Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains.
Period One Section A (1a-2d)
I. Teaching Goals: 1. Language goals: (1)Words &expressions:
Be able to use the words and phrases:
shoot, stone, weak, god, remind, silly,once upon a time, a little bit, instead of (2)Grammar:
? Be able to use conjunctions such as “as soon as, so...that...,unless” to tell a story ? Be able to use “how, what, who, why”etc.to ask about a story. (3)Structure::
? How does the story begin?
? Once upon a time, there was a very old man... ? What happened next?
? As soon as the man finished talking, Yu Gong said that his family could continue to
move the mountains after he died.
? Why was Yu Gong trying to move the mountains?
? Because they were so big that it took a long time to walk to the other side 2. Ability goals:
By learning, Ss can tell a story in English, using the target language. 3. Moral goals:
By learning the story of Yu Gong, Ss are expected to realize that nothing is impossible if we have enough determination and perseverance. II. Teaching Importance
1. To understand and ask about how the story goes on.
2. To have Ss tell a story and use the conjunctions properly while telling. III. Teaching Difficulties:
To enable Ss to tell Chinese legends or stories and give some opinions.in English IV. Teaching Methods:
Audio-visual Method; Task-based Teaching Method;; Communicative Method. V. Teaching Aids: CAI, PPT
VI. Teaching Strategies: Summarize the stories according to the conversation VII. Teaching Procedure: Task 1: Lead-in (2 mins) Purpose: To interest the Ss and introduce the unit goal: tell a story. Play a music video called Yu Gong Moved the Mountains by Jiang Tao.
Ask “Have you heard of this song before?” and tell Ss that it sings about an ancient Chinese traditional story. Ask who knows the name of it and then present the language goal in Unit 6: Tell a story.
Task 2: Presentation (A guessing-game) (3mins) Prupose :To set the scene, increase Ss’ vocabulary and introduce the target language. 1. T: In Section A, we’ll learn about some famous Chinese traditional stories. Can you guess what stories these are? Look at the screen and guess.
Divide the class into two teams. A and B.
Present a picture of a story little by little on the screen until one team correctly calls out the name of the story in English or Chinese, e.g. “Hou Yi Shoots the Suns”. Show the story title on the screen ask “Who is the main character in each story?”Give this team a point and then continue the game the same way one after another. 2.Work on 1a
Ss read the story titles and match them with the pictures in 1a, then check the answers. Make sure that Ss can understand the new word “shoot”.
Journey to the West b Yu Gong Moves a Mountain d Hou Yi Shoots the Suns a Nu Wa Repairs the Sky c Task 3: Listening (3 mins) Work on 1b Purpose: To help Ss recognize the target language in natural speech. 1. T tells Ss that Anna and Wang Ming are talking about a story and ask Ss to listen the conversation once and find out which story it is. Ss who get the answer may raise hands. 2. Play the recording once more, Ss listen and check the facts they hear. 3. 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. Task 4: Discussing (5 mins) Work on 1c
Purpose: To help Ss use the target language in natural speech. 1. T: Now Let’s discuss these questions in the box.
(Have Ss read the questions, make sure that they understand each question.) 2. Ss discuss the questions in pairs, they can use the tapescripts on P103 for help. (While Ss are discussing, show the useful expressions on the screen to offer tips) once upon a time; there was/were ; so... that.... 3. Have some pairs volunteer to ask and answer the questions. 4. Task 5: Listening Work on 2a (4 mins)
Purpose: To give Ss listening practice with the target language. 1. Pre-listening.
Show the pictures in 2a. Say”These pictures show how the story of Yu Gong went on, but they are in the wrong order.What happened in each picture?”( Ss can volunteer to say something about the pictures ) After that , have Ss try to number the pictures
according to what they think the story should be like. 2. While listening:
Say “Let’s continue to listen to this story. Listen to Wang Ming carefully.”
Play the recording, Ss listen and check if their guessings in advance are right or wrong. 3. After listening
Check the answers in class. Work on 2b (6 mins)
Purpose: To give Ss practice in listening for specific items in conversations. (Listen for specific items in conversations.) 1. Pre-listening
Before listening, have Ss read each sentence and explain some difficult sentences (e.g. “as soon as, remind and unless”)for Ss to make sure that they understand them. And then Ss predict and underline the answers they think will be correct. 2. While listening
Play the recording again and Ss circle the words they6 hear. 3. After listening
Review the correct answers by reading the whole sentence with the class,and have Ss raise their hands if they predicted the answers correctly in advance. Task 6: Look and talk (8mins)
Purpose: To give Ss practice in retelling or talking about a story. 1. T: Well, Wang Ming told us the story of Yu Gong today. Can you try to tell this story as him? Just do it . Let’s say “YES, I CAN.”(The whole class say “YES, I CAN.”loudly. 2. T shows all the pictures about the story in order.
Ss look at the pictures and try to tell the story in their own words.
Remind them using the information in 1b and 2b. Ss can also use the tapescripts for help 3. Ask individuals to retell the whole story one after another. Task 7: Role-play (10 mins) Work on 2d
Purpose: To give Ss the opportunity to use the target language in a controlled manner. 1. T: Thanks for telling us the famous story. Well, what do you think we can learn from this story or the character Yu Gong?
Then ask for some personal opinions about the story.
After this, T may say “Wow! you have so many different ideas about the story. Why don’t we listen to other people’s opinions about it ?”
2. Pay Ss’ attention to 2d and Show the following chart to Ss . Ask Ss to listen to the conversation and underline the correct information to completer the chart. Wang Ming’s opinions Claudia’s opinions Teacher’s opinions Then check the answers by asking individuals to answer.
3. Let Ss read after the teacher and find some verb phrases that they have learned. E.g: try to do sth, keep doing sth, give up, agree with sb
Then have Ss find the new expressions and try to explain how to use them. E.g: ? I think it’s a little bit silly.
a little bit (= a little) + 形容词或副词时，表示“一点儿” ? But what could Yu Gong do instead of moving the mountains?
instead of 是复合介词，后接名词、代词、动词的-ing形式或介词短语等，意为“代替，作为……的替换”。
4. Ss role-play the conversation in groups and then ask volunteers to act it out . Task 8:Summary (2 mins)
Purpose :To help Ss learn absorption capacity of the key language.points and learn the spirits of perseverance from Yu Gong. First have Ss summarize the main points by asking “What have you learned in this class?” Then the teacher give a short conclusion and show all the key language points on the screen.Write on the Bb to encourage Ss, e.g.: Anything is possible if we work hard Homework: (2 mins)
1. Recite the conversation in 2d after school.
2. Tell the story Yu Gong Moves a Mountain in English to your parents.
Blackboard Design
Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains.
once upon a time there was/were... How does the story begin?
Why was Yu Gong trying to move the mountains?
so ... that... What happened next?
This story reminds us that you can never know what’s possible
unless as soon as a little bit silly instead of
unless you try to make it happen. ... .
Anything is possible if we work hard. Keep trying and don’t give up.
英语人教版八年级下册unit6SectionA教学设计
