八年級新目標上Unit 4 How do you get to school

1、Unit 4 How do you get to school?Skill Focus 聽Listen to conversations about transportation.說Talk about how to get to places.讀Read an article about how students around the world get to school.寫Write about how students get to school.功能句式Talk about how to get to places How do you get to school?I ride my

2、 bike.How does he/she get to school?He/She walks to school.How do they get to school?They take the train.How long does it take?It takes about .How far is it from . to .?Its .LanguageFocus詞匯1. 四會詞匯take, walk, train, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, ninety, hundred, minute, take, by, far, kilometer, show

3、er, quick, bicycle, station, early, mile, stop, north, part, thing, other, river, boat, must, more, than, town, ill, worry, so, much 2. 認讀詞匯subway, hey, eighty, transportation, North America, depend, means 3. 短語by bus, how far, depend on, by boat, look at語法How questions How do you get to school?How

4、long does it take? How far is it from his home to school?StrategyFocusPersonalizing Inferring vocabularyII. Teaching materials analyzing and rearranging 教材分析和教材重組1. 教材分析本單元以Transportation為話題，通過單元教學，學生將學會用三個how questions談論如何到達一個目的地、行程多長時間及距離有多遠；另外，學生還將掌握不同交通方式的英語表達，了解不同國家和地區(qū)的學生是采用何種交通方式去學校的。Section A

5、 1a要求學生根據(jù)圖片內容寫出一些交通方式的短語，并增加其它可能的方式，為接下來的交際功能作鋪墊；1b要求學生聽錄音，把名字和圖片中相應的人物對應起來，即練習了聽力，又初步引出了本單元的目標語言；1c是口頭練習，以文字的形式呈現(xiàn)了目標句型，并引導學生模仿例子用目標語言編造對話并進行口頭練習；2a和2b是關于數(shù)字的練習，要求學生掌握兩位到三位數(shù)字的讀法，為后面的活動作鋪墊；2c是聽力活動，要求學生聽錄音勾劃出聽到的交通方式以及乘不同交通工具所需要的時間，進一步掌握How do you get to ? 和How long does it take?的句型；2d要求學生模仿2c中的對話自己編造對話

6、，進行口頭練習；3a是閱讀理解練習，學生閱讀文章回答幾個how questions，讓學生通過上下文進一步理解目標語言；3b是結對活動，根據(jù)圖片提示用三個how questions做會話訓練；4是三人小組活動，繼續(xù)就how questions展開對話活動并完成表格。Section B 1a要求學生將圖片和相應的短語配對，復習鞏固幾個不同station的表達方式，為后面的功能拓展準備語言材料；1b是結對口頭活動，對本單元的交際功能進行了拓展訓練，練習乘坐兩種交通工具時的表達；2a和2b是聽力活動，是對功能拓展句型的聽力練習，2c則是在此基礎上的口頭會話練習；3a要求學生根據(jù)文章內容判斷幾個句子的

7、正誤，培養(yǎng)學生的閱讀理解能力；3b要求學生根據(jù)表格內容完成一段文章，兼有閱讀和寫作的訓練；3c是一個開放性的寫作練習，是對目標語言的輸出性訓練；4是一個班級調查活動，要求學生用目標語言進行問答，完成表格，是對目標語言的綜合應用。Self check 1是對幾個重點詞匯的檢測練習，形式為填空和造句；2設置了一個語境，讓學生用所學知識完成對話并進行角色表演，是對目標語言運用能力的檢測。2. 教材重組和課時分配Period 1 (Section A: 1a, 1b, 1c, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d Grammar Focus)Function and GrammarPeriod 2 (Sect

8、ion A: 3a, 3b, 4) Reading and Speaking Period 3 (Section B: 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 2c)Listening and Speaking Period 4 (Section B: 3a, 3b, 3c, 4, Self check) Reading and Writing III. Teaching plans for each period 分課時教案Period 1 Function and GrammarTarget language 目標語言1. Words and phrases生詞和短語take, subway, h

9、ey, walk, train, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety, hundred, minute, by, by bus 2. Key sentences重點句型How do you/they get to .?How does he/she get to .?How long does it take?It takes .Ability goals 能力目標Ask and answer about “How do you get to .?” and “How long does it take?”Learning ability

10、goals 學能目標Talk about transportation with the target language. Teaching important and difficult points 教學重難點How questions. Teaching aids 教具準備Cards with different means of transportation and tape recording. Teaching procedures and ways 教學過程與方式Step I Warming?鄄up (Section A: 1a)Show some cards with diff

11、erent means of transportation to students. T: Look! Here Ive got some cards. Can you name the transportation in each one? Write “transportation” on the Bb. Thats the topic of this unit. Get students to write the names on the Bb in a line. Then help them to find the correct verbs that go with the nam

12、es to make verb phrases. Make a chart like this:Name of transportationbikefootbuscarsubwaytrain.Verb phrasesride a bikewalktake the busgo in a parents cartake the subwaytake the train.Then ask a student “How do you get to school?”(Write the question on the Bb) to introduce the target language of thi

13、s unit. Call attention to the picture on page 19 and deal with activity 1a. T: Now open your books and turn to page 19. Look at the picture at the top. Write how the students get to school in the morning. Check the answers. Note: “Underground” is the British equivalent of “subway”.“Walk” is differen

14、t from “take a walk”.Step II Listening and Speaking (Section A: 1b 1c)In this step, students will first listen to a short conversation and understand the target language in spoken English. Then they will do some oral practice with the target language. T: What are the names of these students in the p

15、icture? Now lets listen to a conversation. Write the numbers next to the correct students. Play the tape. Check the answers.Play the tape again. Let students repeat the how questions in the conversation.How do Bob and Mary get to school?How does John get to school?How do Paul and Yang Lan get to sch

16、ool?T: We use this how question to ask about how to get to places. The basic structure is “How do/does . get to .?” When do we use do and when does? Lets make a summary. Show the following chart.DoDoesyou, they, A && Bhe, she, it, a persons nameThen get students do some drill practice with t

17、his structure. Sample: my mother/town How does your mother get to the town?1. Xiao Yang/park2. my classmates/cinema 3. he/Paris4. she/museum 5. I/city center Then deal with activity 1c. Call a pair of students to read the sample conversation in activity 1c. Then students work in pairs and make simil

18、ar conversations about Paul, John, Mary and Yang Lan. Step III Practice with numbers (Section A: 2a 2b)Activity 2a provides listening and pronunciation practice with numbers. First, let students read the numbers. Then play the tape, students check their pronunciations. Play the tape again, students

19、listen and repeat. T: Pay attention to the different pronunciations between fourteen and forty. We dont spell forteen or fourty. Write “forteen” and “fourty” on the Bb. Then deal with activity 2b. Let students write the correct number next to the word. Check the answers. Step IV Listening and Speaki

20、ng (Section A: 2c 2d)Call attention to the pictures in activity 2c. T: You will hear two conversations. Listen and check the kinds of transportation that you hear. Play the tape. Students listen and make check marks. Play the tape again, stop for answers and let students check their answers. T: Now

21、look at the time expressions below the pictures. Who would like to read them? Ask different students to read the time. Correct the pronunciation mistakes if any. Then ask a student,T: How do you get to school everyday?S: I take the bus/walk/ride my bike .T: How long does it take? (on the Bb) This qu

22、estion asks about time. Repeat after me. Then let students listen to the tape again and match the time with the kinds of transportation. Note: An important sentence structure: It takes (sb) about/around . (to do sth)Then deal with activity 2d. Students work in pairs and practice making conversations

23、 with “How do you get to school?” and “How long does it take?”Call several pairs to demonstrate their conversations.Period 2 Reading and SpeakingTarget language 目標語言1. Words and phrases生詞和短語far, how far, kilometer, shower, quick, bicycle, station, early, mile2. Key sentences重點句型How far is it from .

24、to .?Lin Feis home is about 10 kilometers from school.The bus ride usually takes about 25 minutes. Ability goals 能力目標Learn the use of three how questions. Learning ability goals 學能目標Help students learn how to make conversations with the how questions. Teaching important and difficult points 教學重難點Dis

25、tance expressions. Teaching aids 教具準備Projector and slide. Teaching procedures and ways 教學過程與方式Step I RevisionHelp students to review the structures they learned in the last period. T: Where do you usually go on the weekend? S: I usually go shopping in the town.T: How do you get to the town?S: I usua

26、lly take the bus.T: How long does it take?S: About 15 minutes. Ask several more students the same questions. Step II Reading (Section A: 3a)T: Turn to page 21. We will read a passage about Lin Fei. Now read the passage and answer the two how questions above the passage. After they have finished, che

27、ck the answers. Call attention to the third question above the passage. T: When ask about distance, we use this question, “How far is it from . to .?” To answer the question, we can use meter, kilometer (1000 meters), mile (1609 meters), yard (equal to .91 meters).Then show the following questions o

28、n the screen. Let students answer them with “How far”:How far is it from our classroom to the library?How far is it from your home to the zoo?How far is it from Tianjin to Shanghai?Note:1. shower n. take a shower/have a shower2. Then the early bus takes him to school.= He takes the early bus to scho

29、ol. Step III Pairwork (Section A: 3b)In this step, students will do some oral practice with the three how questions. T: Now look at the pictures in activity 3b. Each picture shows the kind of transportation, distance and time. Now make conversations according to the pictures like this.Ask two studen

30、ts to read the sample conversation. Then students work in pairs and make conversations about the rest pictures. Finally, ask three different pairs to demonstrate their conversations. Step IV Groupwork (Section A: 4)Divide the whole class into groups of three. T: Now lets play an info gap race. Stude

31、nt A, look at page 21. Student B, look at page 82. Student C, look at page 84. Ask the other students questions and complete the chart about how, how long and how far. The first group to fill in all the blanks wins. Walk around to check their work. Praise the winner. Period 3 Listening and SpeakingT

32、arget language 目標語言1. Words and phrases生詞和短語stop, transportation, bus stop, train station, bus station, subway station 2. Key sentences重點句型Next .Then .Ability goals 能力目標Talk about how to get to school with two or more kinds of transportation. Learning ability goals 學能目標Help students learn how to tal

33、k about get to school with two or more kinds of transportation with the target language.Teaching important and difficult points 教學重難點Get to a place with two or more kinds of transportation.Teaching aids 教具準備Local transportation map. Teaching procedures and ways 教學過程與方式Step I Vocabulary study (Sectio

34、n B: 1a)Show a local transportation map to students. Help them to identify signs of: bus stop, bus station, train station, subway station, highway, etc. Call attention to the pictures in activity 1a.T: Look at the pictures. What does each sign mean? Match the words with the pictures. After students

35、have finished, check the answers. Note:Bus stop is different from bus station. bus stop: a place at the side of a road, where buses stop for passengersbus station: a place where buses start and finish their journeysStep II Pairwork (Section B: 1b)T: Sometimes, we use more than one kind of transporta

36、tion to get to school. For example, first you walk to the bus station, then take the bus to the school. Do anyone in our class use two or more kinds of transportation? Hands up!Ask two students to read the sample conversation in activity 1b. T: Suppose you use two kinds of transportation to get to s

37、chool. Now work in pairs and tell each other how you get to school. Ask several pairs to demonstrate their conversations. Step III Listening and Speaking (Section B: 2a 2b 2c)This step provides listening and oral practice with the target language. T: You will hear a conversation between Thomas and N

38、ina. Thomas asks Tina some questions. What does he want to know? Before I play the tape, read the questions given. Then listen and check the things that Thomas wants to know.Play the tape. Students listen and check the questions.Play the tape again, let them repeat the questions:Where do you live?Ho

39、w do you get to school?T: Now look at the two routes in activity 2b. How does Nina get to school? Listen again and check 1 or 2.Play the tape a third time. Check the answer. Then get students work in groups of four and talk about how Nina gets to school with next, then and finally. T: Now lets do mo

40、re practice with the target language. Suppose we are going to the following places in our town. How can we get there? If possible, hang a map of your city on the wall. Write the following places on the Bb. the nearest library, hospital, zoo, Heping road, No. 12 middle school, post office, etc. Then

41、ask different students how they get to different places. Period 4 Reading and WritingTarget language 目標語言1. Words and phrases生詞和短語north, North America, part, thing, other, depend, depend on, river, boat, by boat, must, more, than, means, car2. Key sentences重點句子In North America, most students go to s

42、chool on the school bus. . students usually go to school by boat. Ability goals 能力目標Read and write about how students in different parts of the world get to school. Learning ability goals 學能目標Help students learn how to write a newspaper article about how students get to their school. Teaching import

43、ant and difficult points 教學重難點Key language points in the reading passage. Teaching aids 教具準備Projector and slide, world map. Teaching procedures and ways 教學過程與方式Step I Lead?鄄in and Reading (Section B: 3a 3b)T: Do you have any pen pal in other countries? Do you know any student in other countries? How

44、 do they get to school? S: I have a friend in Australia. She takes school bus to school.T: Good! How about students in America and Japan? Now lets find it out. Turn to page 23 please. Read the article in activity 3a and complete the chart.Show the following chart on the screen.PlacesTransportationNo

45、rth AmericaJapanChinabig citiesriver and lake areasShow a world map to students. T: Where is North America? Can you name the countries in North America? . North America consists of Canada, the United States of America, Mexico, Central America, Greenland, and other smaller islands. Now read the state

46、ments about the article and judge whether they are right or wrong. After they have finished, check the answers. T: From this article, we can learn two new expressions about transportation. What are they?Ss: On the school bus and by boat. T: Right! Do you like to go to school by boat? . That must be

47、a lot more fun than taking a bus. Write the sentence on the Bb. Explain that:It is a comparative sentence. The basic structure is “more . than .”. “More” is the comparative form of “much” here. “A lot” modifies “more”. “That” refers to “go to school by boat”. Note:1. depend on/upon somebody/somethin

48、g depend on how/what/where/whether etcit/that depends How long are you staying? I dont know; it depends.2. by phrasesby bus, by boat, by plane, by car, by train, by ship, by taxi, by air, by sea, by land, by road, by railWe go to school by bus/car/boat/bike etc. = We take bus/ride our bikes/take sub

49、way/walk to school. 3. means n. a way of doing something (synonym: method)means of transportation 交通方式For most people, the car is still their main means of transportation. Then deal with activity 3b. T: How do students get to Garden High School? Look at the chart in activity 3b. How many means of tr

50、ansportation do they have?Ss: Five. Bus, walking, bike, subway and car. T: Good! Then how many ride their bikes? How many walk? .Then get students complete the article according to the chart. Check the answers by asking several students to read their completed articles. Step II Writing (Section B: 3

51、c)T: Now suppose you work for your school newspaper. Write an article about how students get to your school. Sample article:I live in a big city. Our school is in the central area. At our school, most students take bus or subway to school. Some ride their bikes to school. Others go to school in thei

52、r parents car. A small number of students walk to school. Step III Survey (Section B: 4)T: Now lets do a survey about students in our class. Turn to page 82. First read the statements in the first column. . Which statements answer about how far? Ss: The first statement.T: Which statements answer abo

53、ut how long? Ss: The 4th and 7th. T: Which statements answer about how? Ss: The 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th.T: So what questions should you ask?S: How far do you live from school? OR How far is it from your home to school?S: How do you get to school?S: How long does it take you to get to school?T: Great!

54、Now walk around the classroom and ask classmates questions and finish the chart. The first students to fill in all the blanks wins! Give students about 10 minutes to finish the survey. Move around and check their work. Step IV Role play (Self check 2)Get students work in pairs and complete the conve

55、rsation on page 24. Then ask several pairs to act it out before the whole class. Sample conversation:A: Can I help you?B: Yes, I need to see my friend. A: Dont worry. Let me look at your map. OK, first you can take No. 7 bus to the subway station. Next take the subway to the square. Then walk to the

56、 hospital. It is just around the corner.B: How far is it from here?A: Its about 10 kilometers.B: How long does it take?A: About 45 minutes.B: OK, thank you so much!A: Youre welcome. If you have a problem, you can call me. Step V Homework1. Write a report about your survey results. 2. Finish Exercise 2 in Self check. Teaching resources教學資源庫I. how引導的特殊疑問句小結1. 提問方式“怎樣；如何”How does Lucy get to school?2. how long 提問時間長短“多長時間”；此外還可以指長度“多長”How long are you staying in Beijing?How long is the Yellow River?3. how far 提問距離“多遠”How far is it fro