江苏省大丰市万盈二中八年级英语上册 Unit 6 Natural disasters-Period 1 Welcome to the unit 教案 牛津版.doc

Unit 6 Natural disastersI. Teaching objectives教学目标SkillFocus听Listening to a repot about an accident说Learn to talk about natural disasters读Read a story about an earthquake in Taiwan写Write an article about a natural disasterLanguage Focus功能句式I was doing some shopping when it started.Some people screamed because they were very frightened.People were running wildly while pieces of glass and bricks were falling down.I thought somebody could hear me but no one came for a very long time.I was trying to find my way out when I suddenly heard some noise above me.I could not see anything at all and I did not know if anyone was around me.A moment of fear went through my mind but I told myself to calm down since I was still alive.词汇1. 重点词汇natural accident wash village lightening storm rainstorm thunder shaking fear scream shake direction wildly brick calm moment mind since somebody hurry daylight loudly everywhere cloud wind weather temperature low terrible break snowball snowman hit cover caller arrival serious cause lady fireman last nearly sandstorm warning situation soldier 2. 认读词汇 disaster mop earthquake crash typhoon slight bomb discuss project guidebook condition fog foggy frost frosty victim mobile phone remove signal roll 3. 短语start to rain half an hour later lose the game kill thousands of people a car accident wash the village away start a big fire fall from a tree mop all the water up crash into a tree do some shopping a big noise like thunder look at each other in fear under the ground start to shake run in all directions try my best to do run wildly fall down calm down a slight shaking through my body survive the earthquake be trapped the weather today search the Internet discuss with plan a trip to Tangshan on the side of the road drive you to school as usual break down a terrible snowstorm cover the whole road time of arrival get worse crash into catch fire weather conditions send the victim to mobile phone share with look out of the window forget to bring my keys continue to fall around us come from behind fall over weather report snowstorm warning the noise of traffic remove the snow typhoon signal number the terrible situation social workers 语法Past continuous tensePast continuous tense with while and whenII. Teaching materials analyzing and rearranging教材分析和重组1教材分析本单元以Natural disasters为中心话题，围绕着描述“过去正在发生的事情”展开，学习和运用过去进行时，及过去进行时与when 和while引导的时间状语从句连用时的用法，让学生学会谈论和分享过去某个时间发生的事件。本课教学内容与学生的实际生活密切相关，易于引发学生运用简单的英语进行交际和交流。在学习活动中，学生通过交换对过去发生事件的描述及看法，促进学生之间和师生之间的情感交流，增进友谊。1.1 Comic strip 是本单元的一个warm-up，通过一段有趣的喜剧对话引入本单元有关自然灾害的话题，在这一个环节，教师可设计一些活动或讨论的话题为下一课时的展开作铺垫。1.2 Welcome to the unit 是本单元的导入单元，通过让学生讨论自然灾害的话题，使学生学会几种常见自然灾害的英语表达，为进下一课时打下基础。1.3 Reading是一个阅读课。A部分安排了一篇Timmy讲述他在台湾大地震中得以幸存的经历。文章按时间发生的先后为顺序，用简单的英语描述了生动在描述了地震发生前后场面。文中除了用了很多描述地震发场面相关的英语短语外，还自然贴切地使用了过去进行时及when，while 引导的时间状语从句。文章后面还提供了与该文相关的词汇练习B部分及与文章情节相关的C、D两部分练习。在教学时Reading 时，要采取泛读与精读相结合的处理方法，循序渐进，并结合B、C、D的练习逐步了解文章的细节，加深学生对文章的理解。 1.4 Vocabulary是一个词汇学习课，承接Natural disasters 这个话题，引导学生学习与天气有关的名词和形容词，同时让学生发现由名词变为形容词的变化规律，从而了解一些构词法常识英语中的一些名词通过加上后缀“y”可以变成形容词，表示“有”的意思。再通过B部分weather forecast自然地巩固学生本课所学词汇知识，达到交际运用的目的。1.5 Grammar是一个语法课。本课时介绍过去进行时态的基本用法，过去进行时态与when 和while引导的时间状语从句连用的用法。A中列表介绍了过去进行时的陈述句的基本结构，A1设置了一段情景对话，运用过去进行时填空，帮助学生巩固时态结构及感知用法特点，A1最后列表介绍了过去进行时的一般疑问句结构及其肯否定回答。A2紧接着安排了一段运用过去进行时的一般疑问句填空的情景对话。并在A2最后复习了在过去正在进行时中分别与was和 were搭配的人称代词。B介绍了过去进行时态与when 和while引导的时间状语从句连用的用法，之后安排了一个真实的情境当西蒙到达操场时，其他每个人正在做什么，根据图片来描述。让学生运用所学句型造句。1.6 Integrated skills是一节综合技能课。本课时围绕an accident report这一话题展开听说读写的练习。A1通过听一份事故报告完成事故报告表的部分内容；A2通过阅读警察的报告完成A1事故报告表的其余空白处； A3 通过完成Sandy所写的讲述事故发生经过的一份电子邮件让学生学会根据获取的信息转述事故过程的能力。B部分是说的练习，首先学习Sandy 和Amy谈论英国一所学校发生火灾的对话，然后自编对话，谈论自然灾害。1.7 Pronunciation是一节语音课，介绍陈述句末尾通常应该使用的语调降调。A部分听录音，模仿练习；B部分通过朗读Amy 和Sandy的对话，学会正确运用降调。1.8 Main task属于一节写作课，该课时的设计用来帮助学生学会如何进行有关自然灾害这一话题的写作，以便锻炼学生的英语表达能力。A是Sandy对北京的一场暴风雪所作的笔记，但语序是打乱的；B是Sandy为写这场暴风雨所画的流程图，要求学生在阅读完A部分的笔记后帮助Sandy完这幅流程图；C通过填完Sandy的文章中所缺内容进一步学习如何写作自然灾害；D根据所给提示，为学校的简报完成一篇描述自然灾害的文章，并明确写作步骤。1.9 Checkout是本课时的最后一节课，也是一节复习课。复习本单元所学的过去正在进行时态，以及本单元所学的重点词汇。2教材重组和课时分配Period 1 Welcome to the unitPeriods 2 & 3 ReadingPeriod 4 VocabularyPeriod 5 Grammar A &BPeriod 6 Integrated SkillsPeriod 7 Pronunciation Period 8 Main TaskPeriod 9 CheckoutIII. Teaching plans for each period 分课时教案 Period 1 Welcome to the unitTeaching goals 教学目标1. Target language 目标语言a. Words and phrases 生词和短语 natural earthquake accident wash village lightning storm rainstorm thunder disaster typhoon start to rain half an hour later lose the game kill thousands of people a car accident wash the village away start a big fire fall from a tree mop all the water up crash into a treeb. Key sentences 重点句子 I was sleeping when 2. Ability goals 能力目标Learn to talk about natural disaster simply.3. Learning ability goals. Help Ss learn to talk about natural disaster simplyTeaching important and difficult points 教学重难点Names of some natural disasters and the understanding of the sentences with the past continuous tense.Teaching aids 教具准备A tape recorder, some pictures about accidents and disasters, and a projector.Teaching procedures and ways 教学过程与方式Step I Warm-up (Comic strip)This activity leads to the topic in the unit and introduces some new vocabulary.1. T: Whats the weather like today?Ss: Sunny (Nice, Fine, Cloudy, Windy).2. Show the pictures about the comic strip. T: Whats the weather like in this picture?S: Its rainy. / (Its raining.)T: Yes. Is the rain heavy or light?S: Heavy.T: Right. It will cause natural disasters if it keeps raining for a long time. Do you think so?S: Yes.3. Listen and answer. T: Now look at the pictures and listen to the conversation, then answer some questions:(1) What happened to Hobo?(2) What was he doing when it started to rain?(3) When did he hear the rain?(4) Why does he ask Eddie to go home with him?Write the title of this unit on Bb, and repeat the phrase, then tell Ss the meaning in Chinese or let them guess the meaning. 4. Read aloudT: Books open and read the conversation after the tape.5. Help Ss understand the following points:T: Do you have any difficult points about the conversation? Write the English on Bb.(1) I was sleeping when it started to rain. 当开始下雨的时候，我正在睡觉。was sleeping 表示过去某个时间正在发生的动作，这种时态叫过去进行时。(2) start to rain 开始下雨(3) Not until half an hour later 直到半小时后(4) mop all the water up 把所有水拖干6. Practice the dialogue in pairs, then act out the comic conversation.Step II Presentation This activity makes the Ss identify what a natural disaster is.1. Show some pictures about natural disasters and accidents.T: Is it a natural disaster or an accident?S: A disaster. / An accident.2. Explain the context in Part A. Write the following phrases on the Bb and discuss the meaning of each one.lose the game thousands of crash into a tree wash away start a big fire fall from a tree3. Ask some individual Ss to read and tick out the answers.Step III PresentationThis activity presents some vocabulary about bad weather.1. Explain the context in Part B, then show some pictures about bad weather. Write each name on the Bb. Read the following:rainstorm snowstorm thunder and lightning typhoon2. Ask Ss to complete Part B.T: Are you afraid of bad weather? Why?S: Yes. (help Ss answer) Because it may cause natural disasters. Step IV PractiseThis activity helps Ss understand the usage of the past continuous tense.T: Can you make a sentence like this? For example, look at Picture 1. You can say:The boy was walking home when the typhoon came. (encourage Ss to think of more sentences, using the past continuous tense.Possible answers: The girl was doing homework in her bedroom when the thunder and lightning come. A man and a woman were walking in the water.People were having dinner at home when the snowstorm came.Step V Summary1. Read the phrases and new words on the Bb.2. Make sure the Ss understand what is the past continuous tense. Make up more sentences if necessary.Step VI Homework 1. Remember the expressions in this period.2. Make more sentences, using the past continuous tense.