初中英语人教新目标 (Go for it) 版八年级下册Section B教案

Unit 2 I’ll help to clean up the city park.

Section B (2a-Self check)

教学目标

【知识与技能】

1. 复习动词不定式的不同用法。掌握生词strong, sir, madam。

2. 能够用英语表述常见的志愿活动，并就自己喜欢的志愿活动发表看法。

3. 能用本单元所学的语言简单表达对自己所喜欢的志愿活动的一些看法。

【情感、态度与价值观】

了解社会上有很多人需要我们的帮助，奉献爱心并不是要有多么伟大的壮举，而是首先自己要真正拥有一颗“爱心”，如此便可从身边的点点滴滴做起。明确自己所喜欢的志愿活动，并知道自己能为他人做些什么事情。

教学重难点

【教学重点】

1. 能运用所学的语言知识来简单地表达自己想做什么样的志愿活动。

2. 总结本单元学到的重点词组及句型。

3. 复习总结动词不定式的用法，并能完成相关练习题。

【教学难点】

运用所学的语言知识来写一封简短的信，表达自己想做什么样的志愿活动，以及做些活动的原因及自己的一些想法。

教学准备

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教学过程

Step 1 Warming up

1. T: Show some pictures of disabled people and their lives, for example, a blind man, some deaf girls. Tell Ss their life may be very difficult. They sometimes need our help.

2. Talk about the dog-helper. What can it do?

e.g. A dog-helper can lead a blind man to many places. It can get the things a man wanted.

Step 2 Reading 

① Fast Reading

1. T: Now let’s work on 2b. First, let’s read the questions and make sure we know the meanings of all the questions. Then read the passage quickly and find the answers to the questions.

1) Who wrote the letter to Miss Li? Why?

2) What did Miss Li do?

2. Ss read the letter quickly and try to find the answers to the two questions.

3. Check the answers with the class. 

② Careful Reading

1. T: Now let’s read these sentences about the letter. Read the passage again. Judge if the sentences are True or False. Please underline under the main sentences.

1) The writer can’t use his arms or legs well.

2) Lucky was brought to the writer by his friend.

3) The owner and the dog have been trained at “Animal helpers” for seven months.

4) A dog-helper is for those who are disabled.

5) Lucky can understand different orders.

2. Ss read the letter again and judge the sentences.

3. Check the answers with the class. 

4. Fill in the blanks with the proper words.

Ben Smith is a ___________ man. He has many __________ in his life. He can’t _____ his _____ or legs well. Some normal things like answering the telephone, ________ and closing the doors, or ________ things are difficult for him. But “Lucky”, the dog-helper, makes ________ to his life. Lucky is a fantastic dog. It’s very ______ and __________ many English words. It can understand him when he gives him order.

  Check the answers with the Ss.

Step 3 Language points

1) I’d like to thank you for giving money to Animal Helpers.

  thank you for doing sth.  因做某事而感谢。

  for 是介词，后接名词或的动词用动词ing 形式。

【即学即练】

1. Thanks for ________ (help) us. Thanks for your ______. (help)

2. Old Henry is always worried about _______ (live) alone somewhere .

3. We are interested in _______ (play) basketball.

4. Some children were afraid of _______ (pass) by the old strange tree in such a

    dark night.

2) I’m sure you know that this group was set up to help disabled people like me.

set up 建起；设立

e.g. A fund will be set up for the dead men’s families.

   将为死者家属设立一项基金。

disabled adj.  丧失能力的；有残疾的

dis (否定前缀)  able (能够)  disabled

e.g. He was disabled in the accident.

   他在事故中残疾了。

3) You helped to make it possible for me to have Lucky.

此句中make it possible for sb, to do sth. 是一种固定结构，表示“使得某人有可能做某事”。在这个句子中，it仅是一个形式上的宾语，真正的宾语是to do sth.

e.g. Mr. Green makes it possible for us to learn English easily and in an  interesting way in his class.

    格林先生使我们能够在他的课堂上通过有趣的方式轻松地学习英语。

4) Lucky makes a big difference to my life.

make a difference  影响；有作用

e.g. It would make a big difference to my life. 

   这会对我的生活产生很大影响。

5) Or imagine you can’t walk or use your hands easily.

  imagine   v. n. 想象；设想

 e.g. You don’t imagine it is true.

你别想象那是真的。

or在否定句中连接并列的成分。

【即学即练】

He doesn’t like red _____ (and/or) green. His favorite color is blue.

6) …but many people have these difficulties.

difficulty   n. 困难；难题

difficult adj. 困难的  difficulty n.

e.g. When you’re in difficulty, ask me for help.

   当你遇到困难时，向我求助。

have difficulty (in) doing sth. 做某事有困难

e.g. Jane has difficulties in learning math. Let’s help her.

7) She talked to Animal Helpers about getting me a special trained dog.

train v. 训练；培训

train v.  training n. 训练；培训

e.g. I’m training myself for a race.我正在为赛跑作训练。

   Very hard training is necessary. 刻苦训练很必要。

8) I love animals and I was excited about the idea of having a dog.

excited  adj. 激动的；兴奋的

辨析：exciting与excited

exciting意为“另人兴奋的”，常用于修饰事物；

excited意为“激动的”。

e.g. The boy was too excited to go to sleep. 小男孩太兴奋了，以至于不能入睡。

I have some exciting news for you. 我告诉你一些令人兴奋的消息。

【即学即练】

He felt _______ whenever he watches soccer games.

The soccer game is so _______.

相同的用法 ：interesting / interested , relaxing / relaxed, surprising / surprised. terrifying / terrified，

9) Lucky is very clever and understands many English words.

clever adj.  聪明的

e.g. It was clever of him to find the way here.

   他能找到这儿来真是聪明。

understand  v.  理解；领会 (understood)

e.g. This grammar is easy to understand.

    这本语法书很容易理解。

10) Thank you again for changing my life.

      change  v.  n.   变化；改变

e.g. How did it change his life？

   它如何改变他的生活？

2. Ss read and try to remember. 

③ Post reading

Work on 2c

1. Now look at the list of words below. Circle the part of the speech of each word and make your own sentences with these words.

1) group (adj.  / n.  )

  ___________________________________

2) disabled (adj. / adv.   )

  __________________________________

3) difference (adv.  / n.  )

  ___________________________________

4) imagine (v.  / n. )

  __________________________________

5) difficulties (n.  / adj. )     

  _________________________________

6) normal (adv. / adj.   )

  __________________________________

7). training (adv.  / n. )

  __________________________________

8) kindness (n.  / v. )

  __________________________________

2. Let some Ss circle the part of speech.

3. Ss try to make sentences with the words.

4. Let some Ss read their sentences and correct their mistakes.

5. Ss check the sentences with their partners.

Work on 2d

1. Tell Ss that they will use information in the letter to make true sentences by matching the different parts.

2. Ss work by themselves.

3. Check the answers together.

Step 4 Discussion

1. T: 1. In what other ways do you think dogs are able to help people?

2. What other animals can we train to help people?

2. Now talk about it with your partner.  

3. Ask some Ss say what they answers.

3a. Look at these kinds of volunteer work. Can you add more? What would you like to do? Discuss it with a partner.

 e.g.

 Working in an old people’s home

Helping kids in an after-school program

Being a guide at a museum

Talk with your partner about what kinds of volunteer work you would do.

Step 5 Ask and answer

What would you like to do?

Why do you like to do that?

Step 6 Writing 

Work on 3b:

1. Let one student write his or her answer to the questions.

2. Using these answers as a model, write a short letter as a model for the Ss.

写作指导：

   本文为写自己所喜欢的志愿活动，并说明原因。

   因此，人称为第一人称；时态应用一般现在时态；

   应先开门见山地表明自己所喜欢的志愿活动。

   然后，说明自己所擅长的事情，并表明自己想做这些活动的简单原因。

3. Ss try to write down their answers and write a short letter by themselves. 

4. Walk around the class and give any help Ss may need.

5. Let some Ss read their letters and correct them.

Step 7 Self Check

Work on Self Check 1: 

1. Fill in each blank with a possible verb to make a phrasal verb.

2. Fill in the blanks and try to say the meaning of it. 

3. Make a new sentence with each phrase.

Work on Self check 2

1. Tell Ss to read the short passage and fill in the blanks with the appropriate phrasal verbs or infinitives.

2. Tell Ss should try to read the short article first and try to know the main meaning. Then read carefully and try to understand the meaning of each blanks.

3. Ss work and by themselves and try to fill in the blanks.

4. Check the answers with the class.

Step 8 Exercises

Ⅰ. 根据句意，从括号中选择恰当的单词填空。

1. There’s an age __________(different  / difference) of six years between them.

2. I __________(strong / strongly) urge (力劝) you to give up smoking.

3. It’s really __________(kind / kindness) of them to let us use their swimming pool.

4. It is getting more and more __________( difficult / difficulty) to find a job.

5. She __________(trained / training) hard for the race, sometimes running as much as 60 miles a week.

Ⅱ. 根据句意及所给汉语提示，用恰当的短语填空，每空一词(含缩略形式)。

1. The boy ________ ________ ________(不能) reach the apple on the table.

2. We should do our best to help the ________ ________(残疾人).

3. I decided to go to the next house and ________ ________(索要) food.

4. We ________ ________ ________(耗尽) food. What should we do?

5. I like playing tennis ________ ________ ________ ________(在我的空闲时间).

Keys: Ⅰ. 1. difference 2. strongly 3. kind 4. difficult 5. trained

Ⅱ. 1. isn't able to 2. disabled people 3. ask for 4. ran out of 5. in my free time

课堂作业

1. Write a short story about Ben Smith.

Ben Smith is a disabled man. He …

2. Finish the letter or e-mail in 3b, using the useful sentences.

教学反思