Unit 6 An old man tried to moved the mountains.
Section A (1a-2b)
一、教学目标： 1. 语言知识目标：
1) 能掌握以下单词：remind, bit, silly, instead of 能掌握以下句型： ①How does the story begin? ② What happened next?
2) 能够用英语询问故事的开始、发展及后续等。能够对故事中的人物或情节发表一些简单的看法或观点。 2. 情感态度价值观目标：
学习愚公，要学习他“主动挖山”的精神。在我们生活工作中存在着很多的“山”。在这些山的面前我们应该采取怎样的态度对待它？是通过“搬家”来避开它或找领导请求帮助；还是像愚公一样明知困难却迎难而上，凭借自己的力量勇敢的克服困难。愚公不畏艰险，不怕困难，勇敢面对的精神，正是值得我们所学习的。 二、教学重难点 1. 教学重点：
1) 掌握本课时中出现的生词：remind, bit, silly, instead of； 2) 学会询问故事发展的基本句型： How does the story begin? What happened next? 2. 教学难点：
学会表达故事中的人物或情节，并发表一些简单的看法或观点。 三、教学过程
Step 1 Lead in
1. T: Boys and girls, do you like listening to stories? Ss: Yes, I do. T:Me ,too. Since that, let’s watch a video and listen to a story first. 2.播放动画片《神笔马良》的英文视频，导入本单元主题。 T: What’s the name of the story?
Ss：It’sMa L iang and his Magical Writing Brush. S1: It’s a traditional Chinese story. T:This story is very interesting, isn’t it? Ss:Yes, it is.
T: In this unit, we’ll learn how to tell a story.
Step 2 Presentation
1. Look at the picture.(PPT4) (1)T:What’s the name of the story? Ss:Yu Gong Moves a Mountain.
(2)T:Do you know other traditional Chinese stories? Can you act it out? Can you tell the story to our class? Eight groups act their story out.
(3) All these stories are very interesting and meaningful. We can learn something from each story. 2.Look at the screen and ask:
Have you ever heard of these stories? (PPT6-PPT13)
Step 3 Writing
1. Look at the pictures in 1a, then read the names of the story in the box.
2. Ss discuss with their partners and match the names of the stories with the pictures. Journey to the West b
Yu Gong Moves a Mountain d
Hou Yi Shoots the Suns a Nu Wa Repairs the Sky c
Step 4Listening
1. T: Tell Ss they will hear a great Chinese traditional story. Listen and see who know the name of the story.
2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen.
3. Ss who know the name of the story may hand up. 4. Play the recording again. Let Ss check the facts they hear. 5. Check the answers.
____ The two mountains were very high and big. ____ A very old man tried to move the mountains. ____ A man told Yu Gong that he could never do it.
Step 5Pair work
1. Read the questions in the box in 1c. 2. Ss discuss the questions with their partners. 3. Let some pairs ask and answer the questions. e.g. A: How does the story happen?
B: There were two very tall mountains in front of their house. A: What happened next?
B: A very old man tried to move the mountains.
A: Where would they put all the earth and stone from the mountains? B: They would put them into the sea.
Step 6Listening
T:Do you want to know the rest of the story Yu Gong Moves a Mountain? Work on 2a:
T: Let’s continue to listen to the story.
1. Look at the pictures in 2a. Discuss the things they are going to do. When you listen to the story, please number the pictures.
2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and number the pictures. 3. Play the recording again to check the answers. Work on 2b:
1. Let Ss read the sentences below. Explain some main sentences for the Ss. Make
sure they know what to do.
2. Play the recording for the Ss to circle the correct words in the brackets. 1) A man saw Yu Gong and his (children / family) when they were working on moving the mountains.
2) He told Yu Gong he could never do it because he was old and (poor / weak). 3) As soon as the man finished (talking /speaking), Yu Gong said that his family could continue to move the mountains after he died.
4) Finally, a god was so moved by Yu Gong that he sent (two / three) gods to take the mountains away.
5) This story reminds us that you can never (know / see) what’s possible unless you try to make it happen.
3. Play the recording again to check the answers.
Answers: 1. children 2. weak 3. talking 4. two 5. know
Step 7 .Let’s me show you some other traditional Chinese stories.
Ne Zha Conquers the Dragon King Magic Brush Ma Liang
The bird Jingwei tries to fill the sea Kua Fu Chases the Sun Chang’e Flies to the Moon
Pan Gu Separates the Sky From the Earth
Step 8Homework:
Tell the story Yu Gong Moves a Mountain in English to your friends. Once upon a time, there was a very old man…
英语人教版八年级下册unit 6 sectionA 1A-2B
