广东省佛山市顺德区大良顺峰初级中学八年级英语上册 Module 3 Unit 2 This year we practise more carefully教案 （新版）外研版.doc

Unit 2 This year we practise more carefullyTeaching modelReading and writing. Teaching method Top-down approach Teaching aims1. Listening and understanding familiar topics (sports).2. Comparing sports, linking words correctly.3. Reading and understanding behaviours of characters; guessing the meaning of new words from the context.4. Writing about your school basketball team.Teaching Objectives 1. Key vocabulary: beat, careless, cheeron, coach, fan club, against, train, practice, warm, warm up, usual , pleased, pass, chance, loudly, confident 2. Keys structure: Comparative adjectives (more); adverbs and comparative adverbs (-er, more); irregular comparatives.Teaching aidsRecorder , OHP , videoTeaching StepsStep 1 Revision1. Guessing game.1) Show some pictures.2) According to the information given and ask the students to guess:What are they doing?3) Show the pictures to check the answers.2. Review the text of Unit 1. 3. Read the words after the teacher.Step 2 Learn new words. 1. Show some pictures.2. Talk something about the pictures.3. Introduce the new words.1) train作动词，表示“训练，操练”作名词，表示“火车”。Were training harder than usual because the other school beat us last year.我们比平时更努力训练，因为去年别的学校打败了我们。His father goes to Shanghai by train.他父亲坐火车去上海。2) against 为介词，表示“反对，与对抗” 。例如：3) warm up 的意思是“热身，做准备活动” 。例如：The runners _ before the race. 赛跑选手正在做赛前热身。Key: are warming up 4) coach n. 教练5) carelessadj. 粗心的；疏忽的pass v. 传递；传送Last year we were careless when we passed the ball and we lost to the other team. So this year we train more carefully. 6) fan club 球迷（或影迷，歌迷）俱乐部cheer on用欢呼声激励；为加油7) loudlyadv. 响亮地；大声地quiet adj. 寂静的；安静的4. Read the words after the teacher.Step 3 Work in pairs.1. Ask the students to look at the pictures in Activity 1.2. Talk about the pictures. 3. Use the words and expressions in the box to help you.beat careless cheer on coach fan club play against trainStep 4 Reading.1. Play the recording and listen to the tape carefully.2. Ask the students to read through the passage.3. Read the passage by themselves.4. Read the text together.Step 5 Complete the table.1. Read the passage again.2. Complete the sentences in the What column of the table.WhatWhy1. We arrive _.2. Were training _ than _3. Its _ to practice in winter.4. Our coach is _.3. Now complete the Why column.4. Check with a partner.5. Call back the answers from the whole class.Keys;1. as early as we can Because we want to have time to warm up. 2. harder, usual Because the other school team beat us last year.3. more difficult Because the days are shorter and the weather is cold too. 4. pleased Because we are playing better as a team now.Step 6 Complete the passage.1. Complete the passage with the words in the box.against chance coach practice short usualWe all know (1) _ makes perfect. But it is more difficult to practice in winter because the days are (2) _ and its cold. The team is training harder than (3) _, so their (4) _ is pleased with them. They are going to play (5) _ a team from another school next week, and they have a good (6) _ of winning. 2. Ask the students to read through the passage.3. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words from the box.4. Check with a partner.5. Call back the answers from the whole class.Keys:1. practice 2. short 3. usual 4. coach 5. against 6. chance Step 7 Opposite meanings.1. Ask the students to the words in the box in Activity 4.badly carefully carelessly difficult early easy late quickly slowly well2. Put the words from the box into pairs with opposite meanings.3. Check with a partner.4. Call back the answers from the whole class.Keys: badlywell carefullycarelessly difficulteasy earlylate quicklyslowly5. Now decide which word has two opposites.Step 8 Language points1. win与beat的用法区别这两个词都有“获胜,打败”的意思,但其后宾语不同。beat是“打败,优于”的意思,后面接人或队，如:We beat them. 我们打败了他们。win指“赢,获胜”,后面接比赛、名次，如:We won the match/game/race/the first place. 我们赢了这场比赛(获得了第一名)2. I am in our school team and were playing against another school next week.我是校队成员，我们（队）下周将要和另一学校比赛。1) Germany are _ Brazil in the World Cup final tonight.今晚德国将与巴西争夺世界杯冠军。2) We will _ the enemy.我们将与敌人交战。3) They are strongly _ the idea.他们强烈反对这个主意。4) Are you for or _ my proposal?你（们）是同意还是反对我的计划？Keys: 1) playing against 2) fight against 3) against 4) against3. That means we have a better chance of winning. 这就意味着我们获胜的机会更大。have a chance of doing sth. 表示“有做某事的机会” 。例如：1) You will _ your exams if you work harder. 如果你（们）再用功一点，通过考试的机会就更大一点。2) If we hurry up, theres still _ the plane. 要是我们抓紧点，赶上飞机的机会还是很大的。Keys: 1) have a better chance of passing 2) a good chance of catching4. Its good to have our fans around because they cheer us on loudly. 有我们的球迷在周围真好，因为他们为我们欢呼加油。cheer sb. on 的意思是“为欢呼加油” 。例如：1) The crowd _ their favourite singers _. 观众为他们最喜欢的各手喝彩加油。2) They gathered round the swimming pool and _. 他们在游泳池周围，给她加油。Keys: 1) cheered; on 2) cheered her onStep 9 Exercises:一、中考连接( )1. Whats wrong with you today? (2012广东湛江) I am quite upset. Cheer up! The more you smile, the _ you will feel. Ahappy Bhappier Chappily DMore happily( ) 2. Do you know sound travels very fast? Yes. But light travels _ sound. (2012湖北荆州) A. as fast asB. a little faster thanC. much faster thanD. slower than( ) 3. Your room is very dirty. You should keep it _. (2012湖北襄阳) OK. Ill sweep it right away.A. clean B. dry C. quiet D. warm( ) 4. Would you mind staying in such a noisy room ? No, but my son needs a _ place to study in. (2011宁波)A. cleaner B. quieter C. safer D. smaller ( ) 5. Some students are so _ that they often make mistakes in their homework. (2011聊城)A. careful B. serious C. careless D. successful ( ) 6. My sister has practiced tennis for a long time. She plays tennis _ you. (2011德阳)A. as good asB. so well asC. as well as( ) 7. The smile on his teachers face shows that she was _ with my work. (2007佛山)A. angry B. pleased C sad Keys: 1. B 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. C 7.B Step 10 Writing task1. Complete the sentences so theyre true for your school basketball team.1) It is and the basketball team 2) The practice starts at but they 3) Last year 4) This year 5) The coach is pleased / isnt pleased with them because 6) So they now have a better / poor chance of2. Learning to learnYou can use at that time / yesterday/ last week / last month/ last year to talk what people did in the past; and use now / today / this week / this month / this year to talk about what they do now when you make a comparison.3. Add some more details about your school basketball team. Write a passage.Its Saturday morning and the school basketball team is training hard.