外研版八年级英语上册教案Module 10 Unit 2
Module 10 The weather
Unit 2 The Weather is fine
all year round.
教材分析
本课为Module10的第二单元，课文以天气为主线，介绍了去美国旅游的最佳时间。课文从实际出发，选取了美国几个比较有名的旅游胜地，如纽约、新英格兰、西雅图等，介绍了不同地方适宜旅游的时间，并给出了相应的建议，实用性很强。
教学目标
1. Listening and understanding familiar topics (weather).
2. Giving weather forecast based on clues; predicting about future weather using probably.
3. Reading and finding specific information.
4. Writing a short passage about the best time to visit your town, using because, so and but.
教学重难点
1. Key vocabulary: mile, northwest, umbrella, southeast, from time to time
2. Keys sentences:
1) When’s the best time to visit the US?
2) The US is a very big country to visit.
3) So choose carefully the places to see and the time to go.
4) Bring a map because you may want to travel around.
课前准备
A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures.
教学过程
Step1 Lead-in.
Talk about what you can see in the pictures.
1. Ask the Ss to look at the pictures and elicit what they can see.
2. Put them in groups to describe each picture.
3. Elicit their descriptions and ask the class to guess which picture it is.
【设计意图】
本活动的目的是为阅读作语言上的准备。
Step2 Reading.
1. Show some pictures about the weather of the cities and states in America.
2. Talk something about the weather of the cities and states.
3. Introduce the new words, and read them.
4. Find out the best time to visit the US.
5. Play the recording and listen to the tape carefully.
6. Ask the students to read through the passage.
【设计意图】
本活动是一个阅读理解活动。学生需要根据课文内容总结去美国不同地区游览的最佳时间。Step3 Complete the table.
1. Read the passage again.
2. Complete the table in Activity
3.
Places Weather Best time to visit
New York Winter: 1. __________ 2.______________
New England 3. ________________ 4. ______________ California 5._________________ 6. ______________
8. ______________
Alaska Summer: 7. _________
Winter: 9.___________
3. Check with a partner.
4. Call back the answers from the whole class.
【设计意图】
本活动是细节理解题，侧重考查学生对课文细节的理解及提取主要信息的能力。
Step4 Complete the sentences.
1. Ask the students to read the words in the box in Activity 4.
brown mile storm sweater umbrella
2. Ask the students to read through the sentences in Activity 4.
1) In autumn the leaves turn gold and then _____________.
2) It’s about 3,000 _____________ from the east coast to the west coast.
3) You might need a(n) _____________ in the evening.
4) Sometimes there are ____________ in summer and autumn on the southeast coast.
5) You will need a( n) ______________ in Seattle because it rains a lot.
3. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words from the box.
4. Check with a partner.
5. Call back the answers from the whole class.
【设计意图】
本活动是与课文相关的词汇练习，要求学生在理解单词和句意的基础上选词填空，旨在考查学生对所学单词的掌握情况。
Step5 Writing.
1. Match the two parts of the sentences.
1) You can come any time you like, but …
2) It often rains in spring, so …
3) Bring a coat because …
4) Our plan is to walk in the countryside, so …
5) Sydney is a big city, but …
6) Let’s stay for a long time because …
a) … it will soon become cool.
b) …there are lots of things to see.
c) … the best time to visit England is in spring.
d) … it’s a good idea to bring an umbrella.
e) … wear comfortable shoes.
f) … we will find our way with a good map.
2. Check with a partner.
3. Call back the answers from the whole class.
4. Read the sentences together.
5 Write some advice for visiting your home town and give reasons. Use because, so and but.
The best time to visit my home town is in… because the weather is…
【设计意图】
本活动是写作练习，要求学生为参观自己家乡的游客提出建议，并说明原因，最后落实成一篇文章。
Step6 Homework
Finish the exercises in the workbook.
教学反思
在本课教学中，教师可以立足于课本，根据实际情况进行扩展，介绍其他地方适宜旅游的时节并给出一些实用性的建议。