英语八年级下册Section A教案及反思

Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains.

Section A (3a~3c)

教学目标

【知识与技能】

1) 学习掌握下列词汇：object, magic, stick, hide, tail, turn…into, excite, western

2) 阅读短文，能按要求找到相应的信息。

3) 通过阅读提高学生们的阅读能力。

4) 了解《西游记》中美猴王这一人物的大体情况。

【情感、态度与价值观】

多阅读中国传统文学名著，让学生们明白中国传统文化的博大、精深，并吸取中国传统文化中的精华。

教学重难点

【教学重点】

1. 掌握本部分出现的生词和词组，达到熟练运用的目标。

2. 阅读短文，获得相关的信息。通过阅读练习，来提高阅读能力。

【教学难点】

1. 阅读短文，获得相关的信息的能力。

2. 理解并运用所学的词汇及表达方式。

教学准备

图片、视频、多媒体等

教学过程

Step 1 Revision

Let some Ss tell the story of Yu Gong moves a mountain.

S1: Once upon a time, there was a very old man. There were two mountains near his house. They were so big and high that it took a long way to walk to the other side.

S2: The old man told his family that they should all helped him to move the mountains.

S3: Yu Gong said they could put them into the sea because it’s big enough to hold everything.

S4: Yu Gong and his family began to move some of the soil and stone into the sea..

S5: One day a man saw Yu Gong and his children when they were working on moving the mountains.

S6: He told Yu Gong that he could never do it because he was old and weak.

S7: As soon as the man finished talking, Yu Gong said that his family could continue to move the mountains after he died.

S8: His family would live and grow, but the mountains could not get bigger. So Yu Gong and his family kept on digging day after day and year after year.

S9: Finally, a god was so moved by Yu Gong that he sent two gods to take the mountains away.

S10: This story reminds us that you can never know what’s possible unless you try to make it happen.

Step 2 New words

1.  Look at the pictures and learn about the new words.

    object  n. 物体     tail  n. 尾巴     stick  n. 棍；条

    excite  v. 使激动；使兴奋     western  adj. 西方的

2. 学生们根据讲解，理解这些单词的用法，并试着强化记忆。

Step 3 Warming-up

1. Look at the pictures and answer the questions.

1) Who are they?

2) In which book are they the main characters?

3) Which character do you like best?

Keys: 1) They’re Zhu Bajie, Su Wukong, Sha Heshang and Tang Seng.   

2) Journey to the West.

       3) I like Monkey King best.

2. Watch a video about the Monkey King.

3. What do you know about Journey to the West?

  Journey to the West is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century during the Ming   Dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng’en. It is one of the Four Great Classical Novels in Chinese literature.

  Sun Wukong, also known as the Monkey King, is one of the main characters in the novel Journey to the West.  

Step 4 Reading

Work on 3a.

1. Tell Ss to read the article in 3a quickly and try to find the answers to the questions:

  ① Which book is talked about?

  ② Who is the main character?

  ③ What is he like?

Ss read the article quickly and try to answer the questions:

2. 方法指导：带着问题，然后快速阅读短文，争取在较短的时间内，找到答案。

3. 学生们按老师指导的方法进行阅读，并快速回答这三个问题。

4. 最后，教师让部分学生回答答案，并校对答案。

Keys: 1. Journey to the West.

        2. The Monkey King.

        3. He is not just any normal monkey. In fact, he sometimes does not even look like a monkey!

Work on 3b.

1. 告诉学生们再次阅读短文内容，并完成3b表格中的内容。

2. 学生们带着这两个问题，仔细读短文，在短文的相关信息处划线。

3. 让学生们完成表格，并校对答案。

Keys:

What he can do: make 72 changes to his shape and size, turning himself into different animals and objects

make his magic stick so small that he can keep it in his ear, or make his magic stick big and long.

What he can’t do: turn himself into a man (unless he can hide his tail)

4. 让学生读一下自己的答案，并改正答案。

Step 5 Careful Reading

1. Read the passage again and judge the sentences below True or False.

1) Most pupils in England watch the TV program called Monkey in 1979 for the first time.

2) Journey to the West is a new Chinese book.  It’s new to Chinese children

3) Monkey King is just a normal monkey.

4) Monkey King can make 72 changes to his shape and size.

5) If the Monkey King can hide his tail, he can turn himself into a man.

6) The Monkey King uses a magic stick to fight the bad people.

7) The Monkey King’s magic stick is so long that he can’t hide it in his ear.

8) Western children like to read this book because the Monkey King keeps fighting to help the weak and never give up.

  Keys: 1: T   2: F   3: F   4: T   5: T   6: T   7: F   8: T

Work on 3c. 

1. 告诉学生们本学习活动的要求：用短文中的词组或短语来完成下列句子。 

1) Journey to the West is a __________ Chinese book. It tells one of the most popular stories in China.

2) When the English TV program Monkey  ________ in 1979, Western children _________________ this wonderful story.

3) The Monkey King can ______________ to his body. He is able to ___________ ____ different animals and objects.

4) The Monkey King ________ make his magic stick small or large.

2. 让学生们读3d中的内容，理解每个句子的大体意思。

3. 根据短文的内容，并用恰当的词组或短语完成句子。

4. 如果不能直接填上，可以再去阅读短文，在相关的内容处，再仔细进行阅读，找到相关信息，并完成句子。

5. Check the answers。 

Keys: 1) traditional   2) came out, became interested in  

3) make 72 changes, turn himself into      4) is able to

6. Pair work

Suppose you are a foreign student and very interested in Chinese culture. Now you want to ask your partner about Sun Wukong.

Make a dialogue according to the information in the passage.

Step 6 Language points

1. …turning himself into different animals and objects.

turn…into…  变成

e.g. I have a dream that I've turned into an elephant.  我梦见自己变成了大象。

2. But unless he can hide his tail, he cannot turn himself into a man.

unless  conj. 如果不；除非。引导条件状语从句，=if…not。

e.g. Unless I do, we’ll be lost.如果我不这样做, 我们会迷路的。

hide  v. 隐藏；隐蔽。(hide-hid-hidden)

e.g. Where did you hide the money? 你把钱藏哪里了？

      I hid the broken plate behind the table. 我把打碎的盘子藏在餐桌后面了。

3. …the Monkey King uses a magic stick.

magic   adj. 有魔力的；有神奇力量的

e.g. All the people heard of the magic carpet. 所有人听说过魔毯的故事。

Step7 Exercises

Ⅰ. 根据句意，从方框中选择恰当的单词填空，有的需要变换形式。

smile, fit, couple, object, excite, hide

1. The music sounded beautiful so the baby stopped crying and _________.

2. “Nothing about my life _________ me at present (现在),” a housewife said.

3. The new _________ decided to go to Paris on vacation.

4. I can never get clothes to _________ me.

5. These _________ are all old but they’re useful.

6. Two minutes ago, Susan _________ your books behind the door.

Keys: 1. smiled     2. excites     3. couple     4. fit     5. objects     6. hid

Ⅱ. Fill in the blanks.

1. A neighbor ______ (call) Tony, helped me repair my fence yesterday.

2. The Monkey King can make 72________ (change) to his shape and size.

3. His uncle isn’t interested in _________ (play) chess at all.

4. The two boys kept ________ (skate) for one hour.

5. No one _______ (be) able to answer him at that time. 

Keys: called, changes, playing, skating, was

课堂作业

Make sentences with these words.

be able to; make 72 changes, turn…into; so…that; came out; become interested in;

keep doing sth.

教学反思