八年级英语下UNIT 2 教学设计

Unit 2 Traveling Part 1 Teaching design 第一部分教学设计Period 1 Comic strips & welcome to the unit(Where do you want to go on holiday?Popular tourist attractions)Teaching goals●To introduce well-known attractions in foreign cities and popular places of interest●To activate general knowledge about the world and identify activities which people doon holiday●To start students thinking about different places in the worldTeaching proceduresStep 1 Having a free discussionWhat do you often do during holidays?Have you ever traveled to other cities and countries?Where did you visit last year?Work in pairs and tell each other about your travelingexperiences..Step 2 PresentingI have been to England twice?—Have you ever been there?—Where have you been?There are some pictures of some popular tourist attractions. Now look at these pictures one by one.—What is it? It‟s the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy. —It is a symbol of Italy.—What can people do there? —Take photos. /Go hiking. /Go skiing. /See the beautiful views. Step 3 Doing practices1. Do you know any famous attractions in China or other parts of the world? Now tell your partnersomething about the pyramids (Egypt), the Eiffel Tower (France), Mount Tai (China), Niagara Falls (Canada and the USA), the Taj Mahal (India)泰姬陵, and Ayre‟s Rock (Australia).2. Work in pairs to talk about each of the photos.Use the conversation between Daniel and Millie‟s on page 25 as a model. You may expand the model conversation to include things you know and want to do yourselves.Step 4 Doing extension activities1. In pairs talk about places you have visited and what you did there.2. Bring in any postcards you may have of different sights and attractions around the world.Step 5 Presenting—If you want to go on holiday, what should you take?—What do you think is the most necessary?—Is it good to take everything? Why not?—Eddie‟s going on a trip, what about Hobo?Step 6 Finding and writing expressionsYou are to go over page 24 and 25 again to find out and write down all the useful expressions. Make sentences of your own with them after class.Step 7 Listening taskLook at the picture on page 20, and then listen to the tape, trying to answer the following questions.—Is Eddie happy in the first picture? Why?—What does Hobo think of the trip? Does Hobo want to go, too?—How does Hobo feel the trip?—Why is Eddie unhappy in the last picture?Step 8 Reading aloud the textRead after the tape, and then act the dialogue out.The joke in this dialogue is that Eddie wants to go on holiday to relax. Instead he will be working harder than he would if he had stayed at home.Step 9 Doing homeworka. Read the comic strips and try to recite it.b. Try to revise the phrase and sentences in this period.c. Translation1. 长城是中国的象征。

2. 人们在塔桥那干什么？人们可以在那儿看到漂亮的景色和拍照。

3. 她已经去过南山好几次了。

4. 让我带你出去几天吧。

5. 我正在打包。

我想把每一样东西都带上。

(Keys: 1. The Great Wall is the symbol of China. 2. What can they do at the Tower Bridge? They can see beautiful sights and take photos there. 3. She has been to the South Mountain many times. 4. Let me take you out for a few days. 5. I am packing. I want to take everything with me.)Period 2 Reading I(Welcome to Hong Kong)Teaching goals●To read a letter about a holiday in Hong Kong●To expand vocabulary to talk about traveling●To identify specific details by answering questionsTeaching proceduresStep 1 Having a revisionCould you talk about the places of great interest where you have ever been to.Present your information and some interesting facts to the class.Step 2 Presenting—Do you like traveling to other cities or countries? —Yes, I do.—Why? —Because I think the trip is wonderful. (fantastic) /I can learn a lot about other cites or countries. /I can make many friends. …—Have you ever been to Hong Kong? —I have been there once. I went there last summer holiday.I spent the whole day in Disneyland.—Do you have any ideas about Disneyland? —It‟s a world famous theme park. At the entrance you can take photos in front of the whale fountain. (Show the picture) You can take the roller coaster.(Show the picture.) It‟s moved very quickly. (at a high speed). It‟s exciting.People scream and laugh excitedly (with excitement) through the whole ride. You can see some Disney characters, such as Micky Mouse, Snow White, etc. (Show pictures) The performers all wear different costumes and waved to people while they go ahead (march) across the park. The children are clapping and screaming happily. (with joy)Show pictures of Part B2 on page 28. Consolidate the words in the sentences according to the pictures.Step 3 ReadingAmy‟s cousin Shirley is interested in Hong Kong Disneyla nd. Now Shirley is telling her mum what she knows about the place from Amy. Now read the text and tell whether she is correct or not.1. Disneyland is a world famous theme park and it‟s really fantastic. (T)2. At the entrance, you can see the Micky Mouse fountain. (F)3. The ride at Space Mountain is not very interesting. (F)4. Kitty thinks the parade of Disney characters was the best part of the day. (T)5. At the end of the day, they watched fireworks in front of Adventureland. (F)6. Kitty took lots of photos in Hong Kong. (T)Read the passage again, and then answer the following questions:1. What‟s Disneyland?2. Hong Kong Disneyland is one big park, but in fact, how many parks does it have?3. What‟s at the entrance to the park?4. In Tomorrowland, what is one of the most exciting attractions?5. Where can people meet Disney characters?6. Why do people think a three-D film is like magic?7. Where can people watch the great Lion King show?8. How long have Kitty and her parents stayed in Disneyland?Step 4 Having a detailed study of the passagesMain Street, USATomorrowlandHong Kong Disneyland(a world famous theme park) FantasylandAdventruelandAt the entrance→Tomorrowland (Space Mountain)(The whale fountain) (roller – coaster)→Fantasyland (Sleeping Beauty Castle)→Adventureland(Disney characters— a parade) (watch the great Lion King show)Main street→Sleeping Beauty Castle(buy souvenirs) (watch fireworks)Step 5 Finding out all the useful expressionsGo over the text Welcome to Hong Kong and find out all the useful expressions.Step 6 Doing homeworka. Read after the tape five times. Your parent‟s signature is needed.b. Memorize all the words and phrases.这棵树看起来又高又壮，实际上树干是空的。