八年级英语下册 Unit 3 Where would you like to visit Period 3教案 （新版）鲁教版五四制-鲁教版五四制初中八年级下册英语教案.doc

Unit 3 Where would you like to visit
第三课时
Section B  (2a-2e)
[教学目标]
1．Knowledge aim: to learn the new words, phrases and language points and understand the main idea of this passage
2．Ability aim: to express one’s hope and dreams and improve one’s reading ability.
3．Emotional aim: to know it’s important for people to have hopes and dreams. We should never give up to make our dreams come true.
[教学重难点]
1. To talk about the hopes and dreams.
2. To memorize the new words and the usage of some phrases.
3. To talk about the hopes and dreams.
4. To memorize the new words and the usage of some phrases.
[教学过程]
Step 1. Warming –up and Lead in　
Activity. Free talk (class work)　　
(1) Ask students to talk about their dreams freely.
(2) Invite some Ss to answer this question:
what is your dream?/ What is your hope?　
(3) Show students my hope and my dream.
My hope is to have a baby next year.
My dream is to sail across the Pacific Ocean.
(So what’s the difference between hopes and dreams?)
A hope is easier to come true than a dream.
A hope is more realistic than a dream.
Goal: To lead up to the topic, get Ss to warm up and arouse their interest in the topic.　　
Step 2. Pre-reading　　
Activity1 ：Look and guess (class work)　　
In this activity, Ss are required to look at the title and guess what they will read.　　
Activity2： Brain-storming (class work)　　
In this activity, I will show them a picture that related to the title. Ss are encouraged to think of as many words as possible to describe the picture.　　
Goal: To develop Ss’ predicting skill and present some new words in the passage.　
Step 3. Reading　　
Activity 1： Skimming (class work)　　
Ss are required to go through the whole passage quickly to get the general idea and pay special attention to the first para and the last Para of the article (or the first sentence and the last sentence of each Para.)
The main idea of this passage is in the last paragraph: teenagers have similar hopes but dream of very different things.
Goal: To develop Ss’ skimming skill, that is, how can we get the general idea of a passage as quickly as possible.　　
Activity 2 Scanning (group work)　　
Encourage Ss to read the passage again, exchange their understanding of the passage with their group members and work together to fill in the following form:　
In the form, students should answer some questions like this :
Q1: What are hopes and dreams?
Q2: What are the hopes of teenagers?
Q3: What are the dreams of teenagers?
…　　
　Activity 3 Report (class work)　　
Invite some group members to report the answer of the form to the whole class.　　
Activity 4 Further understanding and word study (pair work)
Encourage Ss to match the hard words with their meanings .　
Eg. sail v. discovery; what you find
finding n. tens of hundreds of
thousands of go on; keep doing
continue v. travel by water
…　　
Step 4. Post-reading　　
Activity1 Discussion (Group work)
There will be three topics on the screen. Students can discuss freely.
(1). Why do some students want to start work as soon as possible?
Answer: Because they want to help provide better lives for their parents.
(2). What is important to students about the work they do?
Answer: Although money is important, many teenagers said they want to do jobs they enjoy.
(3). What example is given of an impossible dream?
Answer: Quite a few students dream of going to the moon one day.
Activity2： How can we achieve our dreams? (group work)　
Write down a common dream. Then together list the small steps they could take to achieve the dream.
Eg. My dream is to have my own company
I can achieve that by working hard at school to learn as much as I can
Goal: These post-reading activities are intended to develop Ss’ creative thinking and get them to know how to achieve their hopes and dreams.　　
Step 5. Homework
Write a composition about their dreams and how they can achieve their dreams.
Goal: To improve students writing ability.

Part 6. Blackboard Design
Unit 7 Reading
I’d love to sail across the Pacific Ocean.
What is your dream? What is your hope?
A hope is easier to come true than a dream.
A hope is more realistic than a dream.
My dream is to have my own company
I can achieve that by working hard at school to learn as much as I