镇江市实验初中八年级英语教案-Unit2-School-life.doc

Unit2 School life单元三维目标:一、 知识与技能1. 掌握课本中出现的重点词汇和句型2. 熟练运用形容词比较级和最高级的构成和用法3. 充分运用 ‘the same as’ ‘different from’进行比较4. 学会谈论不同的学校及各类学生的学校生活二、 过程与方法通过对比中外各类学校情况,借助课外媒体、材料,反复使用练习,在潜移默化中学好本单元需要掌握的知识点和语言点.三、 情感态度与价值了解中西方学校情况,感受中西方文化如在教育、人文等反面的异同,为理解英语、学好英语奠定基础.Period 1 Comic strip and welcome to the unitTeaching 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. Grasp 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. Grasp the phrases: be smarter than, be like doing5. Grasp the sentences: Why don’t sb do sth?=Why not do sth? What’s school like?Teaching preparation:pictures, recorder, computer, and the flags of Britain and EnglandTeaching steps:StepⅠ Lead-in T: Do you like our school? What do you like? How many subjects 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) StepⅡ Pre-task (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 Bb) 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 BEautumnliftfootballmathsrubberpostgroundfloorsecondaryschoolAEfallelevatorsoccermatherasermailfirstfloorhigh schoolStepⅢ 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 words, then finish Part B.StepⅣ 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 different spellings after class.StepⅤ 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 don’t you do sth?=Why not do sth? be smarter than, be like doing sth, there be, few/a fewLook at the picture and practise the dialogue Act the dialogue in groups and pairs.StepⅥ 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 lessons? Do you like the lessons on the Internet? Talk about the above questions in groups and then make a report.StepⅦ Post-taskFill in the blankets with American English: It’s 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 we don’t need an__________ (lift/elevator). I like to go outside playing___________(soccer/football) after class. It’s 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.StepⅧ. Homework(1) Try 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 understand the writer’s 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 school, 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 st。