新疆石河子市第八中学九年级英语全册 Unit 8 I’ll help clean up the city parks Reading教案 人教新目标版.doc

新疆石河子市第八中学九年级英语全册 Unit 8 I’ll help clean up the city parks Reading教案 人教新目标版
Language goals 语言目标
1. Words && expressions 生词和短语
disabled, organization, pleasure, blind, deaf, unable, shut, carry, specially, fetch, at once, support, appreciate, donation, part of speech, pronoun, adverb, preposition, conjunction, donate
2. Key sentences 重点句子 (P66)
I’d like to thank you for sending money to “Animal Helpers”, an organization set up to help disabled people.
It is very important that this organization does not run out of money.
Your donation is greatly appreciated and the money is well used to help disabled people like me.
Ability goals 能力目标
Enable the Ss to learn the new words using parts of speech.
Emotion and attitude goals 情感态度目标
Be always ready to help others who are in trouble.
Strategy goals策略目标
Using parts of speech.
Culture awareness goals 文化意识目标
Being a helpful person is happy.
Teaching important points教学重点
How to write an English letter.
Teaching procedures and ways教学过程与方式

Step I Lead-in
T: In this unit, we have learned some work the volunteers do. If you were a volunteer, what would you like to do?
S1: I would like to read to the old.
S2: I would like to plant trees to make our hometown more beautiful.
S3: If I had money, I would like to give away my money to the poor.
T: I agree with you. If I were a volunteer, I would set up an organization to help the deaf, the blind and the disabled. Because they can’t do something by themselves, such as opening and shutting windows, carrying heavy things, etc. Do you agree with me?
Ss: Yes.
T: Today let’s read a letter written by a disabled person to someone who donates some money to help him get a “dog-helper”. Have you heard about “Animal Helpers”?
Ss: Yes. “Animal Helpers” are specially trained animals that can help the deaf, the blind or the disabled do something.

Step II Pre-reading (Section 1: P66)
T: Before reading the letter, I have a question: What different kinds of letters can be written? Volunteers?
Ss: 1. Personal letters.
2. Business letters.
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T: Excellent! Personal letters and business letters are the two main forms of letters. Then how is a letter different from an article?
S4: The beginning of a letter is different from that of an article. It includes the address of the writer and the date.
T: Right. It’s named heading.
S5: The end of a letter is also different from that of an article.
T: It includes the complimentary close and signature.
S6: The reader of a letter is a certain person or a certain group. But an article is written for all readers.
T: Excellent.

Step III Reading ( 3a, 3b: P67)
T: Now let’s begin reading the letter. While you read, you may come across some new words or phrases, how can you deal with them?
S7: Looking them up in a dictionary.
S8: Asking others for help. But sometimes it is troublesome, especially in an examination.
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T: I’ll tell you a useful learning strategy: Using parts of speech. Ask yourself what part of speech a word is. It might be a noun, a verb or a preposition. Knowing what part of speech it is can help you understand it and help you use other new English words or phrases correctly. Now read the whole letter, trying to use the new learning strategy and find one example of each part of speech, then complete the chart in 3a.

Sample answers:
PART OF
SPEECH
EXAMPLE
FROM
TEXT
PART OF
SPEECH
EXAMPLE FROM
TEXT
1. A NOUN
pleasure
5. AN
ADVERB
well
2. A PRONOUN
who
6. A PREPOSITION
with
3. A VERB
send
7. A CONJUN-CTION
and
4. AN
ADJECTIVE
possible

T: Good. Now please read the letter again to find three phrasal verbs, using them to make sentences on your own.
Sample answers:
fill ... with ...
e.g. I fill the bottle with water.
set up
e.g. A new laboratory will be set up near our hospital.
help ... out
e.g. A few days ago, I got into trouble. My close friends helped me out.
T: You did a good job. Do you have any difficult language points?
S9: I can’t understand the sentence: Being blind, deaf, unable to walk, to use your hands easily are something that most people can’t imagine. Can you make some explanation?
T: In this sentence, the subject is: being blind, deaf, unable to walk, to use your hands easily. “something” is the predicative which is modified by a sentence. Are you clear?
S9: Thank you.
S10: I don’t understand this sentence: I’d like to thank you for sending money to “Animal Helpers”, an organization set up to help disabled people. What’s the function of “an organization set up to help disabled people”?
T: Your question is good. “An organization” is used to explain the object of the sentence “Animal Helpers” and “set up to help disabled people” is a past participle phrase which modifies “an organization”. Are you clear?
S10: Yes. Can you tell me the differences between “amazing” and “amazed”?
T: OK. The adj. ended with -ing is about something; while the adj. ended with -ed is about persons. Do you understand me?
S: Yes.
T: For example， I’m amazed at the amazing films.

Step IV Post-reading (3c: P67)
T: From the text, what can we learn?
Ss: We have learned that the deaf, the blind and the disabled are people who need help. We shouldn’t discriminate against them. On the contrary, we should try our best to give them as much help as we can.
T: You are all good girls and boys.
Then let the Ss do 3c and check the answers.
Sample answers:
Miss Li donated money to “Animal Helpers”.
Liz Smith is unable to move well.
Lucky can fetch things for disabled people.
“Animal Helpers” trains animals like Lucky.

Step V Writing (Section 4: P67)
T: Now since you have understood the letter, please write a short reply to Liz Smith. You should write the reply according to the instruction in the box on Page 67.

A sample letter:
Dear Liz,
I’m glad to hear from you. I’m happy for having helped you, it’s my pleasure. I’d like to help you more. Don’t hesitate to tell me when you are in trouble.
Do you know why I’m willing to help? OK, I’ll tell you my story. I’m a college student. I went to Gou Diaoyan with Xu Benyu in 2001. The sight of poor condition there frightened me and I failed to stay there and work for the children. Now I regret not having worked there to the end. I’m working in a middle school in a city now, the situation here is much better than Gou Diaoyan, but I’m not happy at all. I determined to do something to help others, just like Xu Benyu. Now I understand helping others means helping ourselves. Helping others is a happy thing.
I’m good at English, Japanese and French. I also do well in designing. Write to me if there’s anything I can do for you.
Best Wishes,
Miss Li

Step VI Homework
Ask the Ss to list the ways in which different animals are, or could be, trained to help people.