Lesson 37 You Are What You Eat!
教学目标:
1.掌握单词:truth, decide, change, habit, usual, health, awful
短语:be good for, to tell you the truth, decide to do, eating habits, as usual, have a dream
2.掌握和谈论健康饮食的句型:
Jenny looks at Danny and notices something very strange.
There are many different vegetables in it.
Well Jenny, vegetables are good for us.
To tell you the truth,I decided to change my eating habits.
Yesterday evening,I ate ten donuts as usual.
You shouldn’t eat so many donuts.
You are what you eat!
Later that night,I had a dream.
In the dream, I became a big donut and everyone tried to eat me.
That’s awful.
Then I woke up and I was scared.
3.能使用There be句型和一般过去时。
4.能使用本课的词汇及句式描述健康的饮食习惯。
5.能听懂关于健康的饮食的对话。
教学内容:
1.学会运用描述健康饮食的词或短语:truth, decide, change, habit, usual, health, awful, be good for, to tell you the truth, decide to do, eating habits, as usual, have a dream。
2.描述健康饮食的句型:
Jenny looks at Danny and notices something very strange.
There are many different vegetables in it.
Well Jenny, vegetables are good for us.
To tell you the truth,I decided to change my eating habits.
Yesterday evening,I ate ten donuts as usual.
You shouldn’t eat so many donuts.
You are what you eat!
Later that night,I had a dream.
In the dream, I became a big donut and everyone tried to eat me.
That’s awful.
Then I woke up and I was scared.
3.能使用There be结构和一般过去时。
4.能使用本课的词汇及句式描述健康的饮食习惯。
5.能听懂关于健康的饮食的对话。
重点难点:
1.正确使用本单元的词和短语,分辨、会用truth, decide, change, habit, usual, health, awful, be good for, to tell you the truth, decide to do, eating habits, as usual, have a dream。
2.听力策略的渗透,听懂有关健康的饮食的对话。
3.能够使用There be结构和一般过去时。
教学思路:
本课时的教学内容是冀教版七年级英语下册第七单元的第一课时,重点在于引导学生理解语境,从表示饮食的词开始,自然地导入谈论健康饮食的话题。以了解如何描述健康饮食的任务引起学生的听说兴趣,训练学生的听力和口语表达能力。利用动作、手势和图片学习英语单词,同时在对话中反复运用新学的单词和短语。因此,教师可以将知识目标定为掌握本课时新出现的词和短语,描述健康饮食和改变坏的饮食习惯。情感目标定为通过话题的学习,培养学生的学习习惯和兴趣,使学生能够用英语描述健康的饮食习惯。
教学准备:
设计教学PPT,录音机,多媒体,相应的插图,表示一些活动的实物、图片和单词卡片。
教学过程:
StepⅠ.Lead in
Leading in 【情景1】
Work in pairs:Teacher will show some pictures about different kinds of food.Ask the students to talk about if they are good or bad for our health.
T:Hello,boys and girls.Let’s look at the food and see if they are good or bad for our health.
S1:What’s this?
S2:It’s junk food.
S1:Is it good or bad for our health?
S2:It’s bad for our health.
S1:What are these?
S2:They are dumplings.
S1:Are they good or bad for our health?
S2:They are good for our health.
…
[设计意图] 展示一些不同食物的图片,让同学们谈论他们最喜欢的食物是否对他们的健康有好处。这是同学们感兴趣的话题,漂亮的图片也激发了学生的思维和学习兴趣。
Leading in 【情景2】
Group work:Ask the class to work in groups.Ask the questions“What do you have for breakfast? How often do you have fruit?” and they should respond to those questions.
S1:What do you have for breakfast?
S2:I often have bread and milk.What about you?
S1:I often have noodles or dumplings.How often do you have fruit?
S2:Every day.Do you often have fruit and vegetables?
S1:Of course.
…
After a few minutes, ask some groups to make a report in front of the class.
Group 1:Breakfast is important for us.We should have some healthy food for breakfast.Some students have bread and milk for breakfast.Some students have noodles or dumplings for breakfast.Vegetables are important to us.We should eat many vegetables every day.We should also eat much fruit every day.
[设计意图] 早餐是一天中最重要的一顿饭,早餐需要吃饱和吃好,健康的饮食对我们的健康很重要,运用实物或图片帮助学生学习生词和句型,直观、感性、形象。
StepⅡ.Presentation
1.Lead the students to learn new words with objects or pictures.Lead the students to learn the new words and expressions:truth, decide, change, habit, usual, health, awful, be good for, to tell you the truth, decide to do, eating habits, as usual, have a dream.
T:Do you decide to go on a trip?
S1:Yes,I do.
T:Now read after me “decide”.
S:Decide.
…
2.Work in pairs.Try to make dialogues with the new words, expressions and patterns.Then ask some pairs to act them out.
S3:Did you decide where to go on a trip?
S4:Yes,I did.
S3:What do you like to do?
S4:I like to climb hills.
S3:Climbing hills is good for your health.It’s good exercise.
S4:Do you want to climb hills as usual on this trip?
S3:No,I want to have better eating habits.I want to go to a place with vegetables and fruit.
S4:Oh.Come to have a picnic with me.
S3:OK.
…
[设计意图] 两人组合练习之前,让同学们尽量学会生词,增加同学们的词汇量,然后创设情景,使同学们身临其境,激发说的欲望。在练习中巩固本课需要掌握的单词、短语和句型。
Step Ⅲ.Listening
1.Listen to the tape and finish Exercise 1 in Let’s Do It.
Listen and write true (T) or false (F).
(1)Danny and Jenny are having lunch.
(2)Danny is eating a salad.
(3)Danny likes vegetables very much.
(4)Danny decided to change his eating habits.
【Keys】 (1)T (2)T (3)F (4)T
2.Ask the students to listen to the tape and try to imitate it.The students should pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation.
[设计意图] 加深同学们对细节的掌握,学生们在有了一定的信息输入之后,才能在这一部分完成练习。跟读可以使同学们练习正确的语音和语调。
Step Ⅳ.Reading
1.After listening to the conversations, get the class to read them aloud and finish Exercise 2 in Let’s Do It.
Read the lesson and answer the questions:
(1)How many donuts did Danny eat yesterday evening?
(2)What did Danny’s uncle say to him?
(3)What happened to Danny in his dream?
(4)Why did Danny decide to change his eating habits?
【Keys】 (1)Ten.
(2)You shouldn’t eat so many donuts.It’s not good for your health.Do you know the saying:You are what you eat?
(3)Later that night, he had a dream.In the dream, he became a big donut and everyone tried to eat him.
(4)Because he didn’t want to be a donut./Because he agreed with his uncle./Because he was scared in his dream.
2.Group work:Read the text first, then ask at least 3 questions.After a while, you can ask anyone in your class to answer your questions.
Group 1:
S5:Who looks strange?
S6:What is Danny eating?
S7:What did Danny become in the dream?
…
【Keys】 S5:Danny.
S6:He is eating a salad.
S7:He became a big donut.
…
3.Read and find the key points.
The following language points should be explained.
☆教材解读☆
1.Jenny looks at Danny and notices something very strange.?
something用作不定代词,意为“某物”,形容词修饰不定代词时,放在不定代词的后面。
Did you read anything interesting in the storybook?你在故事书中读到有趣的东西了吗?
【拓展】 动词不定式修饰不定代词时,也要放在不定代词后面。
Do you have anything to do on weekends?
你周末有事做吗?
2.Well, Jenny,vegetables are good for us.?
be good for 对……有益;对……有好处。反义短语:be bad for对……有害。
It is good for you to take more exercise.
多做运动对你有好处。
Reading in the sun is bad for your eyes.
在阳光下读书对你的眼睛有害。
【拓展】 be good 后接不同的介词表达的意思也不同。 be good at意为“擅长……”,后接名词、代词或v.-ing形式,同义短语为:do well in。
The boy is good at English.
= The boy does well in English.
这个男孩擅长英语。
3.To tell you the truth, I decided to change my eating habits.?
◆to tell you the truth意为“实话实说”。
To tell you the truth,I don’t like math.
实话实说,我不喜欢数学。
◆decide to do sth.意为“决定做某事”。decide not to do sth.意为“决定不做某事”。
We decide to help the old.
我们决定帮助老人。
I decided not to sleep late again.
我决定不再睡那么晚了。
4.Yesterday evening,I ate ten donuts as usual.?
as usual意为“像平常一样”。
The boys come to the playground as usual.
男孩们像平常一样来到操场上。
【拓展】 usually用作副词,意为“通常”。
What do you usually do on weekends?
你在周末通常做什么?
5.In the dream, I became a big donut and everyone tried to eat me.?
◆dream用作名词,意为“梦;梦想”。in the dream意为“在梦中”;have a dream意为“有一个梦想”。
In the dream, I ate much delicious food.
在梦中,我吃了许多好吃的食物。
◆try to do sth.意为“尽力、努力做某事”。
I try to learn English well with your help.
在你的帮助下,我努力把英语学好。
6.Then I woke up and I was scared.?
scared用作形容词,意为“害怕的”,be scared to do意为“害怕做某事”,be scared of doing意为“害怕做某事”。
John is scared to see the dog.
约翰非常害怕看到狗。
The girls are scared of skating.
女孩们害怕滑冰。
[设计意图] 学生在听了细节之后,朗读巩固,训练学生的语音、语调;再根据课文内容提出问题,增加学生对课文的理解程度。
Step Ⅴ.Practice
1.Ask the students to read the dialogue in roles.Students read the passage aloud.Focus on the stressed words, pronunciation and intonation.
2.Ask some students to act the dialogue out in front of the class.
3.Ask the students to make sentences with the language points.
4.Ask the students to make similar dialogues and act them out in front of the class.
[设计意图] 模仿对话,编出自己的对话,培养学生运用目标语言进行交际的能力;让同学们用语言点造句,掌握反身代词和情态动词的用法。
Step Ⅵ.Complete Let’s Do It!
Exercise 1 is for listening.We have finished it in class.Exercise 2 is for reading.We have finished it in class.Exercise 3 is used to practice the words and phrases in the text.Ask the students to finish Exercise 3 in class.Check the answers in class.
[设计意图] Let’s Do It!部分中的Exercise 1重点是听力教学,了解课文的基本内容,我们在课上已经完成了。Exercise 2是根据课文内容回答问题,我们在课上也完成了。Exercise 3考查本课的单词和短语。
Step Ⅶ.Exercises
Fill in the blanks.
1.詹妮注意到很奇怪的事情。
Jenny very strange.?
2.有许多不同的蔬菜在里面。
many different vegetables in it.?
3.我决定改变我的饮食习惯。
I change my .?
4.你不应该吃这么多草莓。
You shouldn’t eat strawberries.?
5.当我醒了的时候,我仍然在害怕。
When I , I was still .?
【Keys】 1.notices something 2.There are 3.decide to, eating habits 4.so many 5.woke up, scared
[设计意图] 以学评教、强化落实。当堂检测主要是由本节内容组成的形成性评价,检测本课的重点单词、短语和句型,让学生们得到充分的训练。
Step Ⅷ.Homework
1.Review and recite the important points of this lesson.
2.Read the text after class.
3.Preview the next lesson.
[设计意图] 口头练习和单词记忆相结合,复习、归纳,注重语言知识的操练与积累,练习今天学过的内容。
Lesson 37 You Are What You Eat!
truth, decide, change, habit, usual, health,
awful,be good for, to tell you the truth,
decide to do, eating habits,
as usual, have a dream
There are many different vegetables in it.
That’s awful.
Well Jenny, vegetables are good for us.
You are what you eat!
You shouldn’t eat so many donuts.
Later that night, I had a dream.
Yesterday evening,I ate ten donuts as usual.
Then I woke up and I was scared.
To tell you the truth,I decided to change my eating habits.
Jenny looks at Danny and notices something very strange.
In the dream, I became a big donut and everyone tried to eat me.
教材习题解答
【Keys】 3 1.is good for 2.as usual 3.have lunch 4.To tell you the truth 5.woke up