鲁教（五四）版八年级上册 Unit 4.An old man tried to move the mountains. SectionA 教案

Unit 4 An old man tried to moved the mountains.
Section A (3a-3c)
ⅠTeaching aims：
1. Language knowledge ability goals
1) To enable Ss to master some of the key words and expressions in the reading
passage.：object, magic, stick, hide, tail, turn…into, excite, western
2) To train Ss to find specific information in a reading passage.
3) To guide Ss to understand the structure of the passage.
2. Emotional goals
1) .To develop students’ ability to be true men.
2). To encourage Ss to fight with the bad people.
3).To make Ss know “Whatever happens, never give up.”
ⅡImportant and difficult teaching points
1). Enable Ss to learn and apply the sentence patterns.
2). Enable Ss to tell stories with” as soon as, unless, so...that...”.
3). Guide Ss to tell a traditional Chinese story.
ⅢTeaching procedures
Ⅰ. Greetings
Greet the students as usual.
Ⅱ. Warming-up
1. Listen to a piece of music, guess which story it is.
2.Check how much you know Journey to the west.
1) Who is the writer of this book
2)It's one of the Four Great Classical _____(novel) in China.
3)The main characters about the story，look at the pictures and use an adjective word to describe them.
Ⅲ. Reading
1. Pre-reading
Guide Ss to look at the folk tale’s name Journey to the West and SuWukong on the blackboard and the picture on their books to make a prediction before reading.
Work on 3a.Tell Ss to read the article in 3a quickly and try to find the answers to the questions:
① Which book is talked about
② Who is the main character
Ss read the article quickly and try to answer the questions:
2.While-reading
1)Skimming
Ask Ss to skim the passage and identify the main idea in each paragraph.
Para1.The Monkey King is new to pupils in England but not to Chinese children.
Para2. The Monkey King can do many magical things.
Para3. Western children are also becoming interested in the story of the Monkey King.
2)Scanning
A. Read Para.1 and tell T or F. Then correct the wrong sentence.
( )1.Pupils in America were able to watch the TV program called Monkey in 1979.
( )2.All the children in England were hearing the story for the first time .
( )3.Monkey King was new to Chinese children.
( )4.Monkey King is the main character in the traditional Chinese book Journey to the West.
B. Read Para. 2 and complete the chart.
What he can do: What he can’t do:
C. Read Para. 3 and find the answer.
3)Question time----- Language points
A. Group-work :Find out your difficulties in the passage, discuss in groups.
① Unless he can hide his tail, he cannot turn himself into a man.
② He can make the stick so small that he can keep it in his ear.
B. Guide Ss to find three conjunctions. There are three conjunctions that we must master.
Make Ss work in groups to discuss the usages of the conjunctions, then T gives some
explanation about them. Then Ss fill in the blanks by themselves.
Finally, check the answers. Ask Ss to write their own sentences using the conjunctions.
C. Guide Ss to read the passage carefully and then finish 3c, using the words and phrases from the passage. After going through the answers with the class, ask Ss to recite the sentences in 2 minutes. Make them recite one by one in a group.
3.Post-reading
Summary: What is the Monkey king like
Guide students to describe the Monkey King using an adjective word.
4.Further reading
1.The Monkey King is the main character in the traditional Chinese book Journey to
the West. (para 1)
2. As soon as the TV program came out, Western children became interested in reading this story. ( para 3)
According to the black words, what information can you get Guide Ss to know and spread Chinese culture, and let the world know China and Chinese culture better.
Ⅳ. Writing
1.Watch a video about colorful Chinese culture, choose one story you like in the
video ,write and share it .
2.One student does an action, others guess which story it is. After that, the group reporter makes a report.
Ⅴ. Exercise
Do some exercises to grasp the key words and phrases.
1. Fill in the blanks.
2. Then check the answers.