八年级下册 Unit 1 What's the matter Section B 1a-1c 教案

Go For It 8A Unit 1 Section B 1a-1c
Analysis of teaching material What: This unit takes “Where did you go on vacation ” as the central topic, and revolves around describing "what happened in the past". In this lesson, the girl Lisa talks about her vacation experience and her feelings, which involves the use of adjectives to evaluate past experiences. Why: By describing and sharing their past holiday experiences and feelings, students can understand how to evaluate their past experiences, which can help them feel the human characteristics of different places and realize the joy of sharing. How: In this lesson, Lisa talks about her holiday experience through where (place), who (companion), what (activity), and how (feeling), especially using adjective-based descriptive words to evaluate her experience.
Teaching objectives By the end of the lesson, most of my students will be able to: Perceive and notice the adjective-based descriptive words; get the main information about the vacation experiences and feelings shared by Lisa. Extract and summarize the aspects of Lisa’s travel experience, including where (place), who (companion), what (activity), and how (feeling) and language expressions. Use descriptive words and language expressions to survey and report about your partner’s vacation experiences and feelings; further experience the human characteristics of different places through sharing holiday experiences.
Teaching focus Ask and talk about the experience of traveling to a certain place on vacation. Master the usage of adjective-based descriptive words.
Anticipated difficulties Students may feel it difficult to use the descriptive words to talk about your past experiences properly.
Teaching procedure Objective 1 Perceive and notice the adjective-based descriptive words; get the main information about the vacation experiences and feelings shared by Lisa. (Learning and Understanding) Activity 1 View and Think Show the Vlog of Lisa’s trip to Hongkong. And let students think about a question “Where did Lisa go on vacation ” Activity 2 View and Guess Show some pictures about Hongkong, including park, store, food. And let students guess “How was Lisa’vacation in Hongkong ” Students should begin their answer with “It was…” Teacher guides students to summarize the descriptive word from their answer. Intentions To activate students’ prior knowledge and stimulate students’ curiosity about Lisa’s vacation. To offer students more opportunities to talk.
Activity 3 Look and Match Students match the adjectives with the pictures. Lead in the function of descriptive words. Activity 4 Look and Classify Students group the adjectives into two categories: Happy-faced words and Sad-faced words. Teacher guides students to conclude positive and negative words. To help students construct basic understanding about the function and usage of descriptive words.
Activity 5 Listen and Answer Listen and answer the questions. Did she do anything special there What was it Did she buy anything for her best friend Did Lisa like her vacation Listen and fill in the blanks. her vacation great the people _____ the fun park ______ the food ______ the stores _____ To help students get the main information about Lisa’s vacation. To develop students’ listening ability to catch key words and specific information.
Objective 2 Extract and summarize the aspects of Lisa’s travel experience, including where (place), who (companion), what (activity), and how (feeling) and language expressions. (Applying and Practicing) Activity 6 Think and Conclude Teacher guides students to conclude “How did Lisa talk about her vacation ” — They are “where (place), what(activity), who (companion), how (people, food, store …) To improve students’ ability to extract and summarize and help students consolidate what they have learned.
Objective 3 Use descriptive words and language expressions to survey and report about your partner’s vacation experiences and feelings; further experience the human characteristics of different places through sharing holiday experiences. (Transferring and Creating) Activity 7 Do a survey Students work in pairs to make a survey about winter vacation and then report to the class. And they should use the target sentences and descriptive words. To cultivate students’ ability of cooperation. To improve students’ ability of evaluation and promote the integration of teaching, learning and assessment.
Homework Required: Talk to your partner about you vacation (at least five descriptive words). Optional: Make a Vlog about your vacation and upload it online. You can also share your Vlog in the next class.
Blackboard design
Reflection In this class, teacher have basically achieved the teaching objectives. First, the activity design follows the requirements of activity-based approach, which enables students to learn by doing and truly be student-centered. Second, it focuses on the formation process of students’ thinking, and encourages students to build critical thinking ability through summarizing and peer communication. Third, this lesson guides students to experience different human characteristics through sharing holiday experiences.