Unit 2 Lesson 6
The Texting Generation
Communication tools
Think and speak out
Brainstorm
Learn and match
deliver
urgent
although
(in)convenient
wherever
interrupt
（不）方便的
紧急的
在任何地方
传送
虽然
打扰
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5
1
3
6
Warm-up
Betty
Meet a family
Pre-reading
Read and find out
What is it about?
My family members.
The communication tools.
Different times, different communication tools.
Reading
Read and Fill
when, what, where, which, why, how,
When
How
My grandparents
Thirty years ago
Wrote letters
Took one week to deliver a letter
Reading
Who
Good/bad things about it
Good things:
Bad things:
Paragraph2
My parents
In
1998
Used telephone
Much faster than letters
Not convenient enough
Read and Fill
Reading
Who
When
How
Good/bad things about it
Good things:
Bad things:
Me
Since my thirteenth birthday
Used mobile phone
Conv
enient
Have headaches after talking for a long time
Read and Fill
Reading
Who
When
How
Good/bad things about it
Good things:
Bad things:
Who When How Good/bad things about it
30 years ago Wrote Good things:
Bad things: took one week to deliver a letter
In 1998 Used Good things:
much faster than writing letters
Bad things: Inconvenient
Since my 13th birthday Used Good things: convenient: parents and friends can find me wherever I am
Bad things: have headaches after talking for a long time
Thirty years ago, my grandparents wrote letters to their friends and family. Grandpa worked in the city and grandma lived in the country, so they wrote to each other. It took one week to deliver the letter. When grandma asked a question in her letter, it took her two weeks to get the answer! If there was anything urgent, they needed to send telegrams.
Read and pick
Paragraph1
Reading
The telephone became a popular communication tool in the early 1990s. But my dad’s family did not have a telephone until 1998. Although it was much faster than writing letters, it was still inconvenient. Once Dad arrived home late because he helped a granny on his way. My grandparents were so worried about him because he could not call them and tell them what happened. This never happened again after my dad bought his first mobile phone in 2002.
Read and pick
Paragraph2
Reading
My favourite communication tool is the mobile phone. I have used it since my thirteenth birthday. My parents and friends can find me wherever I am. It is very convenient, but at the same time it is easy to get bothered especially when I want to stay alone. Sometimes I have headaches after talking on the mobile phone for a long time.
Read and Answer
Paragraph3
Reading
How to write a good composition?
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1. who, when, what, how, why…
2. paragraphs
3. and, but, so, because, although…
4. spellings
5. , . ? !
6. …
Writing
Think and fill
Writing
Who When How Good/bad things about it
My grandparents
My parents
Me
We In thirty years
The first draft:
Communication Tools in My Family
Think and write
Writing
Homework
Finish the composition if they can’t finish it in class.
Unit 2 Communication
Lesson 6 The Texting Generation
本课是北师大版《初中英语》八年级上册教材第二单元，话题为“交流”。Lesson 6 The Texting Generation分别介绍了动物界的交流方式，人类在交流时的一般礼貌以及短讯在人们生活中所扮演的重要角色。本课的教学设计分为两个课时。第一课时侧重对课文的理解，首先通过头脑风暴激活学生已有的知识：你所了解的动物都有哪些交流方式。随后通过阅读，获取动物的三种主要交流方式。第二遍和第三遍阅读获取细节信息：课文中所提到的动物分别采用哪种交流方式；动物交流的目的是什么。最后结合课文信息和Get Ready部分所讨论的话题内容进行语言输出活动：对比人类和动物的交流有什么不同。在本节课中还会渗透现在完成时的相关知识，主要从语用功能层面，使学生对现在完成时有初步的认识和了解。
【知识与能力目标】
1. Key vocabulary
2. Key structures
【过程与方法目标】
1.读懂课文所表达的大意，并准确理解一些细节问题；
2.正确使用一些常见的连词来组织句子
【情感态度价值观目标】
从家庭通讯工具的变迁中体会社会科技的进步。
【教学重点】
Learn to talk about the animals.
【教学难点】
Learn to use the verb “be”.
Tape recorder, Multimedia
Step 1. Brainstorm
.T: Letters are a kind of communication tools, what else do you know? Which one is your favourite and why?
Ss think and answer
Step 2. Warm-up
T shows four pictures of them and teaches some difficult words form the text.
Ss listen and match the words with the Chinese meanings.
deliver
urgent
although
(in)convenient
wherever
interrupt
Step 3. Reading
1st reading
Ss read the passage to find out the main idea of the passage.
2nd reading
Ss read the passage the second time and fill in the three forms following the teachers. T leads Ss to do the first one together to show how to do it.
Ss fill in the forms individually and check the answers in the groups.
3rd reading
Read the paragraphs one by one and find out the useful phrases and sentences then underline them in the passages.
Step 4. Writing
1. Ss fill in a form about their own family’s communication tools as an outline.
2. Think and fill
3. Think and write
My favourite communication tool is the mobile phone. I have used it since my thirteenth birthday. My parents and friends can find me wherever I am. It is very convenient, but at the same time it is easy to get bothered especially when I want to stay alone. Sometimes I have headaches after talking on the mobile phone for a long time.
Step 5 Talking
1. Ss express their own opinions about “How is human communication different from animal communication”.
2. Teacher leads Ss to think why human should get to know the methods of animal communication.
Step6 Practice
Ss write down a composition about their own family’s communication tools according to the outline.
Step 7 Homework
Finish the composition if they can’t finish it in class.
略。
◆ 教材分析
◆ 教学目标
◆ 教学重难点
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◆ 课前准备
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◆ 教学过程
◆ 教学反思
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Unit 2 Communication
Lesson 6 The Texting Generation
同步练习
1. The children looked for the picnic basket because the basket was m ?.
2. Will you i ? all your friends to your New Year Party?
3. The small l ?(当地的) school closed in Parkville closed down five years ago.
4. Her sister likes fruits, e ? bananas.
5. He isn't here now. P_______?he is at home.
1.如果你洗冷水澡的话，会发烧的。 (词数不限)
If you have a bath in cold water, it will ?.
2. 我还没去过长城。
I ? ? ? the Great Wall.
3. 自从元月一日以来, 政府更加关注食品安全问题。
Since Jan. 1st, the government has ? more ? to the problem on food safety.
4. 如此迷人的景色使得游客们常常流恋往返。
The scenery is so attractive that ? often lose ? in it.
5. 我妈妈在这家超市工作了三年。
My mother ? ? in the supermarket ? three years ago.
1. The problem is easy for me work out.
A. very; to B. enough; to C. so; that D. too; to
2. Dr. Ma used to two or three persons in the hospital.
A. operate on B. operating on C. operate for D. operating for
3. ----- My spoken English is poor. What shall I do?
----- That’s easy. Practise __________ it as much as possible.
A. speak B. speaks C. speaking D. to speak
4. ----- Don’t forget to give my wishes to your mother.
----- _____________.
A. No, I won’t B. OK, I will C. Yes, I would D. Yes, I do
5. ----- Let’s go fishing if it ___________ this weekend.
----- But nobody knows if it ____________.
A. is fine, will rain B. will be fine, rains
C. is fine, rains D. will be fine, will rain
6. Dad went to buy some __________ as __________ for my cousin.
A. stationery; souvenir B. stationeries; souvenirs
C. stationery; souvenirs D. stationeries; souvenir
7. ----- Would you mind my using your pen? ---- -_______________.
A. Yes, please B. Of course not
C. Yes, help yourself D. Sorry, I don’t
8. ----- Did you notice him come in? ----- No. I ________ a football game.
A. have watched B. had watched C. am watching D. was watching
9. ----- What about the pen you bought yesterday?
-----It ____________ well．I like it very much．
A．was written B．is written C．wrote D. writes
10. ----- A heavy snow hit most of the parts of China in January, 2008.
----- ____________ terrible news!
A．How a B．What a C．How D．What
Owners of Apple's iPhone were given 1 ? extra hour in bed this morning because they 2 ? to set the alarm clock off on time. Apple suffered in a series of 3 ? with its iPhone. Twitter was quickly filled 4 ? thousands of the messages from people 5 ? the thing. The trouble is just the 6 ? problem after the release of the iPhone 4 in the summer. Users of Twitters tend to 7 ? jokes about Apple today. And Jamiei said, "A whole hour of peace and quiet is in the 8 ? this morning because there are no iPhone users of Apple."
One expert said, "Apple has been having a lot of problems recently and this is just the 9 ? in a line of gaffes(失误). Mobile phones have had 0 ? for years so when a smart phone can't even handle that, it is 1 1 ?."
Making sure you 12 ? at the right time is very important to people and a quick search online shows 13 ? angry they are. The issue was first 14 ? in Australia a couple of weeks back when their clocks changed. But Apple haven't done 15 ? about it since.
1. A. an B. a C. the D. /
2. A. succeed B. succeeded C. fail D. failed
3. A. questions B. problems C. work D. jobs
4. A. of B. from C. with D. at
5. A. complaining about B. worrying about
C. talking about D. asking about
6. A. late B. later C. latest D. earliest
7. A. like B. say C. make D. speak
8. A. school B. home C. hospital D. office
9. A. best B. last C. latest D. earliest
10. A. dates B. alarm clock C. calls D. time
11. A. funny B. interesting C. important D. happy
12. A. go to bed B. go to work C. go home D. wake up
13. A. how B. what C. who D. that
14. A. said B. reported C. told D. asked
15. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything
Every country has its heroes. The heroes are the people the nation and especially the young people admire. If you get a list of the heroes of a nation, it will tell you the potential(潜力) of that nation.
Today in America, if you ask the high school students to list their heroes, their choice would probably fall into three groups. The first group of heroes would be the rock stars---the people connected with rock music. There is no doubt that such people do have talent(天才) but one wonders if one should hold up rock stars as a model. The rock stars too often are mixed with drugs and their personal life is not all that good. The rock stars are rich and wear the latest fashion styles. However, one should seek(寻觅) more in a hero than such things as money and good clothes.
A second type of hero for the American youth is the sports star. Again you have a person who has a great ability in one area---sports. However, too often the personal life of the sports star is a bit of a disorder(混乱). Too frequently(频繁) drugs and drinking are a part of life of the sports star.
A third type of hero is the TV or movie star. This person may have lots of acting talent and is quite handsome. However, the personal life of too many actors is quite sad and they should not be held up as a model of young people. Today, the rock star, the athlete(运动员), and the actor all have become the models of the youth in America. Really, do you hear a young person say that his hero is a doctor, a teacher, or a scientist? These people are not rich and do not wear fashionable clothes. However, they are talented people who work hard to make the world a better place for everyone.
What is really sad is that the young try to imitate their heroes. They like to wear the same clothes and follow their styles. If the heroes of today for the American young people are limited only to rock stars, athletes and actors, the future does not look too bright.
1. From the passage, we know that the heroes the American youth admire are those ?.
A. who are not bright but are good -looking
B. who are rich but are strict with themselves
C. who are talented in some area but lead an improper life
D. who are perfect in all areas
2. It can be inferred(推断) that the American young people will not admire ?.
A. a university professor B. a popular singer
C. a football player D. a film actress
3. According to the writer, people should admire those ?.
A. who are rich and wear the latest fashion clothes
B. who can express people's feelings
C. whose personal life is good
D. who work in the interests of the people
4. What does the underlined word “imitate” mean in Chinese in the passage?
A. 喜爱 B. 模仿 C. 崇拜 D. 迷恋
参考答案
1. missing
2. invite
3. Local
4. especially
5. Perhaps
1. perhaps/maybe
2. correct
3. local
4. increase
5. private
1.?A
2.?A?
3.?C?
4.?A?
5.?A?
6.?C?
7.?B?
8. D?
9.?D?
10.?D
1. A 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. A 6. C 7. C 8. D 9. C 10. B
11. A 12. D 13. A 14. B 15. A
1.?B?
2.?D?
3.?A?
4.?B?
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◆ 根据句意及首字母提示补全单词
◆ 单词拼写
◆ 单选题
◆ 完型填空
◆ 阅读理解
◆ 根据句意及首字母提示补全单词
◆ 单词拼写
◆ 单选题
◆ 完型填空
◆ 阅读理解
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