Unit1 Friends Extended Reading教案牛津译林版英语八年级上册

Shadow Puppet Plays
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
1. Understand how to make shadow puppet and put on a shadow puppet play;
2. Be able to retell how to make shadow puppet and how to put on a shadow puppet play;
3. Develop students’ reading abilities of skimming and scanning;
4. Cultivate students’ awareness of protecting the traditional art forms.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phrases: shadow, puppet, audience, object, movable, screen, character, ancient, traditional, put on a shadow puppet play, keep ... alive.
2. New structure: Shadow puppets are made of hard leather.
The leather is cut out in the shape of a person, an animal or an object.
Each puppet is painted in bright colours and put on a stick.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
1. Introduce how to make shadow puppets by using the passive voice;
2. Express one’s own opinions about how to keep traditional art forms alive.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step1 Pre-reading
Watch a video about Shadow Puppet Plays.
T: Have you ever watched this kind of play Do you know the name of this kind of play
S: Shadow Puppet Plays
T: In the video, we can see some actors holding some puppets to give a show. We can also say
“The actors are putting on a shadow puppet play.”
T: Do you think it is modern
S: No. It has a long history.
T: It is a traditional art form.
Thinking: Why is it called Shadow Puppet Plays Can we just call it puppet plays
Step 2 While- reading
Skim the article and find out the main idea of each paragraph.
Para 1 An introduction
Para 2 How to make shadow puppets
Para 3 How to put on a shadow puppet play
Para 4 The present situation(现状)
Para 5 Wang Weifang's opinion
Read Para 1 again and think about the following questions.
What does the word “audience” mean
Why is Xi’an mentioned
Why can’t the audience see Wang and his friends
Read Para 2
Find out the materials & tools they need and the making process.
Ask Ss to the phrases and introduce the passive voice.
T: When we don’t know or don’t need to know who does the actions, we can use the passive voice.
Ask Ss to introduce how to make shadow puppets in their own words. Don’t forget to use
the passive voice.
Further thinking: Why does the writer choose the three words
( hard leather, bright colours; movable arms and legs)
Read Para 3
Find out the props and the steps to put on a play
Ask Ss to introduce how to put on a shadow puppet play in their own words.
Read Para 4
Ask a student to read Para 4.
T: Why are shadow puppet plays not as popular as before
S: Because of TV and films.
T: It is just one of the reasons. Can you think of more reasons Please discuss in groups.
S: ......
Read Para 5
Ask a student to read Para 5
If you were Wang Weifang, what would you do
Step 3 Post- reading
T: Beside shadow puppet plays, there are many other kinds of traditional art forms.
However, they are facing the similar problems. Let’s have a look.
Watch a video and find out what problems the traditional art forms are facing.
Discussion:
As a middle school student, what should we do to keep our traditional art forms alive
Step 4 Homework
Introduce shadow puppet plays to your parents.
Write a report on how to keep traditional art forms alive.