人教版八年级下册 Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains. Section B 2a-3b Self check 教案

Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains
Reading Hansel and Gretel
Ⅰ. Teaching aims
1. Knowledge aims
1) Key words and phrases: stepmother, wife, husband, whole, scene, stone, shine, bright, lead somebody to ... .
2) Target language:
① One year, the weather was so dry that no food would grow.
② The wife told her husband that unless he left the children to die in the forest, the whole family would die.
③ It’s leading us to that wonderful house made of bread, cake and sugar.
2. Ability aims
1) Ss will be able to catch the key information of each scene of the story.
2) Ss will be able to role-play the story, imagine and act out the ending of the story.
3. Moral aims
Books are our friends. Read more interesting fairy tales in English to open our mind. The more you read, the better your English will be. Let’s read more books.
Ⅱ. Teaching key points and difficulties
1) Ss will learn to catch the key information of each scene of the story.
2) Ss will role-play the story, imagine and act out the ending of the story.
Ⅲ. Teaching methods
1) Situational teaching method
2) Task-based teaching approach
Ⅳ. Teaching aids: PPT, worksheet
Ⅴ. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Lead-in
1. Watch the videos : Say the main idea of each scene.
2. Introduce Grimm’s fairy tales: what is a fairy tale.
Step 2 Pre-reading
Introduce some new words through pictures and sentences.
Step 3 While-reading
1. Read for the first time
1). Read descriptions in 2c and match them with each scene.
2). Say something about each picture and catch the main idea of the whole story.
2. Read for the second time
Read the story and finish checking the details:
1). The wife tells her husband to _____ the children in the forest ,or the
__________will die because they don’t have __________.
2). What does Hansel go out to get
He goes out to ___________________.
3). Why does he do it in the moonlight
He does this to make sure that when the moon is ________（shine）
bright, they will be able to ______(see) the stones.
4). How do Hansel and Gretel find their way home
A. They follow the white stones home.
B. They find the way by themselves.
C. Their stepmother leads them home.
5). Why do Hansel and Gretel get lost the second time
A.They can't find the way home.
B.The birds may have eaten the bread.
C.Their stepmother picks up the bread.
3. Read for the third time
Read and act out the play in groups.
Step 4 Post-reading
1. Finish telling the story on the worksheet.
2. Think about what the story will be like.
3. Act out the ending of the story as you like in groups.