课件13张PPT。
8B Unit1 Past and present
Study skills Do you still remember Starlight Town? It has changed a lot. What has changed in the environment, the transport and the living conditions?What do you think of Starlight Town? And why? I think Starlight Town is a modern town.
It has tall buildings and a new railway station. Opinion Fact We often use facts and opinions when we write.
Facts are true statements. They include names, dates, events and numbers.
Opinions tell what we believe, feel or think. They may not be true.When people say something beginning with I think, I believe or I feel or using adjectives like good, bad and terrible, that must be their opinion.When we write, we can use facts to support our opinions. We can also give facts first, and then state our opinions. My hometown is beautiful” This is a n opinion.
“There are green hills all around. A river runs through the centre of town” This is a fact.FFOFFOFOFFFO 2 3 4 1 6 5Now we know that the following sentences are opinions. Can you find some facts to support these opinions? Work in pairs and discuss them.Make a speechWhat do you think of our school? Tell me your opinion. Don’t forget to give some supporting facts.Phrases一个玩乐的好地方
2. 流经镇中心
3. 有更多的科目要学
4. 习惯于(做)某事
5. 生活的变化
6. 独自a good place to have fun
run through the centre of town
have more subjects to learn
be/get used to (doing ) sth.
the changes of life
on one’s ownLanguage points1. get/be used to sth.doing sth.习惯于/适应于某事习惯于做某事1) He doesn’t _____ ____ ____ the life in the city.(适应)getusedto2) I ___ _____ ___ ______ up early then.(我那时习惯于早起)gotusedtogetting3) Have you ____ ____ ___ the hot weather here?(习惯)gotusedto2. on one’s own = by oneself =alone独自，独立 of one’s own某人自己的e.g. He has a house ___ his own and he built it ___ his
own.ofonHomework
1.用英语写一篇短文，谈谈你对班级的看法并给出依据。
2.完成教师布置的相关练习。
3.预习Task。 英语（八年级下册）
Unit 1 Past and present
Study skills
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 picture. What’s the weather like? Yes, it’s snowing. That’s a fact.
What do you think 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” 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 picture 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 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 true 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 sentences on the screen and decide whether it is a fact or an opinion.
T: Sentences that show opinions we often use verbs like feel, believe and think or have adjectives like good, bad and terrible.
T: Finish Part A. Read 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 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 write, 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 Millie’s interview with Mr Chen and discuss how Mr Chen gives facts and states his opinions.
T: Sometimes facts 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 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’ve 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 changes in your life. Remember to use the facts to support your opinions.
