Module 4 Planes, ships and trains . Unit 2教案（2课时）2023-2024学年外研版英语八年级上册

Unit 2　What is the best way to travel
Ⅰ.Teaching model
Reading and writing
Ⅱ.Teaching aims
1．To understand the passage on travel and transportation.
2．To be able to understand specific information in a text.
3．To compare all sorts of transportation and have a conversation about them.
Ⅲ.Teaching aids
Tape recorder，OHP，video
Ⅳ.Teaching steps
第一课时(Activity 1－Activity 2)
Step 1：Have a dictation
1．Ask and answer the questions.
A：How do you go to school
B：By…
2．Look and say.Look at the blackboard.Pronounce，spell and read the new words.
Step 2：Pre－reading
1．Work in pairs.Talk about the ways to go to a city that you like to visit by asking and answering the questions.
How do you get there
What's the cheapest way to get there
What's the best way to get there
(1)Ask the students where they go at weekends or on holidays and how they go there.
(2)Elicit some ideas from the class.
(3)Elicit what they found out about each other.
Step 3：Reading
1．Read the passage and number the ways of travelling from the most expensive to the least expensive.
(1)Ask them to read the passage quickly and underline the means of transport when they find it.
(2)Ask them to read again and number the pictures in Activity 2.
(3)Elicit answers from the whole class.
2．After the students are familiar to the passage，ask them to read the passage after the tape.Then they can read by themselves.
4．Students find the difficulties while reading，if necessary，ask the teacher for help.
5．The teacher explains some useful expressions and grammar points.
Step 4：Homework
1．Read the words and the passage.
2．Copy the words and expressions.
3．Finish some exercises in workbook.
Blackboard Design
Unit 2　What is the best way to travel
Key vocabulary：
journey，park，outside，however，cost
Key structures：
The more information，the better.
And it takes you about twelve hours to get there.
It is the fastest and the second cheapest…
第二课时(Activity 3－Activity 6)
Step 1：Review
Ask and answer about the passage in Activity 2：
1．Where is the writer planning to travel
2．How many ways to travel are mentioned in the passage
Step 2：Have a dictation
Get the students to write the words and phrases in Unit 2，then check the answers to see if they have grasped the usages of the points.
Step 3：Practice
1．Read the passage in Activity 2 again.
2．Complete the table in Activity 3 and take notes.
(1)Tell the students to look at the table first and find out what kind of information they need to complete it.
(2)Ask them to complete the table on their own and then check answers with their partners.
(3)Elicit answers in full sentences from the whole class.
(4)Ask the students to retell the main idea of the passage in Activity 2，using the notes in the table.
For example：
There're four ways to travel from London to Amsterdam.
A relaxing but expensive way is by train…
3．Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.
(1)Read through the words in the box and check the meanings of them with the class.
(2)Ask the students to read the passage and think about the information that is missing，then complete it on their own.
(3)Ask them to check their answers with their partners.
(4)Elicit answers from the whole class.
(5)The teacher explains the passage and asks the students to read the passage aloud.
Step 4：Writing
1．Work in pairs.Ask and answer about the ways of travelling.Use the information in the table.
(1)Ask the students to look at the information in the table，especially the headings.Then elicit what it is about.
(2)Ask the students to work in pairs and use the information in the table to ask and answer questions about travelling from London to Paris.
—What's the cheapest way to travel from London to Paris
—The cheapest way is by coach.
(3)Encourage them to discuss the journey from more aspects besides those listed in the table.
2．Write a passage about ways of travelling from London to Paris.Use the information in Activity 5 and the passage in Activity 2 to help you.
You can go from London to Paris by coach，plane or train.Travelling by plane is the fastest but also the most expensive way.
3．Ask them to join their answers in Activity 5 as sentences and write a passage.
Step 5：Homework
1．Revise the key points in Unit 2.
2．Finish the workbook.
Blackboard Design
Unit 2　What is the best way to travel
There're four ways to travel from London to Amsterdam.
A relaxing but expensive way is by train…
—What's the cheapest way to travel from London to Paris
—The cheapest way is by coach.