Unit 8 From hobby to career
I. What is your hobby?
My hobby is _________.
My hobbies are __________, __________ and ....
II.What is Patrick Moore’s hobby?
Patrick Moore’s hobby is _______________.
III. Answer the questions according to the articles.
When was the beginning of his lifetime hobby?
What did he use to do with his mum?
3)How did he feel about the sky?
4)What did he think of the stars shooting brightly across the sky?
What did he do to turn his hobby into a career?
What does he do now?
7)Why does he feel proud of his career?
III. Answer the questions after reading the articles.
1)How often did he look at the stars ?
2)Where did he look at the stars?
3)Did he look at the stars alone or with others?
4)Why did he like it ?
IV. About your hobby
My friend’s favourite hobby
My favourite hobby
What is your favorite hobby?
How often do you do it?
Where do you do it?
Do you do it alone or with others?
Why do you like it?
Example
My favorite hobby
My favorite hobby is travelling. I travel every July. I always travel with my family. I like travelling because I can visit different places of interest by travelling. I can learn a lot about people, places and history.
V.Brainstorming:
hobbies
jobs
taking photographs
a photographer
playing basketball
a basketball player
cooking
a cook
singing
a singer
painting
a painter
reading
a writer/a teacher
playing computer games
an IT worker
Hobby ----- jobs
1)
2)
3)
My friend’s favourite hobby
My favourite hobby
Would you like to make your job into your career?
How do you achieve your dream?
VI. Discuss about your hobbies
VII.Write an article about your hobby or one of your friend’s hobby.
My favourite hobby
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课题及课时
Unit 8 From hobby to career
教材版本
深圳牛津版
学校名称
授课地点
七年级
学情
分析
课标
要求
《英语课程标准》要求七年级学生能够达到3级，并且从语言技能、语言知识、情感态度、学习策略和文化意识五个方面来评价。学生能够对英语学习表现出积极性和初步的自信心。能听懂有关熟悉话题的语段和简短的故事。能与老师或者同学就熟悉的话题变换信息。能根据提示描述一件事情。
学习内容
Revise some hobbies and careers.
Understand the meaning of the passage
Introduce their hobbies
学情
现状
There are about 48 students in class. Some hobbies are very easy for them. But Some jobs are difficult for them. The learning strategies are very important.
学习
目标
知识
技能
Know the meaning of the passage.
Know how to introduce the hobbies.
Know how to express their ideas.
过程方法
Learn some hobbies and careers with the help of pictures and model sentences.
Learn to use some sentence patterns to express the hobbies.
Learn to introduce the hobby by themselves.
情感
态度
1.Learn about the importance of the hobby.
2. Learn how to achieve the dream.
教学
策略
重点
难点
Key points: Understand the meaning of the passage
Difficult points: Introduce their own hobbies and achieve the dream.
方式方法
1.Group cooperative learning method
2.Task-based teaching method.
媒体
技术
Electronic whiteboard, Multi-media, microphone, UMU.
教学
流程
结构
学习评价设计
【主要内容】
1.Look at the picture and introduce the star’s hobbies.
【评价反馈】
Lead in the topic by talking about the star’s hobbies. Students will be interested in talking about the hobbies
【主要内容】
1. What is your hobby?
My hobby is _________.
My hobbies are __________, __________ and ....
II.What is Patrick Moore’s hobby?
Patrick Moore’s hobby is _______________.
III. Answer the questions according to the articles.
When was the beginning of his lifetime hobby?
What did he use to do with his mum?
3)How did he feel about the sky?
4)What did he think of the stars shooting brightly across the sky?
What did he do to turn his hobby into a career?
What does he do now?
7)Why does he feel proud of his career?
III. Answer the questions after reading the articles.
1)How often did he look at the stars ?
2)Where did he look at the stars?
3)Did he look at the stars alone or with others?
4)Why did he like it ?
IV. About your hobby
My friend’s favourite hobby
My favourite hobby
What is your favorite hobby?
How often do you do it?
Where do you do it?
Do you do it alone or with others?
Why do you like it?
V.Brainstorming:
Hobby ----- jobs
1)
2)
3)
My friend’s favourite hobby
My favourite hobby
Would you like to make your job into your career?
How do you achieve your dream?
VI. Discuss about your hobbies
VII.Write an article about your hobby or one of your friend’s hobby.
My favourite hobby
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【评价反馈】
Students can tell their hobbies. They revise the words about hobbies.They can use the sentence structures to talk about their hobbies.
Students can understand the detail of the article by answering the questions. They learn how to get the main idea of the article.
Students can use the given information to fill in the blanks about their hobbies by discussing in groups. There are 7 parts: including “What is your favourite hobby?”, “How often do you do it?”, “Where do you do it?”, “Do you do it alone or with others?”, “Why do you like it?”, “Would you like to make your job into your career?”and “How do you achieve your dream?”.
Students can match some hobbies to some jobs. They can tell how to achieve their dreams. They can have critical thinking about their hobbies and jobs. They can learn how to write a composition with the help of some information they fill in the blanks. They also learn how to organize the writing structure.
【主要内容】
1.Hobbies can make our lives become more and more colorful. Please introduce your hobby to people . Ask more people to do the same thing with you.
The content should include:
What about your hobby in detail?
Why do you like it?
Upload the compositions about the hobbies on the UMU.
Evaluate your classmates’ compositions on the UMU. Vote online.
【评价反馈】
1. Students use the knowledge which they learnt in class to write an article. They can tell lots of details about their hobbies. This arouses their interest to focus on the colorful lives.
2. Students can show their compositions on the Internet and evaluate other compositions,although the time in class is limited. They can enjoy their compositions after class and give their ideas.
【 教师活动1 】
Introduce some hobbies.
Help students to introduce their hobbies.
【 学生活动1 】
Answer the questions:What is your hobby?
Guess Patrick Moore’s hobby
【设计意图】
To arouse the students’ interest and organize the class.
To revise some words about hobbies.
【 教师活动2 】
Let students skip the passage
Ask students to answer the question.
【 学生活动2 】
1. Read the passage.
Answer the questions
【设计意图】
To help students get the main idea of the passage.
【 教师活动3 】
Let students understand the meaning of the passage
Let students answer the questions.
【 学生活动3 】
Read the passage silently.
Answer the questions
When was the beginning of his lifetime hobby?
What did he use to do with his mum? 3)How did he feel about the sky?
What did he think of the stars shooting brightly across the sky?
What did he do to turn his hobby into a career? 5)What does he do now?
Why does he feel proud of his career?
【设计意图】
To help students understand the meaning of the passage
【 教师活动4 】
Let students learn how to introduce their own hobbies.
Let students introduce their hobbies
【 学生活动4 】
Revise some words about hobbies.
Answer some quesitons and fill in the table about the hobby.
【设计意图】
To help students know how to introduce their own hobby in different ways.
【 教师活动 5 】
Let students know how to turn their hobbies into their careers
Let Students enjoy their hobbies and the importance of their hobbies.
【 学生活动5 】
Discuss their hobbies.
Discuss how to achieve their dream
Discuss if they want to change their hobbies into the jobs.
【设计意图】
To help students think about their hobbies.
【 教师活动 6 】
Let students know how to write a composition about their hobbies.
【 学生活动5 】
Write a composition about their hobbies.
Show their compositions.
Check their compositions.
【设计意图】
To help students think about their hobbies.
Summarize the lesson and point out the learning tasks again.
1)Learn how to use reading skills to get the main ideas of the passage.
2)Learn how to introduce the hobbies.
3)Learn if the dream can come true.
2.Have students finish the self-assessment.
1)I can understand the meaning of the passage.
2)I can introduce the details about my hobby.
3)I can write a composition about my hobby.
4) I can enjoy my hobby.
教学评价与反思
【优点与特色】
1. The whole lesson is a systematic one. The teacher set three learning goals and designed six learning strategies to help students in class. At the end of the lesson, the learning tasks were checked as self-assessment.
2. The teacher used task-based teaching method. Different tasks were given to the students for different learning tasks. From “easy” to “difficult”, students can achieve the learning tasks step by step.
3. The teacher used group cooperative learning method. Students were divided into 8 groups. They helped each other to finish all the tasks in class. This method can give students’ an existence in class and arouse their interest in taking part in the class.
4. The teacher used UMU to show students’ compositions. This method can help students to see the classmates’ compositions and show their ideas after class. Students can enjoy the activities on the Internet and continue to learn something new.
【问题与建议】
1. When finishing the learning tasks, some students weren’t convinced what they can do to achieve their dream and how to express their ideas in English. So more useful expressions should be given.
【优点与特色】
1. The learning strategies were used in a proper way. From word to sentence, from sentence to article, each step is going upward. They are easy to master and can help students to learn how to write an article in the end.
2. Different teaching and learning methods were used in class, which can help achieve the goals better.
3. The evaluation by using the UMU were used in class, which can arouse the students’ interests.
【问题与建议】
1. In the discussion about if the students want to turn the hobby into career, the teacher should give students more time to discuss. This can help them think out more ideas about the writing.
【优点与特色】
1. Teaching steps were complete and progressive, which could help students finish the learning tasks easily and take part in the class happily .
2. Teaching methods were various, which could help students finish the learning tasks easily.
3. Learning goals were set at the very beginning and responded in the end.
【问题与建议】
1. The time for each learning tasks in class should be more reasonable.
课件18张PPT。Unit 8 From hobby to career His hobbies are dancing , singing and playing basketball.What is your hobby?My hobby is _____________.My hobbies are _____________.Step 1 Lead inPartick Moore's hobbyHis hobby is looking at the stars.
Step 2 Fast readingAnswer the questions according to Pagraph 11)When was the beginning of his lifetime hobby?When he was 8 years old, he got a book about stars.Step 3 Further readingAnswer the questions according to Pagraph 2What did he use to do with his mum?
How did he like the sky?
What did he think of the stars shooting brightly across the sky?
He used to go outside with his mum on clear nights and look at the sky.It looked like black velvet with a million diamonds on it.How beautiful they were!Step 3 Further readingAnswer the questions according to Paragraph 3What did he do to turn his hobby into a career?
What does he do now?
Why does he feel proud of his career?
Because he uses his knowledge to tell people about the stars in a lively way.He hosts a programme called The Sky at Night.He studies the stars and wanted to find out more and more.Step 3 Further readingRead the whole passage and answer the questions How often did he look at the stars ?
Where did he look at the stars?
Did he look at the stars alone or with others?
Why did he like it ?
He looked at the stars with his mother.He went outside on clear nights and looke at the sky.On clear nightsStep 3 Further readingBecause he thought the stars were beautiful. What is your favourite hobby?Step 4 DiscussionHow often do you do it?Every day.
Once a week. Twice a month.
Three times a year. Every weekend.
…
Don’t forget
these adverbsStep 4 Discussion
Where do you do it?Step 4 DiscussionDo you do it alone or with a group of friends?Step 4 DiscussionWhy do you like it?Step 4 DiscussionbrainstormingStep 4 DiscussionCan we make our hobbies into our jobs?Fill this formStep 4 DiscussionWrite a short article about your hobby. Use the information above to help you.My favorite hobby
My favorite hobby is travelling. I travel with my family every summer holiday.I love travelling because it's very interesting. I can visit different places of interest by travelling. What's more, I can learn a lot about people, places and history. I have great fun in travelling. I would like to turn my hobby into my career. I want to be a tour guide. So I will study harder, I will learn more about geography and history.ExampleStep 5 writingWrite a short article about your hobby. Use the information above to help you.1.I can understand the meaning of the passage.
2.I can write an article about my hobby.
3. I can talk about my hobby in detail.Step 6 Self-assessment1.Evaluate the articles on UMU . 2.Write an article about your parents' hobbies.Step 7 HomeworkThank you !
