1、Unit 1 Study skills I. Aims: To find the main points of a passage in order to understand and memorize it more easily. To identify keywords in order to develop general understanding of a passage. To guess meaning and generate mental pictures.II. Teaching procedures:Revision:Help the students to revis
2、e how to talk about their future plans.Ask: 1. Do you have any future plans?2. What are you going to do when you grow up?3. Why?4. What will you do to fulfill your aims?Ask some students to talk about it orally in class.lead-in1.Present the task today by playing a game.l Divide the students in four
3、groups, l The teacher gives the first student a paper on which theres a story, ask the first student to read it carefully and then pass the story on orally. l At last ask the last student to tell the story that he get to the whole class, and then the teacher will read the story to class, ask them to
4、 find out the differences between the two stories. 2. Make a conclusion, tell the students when we are reading , we should pay attention to some main points, generally speaking, the main points are about the questions below:l What is it about?l Who is it about?l What happened?l When did it happen?l
5、Why did it happen?l How did it happen?Reading.Ask the students to open the book on page 14, and read the letter on page 14. try to find out information about the questions above.Who: Cindy-a grade 8 student Where: Beijing Sunshine Secondary SchoolWhat: move to a new school, have problems with her ne
6、w schoolWhy : Dont know school very well, have no friends, do not know how to talk to her new friends, How: feel uncomfortable, nervous; always stay aloneAsk the students to underline the main points with the help of the table above.RetellingAsk the students to retell the letter with the help of the key words on the blackboard.Consolidation exercisesProvide one more reading for the students to practice.II. Homework:l Hand book: period 8Preview the new words in main task.