英语（八年级下册）
Unit 1 Past and Present
Reading (II)
宝应城北初中 周枚芹
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. have a deeper understanding of the interview;
2. know how to use the new language points correctly;
3. rewrite the interview into a report;
4. realize the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )beauty of our hometown and encourage students to protect it.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )phrases: since, ever, northern, married, wife, block, since, over, pollution, factory, waste, realize, improve, situation, however, impossible, before, lonely, anyway, husband, interview, turn … into …, in some ways, from time to time, all one’s life
2. New structures: Do you know Sunshine Town very well, Mr Chen
I’ve lived here since I was born.
Has the town changed a lot over the years
Now the government has turned part of the town into a new park.
It has ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )become impossible for us to see each other as often as before.
Now I feel a bit lonely from time to time.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
To use new language points correctly.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Revision
1. Changes in Sunshine Town
Help the students to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )review the changes in Sunshine Town. Give them chances to show themselves in class and remind them that they should pay attention to the tense when they describe the past and the present of Sunshine Town.
2. Group work
Work in groups and discuss the changes Mr Chen has experienced.
【设计意图：指导学生用不同的时态来描述不同时 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )段的状态，同时给学生展示自我的机会。就Mr Chen和阳光镇的变化给出一些关键词，帮助学生理清文章的脉络。】
Step 2 Presentation
1. Mr Chen’s housing
(1) Ask the st ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )udents to work in pairs and make an interview about Mr Chen’s housing with the help of the chart, some pictures and some key words.
(2) Present some sente ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nces about the changes, and ask the students to work out the rules of the simple past tense and the present perfect tense.
(3) Learn the language point—marry. Then do some exercises.
2. Facilities
(1) Ask the s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tudents to complete two passages and talk about the town’s past and present.
(2) Learn the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) language point—turn … into …/turn + adj. Then do some exercises.
3. Pollution
(1) Show some pict ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ures and a video and talk about the advantages and disadvantages of development.
(2) Learn the langua ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ge points—pollute, pollution and polluted. Then do some exercises.
(3) Ask the stude ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nts to think over the question: What’s the development of the society Tell them that the government has realized the problems and is trying to improve the situation.
(4) Learn the lan ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )guage point—improve and improvement. Then do some exercises.
(5) Have a gro ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )up discussion: What does the development of the society bring us What action can we take to improve the situation
4. Mr Chen’s life
(1) Talk about w ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hat Mr Chen thinks of the present life. Learn more phrases about “way”. And translate two sentences.
(2) Learn the lang ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )uage point—alone and lonely. Then do some exercises.
【设计意图：通过四个部分的呈现，帮助学生深层理解文本，复习文章的细节问题，同时讲解及操练语言点。】
Step 3 Practice
1. Rewrite the interview into a report
Ask the students t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o rewrite the interview into a report in the perspective of Mr Chen.
2. Retell the changes
Work in pairs to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )retell the changes in Sunshine Town with the help of some key words and phrases.
3. Complete the passage
Ask the students t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o use words and phrases we learnt to finish a passage about urbanization.
4. Translate the sentences
Ask the students to translate some sentences into English.
【设计意图：以Mr Chen的语气改写课文来让学生重新从整体上把握课文。另外通过语篇形式来考察学生对四会生词和短语的掌握情况。】
Step 4 Production
1. Enjoy a video about the changes in Yangzhou.
2. Design a poste ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r about the changes in Yang Zhou’s transport, environment and people’s life. Try to call on more people to protect our city.
V. Homework
Complete the poster.英语（八年级下册）
Unit 1 Past and present
Grammar
宝应县城北初级中学 周枚芹
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. use the present perfect tense to make positive statements;
2. use the present perfect tense to make negative statements;
3. use the present perfect tense to ask and answer questions;
4. form the past participles of regular and irregular verbs.
II. Teaching contents
New words and phrases: yet, recently, past, over the past century
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
1. To use the present perfect tense correctly.
2. To form the past participles of regular and irregular verbs.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Lead-in
Free talk
T: What do you know about Mr Chen and Sunshine Town
【设计意图：通过口头交流，考察学生对Reading板块的掌握程度，同时引出本课时的学习内容。】
Step 2 Presentation
1. Structure of the present perfect tense
sb. + have/has + done
2. When to use the present perfect tense
(1) We use the prese ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nt perfect tense to talk about an action that started in the past and continues to the present.
(2) We use the p ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )resent perfect tense to talk about an action that happened in the past and has a connection with the present.
(3) We also use the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) present perfect tense to talk about how many times an action has happened till now.
3. Matching exercise
T: Here are six sent ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ences in the present perfect tense. Match the reasons for using the tense on the right with the sentences.
4. Work out the rule
(1) Present so ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )me positive statements in the present perfect tense and ask students to work out the rule.
He has just gone home.
She has already had a holiday this year.
It has broken!
I have seen my new English teacher.
They have bought a new car.
You have finished the exercise.
We have seen this film before.
◆We use “hav ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e + done” with pronouns like _____, _____, _____ and _____.
◆We use “has + done” with pronouns like _____, _____ and _____.
(2) Present some neg ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ative statements in the present perfect tense and ask students to work out the rule.
sb. + haven’t/have not + done
hasn’t/has not
(3) Present some Ye ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s/No questions in the present perfect tense and ask students to work out the rule.
Have/Has + sb. + done
(4) Present some Wh ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )- questions in the present perfect tense and ask students to work out the rule.
Wh-words + have/has + sb. + done
4. Time expressions
T: We can use th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ese time expressions with the present perfect tense: already, yet, ever, never, just, recently, since and for.
T: Complete t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he following passages and sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in the brackets. Pay attention to the time expressions.
5. Pair work
T: Work in pairs ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )and talk about recent activities. Use the conversation on the screen as a model.
6. Competition
T: Form the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )past participles of the following verbs. Let’s see which team is the fastest.
T: Try to work ou ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t the rule of forming the past participles of regular verbs.
Try to remember the past participles of irregular verbs.
【设计意图：让学生直观感知现在完成时，引导学生从感知过渡到理解、归纳和运用，让他们在语境中逐步理解和掌握现在完成时的结构、功能及意义。】
Step 3 Practice
1. Difference between ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) the simple past tense and the present perfect tense
T: Work in p ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )airs and discuss the difference between the simple past tense and the present perfect tense.
T: Let’s try to finish ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) two short passages. Please underline the correct verbs.
2. Finish Part C
3. Pair work
T: Suppose yo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )u did some cleaning after school today. Work in pairs and talk about what your classmates have done. Use the sentence pattern like this: What have/has ... done today
4. Writing
T: Let’s watch a vid ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )eo about changes in Tianjin and then write a report. You should use at least five sentences in the present perfect tense.
【设计意图：通过练习巩固本课所学的语法知识，教师可根据施教学生的实际情况补充不同形式的练习。】
Step 4 Summary
Present a mind m ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ap and help students to review the present perfect tense.
【设计意图：通过思维导图帮助学生回顾今天所学的现在完成时的一些要点。】
V. Homework
1. Review the present perfect tense.
2. Remember the past participles of the irregular verbs on Page 13.英语（八年级下册）
Unit 1 Past and present
Comic strip & Welcome to the unit
宝应县城北初级中学 杨益红
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. talk about the changes around us;
2. talk about the changes of transport;
3. get to know the present perfect tense;
4. talk about the advantages and disadvantages of change.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phrases: past, present, just, used to
2. New structures: Have you seen my food Yes, I’ve just eaten it.
You used to share food with me!
How did you go to school when you were a student
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
1. To talk about different transport at different times.
2. To get to know the present perfect tense.
IV. Teaching procedures
Comic strip
Step 1 Lead-in
1. Work in groups and talk about the changes around us
2. Present pictures to help students know the changes around us
(1) People.
(2) Transport.
(3) House.
(4) Environment.
【设计意图：通过比较20世纪70年代的三 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )大件与现代的三大件，激发学生积极思考，大胆讨论身边的变化。再用图片展示，引出in the past和at present，进入本课话题。】
Step 2 Presentation
1. Talk about changes in Eddie and Hobo
T: The world change ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s every day. All of us have changed. What about Eddie and Hobo Have they changed
2. Listen and answer
T: Listen to the co ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nversation between Eddie and Hobo and answer the following questions:
(1) What was in the bowl an hour ago
(2) Why did Eddie eat Hobo’s food
Step 3 Practice
1. Listen and read
T: Now let’ ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s listen and repeat. Pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation.
2. Read and fill in ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) the blanks
3. Role-play
T: Work in pairs and act out the Comic strip.
4. Read and translate
(1) Present sente ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nces using the present perfect tense. Ask students to find more sentences.
(2) Ask students to turn the sentences into Chinese.
(3) Present more examples.
6. New structure: used to do sth.
【设计意图：通过观看动画片段，让学 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )生讨论Eddie和Hobo的变化，理解对话，并完成拓展练习。呈现例句，引导学生初步感知现在完成时的用法。】
Welcome to the unit
Step 1 Presentation
1. Free talk
T: Look at this pictur ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e and talk about how people go back home for the Spring Festival.
2. Different forms of transport
T: Look at pi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ctures about different forms of transport and finish Part A.
T: How do you go to school every day
4. Listen and answer
T: Millie ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )and her dad are talking about transport at different times. Let’s listen to their conversation and then try to answer the following questions.
(1) How did Millie’s father go to school when he was a student
(2) Why does Millie take a bus now
【设计意图：通过创设情境，带领学生复习 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )已知的交通工具的名称，同时引导学生根据实际情况选择合适的交通工具出行。在听力环节，让学生带着问题听对话，训练他们获取细节信息的能力。】
Step 2 Practice
T: Now it’s your tu ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rn to talk about different transport used in the past and at present. Use the following model to make up new conversations.
S1: How did you … when you were …
S2: I used to … by …
S1: Why didn’t you take a …
S2: Because …
S1: How do you … now
S2: I … by … It’s …
【设计意图：创设真实情境，让学生根据图表中的信息运用所学知识创编对话，有效锻炼学生的口头表达能力。】
Step 3 Production
1. Free talk
T: Where did you ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )go during the winter holiday How did you go there Why
2. Play a guessing game
What is Ma Yun’s choice
3. Advantages and disadvantages of change
(1) What advantages ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )and disadvantages do modern forms of transport bring us
(2) What types of transport do you prefer
(3) Why should we choose public transport
T: Let’s travel by public transport and protect the earth.
【设计意图：通过不同形式的活动，巩固 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )所学的关于交通工具的知识。通过最后的讨论环节，引导学生思考“改变”对我们的生活带来的影响，同时培养学生绿色出行的意识。】
V. Homework
1. Remember the new words, phrases and structures.
2. Preview Reading.英语（八年级下册）
Unit 1 Past and present
Task
宝应县实验初中 骆文勇
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. describe the details of two different pictures;
2. organize ideas by using a fact file before writing;
3.write a report on the changes in their hometown;
4. know how to improve their writing.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and p ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hrases: open space, narrow and dirty roads, in their free time
2. New structure: ... has changed a lot over the years.
Many changes have taken place in ...
People are enjoying a ... life.
There were only ... in the past, but now ...
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
1. To learn the steps of writing a report.
2. To write a report and improve the writing.
IV.Teaching procedures
Step 1 Before-writing
1. Lead-in
T: Great changes have ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )taken place in our hometown. I’m really happy to see that. Let’s write a report on the changes in our hometown. Do you know how to write a good report
【设计意图：通过创设情境，明确本课的写作任务，激发学生的写作欲望。】
2. Changes in Moonlight Town
T: Amy plans to write ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )about the changes in Moonlight Town. She has an old picture and a recent picture of the town.
T: Look at the pictur ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )es carefully and let’s talk about the changes in Moonlight Town.
Environment/life/transport
Useful expressions
In the past, there were …People used to ... But now there are …The government has built ...
Group 1: Talk about how things looked in the past.
Group 2: Talk about how things look at present.
【设计意图：通过对比月光镇过去和现在的图片，引导学生从环境、生活和交通等不同方面描绘月光镇的变化，为接下来的正式写作准备语言素材。】
Step 2 While-writing
1. Make a fact file to organize ideas
T: We have got l ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ots of useful information about Moonlight Town. We can make a fact file to organize ideas.
T: Amy organized ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) her ideas by using a fact file. Let’s help her fill in the blanks.
Topic
Facts Past Present
Environment
Life
Transport
opinion
【设计意图：告诉学生可以利用表格组织写作思路，并且记得在陈述完变化之后，表达自己的观点，注意运用Study skills课时的学习策略。】
2. Complete Part C
T: Amy is writing ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) her report on the changes in Moonlight Town. Please help her complete her report using the fact file.
3. The structure of Amy’s report
Paragraph 1: Introduction
Paragraphs 2-4: Main body
Paragraph 5: Conclusion
【设计意图：通过分析范文的段落结构，让学生明白一份完整的报告的构成。】
4. Useful expressions
Introduction:Many changes have taken place in ...
... has changed a lot over the years.
Main body: In the past, there were only ..., but now ...
Years ago, people lived .... Now people have moved ...
People used to ..., but now ...
Conclusion: People are enjoying a ... life.
In a word, life in ... is better now than before.
【设计意图：分段研读范文，逐层赏析文章的遣词造句，为下一环节的写作提供素材和范例。】
5. How to write a good report
(1) Get useful information.
(2) Find an old pict ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ure and a recent picture of your hometown. Find the differences between them.
(3) Organize ideas by making a fact file.
(4) Make an outline before writing.
(5) Write a report, using Amy’s article as a model.
【设计意图：向学生展示写好一篇报告的五个基本步骤，帮助他们明确按步骤写作的理念。】
6. How to improve the report
T: Li Hua has ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )written a report on the changes in Yangzhou. Let’s help him improve his writing.
(1) Li Hua’s fact file
T: Here’s Li Hua’s f ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )act file. It’s helpful to organize the ideas before writing.
(2) Li Hua’s report
T: Does Li Hua’s re ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )port have a clear structure I don’t think so. His report only has the main body. He should add an introduction and his opinion.
Some parts need re ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )writing. We should add more details, put sentences into the right order, use correct tenses and choose proper expressions.
【设计意图：巧设情境，过渡到如何修改习作，说明修改原因，并给出一些提示，以此启发并鼓励学生修改自己的习作，帮助学生提升写作技能。】
7. Writing
T: Write a report on the changes in your hometown.
Step 3 Post-writing
1. Group work
T: Work in groups and assess the reports.
2. Improve the writing
T:Try to improve your writing, using the skills you’ve just learnt.
【设计意图：根据评价要求进行小组评价，然后独立修改。】
Step 4 Conclusion
T: Our hometown has b ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ecome a modern city. People are living a happy life. Let’s work together to make our hometown a better place.
【设计意图：激发学生热爱家乡的情感，从而使学生产生将家乡建设得更美好的愿望。】
V. Homework
1. Improve your writing.
2. Make a poster on the changes in your hometown.英语（八年级下册）
Unit 1 Past and present
Reading (I)
宝应城北初级中学 杨益红
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. skim the article for the main idea of each part;
2. scan the article to get specific information;
3. retell the changes in Sunshine Town and the feelings;
4. discuss the changes in our city.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )and phrases: since, ever, northern, married, wife, block, since, over, pollution, factory, waste, realize, improve, situation, however, impossible, before, lonely, anyway, husband, interview, turn … into …, in some ways, from time to time, all one’s life
2. New structures: Do you know Sunshine Town very well, Mr Chen
I’ve lived here since I was born.
Has the town changed a lot over the years
Now t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he government has turned part of the town into a new park.
It has ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) become impossible for us to see each other as often as before.
Now I feel a bit lonely from time to time.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
1. To use skimming or scanning strategies to get information.
2. To discuss the changes in our own city.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Lead-in
Present some pictures ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )and get the students to know some new words and phrases.
【设计意图：通过图片介绍扬州，引出本课的核心词汇，让学生在情境中感知、学习和运用生词和短语，导入本课话题——城市的变化】
Step 2 Pre-reading
1. Prediction
T: My hometown ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) Yangzhou has changed a lot over the years. It has turned into a new modern city. What about Sunshine Town Look at the title “Times have changed”. Work in pairs and predict (预测) the changes in Sunshine Town.
2. Group work
T: If you are a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )reporter, what questions will you ask about the changes in Sunshine Town
【设计意图：引导学生根据标题预测阳光镇的变化，同时设置语境，让学生融入课文角色，从记者的角度思考城市变化，引导学生关注对话文本特征。】
Step 3 While-reading
1. Skimming
(1) Read and answer: ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )How many questions does the interviewer ask What are they
(2) Read the interv ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )iew quickly and divide it into 4 parts. Let the students say the main idea of each part.
【设计意图：通过运用略读的阅读策略 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )，引导学生了解文章的主题，同时让学生找出采访的五个问题，了解采访型文章的结构形式，让学生划分段落并归纳段落大意，增强学生的整体篇章意识。】
2. Scanning
(1) Read lines 7 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )-11 and compare what they had in the past and what they have today.
(2) Read lines 12-16 and try to fill in the blanks.
(3) Read lines 17-2 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )3 and retell Mr Chen’s feeling to the changes in Sunshine Town.
【设计意图：通过运用寻读的阅读策略，指导学生获取具体信息，培养学生的扫读能力，复述第四部分，加深对本部分的理解。】
3. Listening and reading
(1) Read after the tape loudly.
(2) Read in roles.
(3) Finish task-based reading.
【设计意图：跟录音朗读，模仿语音语 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )调；分角色朗读，激发学生兴趣。帮助学生全面理解篇章，理解作者的意图，观点和态度。完成任务型阅读，检测学生对文章内容的掌握情况。】
Step 4 Post-reading
1. Have an interview
T: Work in pairs a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nd discuss the changes in our hometown. One is a reporter from the TV Station, and the other is a local people. Make up a new dialogue according to the chart. Try to ask at least five questions about the topic.
2. Group discussion
(1) Do you think life in our hometown is better now
(2) Give more advice on how to improve our city.
【设计意图：创设真实情境，让学生谈论家乡的变化，有效地训练采访文体的有用表达式，同时让学生给出进一步改善环境的建议，进行情感教育。】
V. Homework
1. Listen to the ta ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )pe after class and read the passage more fluently.
2. Write an ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )article about the changes in our hometown according to the discussion.英语（八年级下册）
Unit 1 Past and present
Study skills
宝应县实验初中 骆文勇
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. understand the differences between facts and opinions;
2. grasp the waysto state opinions;
3. use facts to support our opinions.
II. Teaching contents
New phrases: be/get used to, on my own
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
1. To learn to how to state opinions.
2. To learn to use facts to support opinions.
IV.Teaching procedures
Step 1 Lead-in
Free talk
T: Look at the pict ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ure. What’s the weather like Yes, it’s snowing. That’s a fact.
What do you thin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )k of the snowy day You think it’s a nice day, but I feel very cold. So that’s your opinion.
T: “It’s snowing” ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) is a fact. “It’s a nice day” is an opinion. Today we are going to learn “Facts and opinions”.
【设计意图：通过谈论天气和感受，简明扼要地引出本课的主题。】
Step 2 Presentation
1. Changes in Starlight Town
T: Look at the pict ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ure about Starlight Town and answer the following questions.
(1) What has changed in Starlight Town
environment/transport/living condition
(2) What do you think of Starlight Town
T: The answers to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Question 1 are all facts about the changes in Starlight Town.
Your feelings about Starlight Town are opinions.
2. Group discussion
(1) What is a fact
(2) What is an opinion
T: Facts are tr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ue statements. They include names, dates, events and numbers.Opinions tell what we believe, feel or think. They may not be true.
3. Facts or opinions
T: Look at the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) sentences on the screen and decide whether it is a fact or an opinion.
T: Sentences that sho ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )w opinions we often use verbs like feel, believe and think or have adjectives like good, bad and terrible.
T: Finish Part A. Rea ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )d the sentences below. Write an F for a fact or an O for an opinion.
【设计意图：通过回顾星光镇的变化，引导学 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )生理解什么是事实，什么是观点。接着通过小组讨论，明确事实和观点的定义并举例说明。让学生能准确区分事实和观点，并了解表达观点的常用方式。】
Step 3 Presentation
1. Work out the rule (I)
Talk about my ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hometown. Encourage students to give facts and state opinions by asking the following questions:
(1) What can you see
(2) What do you think of my hometown
T: When we w ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rite, we can use facts to support our opinions. We can also give facts first, and then state our opinions.
【设计意图：通过图片创设情境，引导学生正确运用本课的学习策略来谈论家乡的变化。】
2. Work out the rule (II)
T: Read Mill ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ie’s interview with Mr Chen and discuss how Mr Chen gives facts and states his opinions.
T: Sometimes facts ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )and opinions may be mixed together when we write.
【设计意图：利用本单元Reading部分的资源，引导学生进一步拓展运用本课的学习策略。】
Step 4 Practice
1. Finish Part B
T: Read Part B and decide which are opinions and which are facts.
2. Language points
(1) get/be used to
(2) on one’s own
3. Reorganize sentences into a passage
T: Work in pairs and ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )reorganize Millie’s sentences into a short passage. Then report in class.
4. Group work
(1) Find more opinions in this unit and make a list.
(2) Then find facts to support these opinions.
5. Writing
T: Suppose you’v ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e moved to a new school. Please write about the changes in your life and state your opinions.
【设计意图：通过创设情境，让学生进一步运用本课的学习策略来谈论生活中的变化。】
V. Homework
Write about other cha ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nges in your life. Remember to use the facts to support your opinions.英语（八年级下册）
Unit 1 Past and present
Integrated skills
宝应县教研室 孙涛
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. master the important new words and phrases;
2. obtain the informa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tion of the changes in Starlight town from listening;
3. complete the diary ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )entry about Starlight Town by using the information from the listening;
4. talk about past and present about their friends and themselves.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and ph ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rases: environment, condition, return, last, abroad, primary, communicate, communication, exactly, transport, go abroad, keep in touch with, primary school
2. New structures: The Internet makes communication much easier.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
1. To obtain the key information from listening.
2. To talk a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )bout past and present about students’ friends and themselves.
IV. Teaching procedures
A Changes in Starlight Town
Step 1 Lead-in
1. Free talk
Ask questions about Mr Chen and changes in Sunshine town.
T: Do you still rem ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ember Mr Chen Where does he live What changes happened there
【设计意图：通过复习阳光镇的变化，激活学生已有知识，并通过这些已有知识引出新知，将学生带入课堂的话题情境中。】
Step 2 Pre-listening
1. Look and say
T: Today we wi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ll learn another town called Starlight Town. Let’s see what it was like in the past and what it is like at present.
T: What can you see in the picture
【设计意图：通过看图引导学生说出birds、houses、trees、green hills、river/lake，建构听前知识框架。】
2. Read and guess
Read Part A1 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )and Part A2, and try to make a guess. We may guess the answers to blanks 4 and 5.
【设计意图：让学生通过阅读图片和已有信息做听前猜测，这有助于他们快速捕捉信息。】
3. Listening tips
Learn the tips of catching the key words as quickly as possible.
【设计意图：告诉学生记录信息时可以只记首字母，听完后再写出完整单词，并根据上下文和句子结构等判断词性和词形。】
Step 3 While-listening
1. Listen and complete Part A1
(1) Play t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he recording for the first time. Remind the students to use the listening tips.
(2) Play the recording again if necessary.
(3) Students read Part ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) A1 aloud to check answers or choose two students write the answers on the blackboard.
【设计意图：巩固听力策略，关注学生情况 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )以便及时采取有效措施。让学生大声朗读可以培养他们的朗读习惯，在黑板上写出答案可了解学生的实际状况，防止学生拼错单词或遗漏复数词尾变化。】
2.Listen and complete Part A2
(1) Read Part A2 and guess the missing words.
(2) Listen to the recording and fill in the blanks.
Step 4 Post-listening
1. Describe changes in Starlight Town
【设计意图：让学生重新组织语言描述星光镇的过去和现在，实现知识的内化。】
2. Complete the diary entry
3. Complete the table
【设计意图：采用任务型阅读的形式检测学生对文章内容的理解和掌握情况，在强化重点词汇运用能力的同时，也培养了学生信息转换的能力。】
B Speak up: We haven’t seen each other since then.
Step 1 Presentation
T: Starlight Town has ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )changed a lot. Our lives have also changed. I have a friend called Lily who went abroad ten years ago. We haven’t seen each other for many years. To keep in touch with each other, we often communicate with them on the Internet. I know Lily has two children: her daughter is 18 yearsold and she is studying at high school; her son is 10 years old and he is studying in a Primary school. Do you have any old friends living in different cities How often do they returnto visit you When did you last see your friend Do you think the Internet can make communication much easier I really think so.
【设计意图：通过星光镇的变 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )化自然过渡到我们生活中的变化，教师叙述自己生活中的变化，并询问学生的情况，自然地引出对话中的生词，教师在叙述过程中板书用到的词汇引导学生在语境中辨认和理解词汇。】
Step 2 Listening
Students listen to Speak up and answer the following questions.
(1) Where has Becky just returned from
(2) When did they last see each other
(3) How do they keep in touch with each other And why
【设计意图：通过问题训练学生在听的过程中获取信息的能力，并帮助学生理解对话的基本含义。】
Step 3 Practice
1. Read the conversation in different ways
(1) Read after the recording.
(2) Read in pairs.
(3) Have a reading competition.
2. Ask and answer
T: Use the wo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rds and expressions in the box to ask and answer questions about Millie and Becky.
exactlylastcommunicateget in touch primary schoolabroadreturncommunicationgoabroad transport
Sample questions:
(1) Where did Becky return from
(2) When did Millie last see her
(3) Why haven’t Becky and Millie seen each other for five years
(4) How do they communicate
【设计意图：为了突出重点知识，在学生通过模仿 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )、分角色朗读掌握了生词读音的基础上，再将重点知识提取出来放在方框中，首先让学生辨认，再通过逐一运用来加深理解。】
3. Make up your own conversation
T: Work in pairs and ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tell your partner about the changes in your life. You can use the conversation in Part B as a model.
【设计意图：引导学生用听力和对话中学到的知识来谈论实际生活，既实现有效输出，也培养学生学以致用的能力。】
V. Homework
1.Find more changes around you.
2. Write down your feeling about the changes.
3. Finish the related exercises the teacher assigns.
4. Preview Study skills.
