牛津版八年级英语Unit 2 School Life(4)VOCABULARY.doc

Unit 2 School Life
PERIOD 4: VOCABULARY
Teaching Objectives
● To recognize and use nouns and noun phrases to identify school subjects
● To relate words and pictures to develop learning by association
● To introduce new adjectives and revise adjectives to express opinions
● To use adjectives to form opposites
● To encourage the students to talk about the subjects, focusing how they like each subjects
Teaching Procedures
STEP 1 Giving a very general revision
Just give a very general revision and get the students to talk about the special subjects in British and American schools.
Encourage the students to follow these two aspects:
What can we learn in the subject?
How do you like the subject? Why?
We can learn about how to cook and sew in Home Economics. I like it very much, because I think it’s useful. Now I can cook healthy and tasty food and I can do a lot of things for myself, too.
STEP 2 Naming the subjects
Get the students to name the subjects that they have at school and write the names on the blackboard. Help students expand their active vocabulary about school subjects.
Languages: Chinese, French, Russian, English, and Japanese
Math, History,
Geography, Science, art
PE---( PE is the short form for Physical Education)
Home Economics , Computer studies
Art and Design, Biology, Chemistry, Music Physics
Get the students to read the words on the blackboard loudly.
Draw students’ attention to the plural form of the words here:
1) Computer Studies 2) Home Economics
STEP 3 Finishing Part A on Page 23
Get the students to finish Part A on Page 23. Match pictures with correct subjects.
Questions:
What will you do in English class?
What can you do in Geography class?
We can learn about different countries, seas, rivers, etc. of the world.
Art --- You can draw or paint pictures.
Languages---We can learn to speak different languages.
History--- We learn about the past.
Computer studies---We can learn to use the computer.
PE--- We do a lot of physical exercise.
Home economics---We can learn to cook and sew.
Science---We can learn about the natural world through experiments.
(Put it very clearly that Science including Physics and Chemistry etc. )
STEP 4 Designing an English Lesson Table
Encourage the students to design an English Lesson Table. Let the students work in groups of 4 students and get them to report the lessons they have from Monday to Friday.
A sample table
TIME
DAYS
MORNING LESSONS
AFTERNOON LESSONS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
MON.

TUES.

WED.

THUR.

FRI.

SAT.

The following sentences can be given to the students and help them to organize their report.
Hi, I’m a student in _________ school. We are very busy from Monday to Friday. On Monday, we have ….
STEP 5 Which subjects are your favorites?
Ask the students which subjects are their favorites. And encourage them to speak out their reasons.
Do you like all of the subjects?
(Yes. They are all very interesting. I can learn a lot from them.)
No. I only like some of them. Some of them are interesting. Some are boring. ….)
What is your favorite subject? Why?
I like Science best, because it helps me to know the world around me better. Write the adjectives the students used on the blackboard in columns. And if necessary, write some of their reasons on the blackboard as well.
STEP 6 Finding the opposites of the adjectives
Pointing at the adjectives written on the blackboard. Encourage the students to find the opposites of the adjectives. Write them in pairs.
important, unimportant; useful, useless; popular, unpopular; easy, difficult; interesting, boring
Point out that two adjectives are introduced, one is using the prefix ‘un-’ and the other using the suffix ‘-less’.
Encourage the students to give more examples.
happy, unhappy; healthy, unhealthy; careful, careless; comfortable, uncomfortable
For stronger classes, a competition can be organized here to motivate the students to name more opposites.
Get the students to read the adjectives on the blackboard and then encourage
them to use these words to talk about the subjects.
Do some consolidate exercises as a summary.
Some students think history is _____________ (important), so they don’t work hard at it.
STEP 7 Homework
a. Write about your favorite subject and speak out your reasons.
b. Finish off the exercises in the Evaluation Handbook and learning English.