Unit 7 The world of nature教学设计和评析.docVIP

Unit 7 The world of nature教学设计和评析 　　●The analysis of the textbook 　　This lesson is selected from EEC textbook in Grade 8. It is the last time for the teachers and students to use this textbook. This unit develops different kinds of teaching activities which are related with the topic of the world of nature. The type of this lesson is the listening and speaking part. This lesson aims to help students know the two sides of nature. Nature gives humans what we need and at the same time nature will harm us if we don’t respect nature. The core of this lesson is to teach students to use the expressions to show their doubts and opinions and to cultivate students’ consciousness of respecting nature. 　　●The analysis of the students 　　The students who take this class are not the students the teacher teaches， so the teacher is not that familiar with these students. The teacher carefully analyzes the situations of the students. Students in Grade 8 have certain language skills and they have accumulated many words and expressions， but the polarization among students is more and more obvious. Students in Grade 8 are not willing to speak English in class because of their shyness. Students can understand words and dialogues with the help of pictures and videos which can also motivate their learning interests. According to these situations， the teacher teaches new words through pictures and simple explanations of the words. The teacher uses a short video to help all the students understand the listening dialogues in order to reduce the gaps among students with different standards. The teacher applies a talk show to help students actively participate in the class activities and use English to express their opinions. 　　●Teaching aims 　　Knowledge and abilities： Students can master the new words and know how to read these new words through the chant. Students can use the key expressions “What makes you think that？” and “To me， nothing is more important than respecting nature” to e