初中英语牛津译林版八年级下册Unit 4 A good read课堂教学课件ppt

8B  Unit 4  Reading(1)

Background information:

Gulliver’s Travels was written by the famous British writer  Jonathan Swift (乔纳森·斯威夫特 ). This novel tells us Gulliver’s amazing adventures(冒险）in some countries, including  Lilliput(小人国）， Brobdingnag(大人国）， Laputa(飞岛国）and  Houyhnhnms(智马国）.

Teaching aims:

1. To read an extract about Gulliver in Lilliput.

2. To expand vocabulary to talk about the story, e.g. against, continue, tired out, tie, stomach, finger, tiny, manage, lift, fall over, ect.

3. To complete some tasks according to the text.

4. To learn to be a thoughtful reader while reading.

Teaching focus:

1. To master the new vocabulary in the extract

2. To complete some tasks related to the extract.

Teaching difficulty:

Learn to find out some detailed information to solve the problems.

Teaching aids:

Blackboard, chalk, PPT.

Teaching procedures：

Warming-up

1. Talk about the book called Gulliver’s Travels, then play a video to enjoy.
2. Tell the students to have a guess, who is he ? & where is he ?

【Pre-reading】

1. Show some pictures to learn new words and phrases in the text.

2. Ask Ss. to read the new words and phrases.

Task1:Choose the correct word and phrase to fill in the blanks.

against   tired out   continue  tie   manage   fall over   either  stomach

1.His parents ____ their dog to a tree.

2.She will _________ studying for another year.

3.If you don’t go there, I won’t go ______.

4.I have no money to buy a rose for my mother ,but I __ to make one with red paper.

5.--What’s wrong with you?—I’ve got a pain in my ________.

6.We were __________ after a long walk.

7.I __________ and hurt my leg on my way to school.

8.He can hear the waves crashing _______ the rocks.

【While-reading】

1. Skimming for information.

1、Why couldn’t Gulliver move when he woke up?

2、How many tiny people did he see in the end?

2:Read Paras1-2 and find out some more details.

1. What did Gulliver do after their ship crashed against the rocks?

    He swam as far as he could.

2. What did he do when he felt the land?

    (He was tired out .) He felt down on the beach and went to sleep.

3. What did Gulliver find when he woke up?

    He found he could not move, his arms, legs and hair were tied to the ground.

3. Read Paras3-4 carefully and write T or F, and correct the false statements.

(    ) 1. The tiny person was the same size as Gulliver’s big finger.

(    )  2. A tiny man climbed onto Gulliver’s body and stood on his shoulder.

(    )  3. About 40 of the small men started climbing over him.

(    )  4. Gulliver shouted at the small men, but they didn’t care.

4. Have a discussion, If you are Gulliver, how will you feel?

Can you read Para.3--4 with emotion?

5. Read Para5 and find out the small men’s and Gulliver’s activities.

small men                         Gulliver

began __________;                             could not _____________;

                                 didn’t know _____________;

tried to _____________;

managed to _____________;

began to _______                                _____________ is left hand;

were coming straight towards him…                looked down …

6. Have a discussion, Could Gulliver run away at last?

①  Yes, he could, because…            ②  No, he couldn’t, because…

【Post-reading】

1．Have a talk: What do you think of Gulliver?

I think Gulliver was …because he …

2. Play a video, Read the story called Gulliver in Lilliput loudly after the video, pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation.

3. Fill in the blanks.

Gulliver sets off on a ship to the South Seas, but they ran into bad weather soon. The ship c___1___ against the rocks. Gulliver lands on a b__2___. When he woke up, he found himself t__3___ to the ground. He looked down and saw a t__4__ person on his body. Soon more small men started c___5___ all over him. Gulliver s__6___ at them. The noise was so l___7___ that they all fell over. However, they c__8____ moving across his body. Gulliver finally m___9___ to break the ropes. When he lifted his left hand, the small men began to shout. He looked down and saw a huge a__10_ of tiny people coming straight towards him. How could he do to get away from them ? 

Homework:

1. Read the text several times and try to retell it.
2. Finish the exercises in 《课课练》.

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