八下Lesson4 The Spring City教学设计

冀教版八年级英语下册
Lesson 4: The Spring City
邯郸市复兴区户村中学杨晓霞
一、教材分析：
本单元围绕春天展开中心话题，描述了春天的天气和户外活动，本课描述了春城昆明的天气，温度等情况，让学生了解春天，热爱春天，了解异国文化和祖国文化的差异，提高了学生学习英语的兴趣。

二、学情分析：
初二的学生对于英语学习本应该具有一定的基础和方法，但我们是农村中学，学生在学习中还存在许多问题，所以课堂中老师应尽可能多的运用多种教学方法来引导学生学习。

三、教学目标：
1、知识与技能目标
1）.To know how the weather is in Kunming
2）.To learn to talk about the spring in your hometown
3）.To use the words and phases correctly:
budding nearly millimeter plenty anytime
long for all year round plenty of hundreds of
2、过程与方法目标
To learn the passage by group work
3、情感态度与价值观目标
Love spring, love nature , love their hometown
三、教学重难点
Write a passage about the spring in hometown
五、教法与学法
小组讨论、合作探究
六、教学过程
Step 1.Lead-in
Free talk:
1.Would you like to live in a place where there are no winters? Why or why not?
2.Have you been to Kunming? What do you think of this city?
3.Show some beautiful pictures of Kunming.
Step 2. New words
Step 3. Reading
Read the lesson and answer the questions
1.What’s the average temperature in winter/summ er in Kunming?
The average winter temperature is 15℃and in summer the average temperature is 24℃.
2.How much rain does the city get every year?
About 1000 millimeters.
3.How many hours of sunshine does the city get every year?
2250 hours of sunshine.
4.Why are there many flowers all year round in Kunming?
There are many flowers all year round in Kunming because of the spring-like weather.
Step 4 Practice listening and finish task2
Step5 Finish task3
翻译下列的短语
1.想起
2.渴望
3.觉得好像是
4.一年到头
5.大量
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the phrases in the box.
long for think of feel like because of
1.She didn’t go to school _________ her illness.
2.He always_ _______ his friend when he is in trouble.
3.They _______ sunshine during the long rainy days.
4.It’s so hot today. It_ _______ summer.
Step 6 Finish task4
Everyone ________ spring . Spring is a short season in many places around the world. But in Kunming, it feels like spring is _____ all year round. The weather there is ______ too hot _____ too cold. The average winter temperature is 15℃and the average summer temperature is 24℃. __________ the spring-like
weather, you can find hundreds of beautiful flowers and trees anytime of the year.
Step 7 Work in pairs .
Talk about the spring in your hometown.
Task tips : You can talk about the weather , the temperature and your favorite activities.
E g: A: What’s your favorite activities in spring?
B: I like flying kites in spring.
Step 8 language points
1.When we think of spring, we think of a season of fine, warm weather and clear, fresh air.
think of sth. /sb.
1) 想到；对……有想法
When I said that I wasn’t thinking of you.
我说那话时，并没有想到你。

2)想出，构思出
Have you thought of a name for the baby yet?
你想好给孩子起什么名字没有？
3) 记得，想起
I can’t think of his name at the moment.
我一时想不起他的名字
2.Everyone longs for spring.
long 在这里作动词。

long for sb/sth, long (for sb) to do sth( 尤指对看似不会很快发生的事) 渴望Lucy had always longed for a brother.
露西一直渴望有个弟弟。

I’m longing to see you again.
我渴望再次见到你。

3.There’s plenty of sunshine…
plenty(of sth) 大量，充足，众多
They always gave us plenty to eat.
他们总是给我们好多东西吃。

I have seen a lot of/ lots of/ plenty of/ a great number of English films.
我已经看了多部英文电影。

4.Because of the spring-like weather, you can find hundreds of beautiful flowers and trees any time of the year.
Because of 因为
They are here because of us.
他们是因为我们来这里的。

He walked slowly because of his bad leg.
他因为腿不方便而行走缓慢。

Step 9 Homework
1.Review Lesson4.
2.Write an article---My hometown in spring
七、板书设计：
Lesson 4: The Spring City
Air weather
plants the outdoor activities
1. feel like doing sth.
2. Because +句子
Because of + n./pron./doing
3. hundreds of /基数词+单位名词
4. think of =consider
5. all over the world =around the world
6. all year round
7. plenty of=a lot of =lots of
8. long for= look forward to
八、教学反思:
本节课通过运用多媒体向学生展示了春天的景色。

并结合问题“What’s the weather like in spring?”、“ What about the air and the plants?”and “How do you like spring in your hometown”来理解课文，在学习单词、短
语、句子的同时要求学生理解运用，取得了较好的效果。

本课让学生充分认识大自然，认识春天，了解春城———昆明！。