九年级英语 Unit8 How was your school trip 教案

U n i t8H o w w a s y o u r s c h o o l t r i p?单元教材分析：I. Status and Function地位和作用“Go for it!” is based on “Task-Based Language Teaching”. It adheres to “The authenticity principle”, “The form-function principle”, “The task dependency principl e” and “The principle of learning by doing”. These principles all accord with the demands of curriculum focus.In Unit 5 and Unit 10 of Grade Seven (II), “Go for it!”, students have learned “The Simple Past Tense”. And it appears again in Unit 8of Grade Eight (I). Unit 8 teaches students more about how to talk about events in the past. In addition, it gives affirmative and negative statements in the past tense, such as the sentence patterns “Did you s ee …?” “Were there …?” “Did you go …?”As the first part of Unit 8, Section A opens with a picture presenting the last school trip in the aquarium and continues with several step-by-step practice activities, which are all good for students to master “The Simple Past Tense”. Doing well in Section A will help students integrate the new target language with that in Section B. Thus, they can describe the events in the past freely and foster their own ability of reflecting and practicing.II. Teaching Objectives单元目标Teaching objective is the beginning and aim of teaching activities. According to the overall goal of the English elementary course--- improve students' synthetic ability of language application, which should be based on the development of students’ “Language knowledge”, “Language skills”, “Character building”, “Learning strategies” and “Cross-cultural awareness”. The teaching objectives are described as follows(I). Knowledge objectivesi. Master the simple past tense of regular and irregular verbsii. Recite the new words and expressions about the last school trip in the aquarium, including theirpronunciation and intonationiii. Master the key sentences and learn how to talk about the past events (II). Ability objectivesi. Understand the two dialogues and gain the information to foster the listening skillsii. Use the discourse markers to organize sentences together to form a short story and interview others to foster the speaking skillsiii. Understand the reading material and find the answers on the wall to foster the reading skillsiv. Write down the correct sentences to foster the writing skills1. 学习询问和谈论过去发生的事情。

2. 通过调查了解全班同学上周末的活动。

3. 通过描写“难忘的假日”，“秋游…”和日记摘抄，学习谈论过去发生的事情。

(III). Moral objectivesi. Encourage students to think and talk i n English through communicative tasks and provide thestudents with the chances of cooperationii. Get students to realize the importance of protecting animals and help them build up the sense ofenvironmental protectioniii. By visiting the aquarium, encourage students to know more about our culture and love our countryIII. Teaching important points and difficult points教学重难点According to the demands of the curriculum focus---“The Simple Past Tense” is one of the most important tense that students should master, the status and function of this unit, the teaching important points and difficult points are described as followsTeaching important points:（i）The key vocabulary about the animals in the aquarium(ii)Affirmative and negative statements in the past tense, “Did you, Were there” questions.(iii) The ways of talking about the events in the past.Teaching difficult points:（i）Create the situation for students to use “The Simple Past Tense” and the sentence patterns “Did you see …?” “Were there …?” “Did you go …?”freely.（ii）Find out the answers on the flashcards outside the classroom by understanding the questions on the screen.（iii）Guide students to make up their own dialogues by interviewing the famous persons.IV、Student Analysis学生学情分析The students in Grade Eight have learned how to describe the past events before, though they don’t know much about it, they have shown their confidence in learning English. They can describe the pictures, and exchange their information according to the familiar topic. They are good at imitation, they are eager to show their abilities. So, in this way, students are encouraged to fulfill some small tasks to enhance the ability of solving problems through interaction in a target language.The more advanced students wish to challenge each other with new vocabulary and create original dialogues using k ey grammar and vocabulary items. The less advanced students may benefit from pairwork and groupwork, because the more fluent students may help them, so they may have the chance to practise.V、重点词汇：1. aquarium n. 水族馆2. science center科学中心3. gift shop礼品商店4. seal n. 海豹5. shark n. 鲨鱼6. octopus n. 章鱼7. autograph n. 亲笔签名 8. win v. 获胜，赢9. ate v. （eat的过去式）吃10. took v. （take的过去式）乘坐、花费11. hung out （hang out）外出 12. got v. （get的过去式）得到13. go for a drive开车兜风 14. sleep late 睡得晚15. yard sale现场旧货出售 16. day off放假VI、重点短语：1. take photos 照相2. at the aquarium在水族馆3. win a prize 获得奖品4. on the school trip在学校旅行5. have a great time玩得愉快6. watch a dolphin show看一场海豚表演7. after that那以后8. at the end of …在…结束在…末尾9. on the day off 在假日里 10. all day一整天11. come back from…在…回来VII、典型课例分析研讨：U n i t8H o w w a s y o u r s c h o o l t r i p?第一课时S e c t i o n A(1a-2c)Step 1 Warming up (Pictures)Recycle the “Simple Past Tense” by giving some words and pictures about recent past events in the world. Encourage Ss to describe them by having a competition among them.--What did you do last Sunday?--I….(This activity helps students describe the past events in the world. And the competition is aimed to make them become active.)Step 2 Do you know the animals in the aquarium?Get Ss to watch a short play to teach the animals in the aquarium. ( The key words: aquarium, shark, seal, crab, octopus, shell, starfish, fish)(This activity provides the key vocabulary in Section A, Unit 8. And the short play is interesting enough to attract students’ attention.)Step 3 Test your memoryi. Give Ss 30 seconds to remember the 9 pictures on the screen.ii.Test their memories by using “Were there …?”or “Did you see …?”to ask and answer.(Students like new challenge, so testing their memory will arouse their interest. And this task provides speaking practice using the target language “Were there …?” “Did you see …?”)Step 4 Guessing gamesCall out some students with their photos to come to the front. Get the others to guess where he went for his last trip by asking “Did you go …?”(Students are curious to know the places their classmates traveled, so this task gives them the chances to use the target language “Did you go …?”)Step 5 ListeningWhat did Tina do on her school trip? Listen and circle the expressions in 1b. Step 6.PairworkPractice the conversation above. Then look at the picture at the top of the pageand ask and answer questions--Did Laura buy a souvenir?--No, she didn’t. Her friend Grace bought a souvenir.Step 7 Listeningi.Listen and check the questions you hear. 2aii.Listen again and circle “T” or “F”. 2b(Encourage Ss to give the answers by having a competition among them.)Step 8 PairworkLook at the information in 2b. Ask and answer questions.--Did Tina meet a famous actor?--Yes, she did. She met Jake Dean.Step 9 Sum upStep 10.Exerci seStep 11 HomeworkWrite a composition about your last tripU n i t8H o w w a s y o u r s c h o o l t r i p?第二课时S e c t i o n A(3a-4)Step 1 Warming up1. Enjoy a song, This Old Man.2. Greeting.Step 2 RevisionAsk students to make dialogues like this:--What did you do last…? --Did you go/see…? --Were there and …?Step 3PairworkAsk students to write down a list of places you visited and the things you did there. Then make conversations using the structures below.--What did you do …?--I ….--Really? That sounds interesting. What did you see?--Well, I….--Did you …?--….Step 4 Reading 3aRead the article and correct the statements below.Step 5 Interviewi Have Ss bring their own photos. The photos should be about their last trips.Ask the students in Group 1 to exchange the photos with the students in Group2. So does Group 3 & Group 4.ii Suppose the students in Group 2 and Group 4 are famous persons. Give the students in Group 1 and Group 3 three minutes to interview the famous persons according to the photos.iii Call out some to act it out. See who are the best actor and actress.(Here are some suggestions for the reporters to interview the famous persons.)I am a reporter from CCTV-9.Now I am going to interview …,How was your last trip?Did you go …? /Where did you go?Were there …?What did you do there?Did you see … there?Did you buy a souvenir?Did people there ask for your autograph?…(task provides oral practice using the target language.Students have traveled some places and taken some photos. They have their own opinions about th eir last trip. So this task is for them to show their abi lities of sharing opinions in English. And they are eager to be famous persons, so the task is aimed to motivate them). Step 6 Exercises.Do some exercises to consolidate the text.Step 7 HomeworkRecite 3a.U n i t8H o w w a s y o u r s c h o o l t r i p?第三课时S e c t i o n B(1a-2c.3c.4)Step 1 Warming upWarm up by using the sentences that they have learnt:What…? Did …? Were there…? How was…? Where …?Step 2 Presentationi.Show some pictures and learn the phrases:Watch TV with friends take a class sleep late help mom and dad go for a drive ii.Make dialogue like this:--On my next day off, I don’t want to …. That sounds really…--Oh, really? I think that sounds ….Step 3 Listeningi.Listen and check. 2aii.Listen again and fill the blanks. 2bStep 4 Use your imaginationi Have Ss make up their own story. One student starts the story by saying where he went, the others add sentences to continue the story.ii. Have a competition among them. One sentence, one point. They should use “The Simple Past Tense”. And students who can use the discourse marker can get more points. See which group has the most correct sentences.--Did…? –What…? –Were there…? –Where …? --How was …?Step5 WritingWrite a letter about what you did on your last day off.U n i t 8 H o w w a s y o u r s c h o o l t r i p ?第四课时S e c t i o n B (3a .3b )+S e l f -C h e c kStep 1 Warming upShow the students some pictures about the places, ask them some questions: --Did you go to …?—Were there any…? –Where did you go ?--How was you trip?Let the students make dialogues by using these sentences.Step 2 Presentationi..Give them a table , let them write a letter to Nick.ii.after writing, do 3a by themselves. iii.Imagine that you are Tom and this is a letter fro m you to Nick. Fill in the blanks. 3bStep 3 ConsolidationGive the students some exercises to practise.( Self-Check)Step 4 TopicShow “Just for Fun” and give them some topics like this: Did you see any people who are in the see? What do you think of the wheals?…Step 5 HomeworkImagine you went on vacation to some places, write to a friend about this.。