冀教版七年级下册英语 Unit 3 School Life Lesson 15 Making a Difference 教案

Lesson 15 Making a Difference
Teaching Goals
1.Knowledge Goals
a.To master new words and phrases: difference, village, education, yourself, drop,
possible, never, future, make a difference, give up, drop out of school and in the future.
b.To learn about adverbs: always, often, usually, sometimes, never.
2.Ability Goal
Students can talk about their school lives and describe their future plans in English. 3.Moral Goal
By learning this lesson, students can settle future goals,and try their best to make a great difference to their own lives
Teaching Important Points
Mastery words and useful phrases: difference, village, education, yourself, drop, possible, never, future, make a difference, give up, drop out of school and in the future.
Teaching Difficult Points
Learning about adverbs: always, often, usually, sometimes and never.
Teaching Aids: multi-media and audiotape
Teaching Method: Task based teaching
Type of Lesson: New lesson
Teaching Procedure
Step 1: Greeting
Step 2: Lead in
Make a difference means making a good change. You can make a difference in your own life, also you can make a difference in others lives.
Question and answer activity
T: -Are you happy with your life now? Is it good enough for you?
S: - Yes/ No
T: -Do you want to make a difference? What should you do?
S: -I want to... ...
Discuss their lives and their dissatisfaction to encourage them to make a difference. Step 3: New words
?difference n.
make a difference 有作用
have differences between A and B A和B之间有差异
?village n. ?education n.
?yourself pron. myself
?drop v. drop out of... ... 退出... ...
?possible adj impossible
?never adv. always usually often sometimes
?future n.
Exercises
Can you tell me the ________(差异) between the twins
We all live in small _________(村庄).
Read the text by ________(你自己).
I will _______ (从不) forget your help.
We need to plan for the ________(将来)
Step 4: Listen and write “T” or “F”.
Play the tape for students once so that they can get the main idea of the whole passage.
?Hao Tongxin lives in a big city. ( )
?He wanted to give up his studies last year. ( )
?His teacher gave him hope. ( )
?His teacher doesn’t want anyone to drop out of school. ( )
?He doesn’t want to make a difference in the future. ( )
Step 5: Read the passage and retell the story.
Students can get more detailed information about the passage. They can learn the important words and phrases at the same time.
Hao Tongxin lives in a small ________ (村庄). He is in ________(年级) 7. Last year, he wanted to ________(放弃) his studies, but his teacher told him that with a good _________(教育), he could make a _______(差异)and make his life better. He knew her teacher was great,and didn’t want anyone to ___________(退学). After that, he _______(从不) misses a day of school.
Step 6: Work in groups. Read the passage again and look for important language points and explain the meanings from the context.
In this step, students learn useful language points on their own, and explain the meanings in the class. By this, they can know those language points very clearly. Teacher will help them if necessary.
?Last year, I wanted to give up my studies.
give up = stop 放弃give it up never give up
?With a good education, you can make a difference.
make a difference 有影响，有作用make no difference
?She doesn’t want anyone to drop out of school.
drop out of school 退学
?I want to make a difference in the future.
in the future 在将来，不一定从说完话开始
In future = from now on 从现在开始
Step 6: Choose an appropriate adverb to retell the following sentences.
By choosing adverbs in these exercises, students can clarify these adverbs from each other. Teacher will make a summary of these adverbs.
?I do my homework every day.(always usually often)
______________________________________________.
?My father reads the newspaper almost every day.(always usually often)
______________________________________________.
?I visit my grandparents every weekend.(always often never)
______________________________________________.
?She helps out at home twice a week.(usually sometimes never)
______________________________________________.
?They don’t walk to school.(often sometimes never)
______________________________________________.
always (100%)> usually(80%) > often(60%) > sometimes(40%) > never(0%)
Step 7: Your Turn
Work in groups, and discuss who make a difference in your life. Share it with us.
?Who is he? Is he your teacher, your parent or your friend?
?What did he do for you ?
?Did you make any changes after that?
Step 8:Summary
Review new words, phrases and language points
Step 9: Alternative Exercises
?Our teachers want us to get a good education. They don’t want us to
___________ school.
?Don’t __________ hope. You can do it.
?Yuan Longping did some great things and _________in the world.
?I want to be a doctor and help sick people ___________.
Step 10: Blackboard Design
Lesson 15 Making a Difference
New words New phrases
difference give up
village make a difference education drop out of
yourself in the future
drop
possible
never
Future
Step11: Homework
Distribute different homework according to different levels of students, assure most of students have a sense of success during study. It also can gain their confidence.
1.Recite Words and phrases. (NO.3 and NO.4 students in each group)
2.Write a composition about how to make a difference.(NO.1 and NO.2 students in each group)