2020年春人教新目标英语八年级下册 Unit 4 Why don’t you talk to your parents?
【Knowledge aims】 1.Grammer
1) Can use could and should .Express advice and persuasion. 2) Use “Why don’t you …?”correctly to give advice. 3) Use conjunctions:until,so that,although correctly. 2.Words and expressions
1) allow, guess, argue, offer, communicate, explain, copy,return, compete, continue, compare,
push,cause, deal, relation, communication,cloud, member, pressure, opinion,skill, football, development, wrong, elder, nervous, proper, clear, typical, quick, crazy, usual, instead, secondly, anymore, perhaps,whatever
2) look through, big deal, work out, get on with, cut out,compare…with ,in one’s opinion 【Ability aims】
1) Can ask and state own and other problems 2) Can give advice 【Strategies】
1) Find the expressions that have the same meaning and understand the meaning in the
context.
2) Guess the meaning in the context. 【Culture】
Opinions about taking after-school classes in eastern and weatern countries
The first period 1a~2d
1a
To introduce Ss to the first unit goal:talk about problems.
To set the scene, increase Ss’vocabulary and introduce the target language. Let Ss talk about the problems in their life.
Lead Ss to go through 1a.learn the word and expressions .After learning ,T gives advice. 1b
Listen and circle the problems you hear in 1a. Repeat it after the tape.It is helpful to finish 1c 1c
Ss read the conversations together and make a new one in groups .Then act out the conversation. 2a and 2b
Tell Ss the main idea and introduce some key words. Listen to finish 2a and 2b Repeat it after the tape Note the words and phrases. 2c
Role-play a conversation between Peter and his friend.First in group.Then act out.
2d
Role-play the conversation.
First repeat after the tape and underline the words and expressions they don’t know.T explain them to Ss.Then practice and act out the conversation. 【Homework】
Remember the new words and expressions .prepare the performance for tomorrow.
The second period 3a~3c
Step1 Revision
1. Role play the conversation in 2d
2. Talk about the problems and give advice Step2 Presentation
1. Tell Ss what we learned in this unit.Ask them what problems they have in their family and
how they solve them.When there are some problems at home, what do you do as a kid?
2. Ask Ss to look at the picture and talk about it .T can give some key words during this step.For
example,fight a lot,get on with.
3. Introduce the article is a letter. Pay attention to the style. And we can get what kind of
information from the style.
4. Give questions and ask Ss to read and find out the answer.Ss must have enough time to do it.
So T is patient to wait for them to find the keys.
5. Ask different students to ask and answer the problems and advice.It can be made into some
small conversations.
A:I can’t get on well with my family.What should I do ? B: You should talk about these feelings with his family.
6. T play the tape and ask Ss to repeat. When they read, they should underline the new words
and expressions they don’t know.
7. T explain the words and expressions to Ss. Practice them with Ss 8. Read and translate the two letters in group. T give help if they need. Step3.Discussion
Ask Ss if they agree /disagree with his advice and why. Step4.Practice
3c Which words or phrases in the letters have the same or similar meanings as the following? Write a sentence using each word or phrase.Because my Ss have poor English, it’s better to lead Ss to do it together. Then T write Ss’ answer on the Bb. Step5.Homework
Rewrite the two letter in a short passage. Try to recite the letters.
Remember the words and phrases and T check them in class.
The third period Grammar Focus~SectionB1e
Step1 Revision
1. check the words and the expressions on Page 27. 2. Encourage Ss to recite or retell the article.
Step2 Presentation and practice
1,Grammar focus
Ss read it and translate it in group.T gives help when they work in group.Then T can have a check about it. 2.4a
Expain the use of although, so that and until.Prompt Ss to suggest what these words mean and what they are used for.T can help Ss to make sentences with these words.
? Although is used to join wro parts of a sentence and it shows a contrast between the ideas in
the two parts.
? So that is used to introduce a reason for what is stated in the earlier part of a sentence. ? Until is used to show that an action continues up to a certain time and stops at that time, 4b.
Tell Ss some problems and ask them what advice they can give.It’s better to write down Ss’answer on the Bb. 4c
T show these problems to students and discuss them together how to solve the problems.
Sometimes Ss can give some perfect responses.Rmind Ss to use the target language to talk about problems and give advice. Section B 1a and 1b
Ask Ss how to lower stress .Make a list of activities on the Bb. T also can make a survey about the activities in 1a. 1c
Lead Ss to look through the sentences .read and translate them to make sure they understand their meaning .At the same time Ss can get a main idea about the listening material.T can make it a small conversartion about each stress.Listen to check the problems. 1d
Before listening , T can ask Ss to make a guess to fill in the blanks by using the contextual clues. After listening, Ss repeat the conversation. 1e
Ss practice speaking the target language by talking about the problems and advice. Step 3 Homework
Memorize the Grammar Focus
Talk about the stress and the way to solve it.Write it down as a composition.
The fourth period 2a~2b
Step 1 Revision
Check the words and the phrases.
Talk about the problems and give advice. Step 2.Presentation 2a
Go through the activities and check the ones the Ss do 2b
1) Ss scan the intructions and the two questions in 2b and predict the main idea to make sure the
purpose of the first reading.
2) Ss read the text and say the main idea. If Ss have difficuly, T can provide some pharses for Ss
to choose, Then let Ss express the main idea by using the whole sentences 3) Ask Ss to read the text carefully. Find the points they can’t understand.
Exam skills, so that, in order to , compete, typical, on most days after school, football training, cut out, the tired children don’t get home until after 7:00pm.,have a quick dinner, It’s time for homework,continue, compare…with…, crazy, push their kids hard, development, cause a lot of stress, even.T explain the keys to Ss and practice them with Ss. 4) Ss repeat the text after the tape. Step3 Homework Retell the story
The fifth period 2c~self check
Step1.Revesion Retell the text
Step 2.Presentation and practice
1) Read the passage again and find the words that have the same meaning as the explanation.Ss
can do it with T.
2) Read it again anf answer the questions in 2b and 2d.T can provide some other questions to
check Ss understanding.
3) Divide Ss into some groups and discuss the questions in 2e.They try to use the target
language in the conversation.T can write the target language on the Bb so that Ss can use them freely. 3a~3b
1) Read the instruction and parents’ opinion.Know about the purpose of the activity. 2) Discuss in group and report to the class.
3) Lead Ss to write the composition. Before writing, T lead them to revise the words and
phrases about the topic. Ask some students to read their work. Self check
1) It is used to check if Ss can use the conjunctions well.First, do them individually, then check
the answer.
2) Ss exchange their ideas and report their ideas. Step 3 Homework
Write a composition about 3b.
2020年春人教新目标英语八年级下册unit4全单元教案
