英语人教版八年级上册Unit 5 Section B 2a-2e.docxVIP

Unit 5 Do you want to watch a game show? Section B 2a-2e Teaching Material: The material is from Go For it 8A. It is a reading part. The passages in Grade 8 are mostly longer than those in Grade 7 and harder to read. This article is about the famous cartoon character: Mickey Mouse. Yet it is not any funny story that happened to Mickey, just some basic facts. Students will get to know something behind him, such as his creator, his achievement and why he got so popular. Teaching Objectives: Knowledge objective: words and phrases about Mickey Mouse: a famous symbol in American culture, such as be famous for, come out, in the 1930s, be ready to do, the first to do, not so…as Ability objective: Students should be able to understand the passage, to read the story with emotion, and to retell the article. Students should be aware of the cartoon characters which are symbols of Chinese and American culture. Emotional objective: Students should learn from Mickey Mouse. Never give up when they face problems. Teaching Important and Difficult Points To get to know the main idea and the details of this passage. The article is not a story but some facts about Mickey Mouse. Students may not be very interested in it. It’s difficult to understand and retell. Teaching Procedures: Before class, play a video about Mickey Mouse’s funny story. Step 1 Duty Report Five students give the class a show about TV programs. Questions: 1). What does the boy think of game shows? 2). How does the girl like scary movies? 3). What do they decide to watch at last? Let students check if they make some mistakes in their duty report. And the teacher and students comment on it together. Step 2 Lead-in T: What do you think of their duty report? Ss: wonderful, funny, great, fantastic, excellent… T: What do they decide to watch at last? Ss: Mickey Mouse. T: What’s your favorite cartoon? And why do you like it? Ss: … T: Great. Today we will learn a passage about Mickey Mouse. I know most o