2014年新版人教版八年级英语下册《Unit4 Why don’t you talk to your parents》教案(第4课时)

1、Section B 1 (1a-2e)一、教学目标： 1. 语言知识目标：1) 能掌握以下单词：member, pressure, compete, opinion, skill, typical, football, cut out, continue, compare, comparewith, crazy, push, development, cause, usual 2) 能掌握以下句型： I think Wei Ming should Although you may be, you should talk to them. Life shouldnt just be about

2、Why dont they just let their kids be kids? Although its normal to want successful children, its even more important to have happy children. 2. 情感态度价值观目标： 了解中国及一些其他国家中学生们普通存在的生活及学习上问题，了解别人的生活现状及他们苦恼，知道学习知识是很重要的事情，但它并不是生活的全部。二、教学重难点1. 教学重点：1) 掌握本课时出现的生词及用法。2) 进行听力训练，提高综合听说能力。 3） 阅读短文，获得相关信息，提高学生们的综合阅读

3、能力。2. 教学难点1. 听力训练2. 阅读2b部分的短文并完成相关要求。三、教学过程Step 1 Revision1. Daily greeting. 2. 复习提建议的表达方式，并完成相关任务。 3. Check the homework. Let some Ss give advice. Step 2 Warming up 1. T: Show a picture of student. Whats wrong with the girl? Shes too stressed out. What should she do? Can you give her some advice?2.

4、 Ss discuss the problem and give some advices: e.g.S1: Why not hang out with her friends. S2: She could play sports. S3: She could play computer games. S4: She should listen to music and read some books. Step 3 WritingWork on 1b 1. Ask one student read the sentences in 1a. Explain some main sentence

5、s. 2. What activities do you like to help lower your stress? Order them from 1-8 with being the most favorite thing you do to lower stress. 3. Ss discuss with their desk mates then order them. 4. Let some Ss say their answers Step 4 Talking Let some Ss talk about their answers. S1: I always hang out

6、 with my friends to lower stress. S2: I like to listen to music to lower stress best. Step 5 Listening Work on 1c: 1. Tell Ss to read the sentences 1c first. 2. Play the recording for the Ss. Ss just listen for the first time. Play the recording again and check the problems Wei Ming talks about. 3.

7、Check the answers: Work on 1d: 1. Let Ss read the sentences in 1d first. Tell Ss to listen again and fill in the blanks.2. Play the recording again for the Ss to listen and write. 3. Ss listen to the recording carefully and try to write the words in the blanks. 4. Check the answers with the class. S

8、tep 6 Pair work1. Work in pairs. Suppose your partner is Wei Ming. You try to tell her some advice and say why. 2. Let two students make a model for the Ss. 3. Ss practice their conversations 4. Teacher can walk around the classroom, and give some help to the Ss. Step 7 Thinking 1. T: There are some

9、 after-school activities. What activities do you and your classmates usually do? Check them. 2. Ss check the activities they usually do. 3. Ask some Ss say their choices. Step 8 Reading Warming upWhat did you do after school?Do you have stress in your life?How do you relax yourself?Fast Reading1. T:

10、 Now lets work on 2b. First, lets 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) What is the common problem for Chinese and American families?2) Who gives their opinions about the problems?2. Ss read

11、 the letter quickly and try to find the answers to the two questions. 3. Check the answers with the class. Careful Reading 1. T: Now lets 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) Chinese chi

12、ldren have to take so many after-school classes on weekends these days. 2) Cathy Taylor really wants her three children to be successful, so she believes these after-school activities are important for them.3) Linda Miller thinks parents should send their small kids to all kinds of classes. 4) Linda

13、 thinks some parents push their kids too much. 5) Alice thinks kids shouldnt have time to relax and think for themselves2. Ss read the letter again and judge the sentences. 3. Check the answers with the class. Post readingWork on 2c 1. Now look at the words in bold in the article. Can you guess thei

14、r meanings? Try to match them with the meaning below. 2. Let Ss read and try to match the words. 3. Give Ss some advice on how to do it. 4. Check the answers with the Ss. 5. Give some explanation about the difficult words. Work on 2d 1. Tell Ss to read the passage again and answer these questions below. 1) Does Cathy Taylor think its important for kids to join after school activities?2) Does Linda Miller agree with Cathy? Whats her opinion?3) Does Dr. Green agree with Cathy or