牛津英語8Aunit2

1、Unit2 School life單元三維目標(biāo):一、 知識與技能1. 掌握課本中出現(xiàn)的重點詞匯和句型2. 熟練運用形容詞比較級和最高級的構(gòu)成和用法3. 充分運用 the same as different from進行比較4. 學(xué)會談?wù)摬煌膶W(xué)校及各類學(xué)生的學(xué)校生活二、 過程與方法通過對比中外各類學(xué)校情況,借助課外媒體、材料,反復(fù)使用練習(xí),在潛移默化中學(xué)好本單元需要掌握的知識點和語言點.三、 情感態(tài)度與價值了解中西方學(xué)校情況,感受中西方文化如在教育、人文等反面的異同,為理解英語、學(xué)好英語奠定基礎(chǔ).Period 1 Comic strip and welcome to the unitTeach

2、ing aims and demands:1. Talk about the school life and review the words about school life.2. Learn different words which mean the same thing between British English and American English.3. Learn the differences between British English and American English.Teaching difficulties and importance:1. Gras

3、p the spelling of British words and American words such as lift and elevator, post and mail, film and movie, football and soccer, and so on.2. Know the differences between British English and American English.3. Grasp the words: British, lift, post, eraser, fall, elevator, math, movie, soccer4. Gras

4、p the phrases: be smarter than, be like doing5. Grasp the sentences: Why dont sb do sth?=Why not do sth? Whats school like?Teaching preparation:pictures, recorder, computer, and the flags of Britain and EnglandTeaching steps:Step Lead-in T: Do you like our school? What do you like? How many subjects

5、 do you learn? Can you tell me some names of them?S: Chinese, Math, English, PE, Geography, etc. (Encourage the Ss to say more about it.)T: Good. Is there another word for Math?S: Yes. Maths.T: Great. Maths is Math. Maths is British English. While Math is American English (write on Bb) Step Pre-task

6、 (Welcome to the unit)Show the flags of the UK and the USA. Tell them that people speak English in both Britain and the USA , but sometimes they use different words which mean the same thing. T: I know many boys like playing football.Do you know what it says in American English?S: Soccer.(Write on B

7、b) Do you know the same use of other words? Please give me some examples.Write other right answers of the students on the Bb.Teach the students the new words: BE=British English AE=American English BEautumnliftfootballmathsrubberpostgroundfloorsecondaryschoolAEfallelevatorsoccermatherasermailfirstfl

8、oorhigh schoolStep While-taskTask1 Practise the new words more. Pay attention to the pronunciations and spelling.Task2 Finish Part A on Page 23. Teacher can give more words, such as sweets and candies, holiday and vocation, biscuit and cookie and so on.Task3 Write down both the British and American

9、words, then finish Part B.Step Different spellings(1) Say: There are also some differences in spelling between British English and American English. Make a table and write down some words. E.g. favourite and favorite, centre and center.(2) Ask Ss to find more different words means the same thing and

10、 different spellings after class.Step Comic stripsDo you remember Hobo and Eddie? They are talking about school life. Listen to the tape and answer : What does Eddie think of the school life?Listen again and read after it.Point out: Why dont you do sth?=Why not do sth? be smarter than, be like doing

11、 sth, there be, few/a fewLook at the picture and practise the dialogue Act the dialogue in groups and pairs.Step Free talk about Ss ideal schoolWhat do you like more about school, the assembly, the classes, lunchtime or the after-school activities? Do you like outdoor activities? Do you like fewer l

12、essons? Do you like the lessons on the Internet? Talk about the above questions in groups and then make a report.Step Post-taskFill in the blankets with American English: Its my first day in high school. I felt a little tired, but I had a good time. Our classroom is on the_ (ground/first) floor. So

13、we dont need an_ (lift/elevator). I like to go outside playing_(soccer/football) after class. Its my_ (favourite/favorite) sport. Today we had 6 classes. I still found_ (maths/math) was too difficult for me. But the new classmate next to me helped me work out a difficult problem.Step. Homework(1) Tr

14、y to remember the new words and drills.(2) Finish the exercises.(3) Preview the next lesson. Period 2 Reading (1)Teaching aims and demands:1. Know the school lives in British school and American school.2. Learn to read and understand the article with different ways of reading.3. Learn how to underst

15、and the writers opinion.Teaching difficulties and importance:1. Know the meanings of the new words: mixed, together, subject, myself, tasty, meal, guy(s), twice, softball, practice, buddy, senior, hero, close, article, admire2. Understand the meanings of the phrases: in Year 8=in Grade 8，a mixed sch

16、ool, Home Economics, learn how to do sth, do sth for oneself, cook healthy and tasty meals, bring in, a Reading Week, the end of sth, as well, take a bus, twice a week, spend time doing sth, learn about, help sb with sth, each other, have a great time doing sth.3. Can use this sentence: What does th

17、e word hero mean? It means someone you admire very much.4. Catch the main information about Lives in a British school and an American school.Teaching preparation:recorder and computerTeaching steps:Step I. Lead-in(1) Review the British and American words in different forms.(2) Act the dialogue betwe

18、en Hobo and Eddie.Step II. Pre-taskUse the pictures on Page 26 to teach some new words. Ask: What are they doing in the pictures?(Reading Week, driving lesson, Home Economics class, lunchtime, buddy club, softball game)Step III. While-taskT: Eddie thinks school is like watching TV. Now John and Nanc

19、y are talking about their lives in school. Lets see if it is like watching TV.Life in a British schoolTask 1 Read Paragraph 1 and answer: 1. What grade is John in?(In Year 8.) 2. Is it a school for boys? (No, its a mixed school.) 3. Whats his favorite subject? (Home Economics) 4. What can he cook? (

20、Healthy and tasty meals)Task 2 Listen to the tape and read after it. Use Questions 1-4 to sum up Paragraph 1.Task 3 Read Paragraph 2 and answer: 5. Does he have a Reading Week every year? 6. What books can they read ? 7. What can they do near the end of the reading class? 8. Why does he think the re

21、ading week is too short? Point out: as wellTask 4 Listen to the tape and read after it. Use Questions 5-8 to sum up Paragraph 2.Point out: I like learning how to cook and sew. We can even bring in books and magazines from home.Task 5 Practice the new words and phrases more. Read Johns composition to

22、gether/by themselves. Try to sum up the whole article.Life in an American schoolTask 1 Read Paragraph 1 and answer: 1. How old is Nancy? Where does she study? 2. How old is her brother? What did he learn last year? 3. Is it great that Denver drives her to school? Why?Task 2 Listen to the tape and re

23、ad after it. Use Questions 1-3 to sum up Paragraph 1.Task 3 Read Paragraph 2 and answer: 4. How often does she play softball? (Twice a week.) 5. Where does she go every Monday? ( A buddy club.) 6. Who is her buddy? (Teach: senior) What can they do there? 7. What does Nancy think of Julie? Why?Task4

24、Listen to the tape and read after it. Use Questions 4-7 to sum up Paragraph 2.Task5 Read Paragraph 3 and answer: 8. Does she have a good time during lunchtime? 9. What do they sometimes do after school?Task6 Listen to the tape and read after it. Use Questions 8-9 to sum up Paragraph 3.Task7 Read Nan

25、cys article by themselves and try to sum it up. Step IV. Post-taskTask 1 Finish Part B1 on Page 25.Task 2 Finish Parts B2 and C1 and check the answers.Point out: tell sb about sth, during lunchtime, in 12th grade. What does the wordmean?Step V. Homework(1) Read the two articles carefully and try to

26、sum them up.(2) Finish the exercises.Period 3 Reading (2)Teaching aims and demands:1. Can grasp the words, phrases and language points of the two articles.2. Can retell the lives in a British school and an American school.Teaching difficulties and importance:1. Some important language points.2. Rete

27、ll the two articles completely.Teaching preparation:ComputerTeaching steps:Step I. Warm-upTry to memorize the main idea of Johns and Nancys articles according to the table.Who?JohnNancyWhere?(Woodland School, near London)(Rocky Mountain High School, Denver)What?(Home Economics)(Reading Week)(Softbal

28、l.)(The buddy club)When?(Every year)(Twice a week.)(Every Monday)Why?(Because he likes learning to cook and sew.)(Because he can read anything he likes.)(Because she loves the game.)(Because she enjoys it a lot.)Step II. Language points1. Year8 (the Eighth Year) = Grade 8 (the Eighth Grade)2. mixed

29、adj. a mixed school mix v. Oil and water will not mix.3. how to do things for myself (反身代詞, 我自己,獨自做某事)疑問代詞who, what. which等和疑問副詞when, where, how等加動詞不定式,在句中作主語、賓語、表語等成分.E.g. Where to go is a question.(作主語)The question is how to learn English well.(作表語)I know where to find the boy.(作賓語)4. tasty adj. T

30、he food is tasty. taste link.v. The food tastes good. n. The food has a good taste.5. as well, also, too, either, as well asa. as well 副詞短語,多用于口語,只用于句末. He is a teacher and a writer as well.b. also 較正式,不用于句末,用語肯定句中. He also plays football.c. too 多用語口語,通常在句末,也可在句中. He is a worker, too.d. either 用于否定句

31、中,通常在句末. Yesterday I didnt watch TV and I didnt see the film, either.e. as well as 用于肯定句中,意為 “既又; 不僅而且”,起連接作用. He gave me clothes as well as food.6. have a great time talking to each other have a great/good time doing sth.=have fun doing sth.E.g. Mary had a god time dancing at the party. We have fun

32、 learning English.Step III. Reading and retellingTask 1 Read the articles together.Task 2 Fill in the blankets according to Johns composition. John was in _ at Woodland School near London. Its a _school. His favorite subject is _.So he can cook healthy and _meals now. His school has a_ week every ye

33、ar. He and his classmates can read books from the school library. And they can also _ in books and_ from home. The reading week is too _ because he wants to read others books _.Task3 Fill in the blankets according to Nancys composition. Nancy is 14 years old. She is in 9th g_ at Rocky Mountain High

34、School. Her brother Denver had d_ lessons last year. Its great for her because he d_ her to school every day. Its f_ than taking a bus. She plays s_ twice a week. She spends lots of time p_. Every Monday she goes to a b_ club. Her buddy is Julie. Julie h_ Nancy learn all about her new school. She he

35、lps Nancy with her homework and listens to her p_. Nancy thinks Julie is a h_. During lunchtime, she has a good time t_ with her friends. Sometimes, they go to s_ malls after school.Task4 Read the two parts by themselves.Task5 Retell Johns life in a British school and Nancys life in an American scho

36、ol.Step IV. HomeworkTask1 Translate the sentences into English.1、我最喜歡的科目是家政。2、在我到這個學(xué)校之前我不知道該如何為自己做事。3、李華喜歡打壘球，每天花很多時間練習(xí)它。4、老師經(jīng)常告訴我們課后也要練習(xí)英語。5、我想學(xué)如何做健康可口的飯菜。6、乘出租車去公園比騎自行車去要快得多。Task2 Recite the article.Period 4 VocabularyTeaching aims and demands:1. Learn about the school subjects.2. Review and learn

37、 the adjective nouns about peoples opinion.3. Grasp the opposites of the adjective nouns.Teaching difficulties and importance:1. Grasp the new words such as art, geography, language, PE, science, useful, unimportant, useless, unpopular and so on.2. Can give opinion on different school subjects.Teach

38、ing preparation:Computer and the timetableTeaching steps:Step I. Lead in Ask some questions about the reading. Ask 2-4 students to sum up John and Nancys school lives.Step II. Pre-taskTask 1 T: We know Johns favorite subject is Home Economics. Because he likes cooking and sewing. Whats your favorite

39、 subject?S: Chinese, Math, English, PELook at the pictures and teach the Ss the new words:Ask: What class is it? What can you learn from each subject?(Teacher can give a table.)ArtYou can draw and paint pictures.Computer StudiesGeographyHistoryHome EconomicsLanguagesPEScienceTask2 Finish Part A on P

40、age 27.Step III. While-taskTask 1 Some adjective words to show ones opinion on different school subjects.T: I think Home Economics is very interesting, but History is very boring. What do you think of the subjects? Is the Art lesson very easy/difficult/important/unimportant/useful/useless?S: Yes, it

41、s/I thinkPoint out: useful careful unimportant unpopular useless careless Encourage the Ss to say more words like this.Task 2 Finish Part B on Page 27.Step IV. Post-taskFill in the blankets with the right forms. 1. The song is _(popular) now, but I still like it.2. I like Daniel because he can tell

42、_(interest) stories.3. The bus left 5 minutes ago. Its _(use) to run to the stop.4. What a _(bored) book. I cant read it any more.5. It is _(important). We dont need to go there.Step V. Homework1. Remember the new words.2. Finish the exercises. Period 5 Grammar A&BTeaching aims and demands:1. Co

43、mpare two things using morethan, fewerthan and lessthan.2. Compare more than two things using the most for the largest amount and the fewest/ the least for the smallest amount.Teaching difficulties and importance:1. How to use morethan, fewerthan and lessthan.2. How to use the most the fewest and th

44、e least.Teaching preparation:pictures, objects and computerTeaching steps:Step I. Lead in Revise the words of school subjects and the adjective nouns.Step II. Pre-task Look at the pictures and answer: （見課件）What are they in the pencil-boxes?(Teach paper clips)Step III. While-taskTask 1 The use of “mo

45、re than” and “fewerthan”.T: Lucy has 4 pencils and Lily has 3 pencils. （見課件）It means: Lucy has more pencils than Lily. (manymore) (Write on the Bb.) Lily has fewer pencils than Lucy. (fewfewer)Lucy has fewer paper clips than Lily. (fewfewer) Lily has more paper clips than Lucy. (manymore)Point out:

46、We use “more/fewerthan” to talk about countable nouns.Ask the Ss to make more sentences with the pictures.Task 2 The use of “morethan” and “l(fā)essthan”.T: Look at the pictures of Daniel, Jam and Sandy. （見課件）T: Daniel has more juice than Jam. (muchmore) Jam has less juice than Daniel. (littleless)Point

47、 out: We use “more/lessthan” to talk about uncountable nouns.Make more sentences with the pictures. Task 3 Finish Parts A, A1、 A2 and A3. (Solve their problems)【Look at the pictures of Part A on Page 28 and answer:T: How many flowers does Millie have? How many flowers does Amy have?S: Millie has sev

48、en flowers and Amy has three flowers.T: Who has more flowers?S: Millie does.T: Yes, Millie has more flowers than Amy. Amy has fewer flowers than Millie.Ask Ss to talk about the second picture in the same way.Use the same way to present lessthan.Work out the rule: We use morethan and fewerthan to tal

49、k about countable nouns. We use morethan and lessthan to talk about uncountable nouns.】Task 4 The use of the most/fewest/least. T: Look at the pictures. （見課件）Peter has more beef than Leo. Leo has more beef than Jack. That is to say: Who has the most beef?Ss: ( Peter has the most beef of all.) T: Who

50、 has the least beef? Ss: (Jack has the least beef of all.)T: Nancy has more pears than Millie. Millie has more pears than Amy.That is to say: Nancy has the most pears of all. Amy has the fewest pears of all. Ss try to work out the rules: We use the most/fewest to talk about countable nouns.We use th

51、e most/least to talk about uncountable nouns. Task 5 Practice the drills more with the things in the classroom. e.g.: pens, rulers, erasers, water, milk, etc. Finish Parts B1, B2 and B3. Task 6 Make a conclusion of today and then finish Part B4.Step IV. Post-task Fill in the blankets with the right

52、words.Look at the pictures of Jack, Leo and Peter.（見課件） 1.Jack has _ bread _Leo. 2. Peter has _ bread _ Jack. 3. Peter has _ bread of all. 4. Jack has _ bread of all. Look at the pictures of Nancy, Millie and Amy. （見課件） 5. Nancy has _ apples _ Millie. 6. Amy has _ apples _ Millie. 7. Nancy has _ app

53、les of all. 8. Amy has _ apples of all.Step V. Homework (1) Revise the new drills of this lesson.(2) Preview the next lesson.(3) Finish the exercises.Period 6 Grammar C& CheckoutTeaching aims and demands:1. Can make comparisons using the same as and different from.2. Can make comparisons using the sameas.Teaching difficulties and importance:Grasp the sentences like these: My uniform is the same as Simons un