课题:Module 2 My home town and my country
Unit 1 It’s taller than many other buildings
Teaching background | |||||
Module 2 My home town and my country Unit 1 It’s taller than many other buildings | |||||
主备人 | 沈臻锐 | 参备人 | 刘利杰,胡杰, 陈雅丽,关静 | ||
使用年级 | 八年级 | 集体备课时间:2024.9.4 | 使用时间:2024.9.10 | ||
Analysis of the Teaching Material
| What: Compare the differences between the two cities in China in terms of orientation, characteristics, and master the use of adjectives in a comparative level. Audio material featuring a conversation where people describe their home towns or countries. How: Write sentences or a short paragraph using comparative and superlative forms to describe places. Reflect on cultural and historical aspects of students’ own and other countries. | ||||
Analysis of the Target Students
| This unit mainly carries on the learning and application of adjectives in the previous module, and extends to a comparative form, which is easy for students to accept. Through the comparison of the cities of the home country, the language foundation is laid for the next unit of learning in a foreign city. | ||||
Teaching objectives | 1. Use new words to describe different places’ population, locations and famous sights. 2. Listen and get information related to Shenzhen’s population, location and changes. 3. Use comparative adjectives to compare different places and describe changes of a place. | ||||
Teaching key points and difficult points
| Key points: Learn and use new phrases to describe different places’ population, location and famous sights (the population of; on the coast; be famous for...). | ||||
Difficult points: Apply the new words and rules of comparative adjectives to compare different places. | |||||
Teaching and learning methods | Teaching methods: Task-based approach, the communicative approach | ||||
Learning methods: 1. Individual learning; 2. Group work | |||||
Teaching procedures:
- Begin with a discussion about students’ home towns and countries, encouraging them to share general information.
- Elicit key vocabulary from students and write it on the board.
Step 2: Listening (10 minutes)
- Play an audio track featuring a conversation where people describe their home towns or countries using comparative and superlative forms.
- After listening, ask comprehension questions to check understanding of the content.
Step 3: Speaking Practice (15 minutes)
- Students work in pairs or small groups to describe their home towns or countries using comparative and superlative forms.
- Conduct a class activity where students guess which place is being described based on given clues.
Step 4: Grammar Focus (10 minutes)
- Review the rules for forming comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives and adverbs.
- Introduce and practice irregular forms of comparatives and superlatives.
- Teach how to use than correctly in comparisons.
Step 5: Writing (10 minutes)
- Distribute worksheets with exercises on forming comparative and superlative degrees, and writing prompts for describing places.
- Assign a written task where students describe a famous landmark or attraction from their home town or country using comparative and superlative forms.
Step 6: Homework & Review (5 minutes)
- Assign homework for students to complete their writing task, incorporating feedback from the writing exercise.
- Review key points from the lesson through a quick quiz or verbal questioning.
Blackboard Design:
Module 2 My home town and my country
Unit 1 It’s taller than many other buildings.
It’s a newer city than Hongkong.
It’s getting bigger and busier.
That’s larger than the population of many other cities in China.
Its street are much wider and cleaner.
当堂练习&达标测试:
1. John’s desk is ________(small) than my desk.
2. Tony’s sweater is _______(big) than Tom’s.
3. Today is ________(fine) than yesterday.
4. Zhao Nan’s father is ________(busy) than her mother.
5. It is much ________(cold) in Beijing than in my home town.
big busy clean large new small wide |
二、用方框内单词的正确形式填空:
1) About thirty years ago, Shenzhen was a ______ village, but today it is a very ______ city.
2) Shenzhen is a _______ city than Hong Kong.
3) Shenzhen is getting _______ and _______. The streets are ________ and ________.
4) Shenzhen will become as ______ as Hong Kong.
5) The population of Shenzhen is ______ than that of many other cities in China.
Reflection --- 培优辅弱方法
培优 八1班 戴逸凡
戴逸凡同学的英语成绩在班级里一直相对较好。对于该同学的英语采用培优的策略,有两个方面。
一、强化基础知识:
1.词汇积累:
采用思维导图记单词法,帮助他将单词放在具体情境中记忆,如通过图片、故事或对话等方式,使单词记忆更加生动有趣。
鼓励他每天设定词汇学习目标,并通过制作词汇卡片、参与词汇竞赛等方式进行巩固。
2. 语法掌握:
帮助他梳理八年级上册的重点语法项目,如时态、语态、从句等,通过例题讲解、练习巩固等方式加深理解。
引导他总结语法规则,形成自己的语法知识框架,便于记忆和应用。
二、提升阅读能力:
1.广泛阅读:
鼓励他多读英语原版书籍、报纸、杂志等,扩大词汇量,提高阅读速度和理解能力。
建议他可以利用英语时文阅读、原版英文书等资源,每天阅读一篇英语新闻或文章,了解英语国家的文化和社会现象。
2.精读练习:
为他选择一些高质量的英语文章进行精读练习,引导他深入理解文章的主旨大意、细节信息以及作者的写作意图。
指导他进行阅读笔记的整理,总结文章中的生词、短语和句型,并进行复习巩固。