英语人教版八年级上册【教学设计】作业.doc

Unit 8 Section B Reading Lesson Plan Thanksgiving in the United States 雅戈尔中学 傅海燕 Class Description Students have learned some structures and descriptions of food-making process in the former periods in this unit. Teaching difficulties Describing the process of making dishes. Teaching aims To enable Ss to understand the reading passage generally, including vocabulary, phrases and sentences. To train Ss to retell the process of making a turkey dinner. To guide Ss to know some information about Thanksgiving. To cultivate Ss’ sense of being thankful to others. Teaching procedures Pre-reading Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Purpose Step 1 Free talk The teacher talks about her favorite traditional food. Communicate with the teacher. to get the Ss activated Step 2 Brainstorming Get Ss to talk about traditional food Talk about traditional food they know. to stimulate Ss’ interest and get prepared for the topic Step 3 Play a guessing game Guess something about traditional food and special holidays Answer the questions, read after the teacher and make sentences about new words. to recall the traditional food and holidays and teach unfamiliar words Teaching procedures While-reading Step 4 Skimming Ask Ss to read the passage quickly and match the main idea with each paragraph. Ss skim the two paragraphs and match the main idea with each paragraph. to train Ss’ ability of skimming, reading titles words in bold. Step 5 Guide the Ss to read the text carefully 1. Ask Ss to read the first five lines of Para. 1 and answer the questions below: When is Thanksgiving? Why do people celebrate it? 2. Ask Ss to read the rest part of Para. 1. (1) Help Ss to find out how the first Thanksgiving came and talk about it by telling a story; Then show a video about the origin of Thanksgiving. (2) Get Ss to answer: How do people celebrate Thanksgiving? （Add more ways of celebrating Thanksgiving Day.） Guide the students to answer: What’s the main dish of the meal? 3. Ask Ss to enjoy a