Unit 4 My home A Let’s learn
一、教学目标
1.知识目标
能够听说认读living room , study ,bedroom, kitchen, bathroom,能相
互交流自己家庭居室的情况。
2.技能目标
在日常生活中运用所学的词汇描述自己的家，结合所学的语言描述房间的
名称，特征。
能够听懂并发出一些指令，如：Go to the living room, watch TV. Go to
the kitchen, have a snack. Go to the bathroom, take a shower.等
等
3.情感目标
首先，激发学生学习英语的兴趣，以及热爱家庭的美好情感。
第二，感受我国各地不同的建筑形式。
二、教学重点和难点。
教学重点：让学生在呈现、操练，输出及复习巩固的各项活动中听、说、认读新词汇。
教学难点：音形义之间建立联系，bathroom、kitchen的发音。
三、教学过程
（一）Warm up
Play a guessing game. 教师描述Amy。I have a good friend. She is tall and thin. She has red hair. Who is she? 学生回答陈洁。教师再介绍，陈洁邀请大家去她家里做客。引入新课。
（二）Presentation
1.What can you see in the picture ?
教师讲解里面的物品，凳子、椅子、电视等。介绍这个是起居室。living room。播放听力，学生跟读。
教师讲解，学生重复。
小火车练习。
八上Unit4 What’s the best movie theater ? 一.根据首字母提示补全单词。（10x1=10） 1. We all know that Liu Qian is a great m . 2. We Chinese usually have 3 m a day,breakfast,lunch and supper. 3. --Who do you think is the best p_________？ --MeiLanfang, I think. 4. People in big cities often go to the countryside ,beacause the air there is f . 5. Relaxing on the beach makes me feel very c . 6. My home is very c to our school,so I often walk to school. 7.Now we look at the s in class instead of (而不是）the blackboard. 8.The food in the the restaurant is good and the s here is better,so many people come here. 9.Here are 3 movie theaters ,I don't know which one to c . 10.Now our country gives money to those p students to help them. 二.用所给词的适当形式填空。（15X1=15) 1.My father is much _________ than my mother.（busy） 2.He is the ________ in our class.（outgoing） 3.Jeans Corner is a ________ (good) store. It sells _________ (good) clothes in town . 4. Kitty has the _________ (little) milk of the three. 5. Liu Bing runs __________ of all.（fast） 6.Who do you think is (boring), Tim or Tom? 7. He is as _________ (friend) to us as his sister. 8. Tom is ____________ (tall) of the two. 9.Which one is ________of all the problems? (easy) 10.This radio is not so ________ as that one. (cheap) 11.It’s always interesting (watch) people (show) their talents. 12.She is good at (show) her talent. 13.However,not everybody enjoys (watch) these shows. 14.The people who watch the show usually play a role in (decide) the winner. 15. Which city is _________ (beautiful)，Beijing，Shanghai or Hangzhou? 三.单项选择（25X1=25） ( )1. This bread is too small. Do you have _____? A. a bigger piece B. a bigger one C. a big bread D.a big one ( )2.The girl sings . A.beautiful,beautiful B.beautifully,beautifully C.beautiful,beautifully D.beautiffully,beautiful ( )3.—is it from your home? —10 minutes by bus. A.How long B.How far C.What time D.When ( )4.China is one of in the world. https://www.doczj.com/doc/5312358831.html,rger country https://www.doczj.com/doc/5312358831.html,rger countries C.the largest countries https://www.doczj.com/doc/5312358831.html,rgest country ( )5. Last week's talent show was a great _____. A.sucess B. success C. succeed D.successfully ( )6. You are _____ now,Victor.So you should wash your clothes by yourself. A.young enough B. enough old C. old enough D. enough young ( )7. There's going to _____ a basketball game tomorrow.
Unit 2 Sports events Period 2 Language points of Reading 一．Teaching design 通过真实语境归纳重点语言点用法，并配上形式多样的练习。 二．Teaching aims 1. To learn some important sentence structures and useful phrases in the text 2．To appreciate some beautiful expressions in the text 3．To put the language points in the text to practical use 三．Teaching Important and Difficult Point Learn to analyze some long and complicated sentences. 四．Teaching Procedures Step 1. Lead-in Revision : A quiz for “The Olympic Games” Liu Xiang Perhaps the greatest female table tennis player the world has ever seen Deng Yaping Hung on to win the gold medal in badminton at the age of 33 Zhang Ning The first Asian to win the gold medal in the men’s 110-metre hurdles Xu Haifeng Returned to the Olympics after 32 years’ absence
教案5 人教选修6 Unit4 Global warming Using language Teaching material NSEFC Book 6 —— Unit 4 Teaching aims Enable the students to learn some information about the current situation of the global warming and know what we should do about it. Teaching important& difficult point How to help the students to get the information about the current situation of the global warming and know what we should do about it. Teaching procedures Step1 Lead in Have you ever seen the film The Day After Tomorrow? What kind of disasters have you seen in the film? What have you learnt from the film? What causes the global warming? gas emission What is the effect of global warming? Step 2 Skimming Skim the first letter, and answer the questions below: 1.Who is the writer? A student named Ouyang Guang. 2. What is the purpose of the email? / What are the two concerns of the ema il? ①His opinion that, as an individual, he can have no effect on environmental problems. ②getting some suggestions for what he can do about global warming. 3. Read the second email, and answer the question: Does Earth Care agree with Ouyang Guang’s opinion that individuals can have no effect? No, Earth Care does not agree. Step 3 Scanning Scan the letter and list Earth Care’s sugg estions in the chart on P30, and disc
2015七年级上册英语Starter Unit1教案 教学设计 Period 1 1a2e Ⅰ.教学准备 1．教师：准备录音机、磁带、多媒体课件、字母卡片，搜集一些表现不同国家初次见面的礼仪形式的图片 以及标示字母笔顺的flash。 2．学生：搜集含有字母Aa—Hh的广告用语和图片；自制字母卡片。 Ⅱ.教学目标 1．充分调动学生学习英语的积极性，激发学生学习英语的兴趣。 2．教给学生学习英语的方法和技巧。 3．使学生了解一些国家的见面礼仪。 4．学习本课的知识点： (1)词汇：good，morning，hi，hello (2)字母：Aa，Bb，Cc，Dd，Ee，Ff，Gg，Hh (3)句型：Good morning！Hello/Hi! 5．训练学生听懂日常见面问候语以及英语字母的能力。 6．帮助学生掌握一些字母缩写词以及部分英文名字。
Ⅲ.教学重点 (1)词汇：good，morning，hi，hello (2)字母：Aa，Bb，Cc，Dd，Ee，Ff，Gg，Hh (3)句型：Good morning！Hello/Hi! Ⅳ.教学难点 让学生会读英文名字；将英语字母打乱顺序进行认 读和书写。 Ⅴ.教学步骤：Warmup 1．教师向学生播放英国人说英语的视频，激发学生学习英语的兴趣。 2．教师可以利用英语歌曲、英文电影渲染气氛，营造学习英语的环境。然后可向学生展示自己的英语水平，让学生“亲其师，信其道”。 建议1：用英语进行自我介绍，可介绍自己的姓名、毕业学校、从教时间，以及自己取得的成就。但要注意 一定要口齿清晰、语音语调正确，说出英语的韵味来。 例如： T：Do you like English？Is English vg？day， let's learn English.And I'm your English teacher.Lduce myself.My n aI'I have tauglars.Duringars，I have g建议2：播放一段中国人说英语非常流利的视频，然后用英语介绍，告诉学生如
Unit2Working the land Teaching objectives 1.Knowledge objectives (1).important words Sunburt.decade.super.output.crop.hunger.disturb.expand.circulate. Vietnam.battle.freedom.therefore.equip.grain.export. (2).important phrases Struggle for, Thanks to, Ri d…of, Be satisfied with, would… rather. (3).important sentence pattern Finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. Just dreaming for things, however, costs nothing. 2. Ability objectives Improve students’ reading ability through reading activities. 3. Affective objectives (1) After learning the passage, students are expected to know about Yuan Longping and his quality. (2)Enable students to know Dr Yuan’s key secret to success. Teaching important points 1. List the words .phases and sentences listed above. 2. Enable students to improve their reading comprehension. Teaching difficult points
Unit 4 Global warming Reading Teaching goals Target language words and phrases: energy, light(v.), heat(v.), renewable, non-renewable, run out, compare, phenomenon, graph, fuel, trap, data, climate, catastrophe, consequence, range, per, glance, compare to, come about, fierce debate, result in, build up, keep on Ability goals Enable the students to talk about different sources of energy. Enable the students to read the text, understand what it is about and talk about the causes and effects of global warming. Teaching important & difficult points Enable the students to get a better understanding of articles of this kind. Teaching aids A projector and a blackboard Teaching procedures Step 1 Warming up T：Now let’s look at a picture on the sli de and answer the question below. What is the greenhouse made and used for? A greenhouse is made of glass and is used for growing plants, especially during cold weather. What’s greenhouse effect? Step 2 Scanning Read the text quickly and find the answer to the questions: 1. Who wrote the magazine article? What is the name of the magazine? Sophie Armstrong, Earth Care. 2. What are the names of the three scientists mentioned in the article? Dr Janice Foster, Charles Keeling, George Hambley. 3. What do they think about global warming? Do they agree with one another?
Unit4 What’s the best movie theater? 19.sing the most beautifully 唱得最美妙 20.be up to 是……的职责；由……决定21.play a role 发挥作用；有影响 22.make up 编造（故事流言等） 23.for example例如 24.take ...seriously认真对待 用法集萃 1. laugh v. & n. 笑 We all laughed loudly when she made a joke. 她说了个笑话，我们都大声笑起来。 We all laughed at his joke. 听了他的笑话我们都笑起来。 He laughs best who laughs last. 谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好。/不要高兴得太早。 （与at连用）嘲笑 Don’t lau gh at him. 别嘲笑他。 People have often laughed at stories told by seamen. 人们常常嘲笑海员所讲的故事。Everyone laughed at his foolish antics. 大家都笑他那种愚蠢的滑稽动作。笑；笑声 We had a good laugh at his joke. 我们被他的笑话逗得哈哈大笑。 2. though conj. 虽然；纵然；即使；尽管 = although Though it was raining，he went there. 虽然当时正下着雨，他还是到那里去了。 Though he was poor he was happy. 虽然他很穷却很快乐。
Unit 1重点句型汇总 Section A 1. Where is your pen pal from? ●come from和be from是同义短语，但come from更强调动作。如: —Where do you come from? 你从哪里来？ —I come from the United Kingdom. 我从英国来。 ●句型“Where + be + sb. + from?”通常用来询问“某人来自什么地方”。如：—Where are you from? 你是哪里人？ —I’m from Shanghai. 我是上海人。 ●句型“Where + be + sth. + from?”通常用来询问“某物品产自哪里”。如：—Where is the car from? 这辆轿车产自哪里？ —It’s from France.它产自法国。 2. —Where does he live? —Tokyo. ●live作不及物动词，意为“生活，居住”，后常接in + 地点名词或直接接表地点的副词here / there / home等。如： We live here / in New York. 我们住在这儿/ 纽约。 ●live还可表示“过着……生活”，此时为及物动词。如： We live a happy life. 我们过着幸福的生活。 3. What language does she speak? ●what language常用来对“某种语言”进行提问。 ●speak意为“说，讲”，后面常接表语言的名词。如： Can you speak French? 你会讲法语吗？ Section B 1. Does she have any brothers or sisters? any意为“一些”,常用于疑问句或否定句中，修饰可数名词复数形式或不可数名词。如: There isn’t any milk in the glass. 杯子里没有牛奶。 2. I can speak English and a little French. a little意为“少量，一点儿”，常修饰不可数名词，具有肯定意义；little意为“几乎没有”，修饰不可数名词，具有否定意义。如： There’s a little water in the cup. 杯子里有点儿水。 He knows little English. 他几乎不懂英语。 3. Can you write to me soon? write to sb. 意为“给某人写信”。如: Please write to Jack.请给杰克写封信。 此短语常用于书信的结尾，提示别人尽快写回信。
适用 高中英语
适用年级
高二
学科
适用区域 人教新课标版
课时时长（分钟） 2 课时
知识点
1 单词学习及辨析 2 “it”的用法 (2)
3 句型学习
1. 掌握本单元重点词汇的基本含义与用法；
教学目标
2. 锻炼提升写作能力。
1. 重点的词汇与句型；
教学重点
2. 书面表达的书写思路。
教学难点 如何准确地运用重要词汇和句型进行表达
教学过程
一、导入
教学建议：导入有很多种方法，一般控制在十分钟左右为宜，可以采用各种形式，比如： 1、直接导入法。 2、复习以往知识：可以从已学、已知的入手，与今天的教学进行对比。 3、课前小测：可以针对学生学校里近期讲授的内容进行出题（以简单题和中档题为主，以 10 分钟左右为宜）进行测验，也可以针对基础知识进行复习提问，检查学生学校所学内容 的掌握程度，进而展开教学。 4、以近年来发生的重大事件为题导入。既考查了学生从社会生活中获取信息的能力，又激 发了学生的学习兴趣，让学生马上进入学习状态等。
以上的导入方法只是建议，大家选择其中一种或两种进行交叉使用即可。
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复习预习： 1、上节课作业订正。
2、it 可以帮助构成强调句
1)、陈述句的强调句型：______________________________________________ 需要注意的地方 ： * It 在这一结构中作主句的主语，所以即使被强调部分是复数名词，也要用___或____ * 如果被强调部分是时间、地点、方式或原因依然用_____；强调人时可以用____或__ 2)、一般疑问句的强调句型：______________________________________ 3)、特殊疑问句的强调句型：_______________________________________
二、知识讲解
知识点 1 重点单词
1 quantity n.数量；量 in quantity 大量 quantities of＋名词＋复数谓语动词 许多…… a quantity of＋复数名词＋复数谓语动词/＋不可数名词＋单数谓语动词 大量…… Quantities of food and tents were sent to Ya’ an from Shandong. 大量的食品和帐篷从山东运到了雅安。 My brother bought a large quantity of books. 我弟弟买了大量的书。 2 tend vi.趋向；易于(be likely to do)；照顾；vt.照顾；护理(care for) tend to do...倾向于做……；往往会…… tend sb.照顾某人 have a tendency to do sth.有做某事的倾向 The nurse skillfully tended soldiers’ wounds. 护士熟练地护理着那些士兵的伤口。 3 oppose vt.反对；反抗；与(某人)较量(to disagree with)
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人教版（新目标）初中七上Unit 1 My name's Gina教案 Period One Teaching aims（教学目标） 1．学会问候他人 2．学会如何做自我介绍, 认识新朋友，并正确称呼他们的英文名字 3．从对话中学会获取更多他人的基本信息 5．初步学会使用部分形容词性物主代词 Language points（语言点） ` 1．要求掌握以下句式： （1）—What’s your name —My name is… （2）—Hi. My name’s Gina. —I’m Jenny. Nice to meet you! --- Nice to meet you, too. （3）what’s ＝what is I’m ＝I am name’s ＝name is 2．要求掌握以下词汇：（1）生词：name, am, nice, meet, what, hello " （2）人称代词和形容词性物主代词：I, you, my, your, his, her （上述数词和部分形容词性物主代词本应在第二和第三课时中出现，但可以在第一课时中非正式出现，给学生初步的印象，为后面的学习作铺垫。） Difficulties（难点）：本课难点是大量的人名和形容词性物主代词，而学生在描述时容易混淆男名和女名，在运用代词时容易错用人称代词和物主代词。 Teaching steps（教学步骤） 1. Warming-up and revision（课堂热身和复习） (1) Play the tape, enjoy the ABC song or Hello song, get the Ss to sing together. （2）Warm greetings to the students2 T: Hello! / Hi! # S: Hello! / Hi! T: You are very beautiful/cool/… S: Thank you. 2. Presentation（呈现新知识） （1）T: Hello! My name is Lily. What’s your name S: (引导学生回答) My name is Tom. T: It’s a good / nice name.
Unit 2 Working the land Warming Up and Reading Teaching aims Knowledge aims: 1)words and expressions:sunburn, struggle, super, expand, circulate, equip, export, rid ... of, be satisfied with, lead a ... life, search for, would rather, thanks to, with the hope of, rather than 2)important sentences; 3)knowledge of the topic:to learn sth. About Yuan Longping and his great achievement Ability aims: 1)To do some reading to further develop Ss’ reading abilities like skimming, scanning and summarizing etc. 2) To help develop Ss’ good reading habits. Emotional aims: 1)To help ss have a better understanding of the great value of the scientific research done by Dr Yuan Longping. 2)To cultivate ss’ sense of sympathy and humanism. 3)To get them to learn some noble character from Dr Y uan. Teaching key points: 1)To get ss to read the text and learn something about the scientist, his great achievements and his personality. 2) To improve ss’ reading skills. Teaching difficult points: 1)How to help develop their ability of analyzing some difficult sentences. 2)How to help them to form a good habit of reading. 3)How to improve their ability of outlining the main idea of the whole text or each paragraph. Teaching method: Task-based language teaching and discussion Teaching aids: Stude nts” learning paper, blackboard Teaching procedures： Step 1 Lead –in 1.Students’ presentation Farmers weeding at noon, Sweat down the field soon. Who knows food on a tray, Due to their toiling day. Ask Ss what the poem is about. 2. Show the pictures of people who are planting rice and ask some students to introduce the way of growing rice. Step 2 Pre-reading Q: What kind of crop can produce more rice and who invented it? Step 3 Reading 1. Skimming Task1: Listen to the tape and match the main idea with each paragraph.
Unit 4 Global Warming 教材分析 Ⅰ.教学内容分析 本单元的中心话题是人类当今面对的环境问题，主要探讨了“全球变暖”和“节约能源”等方面的问题。由于人类过多使用不可再生能源，大气中二氧化碳的含量逐年增加，导致全球气温上升。通过学习本单元，让学生了解能源分为“不可再生能源”和“可再生能源”，帮助学生树立“节约能源、保护环境”的主人翁意识。语言知识和语言技能主要围绕“全球变暖”和“节约能源”这一主题设计的。 “热身”(Warming up) 部分要求学生列举家中、学校或其他地方使用能源的物体，指出这些能源的来源，并尽可能多地列举不同的能源。能源可分为两类：一类是可再利用能源；另一类是一次性能源。把前面列举的能源按能否再利用这一标准进行分类。本部分提供了六幅图片，教师可以从识图开始组织教学。还可以让学生搜集一些其他相关图片。这六幅图分别为：风力（wind power）、燃煤发电站（a coal power station）、炼油厂（an oil refinery）、原子能发电站（a nuclear power plant）、太阳能接受器（solar panels）、水坝（a hydro dam）。 “读前”(Pre-reading) 部分首先介绍什么是温室、它有什么作用，然后要求学生讨论大气中温室气体的作用。温室是由玻璃构成的建筑，主要用于花果蔬菜的培植。温室是由玻璃构成的建筑，主要用于花果蔬菜的培植。温室能阻止热量散发，因而能帮助植物度过寒冷的时期。该部分的讨论有利于学生预测课文内容和理解阅读课文中的温室气体效应。 “阅读”(Reading) 部分是一篇杂志文章，主要讲述了地球温度上升的现象和原因。20世纪中，地球的温度上升了华氏1度。这看上去是一个很小的数字，但相对于自然界的其他现象来说，这个增长速度是迅猛的。这种现象是自然发生的还是人为的？这个问题引起激烈的争论。许多科学家认为，这种变化是人类燃烧矿物燃料所致。这些物质的燃烧产生以二氧化碳为主的温室气体。正因为自然界有温室气体的存在，地球才不至于很冷。但大量排放二氧化碳会使地球普遍升温。对于地球升温，科学家有不同的看法。有些科学家认为，这个问题很严重。地球升温会导致海水上涨、风暴、干旱、饥荒、物种毁灭和疫病等。也有科学家认为，地球升温有利于改善人类生活，比如，庄稼长得更快、产量更高等。文章最后以开放性的问题结尾要求读者思考：对于全球变暖，人类要不要采取措施？ “理解”(Comprehending) 部分设置了三个活动。阅读课文中的杂志文章，练习1首先就作者、杂志名称、文中提到的科学家、文中出现的曲线图等内容提问，并要求学生概括文章的主题。然后，练习2要求学生细读课文，并判断所给六个句子是否符合课文内容。最后练习3要求学生小组讨论：We should do nothing about global warming.在小组讨论的基础上，把全班分成正方和反方，举行一个辩论会。 “语言学习”(Learning about language) 的词汇学习部分共两个练习。练习1让学生重新阅读课文并找出文中一些具有不同词性或不同含义的生词，分辨它们在文中的含义。练习2则要求学生使用前几个部分所学的生词来完成与“全球变暖”话题相关的一些句子。语法学习部分中练习1让学生通过对比课文中it作强调作用的句子与其他句子的区别，发现并熟悉强调句型及其规律。练习2则要求学生针对所给句子的划线部分转换句型，练习使用it的强调句型。练习3则给予学生更广阔的思维空间，让学生根据自己对“全球变暖”话题的认识运用强调句型进行复述或表达自己的观点。 “语言运用”(Using language) 部分的“读和写”(Reading and writing)让学生就WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING?进行讨论。欧阳光给关爱地球组织杂志写电子邮件，请求帮
Unit4 知识点 1．形容词和副词用法的区别： 形容词修饰名词或用在系动词后作表语；副词用来修饰实意动词 2.movie theater =cinema 电影院 3comfortable adj ----uncomfortable /comfortably adv. https://www.doczj.com/doc/5312358831.html,fortable seats 舒服的座位 5 big screens 大屏幕 6. best sound 最好的声音 7. cheap /expensive 8. close to home 距家近 9.quick/quickly 10.buy tickets quickly 买票快 11. be popular with sb 受某人欢迎 12.the shortest waiting time 最短的等待时间 13.survey 调查 14the best clothes store 最好的服装店
https://www.doczj.com/doc/5312358831.html,ler’s 米勒店 16.radio station广播电台 17.bad /badly/ill的比较级worse，最高级是worst 18.worst store最差的店 19. buy clothes the most cheaply 买衣服最便宜 20.choose动词chose choice 名词 21. care v. n. careful adj. carefully adv. 22.Can I ask you some questions? 用some 是希望得到肯定的回答 23.in town 在城里 24.welcome to …欢迎到。。。。。。。 25.so far 到目前为止 26How do you like…? =What do you think of…? 27.my way around 我周围的路 28fantastic 极好的 29.on Center Street 在中央街 30.the freshest food 最新鲜的食物 31. around here=near here
教科版高中英语必修四全册教案 UNIT 4 THINK GLOBALLY, ACTLOCALLY 【教学目标】 1．知识目标 （1）重点单词： resource, settlement, management, seasonally, arid, occasionally, floodplain, dam, diversion, extraction, deprive, salinity, runoff, destruction, impact, significant, ecology, reservoir, integrated, sustainable. （2）重点短语： use of, as well as （3）能理解、应用句型： a. She said that the Earth goes around the sun. b. The tourist suggested that they leave the luggage at the station. 2．语言技能目标 （1）理解并掌握新词的含义及应用。 （2）理解材料内容：通过上下文克服生词困难，掌握听力技巧，提高英语听力能力。 3．情感态度、文化意识、学习策略 在“学生为主体”的思想指导下，让学生成为课堂的主人，形成有效的“生生互动”，“和谐对话”，同时借助多媒体的优势使学生主动融入课堂教学情境之中，以调动学生积极性，激发学生参与课堂的潜能，建立良好的课堂氛围，真正发挥情感教学的优势。
【教学重点】 1．学习并掌握重点单词： resource, settlement, management, seasonally, arid, occasionally, floodplain, dam, diversion, extraction, deprive, salinity, runoff, destruction, impact, significant, ecology, reservoir, integrated, sustainable 2．学习并掌握重点短语： use of, as well as 3．能理解、应用句型： a. She said that the Earth goes around the sun. b. The tourist suggested that they leave the luggage at the station. 【教学难点】 1．学生对本课内容主旨大意的准确理解。 2．材料的理解及听力技巧的掌握。 【教学准备】 1．教师准备：多媒体课件、音响。 2．学生准备：课本及其他学习用品。 【教学过程】 Step 1 Warming up and greeting Daytime greeting to every student. Step 2 Preparation for task 1. Show different kinds of pollution in PPT, and ask students to read about the "Water, Water, Water!" in book. 2. Ask students to discuss with the partner what they know about environmental pollution.
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