初中英语Lesson 44 Popular Sayings教案

Title

Lesson44  Popular Sayings  

Teaching aims

Knowledge

1. To know the characters about sayings.
2. To learn some sayings.

Ability

1. To learn about how to use sayings to make your words vividly.

Emotion

To realize the encouragement and energy from the sayings.

Project

Content

Aims

Teaching procedures

Step1: Lead-in and warm up

Which sentence is more vivid?

Motivate the Ss to think about the importance of sayings.

Step2: Reading

1. Read the text three times and each time finish one task.

Task 1 : Finish “Let’s Do It” Ex1 

Task 2 : Finish“Let’s Do It”Ex2

Answers:

Well begun is half done.

Many hands make light work.

Actions speak louder than words.

Where there is a will, there is a way.

Task 3: Find more words to describe “sayings”.

    e.g. simple and easy to remember ;

       full of deep meanings;

       different walks of life;

              ......

Get to know more about the content and key information about the sayings.

Students can understand better through reading and doing the exercises.

Step3:Sayings Show

1. A friend in need is a friend indeed.（患难见真情）
2. He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.（不到长城非好汉）
3. Tou can not teach an old dog new tricks.

（江山易改本性难移）

4. A penny saved is a penny earned.

（财富是节约换来的）

5. East, west，home is best．
   （金窝，银窝，不如自己的草窝）
6. Don’t judge a book by its cover.（人不可貌相）
7. Too many cooks spoil the broth.（人多坏事）
8. It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.（重在参与）
9. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

(山中无老虎，猴子称大王)

10. All is not gold that glitters.
    （发光的并不都是金子）

Through the sayings show, the Ss can understand the sayings better.

Step 4: the definition of the saying.

They are short sentences that describe something people believe to be true about life.

Step 5: Team work. 

Task 1 : Write as many sayings as possible in groups

       according to your memory.

Task 2 : Choose your favourite ones to make sentences

       (at least 3)

Task 3 : Choose the best ones in groups and read them

       in class.

Step 6: Exercise.

Summarize

the definition of the sayings.

Through using the sayings in sentences, the Ss can understand the sayings better.

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Practice using the sayings in sentences.

Home-

work

Homework :

To find more sayings after class and show them in class.

Board Design

      Lesson 44 Popular Sayings

Teamwork:   sayings               Character of sayings

Group1:     Like father, like son.     vivid

Group2:    Well begun is half done.   meaningful           

Group3:     ......                   simple

Group4:                           easy

Group5:                           ......