牛津版八年级英语Unit 3 Online Travel.docVIP

Unit 3 Online Travel Period 1 Comic strip ＆ Welcome to the unit Teaching aims: 1. Review ‘remote control’, ‘turn on’ and ‘channel’. Then ask students to read the comic strip. 2. To introduce the topic of computer. 3. To activate existing vocabulary and identify the meanings of new words related to the topic. 4. To talk about the uses of computers. Teaching procedures: Step 1. Revision 1. Review ‘remote control’, ‘turn on’ and ‘channel’. Then ask the students to read the comic strip. 2. Ask some questions: Do you like playing computer games? What kind of computer games do you like to play? Can you give some examples? Why do you like it? Do you think these games are good or bad for you? Step 2. Learning 1. Tell the students that they are going to learn about the uses of computers. Ask them to think about what they use the computers for. 2. Ask students to look at the pictures in Part A. Ask if they have used computers for these purposes. 3. Tell students to label the pictures using the words from the box. Check answers as a class. 4. Ask students to list as many other uses as they can. For example: playing CDs, VCDs or DVDs; chatting with or get to know friends; learning on the Internet; mathematical calculation, etc. Step 3. Talking about 1. Tell students that they are going to talk about the uses of computers in Part B. 2. Play the tape for the students to find the answer to the question: Why does Simon use computer to search for information? 3. In pairs, students talk about different uses of computers. They can use Daniel and Simon’s conversation as a model and replace the underlined words with their own information. They can also create their own conversations about different uses of computers. 4. Ask a few pairs to present their conversations to the class. Period 2 Reading (1) Teaching aims: 1. To understand the aim of an educational CD-ROM and what the character can do. 2. To infer meaning from keywords, context and existing kn