牛津英语8BUNIT2(初二下)

牛津英语8B UNIT2(初二下)

(Unit 2,8B)

Teaching Designs

Unit opening:

Background information

In this unit students explore different tourist destinations around the world. And when people are on their holidays, they should take the necessary things they have planned.

The first period

Content: Comic strip

Teaching aims: Ask Ss to prepare and make them know what they are going to carry when go on a holiday.

Step1. Ask Ss to listen to the tape and read after tape. And then tell Ss to read the comic strip, and ask some questions to check understanding, e.g.,

Is Eddie happy in the first picture? Why? (Yes. He is going on a trip.)

Does Hobo want to go too?(Yes.)

How does he feel?(He‟s very excited)

Why is Eddie unhappy in the last picture?(He has to carry a heavy bag.)

Step2. Ask Ss to talk about what people should take when they go on holiday in groups. Tell them to write the items on the blackboard if they have any ideas.

Step3. Ask Ss to read with partner and try to perform Hobo and Eddie according to the comic strip. Then ask three or four pairs to perform this conversation before the class.

Step4. Pay attention to some useful expressions:

①join sb.=go… with sb.

②Let sb do sth: Let me have a look.

③…take‟ and …bring‟

Assignment: Make a dialogue according to the comic strip.

Exercise:

I.英汉互译

1.去旅行 5 对某人而言有趣的一天

2.去划船/购物 6 the Great Wall

3.某人出去7. Leaning Tower of Pisa

4.带某物到某地8. Statue of Liberty

II.句型转换

1.can I go with you?(同义句) Can I ______you?

2.People can take photos there.(划线部分提问) ______ ______ people ____ here?

3.I am going on a trip.(划线部分提问) ______ ______ you _______?

The second period

Content: Welcome to the unit

Teaching aims:

1.To introduce well-known attractions in foreign cities and popular places of interest

2. To activate general knowledge about the world and identify activities which people do on holiday

3. To start students thinking about different places in the world.

Teaching procedures:

Step1. T introduces background information:

There are many places of interest in China. Show Ss some photos and make Ss tell what they are. Apart from the ones, ask them if they have ever been to some other places.

Step2. Talk about the photos in Part A. Ask if Ss have ever visited or heard about any of them and make them speak out the names.

Step3. Divide the class into pairs. Tell Ss to work together to fill in the blanks with words from the box.

Step4. Review answers as a class. Ask more students to write down the country where each of the sights can be found. Write the countries on the blackboard in random order and ask some Ss to match the places with their corresponding countries.

Step5. Ask Ss to work in pairs to talk about each of the photos. Tell them to use Daniel and Millie‟s conversation in Part B as a model. Encourage more Ss to expand the model conversation to include things they know and want to do themselves.

Model:

S1: What‟s this?

S2: It‟s the Great Wall of China.

S1: What can people do there?

S2: They can go walking there.

Step6. Ask Ss to talk about the places they have visited and what they did there.

Assignment:

Make sure that Ss can remember the places of interests and their corresponding country names.

Exercise:

I. 根据汉语提示完成句子

4.It _______________________________(一定很有趣)

5.Let me ____________________________________(带他出去几个小时吧)

6.He is ________________(整理行装). He wants ___________________________(所身携带所有东西)

7.We can _______________________________(看到美丽的风景).

II.用所给单词的正确形式填空

8.It is my ___ (three) day in China.

9.He spend two hours _____(read) English every day.

10.It is one of ______(famous)park in the world.

11.They went to the restaurant as soon as we _______(arrive)

12.This song sounds so ______(beautiful) that I want _____(dance) to it.

13.My daughter has a _____(love) Hello Kitty purse.

III.改错

1.The new book must be very interesting.

2.Let Millie go ski with us this afternoon.

3.Please bring the umbrella with you. It is raining outside.

4.Yesterday I walked to school on foot.

5.

The third period

Teaching aims:

1.To read a letter about a holiday in Japan.

2.To expand vocabulary to talk about traveling.

3.To identify specific details by answering questions.

Background information:

Sanrio Puroland is a multi-level indoor theme park located in Tama City, Tokyo. It features all the Sanrio characters, the most famous of which is hello Kitty. That explains why many people call this theme park …Hello Kitty Land‟. The Hello Kitty character first appeared on a purse in 1976 and has grown in popularity ever since.

Teaching procedures:

Part A:

Step1 Ask Ss if they or their families have been to Japan. If no, T says something about Japan simply.

Step2 . Ask Ss if they know any theme parks around the world, e.g., Ocean Park, Disneyland, Suzhou Amusement Park, etc. Ask which characters are featured in the theme park they have mentioned. Explain the context of the reading passage.

Step 3 Listen to the tape about the reading, and then ask Ss to read the text by themselves again.

Step 4 Ask Ss some questions to check their understanding and encourage Ss to think more about the topic.

Step 5 Ask Ss to read the letter again and to find out the details of the letter according to the clue of time and different places.

Step 6 Ask Ss to find out the language points in the letter and analyze them.

Part B:

Step 1 Explain the context of Part B1 and remind Ss the words can be found in the reading on Page22 and 23.

Step 2 Tell Ss to work on their own to complete Part B1.