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Unit 2 What should I do
一、教材分析:
通过本课学习,学生不仅能谈论自己生活中的问题,而且能用could和should来提出建议,并对别人提出的建议进行评价。
二、教学目标
1. 重点词汇和短语Words and expressions except, upset, find out, do wrong, what to do, lonely, argue, get on well, have a fight with
2. 重点句子Key sentences You could be more friendly. You should try to be funny. Everyone else in my class was invited except me. I’m very upset and don’t know what to do.
三、教学重难点 :How to write an advice letter.
四、教学过程Teaching procedures and ways
Step Ⅰ Revision Check the homework. Ask some students to read the sentences they have made with the key words: in style, original, the same as.
StepⅡ Reading and writing in this step, students will read about a boy’s problem and practice writing an advice letter.
T: In the last period, Erin called the radio program for advice. Sometimes people write to magazine or newspaper editors for advice. Have you tried that? I think it is good way of solving problems when you don’t know whom you can ask for help. A lonely kid did that. Please turn to page 14. Look at the picture in 3a. The boy is writing a letter to a newspaper advice column for help. Read the letter and underline his problem. When students have underlined the problem, ask one of them to read the problem.
T: What should the lonely kid do?
S1: He should ask his friends why.
S2: He shouldn’t be upset.
S3: He could buy a nice present for his friend.
S4: He could ask his teacher for help.
T: Suppose you are the editor of this advice column, think about some advice for the boy and finish the letter in 3b.
Step Ⅲ Writing In this step, students will practice writing about their own problems and asking for advice.
T: What problems do you have? Would you like to write a letter to the newspaper advice column? Think of other advice columns you know, and write a letter about your problems. You are given 3 minutes. 3 minutes later, collect their papers. Then hand out the papers to different students. Ask students to answer the letter he/she has got.. On one hand, students will practice writing an advice letter, on the other hand, they will help each other hand, they will help each other to solve the problems.
Step Ⅳ Group work Ask students to complete activity 4 in groups. Each group chooses one problem and makes similar conversation as the example. Let them choose the best advice in each group. T: There is a list of problems in activity 4. Now work in groups and give your advice. In each group, one will be the one with the problem. The others try to give some advice .Then decide who gives the best advice in your group. While students are making conversations, move around and check their work. Step Ⅴ Homework Finish the exercises in Self Check.
教学反思:作为八年级的学生,他们需要更大的空间来展现自己的英语水平,为此老师要为学生提供一个平台。然而,学生的水平是受到老师的控制的,这就给教师提出了更高的要求,即力求把教学搞“实”、搞“活”。
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