江苏省灌南县八年级英语上册 Unit 1 Reading （Ⅰ）教案.doc

8A Unit 1 Reading (Ⅰ)
Teaching Goals
● To guess general meanings from the key words and context
● To skim text for overall meanings and scan for details
Teaching Procedures
STEP 2 Finding out the key words
“In our textbook, three students has written (wrote) about their friends for a competition. Can your find their names as quickly as possible. “(Betty, Max and May)
Read the passages, and find out the key words for each of the passages
Betty is _____________.
Max is ____________.
May is _____________.
STEP 3 Choosing the best friend
Have the students finish the exercises on page 5. Check the answers in pairs. Or Check the answers in class.
STEP 4 Detailed study of the passages
Read the passages one paragraph after another. Ask students questions and help them take down the key phrases.
Betty
1. Is Betty the writer’s new friend? (No, they have been friends for a long time.)
2. What does Betty look like? (She is as slim as the writer and has short hair. )
3. What are Betty’s personalities? (She is generous and helpful.)
4. How can we know she is generous?
(She is willing to share things with her friends.)
5. How can we know she is helpful?
(She is ready to help people any time. She helps writer with her homework.
She always gives seat to people in need on the bus. )
6. What does Betty want to do when she grows up?
(She wants to be a singer and travel around the world when she grows up. )
Max
1.What is Max like?
(He is very tall--- almost 1.75metres. His small, round glasses make him look smart.)
2.Why does he have poor eyesight?
(Because of working on the computer too much at night.)
3. What is the characteristic (性格) of Max?
(Max has a good sense of humour.)
4. Why does the writer say so?
(The writer never feels bored or unhappy when he is with Max. He tells funny jokes and
always makes me laugh. )
5. Do Max’s legs fit under the desks? Why? (No. Because his legs are very long.)
6. Why does the writer think Max is funny?
(Because Max often knocks their things off the desks when he walks past their desks.)
May
1. What is May like?
(She is shorter than the writer and is very small. She has straight, shoulder-length hair. Everyone thinks she is pretty. )
2. What kind of friend is May? (May is a true friend. )
3. Why does the write think May is a true friend?
(a. She can keep a secret. When something worries the writer, he can always go to her. The writer can tell May anything. )
(b. She is kind. She never says a bad word about anyone.)
Have the students retell the passages, looking at the keywords on the blackboard.