新课标人教版八年级英语下册Unit 4 He said I was hardworking--SELF CHECK [ty].doc

Structures
Reported speech; Simple past tense; Can for ability
Target language
What did your math teacher say? He said I was hard working.
I can speak three languages.
What did she say? She said she could speak three languages.
Vocabulary
Ever, mad, anymore, message, hardworking, surprise party, report card
first of all
Learning strategies
Listening for key words; Self-evaluating
Unit 4 He said I was hardworking
Part 1: Teaching design
SELF CHECK

1 Filling in blanks
To see how you are getting on with your English turn to page 31 and read the five sentences to complete them with the words given.
Happen, bring, copy, borrow, pass on
1. Can you bring some music CDs to the party?
2. It’s not right for you to copy others’ homework.
3. He didn’t know what was happening outside.
4. I’m so cold. Can I borrow your jacket?
5. I’m seeing Sue this afternoon. Do you want me to pass on any message.
I happen to have just what you need!
What is happening?
It happens that today is my birthday.
I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here.
Bring me the box from the other room.
Could you bring the wine?
Can I bring my cousin to the dinner?
Bring water to the boiling point.
She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings.
Copy that drawing.
The students were made to copy the alphabet over and over.
Copy the genetic information.
Children often copy their parents or older siblings.
May I borrow your lawn mower?
Can I borrow your car to go the store?
Can you pass me the newspaper?
2 Reading and writing
Go to page 31 to read the story.
And now write the story as a conversation.
A: Who is your best friend?
B: Xiao Li is my best friend.
A: Are you getting on well with each other?
B: Yes, but last week in school we had a big fight, and she didn’t talk to me.
A: How did it get started?
B: It all started when she asked me if she could copy my homework.
A: How did you do then?
B: I asked her why she wanted to do that, and she said that she had forgotten to do hers.
A: Did you let her copy your homework?
B: I said to her that I didn’t think it was a good idea for her to copy my homework.
A: And what did she do then?
B: She wanted to know why I didn’t think it was a good idea.
A: What did you say to her?
B: I said it would start a bad habit, and that she should do her own work.
A: Did she get really mad at you?
B: Yes, she did. She said she didn’t want to be my best friend anymore.
A: Then you started fighting?
B: No, we didn’t. I said that it was OK for us not to be friends anymore.
A: Did you think that she would get over it?
B: Yes, I did. But yesterday she told me she was sorry. She said it was much better if she did her own work.
Just for fun!
Read the poem for kids.
Up a Tree
I helped my little brother
Yes, I helped him climb our tree
I had to help my brother
'cause my brother's only three

I helped my little brother
And I helped without a frown
There's just one thing I haven't done--
I never helped him down!
--Jeff Mondak
Reading: She said helping others changed her life.
Before you read—please go over the vocabulary list for this unit at the back of your text book.
While you read—cut/ the sentences into thought groups, blacken the predicates, underline the useful expressions and darken the connectives.

After you read—copy all the useful expressions into your Expression-Book.
teaching high school students, in a poor mountain village, sound like fun to you, change the life of Yang Lei, from Beijing, the Peking University graduate, as a volunteer, on a one-year program, teach in China’s rural areas, life in the mountains, a new experience, 2,000 meters above sea level, at first, the thin air, make her feel sick, eat porridge three times a day, agree with her, a good idea, experience different things, live in school dormitories, work very hard, get up at 5am, read books, until 11pm, love having the volunteer teachers there, no difference between you and them, be like big brothers or sisters to them, feel lucky, go to senior high school or college, do anything about that, open up my students’ eyes to the outside world, give them a good start in life, like being a good influence in the children’s lives, enjoy her time as a volunteer very much, return to the area after finishing her studies, works as a math teacher at a high school in the city of Pingliang, Gansu Province