英语人教版八年级下册unit 2 section a 1a--2d

第一课时(1a-2d)
Step 1Lead-in
1．Before class, listen to a song.
The teacher says, “Everyone is an angel. Everyone can try his best to help others.”
2．Watch a video and answer the questions：
(1)In the video, there are some people in special clothes. Who are they? New word: volunteers
(2)What do the volunteers do in the video?
Step 2Work on 1a
1．Ask students to look at these pictures to let them know there are many ways to help people.
e．g.
You could help clean up the city parks.
You could cheer up the sick children in the hospital.
2．Then have them list other ways they could help people.
At last, ask some students to share their ideas with the class. Write some new words or phrases on the board and explain these words or phrases to the class if necessary.
Step 3Work on 1b
Call the students' attention to the sentences in Activity lb. Ask students to read the sentences by themselves. Explain some new words and phrases in them.
Make sure that all the students can understand the meanings of the four items.
Ask them to listen carefully and fill in the blanks. Listen again and check the answers.
Step 4Work on 1c
Read the instructions with the class.
Call their attention to the example in the speech bubbles in Activity 1a. Ask a pair of students to read this conversation to the class.Then let them practice in pairs using the information in 1b.
Encourage them to make up new drills.
Step 5Work on 2a
T: We can see five pictures in Activity 2a. What can you see in each picture?
Ask five different students to describe the pictures.
After that, ask a student to read the words on the TV screen, on the sign and in the newspaper.
Play the recording for the first time.Students only listen.
Play the recording again. Ask students to check the things they hear.
Check the answers.
Step 6Work on 2b
Read the instructions with the class. And let them have a look at the sentences.
Read the first sentence to the students.
Tell them it is a sample answer.
Then say, “We will hear the same recording again. This time listen carefully to what the students say and fill in the blanks in the sentences.”
Play the tape again and the students write out the answers.
Check the answers.
Step 7Group work on 2c
The teacher says, “We'll have a school clean­up tomorrow. We need to come up with a plan.
What would you like to do? Talk about it in your group and come up with a plan.”
A: We need to come up with a plan for the school clean-up.
B: Let's have lunch first. I'm hungry.
A: No, we need to start now. The school clean­up is tomorrow. We can't put off making a plan.
B: …
C: …
D: …
Step 8Language points
cheer; notice; lonely; clean up; give out…。