? Ss: At home. T: When did the story happen?Ss: Last month; For one week; The next day. T: Wow, you did a great job in scanning.Task 2: What is the main idea of the passage?T: Now lets move to the “what” question. What is the main idea of the passage? Well, its a little difficult to answer the question right now. Lets first divide the story to make it easier. How can we divide the story and how many parts?Ss: T: Why?Ss: According to different times.Ss: T: Well, different people have different opinions. Its OK. From “Last month, for one week, the next day”, the story can be divided into three parts, right? We say the pink part is Scene1, the orange part is Scene2, the green part is Scene3.Task 3: Read Scene1T: Well, Scene1 comes first. Read Scene 1 carefully and finish the following two tasks. Task1: Read Para.1-2 and fill in the actions of each character. You should pay attention to the verbs. What did they do?Nancy: (one student act out)The dog: Mom: T: Verbs are very interesting. You could infer the information behind the words. Can you have a try and infer the information?Ss: She is very tired.T: Yeah, I guess so. What about the dog?Ss: T: What about mom? Lets focus on the sentence “The minute I sat down in front of the TV, my mom came over.” What does it mean? Please choose from A/B/C.Ss: T: What about the information behind the words? Can you guess?Ss: T: Maybe she is busy. Nancys mom came over quickly. What would they talk about? Lets move to task2. Would you please find out the conversation between Nancy and her mom. Could you please read it loudly?Ss: T: In the first two sentences between Mom and Nancy, are they polite?Ss: Yes, they are.T: But are they polite all the time?Ss: T: Discuss with your partner about the feelings and role-play the conversation in pairs.T: Which pair do you think is the best?Ss: T: I think you understand the conversation very well. From “polite”, mom was getting?Ss: T: How do you know?/ Why? Ss: T: What about Nancy? Ss: T: We could say she is getting angrier. She is really mad! Look at her. Chores! Chores! Chores! T: Did her mom say anything?Ss: No. She did not say anything and walked away.T: Maybe she was very Ss: Sad and disappointed. T: From the conversation, we can feel “l(fā)anguage features are the reflection of feelings”. And whats the main idea of Scene 1? Task 4: Read Scene2T: Nancy and her mom were both very angry. What would happen next? Now lets move to Scene2. Read Scene2 carefully and guess who would do housework.Ss: (Read Scene 2)T: Here could you use other phrases to put the sentence in another way?Ss: T: Why didnt her mom do any housework for a whole week?Ss: T: Maybe Nancys mother was still angry with Nancy and wanted to teach her a lesson.Ss: T: Why didnt Nancy do the housework? Ss: T: Finally, there were no clean shirts and dishes. Do you remember the picture? Its dirty and messy. So can you guess who would do the housework? And whats the main idea of Scene 2?Ss: Task 5: Read Scene3T: Scene3 will tell us. Lets go on. Read Scene 3 carefully and answer three questions.Who cleaned the house? How did Mom and Nancy feel?Why does Nancy write the passage? 【Invite 3 pairs.】And whats the main idea of Scene 3?Post-readingTask 1: The main idea of the whole storyT: After reading the three scenes, I believe you know the story well. And we have known the main idea of each scene. Could you put the main ideas of three scenes together to make the main idea of the whole passage? You can add some conjunctions.Ss: Task 2 : Continue the storyT: Nancy said sorry to her mom first. How would Nancys mom feel after hearing Nancys words?What would mom say?What would Nancy do later?What would happen next? T: Would you please continue the story with your group member? Here are some tips you have to noti