Unit8-have-you-read-Treasure-Island-yet教案

Unit8 have you read Treasure Island yet?教案
Key points:
1. Ss Review the present perfect tense；
2. Ss learn new words and phrases;
3. Ss learn to summarize to help them better understand the test；
4. Ss learn to know sth about American country music；
Difficult points:
Ss learn to summarize to help them better understand the test；
Teaching procedures:
Step One Warming up and lead-in
1. Self-introduction:
T: My name is Cai Weibo. I’m from Chengbei Middle School. Let me show you two pictures of me.
( Picture 1: my big family; picture 2: many records. )
T: I belong to a big family. These are my parents and those are my brother and sisters. My sister Cai Ming is aboard and I really miss her. This is me. I like singing and listening to music. And I have many records. I’m a big fan of country music.
T: Are you a fan of music? Let’s enjoy the beauty of music.
2. Task1 Kinds of music
(listening and matching):
T：After listening to some pieces of music, please find out what kind of music it is.
(Every student who gives the right choice will get a pen.)
Classical music（古典乐）; Folk music（民俗乐）;
Rock; Orchestra（管弦乐）;
Rap（说唱音乐）; Country music;
Jazz（爵士乐）; Choral(合唱)
Designing aim: Students can review and learn different kinds of music.
3.Task2 Lyrics of music
( reading and feeling )
( Before class, give Ss a piece of paper which has lyrics on it. )
T: Read the lyrics of Country road take me home by yourselves. Then guess what kind of music it is.
Ss: Country music.
T: I love the song very much. It reminds me that the best things in life are free -- family, friends, and the beauty of nature and the countryside.
Designing aim: Ss can know traits of lyrics of country music.
4. Task3 Melody of country music
( listening and feeling )
T: Let’s enjoy the beauty of coun try music.
( play a part of this song, and let Ss to feel the beautiful melody. )
Designing aim: Ss can get a feeling of melody of country music. Feel why a song can change people’s lives.
5. Task 4 Knowledge of country music
( fast reading and making notes )
1) T: Do you like this song? Do you like country music now?
Do you want to know sth about country music?
Do you want to know
Where it is from: _________________
What kind of music it is: ___________
A famous country music place in Nashville: __________________________
A famous country music singer: ___________________________________
The number of records he has sold: ___________________________________
( to arouse Ss’ interests of reading, I’ll show them four pictures: a map of southern states of America; Nashville; Garth Brooks’ records; Country Music Hall of Fame Museum.)
T: Here are four pictures about country music. Please look at the pictures and read the article quickly. Then make notes in the sheet.
In the sheet, it’s a little difficult for Ss to give the full answer to the question-- What kind of music it is. So I’ll give the student who give s the full answer a pen to encourage all the students read and think carefully.
2)In order to make Ss impressed about country music, I’ll let Ss look at the sheet and talk about those four pictures.
T: by making notes in the sheet, now you know sth about country music. Let’s look at the four pictures again, can you tell me:
who is the man?
How many records has he sold?
Where is it?
...
T: Oh! I think while reading, making note s can help us better understand the text. Do you agree?
Reading desire new words impressed
6. Task5 Influence of country music
( careful reading)
T: Do you believe that a country music song can change people’s lives?
Ss: Yes. / No.
T: Do you know who she is?
Ss: Sarah.
T: A country music song changed her life forever.
1)Read the passage carefully. To better understand the text, Ss underline the main ideas（找出每段中最能表达中心思想的几个句子）. Then check the answers. Tell Ss that underlining the main ideas can also help them better understand the text.
2) Ask Ss to use the underlined text to write short answers to the questions. And finish the chart below.
3) 3 Ss in a group. Using the notes made in 2c, each student write a short summary for one paragraph. Then combine them together. Pay attention to the connectives to tweak the individual bits so that it sounds like it is written by one person.
4)Ask some groups to show their summaries. Give group members gifts for their good behaviors.
5)Make a conclusion: while reading,.... (summarizing is can help us better understand the test.)
7.Final test.
Ask Ss to close the books and talk about the facts they remember about country music and what other facts they would like to know. Make a list of questions and ask them to find out the answers after class.
8.Enjoy the beautiful sentences.
Ask Ss to translate these sentences and read them.
It made Sarah think about her family and friends back in the US.
She came to realize how much she actually missed all of them.
country music brings us back to the “good old days”when people were kind to each other and trusted one another.
It reminds us that the best things in life are free---laughter, friends, family, and the beauty of nature and the countryside.
I hope to see him sing live one day.
10.Homework
1. Surf the Internet to find more information about country music.
2. Writing a passage about your favorite singer, use the notes you made in 3a.
11. Play the country music song again. Ss can enjoy it after class.。