八年级英语上册 Unit 1 Friends reading 1教案 （新版）牛津版-（新版）牛津版初中八年级上册英语教案.doc

课 题
Reading 1
总第 课时
备课时间

上课时间
课 时
Period 2
教 具
A recorder
Unit 1 Friends
Teaching aims
1. To guess general meanings from keywords and context
2. To skim text for overall meanings and scan for details
3. To recognize the use of comparatives and superlatives
Teaching focus
To identify specific information about different people form their friends’ descriptions
Difficult points
To use adjectives to describe people’s appearance and characteristics
Teaching method
Task-based approach
Teaching procedures
The second preparing lessons
Step 1 Revision.
1. What are the most important qualities of a good friend?
2. What are the very important qualities of a good friend?
3. What’s your good friend like?
Step 2 Presentation
1. T: I have a good friend. Do you want to know her? What do you want to know about her?
2. Show a picture. Describe my good friend. Introduce some new expressions:
As tall as; be willing to; have a good sense of humor; feel bored
Step 3 Fast reading
T: ‘Teenagers’ magazine is holding a writing competition. Some students have written some entries for it. Please read and find out their main qualities.
1---generous, helpful
2humorous (have a good sense of humor), funny
3---true friend, kind
Step 4 Read for details
Complete the table after reading their entries once more.
Name
Betty
Max
May
Appearance
Slim, short hair
Tall, wear glasses
Small, have straight, shoulder-length hair, pretty.
Personality
Generous
Helpful
Have a good sense of humor
Funny
True, kind
What does he/she do?
Willing to share things with friends
Ready to help people any time e.g. …
Tell funny jokes and always make others laugh
Long legs do not fit under the school desks..
Can keep a secret
Never say a bad word about anyone
Step 5 Retell
1. T: So we have got a table about them. And you have known a lot about them. Can you say sth about them according to the information in the table.
2. Give Ss 3 minutes to prepare
3. Ask 2-3 Ss to retell the three articles.
Step 6 Brainstorming.
1. T: Well, when we describe our friends, we also need to describe what he or she is like. What kind of words can we use? ---Adjectives.
Eyes, nose: big, small
Face: round, square
Body: thin, strong, slim, fat, tall, short
Hair: short, long, straight, circled, shoulder-length
2. We can use so many useful words to describe people. Is there any difference in describing boys and girls? Can you give me any examples?
Homework:
1. To write about one of their friends. (in the next class, teachers can read some of them and ask the whole class to guess who she/he is)
2. (for some weak students) To write a short passage, use any one on Page 8 as a model. They can replace some words in it if they can’t write a new one.

Teaching notes