Unit 2 Integrated skills
教学目标 听取细节，提炼信息。
了解更多中外学校生活的异同点。
进一步复习巩固本单元的语法项目。
重点、难点 I spend less time doing homework than John does.
How many Grade 8 classes are there at your school
Step1 Revision
Help Ss make sentences with “more … than, less … than, fewer … than, the most, the least, the fewest, the sane as, different from, the same … as” using the objects in the classroom.
In order to know school life in the countries where English is spoken, ask the questions about reading to know important information.
Step2 Presentation
Introduce background: Daniel is writing an article about the different schools for the school newsletter. Sandy is helping him collect information on the Internet. Then go through the table in PartA1 on p. 32. Pay attention to the information on the title line. Explain some of the words. Ask Ss to identify the missing facts. Learn the new word length, e.g. length of the holiday, length of my desk, etc..
Ask Ss to listen to the recording twice and finish the table in Part A and check the answers. Pause the recording for the second time after each answer to give Ss more time to write down the answers if necessary.
Step3 Reading
Let Ss go through Daniel’s article before they do the exercise in PartA2 on p.32 and check if they understand it. Ask Ss to do the exercise alone with the information in PartA1, then check the answers with their partners. Check the answers with the whole class and read the passage aloud.
Check if Ss remember something about Daniel, John and Nancy.
Let Ss finish the exercises in PartA3 on p. 33 according to the information in Part A1 and A2.Step4 Practice
Know the situation with Ss and ask Ss to read Part B on p.33, then ask and answer about the conversation.
Read the conversation after the recording, then role-play to read it.
Practise the conversation in groups of four and then ask two to three groups to act it out in front of the class.
Homework
Make up their own conversation by imitating the contents they’ve learned..
Finish the exercise in this lesson.
板书设计
Unit2 School life---- Integrated skills
1. What’s the name of our school
2. How many students/teachers/classrooms are there
3. Do you have much homework to do
4. How many hours do you need to finish your homework
5. Do you wear uniforms Do you like them Why
6. Do you do morning exercises
7. How many days do you have in your summer holiday (Teach: length)
教学反思
