UNIT 4 Period 4 （Section B 2a-2e）教学详案

Period 4 （Section B 2a-2e）
设计说明
　　本节课是一节阅读课，由欣赏音乐开始，让学生有一种放松的感觉，然后通过师生间的自由交谈引出课外活动这一话题，从而导入2a的学习。在阅读过程中，教师可指导学生浏览2b所列的两个问题，预测课文的大意，明确第一遍阅读的目的，让学生仔细阅读课文，根据2c所提供的含义找到文中可匹配的词汇；让学生再次阅读课文，回答2d及教师补充的问题，考查学生分类、归纳、推理或总结的能力。
教学目标
　　1. 知识目标
　　（1）掌握单词和短语：opinion，push，skill，typical，football，quick，continue，compare，crazy， development，cause，usual；cut out，compare...with。
　　（2）阅读课文“Maybe You Should Learn to Relax!”，学习并掌握课文中的重点短语、句型。
　　2. 能力目标
　　（1）能根据所掌握的词汇快速捕获文章信息。
　　（2）通过阅读教学让学生掌握一些重点短语、句型，同时掌握根据上下文猜测词义的阅读方法。
　　3. 情感目标
　　了解中国及其他一些国家的中学生普遍存在的生活及学习上的问题，了解别人的生活现状及他们的苦恼，明白学习知识是很重要的事情，但它并不是生活的全部。
重点难点
　　1. 重点：
　　（1）本课时单词与短语。
　　（2）通过阅读教学让学生掌握一些重点短语、句型，同时掌握根据上下文猜测词义的阅读方法。
　　2. 难点：
　　能够熟练掌握文章中重点词汇的用法，同时能够复述课文。
教学准备
　　1. 准备与课文有关的图片。
　　2. 准备录音机、磁带及多媒体课件。
教学过程
　　Step 1　Warming up & Leading in
　　T：Good morning，boys and girls! Let’s enjoy a piece of light music.
　　T：It’s beautiful. Do you like listening to music
　　S1：Yes，I like listening to music very much.
　　T：Will you listen to music when you feel stressed out
　　S1：Yes，I will.
　　T：What other activities do you like to do to help lower your stress
　　S1：I like to play sports，watch TV and hang out with my friends.
　　T：What about you
　　S2：...
　　Step 2　Reading
　　T：Doing these activities can help lower your stress. And it can help to relax yourselves. Now look at the picture in 2b. What activity are they doing
　　S1：They are playing basketball.
　　T：Do you often play basketball after school
　　S1：Yes，I do.
　　T：What other activities do you usually do after school And what activities do you want to do but you can’t do Please talk about them in groups.
　　Before reading
　　1. T：There are some after-school activities in 2a. What activities do you and your classmates usually do Check them.
　　2. Then write more activities you and your classmates usually do.
　　3. Practice the new words. Check the preview.
　　Ⅰ. According to the Chinese meaning，check the correct words.
　　（1）意见 opinion　□opening
　　（2）技巧 skill　□kill
　　（3）持续 continue　□country
　　（4）比较 compare　□compete
　　（5）疯狂的 crazy　□lazy
　　（6）造成；引起 cause　□close
　　Ⅱ. Write down the words with their correct forms.
　　（1）type（形容词）typical
　　（2）soccer（同义词）football
　　（3）quickly（形容词）quick
　　（4）develop（名词）development
　　（5）usually（形容词）usual
　　4. Read the new words.
　　While reading
　　T：Now let’s learn a text named“Maybe You Should Learn to Relax!”. First let’s learn how to read it. Please look at Guessing the Meaning.
　　（了解阅读策略：Guessing the Meaning 意为“猜测意思”。这种读法是指当你第一次阅读时，不要担心你不认识的单词。利用上下文来帮助你猜测词义，达到理解的 目的。）
　　1. Read the article quickly and find the answers to the questions.
　　（1）What is the common problem for many students these days
　　The common problem for many students these days is that they have a busy life and great pressure.
　　（2）Who gives their opinions about the problem
　　Cathy Taylor，Linda Miller and Dr. Alice Green give their opinions about the problem.
　　2. Check the answers with the class.
　　3. According to above questions，draw a mind map to make students know the structure of this passage.
The present situation Different people’s opinions
Para. 1 Busy life for students. Para. 3 Linda Miller’s opinion.
Para. 2 Busy life for Cathy Taylor’s children in America. Para. 4 Doctors’ opinion.
　　4. Work on 2c.
　　T：Now look at the words in bold in the article. Can you guess their meanings Try to match them with the meanings in 2c.
　　（1）Let’s read and try to match the words.
　　（2）Check the answers.
　　Answers：1. continues　2. training　3. stress　4. typical
5. compete　6. development　7. comparing
　　（3）Give some explanation about the difficult words.
　　5. Read the article and complete the sentences.
（1）Many parents push their children into learning more skills and believe it helps the children to better compete in life. But such a busy life can place great pressure on students.　　
（2）The tired children don’t get home until after 7：00 p.m.
　　（3）Competition starts very young and continues until the kids get older.
　　（4）Although it’s normal to want successful children，it’s even more important to have happy children.
　　6. Read the article again. Judge the sentences are True or False.
　　（1）Children have a busy life and great pressure these days.
　　（2）Cathy Taylor really wants her three children to be successful，so she believes these after-school activities are important for them.
　　（3）Linda Miller thinks parents should send their small kids to all kinds of classes.
　　（4）Linda thinks some parents push their kids too hard.
　　（5）Dr. Alice Green thinks kids shouldn’t have time to relax and think for themselves.
　　Answers：（1）T　（2）T　（3）F　（4）T　（5）F
　　7. Check the answers.
　　After reading
　　1. Answer the questions in 2d.
　　2. Check the answers.
　　3. Work in groups. Find out the important phrases in the article.
　　（1）逼迫……做某事 push…into doing sth.
　　（2）一个典型的美国家庭 a typical American family
　　（3）直到……才…… not...until...
　　（4）删除 cut out
　　（5）独立思考 think for oneself
　　（6）以便 so that
　　（7）逼得……太紧 push...so hard
　　（8）造成很多压力 cause a lot of stress
　　（9）把……和……相比较 compare...with...
　　（10）迅速地吃晚饭 have a quick dinner
　　（11）橄榄球训练 football training
　　4. Discuss the questions in 2e with your partner.
　　（1）One student reads the questions and explains them.
　　（2）Work in groups of four. One student writes down the ideas. Then talk about the questions like this.
　　A：What do you think of after-school activities
　　B：I don’t agree that some parents push the kids to take the activities they don’t like. If the kid really likes the activity such as basketball，he can go to these classes.
　　A：What would you do to relax
　　B：There are a lot of ways to relax. I’d like to listen to music or play sports to relax. But my friend，Eric would like to sleep a lot and eat some nice food.
　　Step 3　Survey
　　T：Make a survey about the after-school activities in class. Do you like after-school activities What activities do you do after school First fill in the chart. Then make a report.
　　e. g. ：
　　A：Do you like after-school activities 　　
　　B：Yes，I do.
　　A：What activities do you do after school
　　B：I do my homework，take the music class and play sports.
　　A：Do you like them
　　B：Yes，I like them.
Activities Jim Kate Lucy David Jack
do homework √ √ √ √ √
have after-school lessons √
watch movies √
go to music classes √ √
play sports √
...
　　Report it like this：In my group，we all like to do activities after school. After school，Jim usually does his homework and watches movies. Kate often does her homework and goes to music classes...
　　Step 4　Cooperative inquiry
　　Discuss the following language points in groups and fill in the blanks.
　　1. have a quick dinner = have dinner quickly，意为“迅速地吃晚饭”。
　　2. It’s time for sth. 或 It’s time to do sth. ，意为“该做某事了/到做某事的时间了”。
　　It’s time for homework. = It’s time to do homework.
　　3. continue 动词，意为“持续；继续存在”，其后可跟动词不定式或动词-ing形式。
　　Can I continue to read aloud
　　我可以继续朗读吗？
　　The workers refused to continue working.
　　工人们拒绝继续工作。
　　4. compare 动词，意为“比较；对比”，常用短语：compare...with/to...，意为“把……和……相比较”。
　　We compared the two reports carefully.
　　我们仔细地比较了这两份报告。
　　We carefully compared the first report with/to the second.
　　我们仔细地比较了第一份报告和第二份报告。
　　5. usual 形容词，意为“通常的；寻常的；惯常的”，常用短语as usual，意为“像往常一样”；其反义词为unusual，副词为usually。
　　和往常一样，一天结束时，我很累。
　　I was very tired at the end of the day，as usual.
　　6. not...until... 意为“直到……才……”。
　　昨天晚上直到12点我才上床睡觉。
　　I didn’t go to bed until twelve last night.
　　7.“the +姓氏复数”表示“……一家人”或“……夫妇二人”。the Greens意为“格林一家/格林夫妇”。
　　8. cut out意为“删除”，是“动词+副词”构成的短语，宾语是人称代词时，人称代词要放在cut和out之间。
　　你应该把它删除。
　　You should cut it out.
　　Step 5　Summary
　　In this lesson，we have learned：
　　1. New words：opinion，skill，typical，football，quick，continue，compare，crazy，push，development，cause，usual.
　　2. Phrases：cut out，compare...with.
　　3. Sentences：
　　①However, such a busy life can place great pressure on students.
　　②The Taylors are a typical American family.
　　③The tired children don’t get home until after 7：00 p.m.
当堂达标（见导学案“当堂达标”）
答案与解析：
Ⅰ. 1. crazy　2. opinion　3. usual　4. skills　5. typical　
6. continued　7. Compare
Ⅱ. 1. development　名词所有格child’s（孩子的）后面应用名词；develop的名词形式为development，意为 “发展，发育，成长”。
2. Wangs　“the +姓氏复数”表示一家人或夫妇二人，故填Wangs。
3. usually　此处应用usual的副词形式usually作状语。
4. competed，competitors，competition　句意：他在竞赛中与几个竞争者竞争，并且最终他赢了。由won可知第一个空用动词的过去式competed；由several可知第二个空用名词的复数形式，故填competitors；由句意可知第三个空所填内容意为“竞赛”，故填competition。
5. quickly　此处修饰动词短语got up应用quick的副词quickly。
Ⅲ. 1. A　push意为“督促；鞭策”；depend意为“依靠”；train意为“训练”；argue意为“争论”。根据第一句句意“玛丽的父母总是让她在班里做到最好的学生”可推知，答语句意为“嗯，他们不应该逼他们的女儿这么紧”，push符合句意，故选A。
2. A　compare意为“比较”；complain意为“抱怨”；tell意为“告诉”；make意为“制作；让”。结合语境及关键词with可推知句意为“他很生他妈妈的气，因为他的妈妈总是把他与最好的学生比较”compare符合句意，故选A。
3. B　It’s time to do sth. = It’s time for sth. 意为“到了该做某事的时候了/到了某事的时候了”，故选B。
4. B　根据“When you retell stories（当你复述故事时）”，可知，不重要的细节可以删去，cut out意为 “删除”，符合句意，故选B。
5. B　take“拿，取”；offer“主动提出；自愿给予”；lend “借出”；bring“带来”。句意为“他们主动提供给他一份很好的工作，但他拒绝了”。故选B。
Ⅳ. 1. It’s，to have　此句型为“It’s + adj. + for sb. to do sth.”，其中it作形式主语，后面的动词不定式（短 语）作真正的主语。
2. didn’t，until　原句意为“杰克昨天9点前没去上学”，和“杰克昨天直到9点才去上学”意思相同。not... until... 意为“直到……才……”。
3. to do　It’s time for sth. 与It’s time to do sth. 同义，意为“该做某事了”。
4. so that　so that意为“以便”，引导目的状语从句。句意：一些孩子在学习考试技巧，以便能进入一所好的高中。
5. breakfast quickly　have a quick breakfast相当于have breakfast quickly，意为“迅速地吃早饭”。
Ⅴ. 1. all kinds of　2. cut out　3. think for themselves　
4. always watching TV　5. too much pressure/stress
　　Step 6　Homework
　　1. Try to retell the article after school.
　　2. Write a short passage about Cathy’s daily life and her opinions about the education of the kids.
板书设计
UNIT 4　Why don’t you talk to your parents Period 4（Section B 2a-2e）
opinion　skill　typical football　quick　continue compare　crazy　 push　development cause　usual　cut out compare...with Maybe You Should Learn to Relax! The Taylors：Being successful is important. Linda Miller：Let kids be kids. Dr. Alice Green：It’s more important to have happy children than to want successful children. You：
教学反思