人教版八年级下册 Unit 8 Have you read treasure island yet？ Section B 2a-3b Self check 教案

Unit 8 Have you ever read Treasure Island yet
Part I.Teaching material
1.Status and function
The topic of this unit is about literature and music. Such a topic is related to our daily life, so it’s easy to arouse students’ learning interests. As we all know, reading has a great effect on speaking and writing. Therefore this lesson is in the important position of the teaching material.
2.Teaching objectives
Knowledge objectives
a).To understand the content of the passage.
b).To understand present perfect.
Ability objectives
a).To improve reading and writing abilities.
b).To develop the ability of summarizing.
Emotional attitudes and moral values
a).To develop interests in country music.
b).To know more about American culture.
3.Teaching important and difficult points
a).The important point is using the reading strategies while reading and get the ideas about the passage.
b).The difficult points are retell and summary.
4.The analysis of students
For grade 8 students, they have mastered enough knowledge both in vocabulary and reading skills, it’ll be helpful for them to understand the passage.
Part II.Teaching procedures
Step 1:Warming-up
Watch a video:Taylor Swift---never grow up
设计意图：通过播放一首现在流行的乡村音乐的视频，作为本节课的课前热身。
Step 2 :Leading-in
T:Do you know the singer Have you ever heard this song She is a famous country music singer.(T show the profile of Taylor Swift.)Now,I want to know something about your favorite singer.You can discuss these questions with your partner and then show your answers to us.
①.Who is your favorite singer
②.What is your favorite song
③.What do you know about the singer or the song
Ss:My favorite singer is ...I like the song...best.The song is about .../The singer is ...
T:Most of you like pop music or rock.In this class,we will learn something another kind of music.
设计意图：教师先介绍一名乡村音乐歌手，这位歌手也是因为对乡村音乐的热爱，而成为了乡村音乐歌手，从而引入本节课的话题。
Step 3:Predicting
T:The title of the passage is very helpful.Let’s look at the title of this passage,can you guess what the passage is about
A country music song changed her life forever
What: A country music song
Who:Her(A girl)
How:Changed her life forever
T:So this passage is about a girl and country music.This is the girl and her name is Sarah.What is she doing in the picture (T show the picture of Sarah.)
Ss:She is playing the guitar.
T:That’s right.Let’s read the passage and learn more information about her.
设计意图：在阅读之前，可以通过对文章的标题和图片猜测，来预知本文的内容。
Step 4:While-reading
I.Skimming
T:Read the passage quickly and find the main idea of each paragraphs.Remember:main ideas are usually the first sentence or the last sentence.
Para 1 ’s dream
Who is Sarah
设计意图：快速浏览文章，找出文章的段落大意。教师在学生阅读之前，可以讲授阅读技巧，即段落大意一般在第一句或最后一句。
II.Careful reading.
1.Read Para 1 and underline the main idea.Use the main idea to answer the questions.
①.Who is Sarah
②.Where is she from
③.What does she like
④.How did country music change her life
After reading,T can make a mind map for Ss to understand better.
Mind-map of Para 1.
Sarah is Country music
T:Listen to the tape and repeat Para 1.
设计意图：带着问题进行阅读，可以培养学生的阅读能力。教师补充了一个问题，是为了帮助学生更好的理解乡村音乐是如何改变了Sarah的。读完之后，通过Mind-map的方式帮助学生理清文章的思路。
2.Read Para 2 and underline the main idea.Use the main idea to answer the questions.
①.What is country music
②.What is country music about
After Ss answer the question,T show the history of country music.Then,T show the chart and ask Ss to compare country music with songs these days.
Mind-map of Para 2.
a traditional kind of music
is the home.
laughter,friends,family
T:Listen to the tape and repeat Para 2.
设计意图：在读完第二段之后，需要给学生介绍乡村音乐的背景知识，并通过对乡村音乐和现代音乐的对比，突出乡村音乐的与众不同。而Mind-map则是更系统的帮助学生了解乡村音乐。
3.Read Para 3 and underline the main idea.Use the main idea to answer the questions.
①.What is Sarah’s dream
②.Who is Garth Brooks (PPT shows the background of Garth Brooks.)
Mind-map of Para 3.
Sarah dreams to
Garth Brooks T:Listen to the tape and repeat Para 3.
设计意图：通过展示Garth Brooks的背景资料，让学生更全面的了解乡村音乐。
Step 5:.Post-reading
T:Now we know something about Sarah and country music.Please try to retell the story according to the mind-map. Summarizing can help you better understand the text.
an American ... who used to...
Sarah heard a song full of feelings about...and made her...
became a fan of...
is a traditional kind of music from...
Country music about belonging to a group
reminds us when people were...and...
go to Nashville
Sarah dreams
see Garth Brooks ...one day
设计意图：在复述文章的环节，还是采用阅读时划分的小组，每两小组复述一段。小组之间复述之后可以进行比较，教师综合较好的复述进行展示。作为口头输出，复述短文可以帮助学生更好的理解语篇。
Step 6:Writing
T:Just now we have retold the passage.Now you have to write a summary of the passage.You can use the information in the mind-map.Remember,write no more than 100 words.
设计意图：通过写作，达到笔头输出。在经过口头输出的复述之后，学生对缩写已有一定的思路。
Step 7:Summary
T:Close your book and try to remember what we have learned this class.
About Sarah.
Summary
About country music.
T show some famous sayings on music.
①.If you are unhappy, music will make you happy, and if you are happy, music will make you happier.
②.Without music life could be a mistake.
设计意图：让学生合上课本之后，在脑海中回顾本节课所学内容，再次加深对语篇的理解。
告诉学生一些关于音乐的谚语，培养学生热爱音乐的情操。