1、Unit 8 Have you ever read Treasure Island yet? Section B The analysis of Teaching material and students We are going to talk about literature and music in this unit. This kind of topic is referred to our daily life, so it is very easy to stimulate students learning interests and reading has a great
2、influence on listening,speaking and writing abilities. So this class is very important for students. For grade 8 class 5 students, although they have mastered enough knowledge in vocabulary and reading abilities, they couldnt express their opinions and thoughts because of the poor English level. I w
3、ill give them the model to help them to get the content of the passage and answer my questions. Teaching goals 1. Target language a.To learn the new words and phrases in the passage fan,beauty,southern,record,belong to. b.To understand the content of the passage. 2. Ability goals a.To improve readin
4、g skills and abilities. b.To develop the ability of summarizing. 3.Emotions attitudes and moral values a.To develop interests in music. b.To know more about American culture. Teaching important points The important point is using the reading strategies while reading and get the ideas about the passa
5、ge. Teaching difficult point The difficult points are to retell and summary. Teaching methods Predicting, Skimming, Scanning, Careful-reading and task-based method Teaching aids A media player, a projector and some slides. Teaching procedures & ways Step 1Warming up 1Leading in Music is the topic in
6、 today class , so I will give them some pictures of modern pop music stars to lead them into todays topic and ask them who the stars are. T:Good morning students. S: Good morning teacher. T: Hello, boys and girls, my name is Lili and Im very happy to be here to be your new English teacher. I hope we
7、 can get along very well with each other. First I will show you some pictures and you should tell me who they are. Ready ? S:YES! （Jason Zhang）(Taylor Swift) Look at pictures T: OK, look at the first picture. Do you know him? Ss: yes, he is Zhang Jie. T: Very good! And you also can call him Jason Zh
8、ang which is his English name. Whose husband is he? Ss: Xie Na. T: Yes ! You are right. T: What about her? Do you know her? Ss: NO. T: OK, I give you her name. She is Taylor Swift who is from the USA. She is very beautiful and popular. T:Now ,I want to know some information about you. Please answer
9、my questions.What kind of music do you like? Why? The following words and phrases in the brackets will help you. I like ( pop music,rock music, classical music.) because it makes me (happy,excited,relaxed .) Invite some students to answer these questions. T:OK. This boy. What kind of music do you li
10、ke? Why? S1: I like classical music because it makes me feel comfortable. T: Thank you, sit down, please! What about you? This lovely girl. S2: I like pop music because it makes me feel excited. （Jay Chou） TF BOYS T: thank you so much! But please pay attention to this word “feel” and repeat it with
11、me. S2:feel, feel, feel. T: Thank you ! Sit down! . T: As for me, I like country music because it makes me feel relaxed, quiet and comfortable. So today we are about to learn a story about country music and in this story the country music changes ones life. Now , please turn to page 62 and look at t
12、he reading passage. 设计意图设计意图：通过向学生们展示当代流行音乐歌手的图片引入今天的话题“music”，接着对 他们进行简单提问：他们是谁？他们正在干什么？在生动图片展示完之后让学生练习简单句 子（I like.because.）并以自己喜欢乡村音乐作为结束引出今天所要学习的课文“A Country Music Song Changed her life forever” Step Pre-reading Predicting and Scanning Before reading this passage, ask the students to scan the pa
13、ssage and get the general idea. T: Now please scan the passage and get the general idea. But how to get the general idea, do you know? Ss: NO/YES. T:It doesnt matter. Let me help you. First, please tell me the title of this passage. Ss: A Country Music Song Changed her life forever. T:Look at the pi
14、cture in the passage , who is she? Ss:She is Sarah. T:YES! She is Sarah and she is the heroin in the story.So we can get the general idea of the article is about a country music song changed Sarahs life forever. Please remember this useful tip“The title and the pictures in the passage can help us ge
15、t the general idea”. Tip1:The title and the pictures in the passage can help us get the general idea 设计意图设计意图：帮助学生们掌握技巧 1。在阅读之前，我们可以通过对文章的标题和文章中的图 片猜测，来预知文章的主旨。 Step While-reading 1Skimming T:Read quickly again and match each paragraph with its main idea. Paragraph1Sarahs dream is go to Nashville to
16、 see Garth Brooks sing live one day. Paragraph2Sarah is an American girl and she loves American country music Paragraph3Country music is a traditional kind of music. It is about belonging to a group Tip 2 : Topic sentence(主题句主题句) is usually the first/last sentence 设计意图设计意图：快速浏览文章，找出相应自然段的主题句并连线。可以让学
17、生自己先找出右边的 句子并划出横线，再进行连接。通过在每个自然段落中划出相应句子让学生自己发现规律， 即段落大意一般在一个段落的第一句话或最后一句话。自己归纳总结的东西会让学生印象深 刻，形成长时记忆。 2 Careful-reading a.Read the first paragraph and fill the chart. QuestionsKey words and phrases Who is Sarah?teenager,fight over almost everything with her family Where is she from?the US What does
18、she like?American country music Tip 3 : Key words and phrases are helpful to answer the questions. b.Read the second paragraph and write T (true) or F(false). 1.Country music is a traditional kind of music.( T ) 2.Country music is from the northern states of America.( F ) c.Read the third paragraph
19、and fill the blank. Go to Nashville one day Sarahs dream Hope to see Garth Brooks sing live one day One of the most successful musicians in American history. Garth Brooks Has sold more than120 million records. 设计意图设计意图：在阅读之前要先看看问题是什么，带着疑问进行阅读可以让我们知道那里才是重 点，在寻找答案的过程中一定要注意一些关键的单词和短语是帮助我们找到问题答案的有效 手段。只
20、有这样学生才能更好地理解乡村音乐是如何改变了 Sarah 的生活的。因为学生水平 很差，所以在设计问题时给出了 model,降低了找寻答案额难度。 Step Post-reading Consolidation T:Try your best to retell the passage. We work together in this part. Sarah is an American girl who used to fight over almost everything with her family. While she was studying in England , she
21、heard a country music song which made her think about her family and friends. She became a fan of country music. Country music is a traditional kind of music from the southern states of America. It is about belonging to a group and reminds us of a time when people were kind to each other and trusted
22、 one another. Sarahs dream is to visit Nashville, and she hopes to see Garth Brooks sing live. 设计意图设计意图: :通过对文章的复述，让同学们进一步加深对今天所学内容的理解和对阅读技巧的 掌握。 Step V Enjoy time T: Now, we have analyzed the whole passage, any questions？ Ss:No. T: As we all know, music is very important for us, it makes us feel ha
23、ppy and comfortable. It is charming. Now, I will give you some proverbs about music. Music is the medicine of the breaking heart. Music can make our life more and more beautiful and meaningful . T:So,enjoy music,enjoy your life and enjoy yourself! Lets have our enjoy time.Listen to some musics and s
24、ing them together if you can. 设计意图设计意图：通生们展示和音乐相关的谚语并播放音乐，让学生感知音乐的魅力，培养鉴赏：通生们展示和音乐相关的谚语并播放音乐，让学生感知音乐的魅力，培养鉴赏 音乐的能力。考虑到时间的关系，我会先将今天的家庭作业布置之后在播放音乐一直到下音乐的能力。考虑到时间的关系，我会先将今天的家庭作业布置之后在播放音乐一直到下 课。课。 Step VI Homework 1.Review the new words and expressions. 2.Finish the workbook(p112). 3.Surf the Internet to find more information about country music.
