八年级下册 Unit 3 Could you please clean your room Section B 1a-3c 教案（表格式）

Go For It 8A Unit 3 Section B 1a-3c
Analysis of teaching material What: The theme context of this unit is personal characteristics and comparison with others. The listening recording is an interview about two girl, Molly and Mary,and their best friends. The contents of the interview are mainly what they like their friends best, the similarities and differences between them. Why: The interview about the characteristics of the two girls and their best friends can help students better understand the usage of comparatives and how to make comparison. Also, by listening to this recording, students can think critically what a good friend should be like, and whether a good friend should be the same or the different. How:The listening recording is an interview, the interviewer asked the interviewees what they like their friends best, what they have in common and what they are different from each other. In the listening recording, comparisons and the usage of comparatives exist, which can highly help students review how to make comparisons and imitate it.
Teaching objectives By the end of the session, most students will be able to: grasp some new words and phrases such as truly, both, be talented in, and understand the meaning of the listening recording. (learning and understanding) talk about what do they think a good friends should be like, master the usage of comparatives and talk about their best friends using comparatives. (applying and practicing) know what is really important in a good friend, and express their thoughts about should friend be the same or different. (transferring and creating)
Teaching focus Listening: Understand the main idea of the conversation. Vocabulary: outgoing, care about, both, similar, popular, be similar to, be talented in, the same as, bring out, and so on.
Anticipated difficulties Students may feel it difficult to use the comparatives and think critically about what makes a good friend, should a good friend be the same or different.
Teaching procedure Teaching Objective1: learning and understanding Activity1: Show a video clip about a famous cartoon, presenting the what are friends be like in the video. Then the students will be invited to find the characteristics of the two heroes. Activity2: Let students voice their opinions about what makes a good friend by using sentences like “I think”, “For me”, “In my opinion”. Activity3: Check the table of the exercises, including the name of the heroes, and the main parts of the conversation. Activity4: Play the tape and ask students to find out what do Molly and Mary like about their best friends and fill in the first columns of the chart. Activity5: Let students listen again and complete the whole chart. If needed, listen to it again to get more detailed information. Teaching Objective2: applying and practicing Activity1: Organize the information about the listening recording to a whole paragraph. Activity2: Ask students to talk about their best friends with their partners, especially the similarities and differences. Teaching Objective3: transferring and creating Activity1: Students will be grouped and discuss with each other whether friends should be similar or different Activity2: Summarize the opinions of whether friends should be similar or different and the usage of comparatives. Introductions Activity1: Observing students’ behavior during the video time. Activity2: Pay attention to students’ usage of the way to express their ideas. Activity4-5: Observing students’ behavior during listening and whether they catch the key words. Activity1-2:Evaluating students’ master of appropriately using comparatives. Activity1:Observing students’ behavior during group work, and pay attention to each student’s participation.
Homework Must-do: Listen to the tape at least three times and be able to describe it on your own words. Prepare a short paragraph of your best friends and share with us next class.(using comparatives) Optional: Search more information about how to describe a good friends and more stories about friendship.
Blackboard design 8A U3 I’m more outgoing than my sister (sectionB 1a-1e) their best friendsbestsamedifferentMollyPetersame things popular good at sportsoutgoingM studies harder. P plays baseball better. M is little quieter.MaryLisaa good listenertall long,curly hairL is quieter.
Reflection This design of class move smoothly through the easy part to more complicated and difficult parts. At the beginning of the class, presenting the knowledge students have learned to do a review and refresh the stored knowledge. Then, at the medium stage, developing students’ listening skills and help students grasp the meaning of the listening recording. And after listening, ask students to do brainstorming to think more critically and creatively, and help them better understand the meaning of friendship. However, the practice of listening is a little bit boring and mechanical, it should be more flexible and various.