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UNIT 8 Celebrating Me! Lesson 57:Help!][0:00.738]UNIT 8 第八单元[0:02.496]Celebrating Me! 赞美我！[0:05.388]Lesson 57: 第57课：[0:07.202]Help! 求助！[0:09.300]THINK ABOUT IT![0:10.888]What do you think of yourself?[0:13.723]How are you unique?[0:16.105]Are you proud of yourself?[0:18.487]Why or why not?[0:20.642]What makes Li Ming a good student?[0:24.498]From: 来自：[0:25.405]Li-Ming@[0:28.297]To: 到：[0:29.261]jenny@compmail.ca jenny@compmail. ca[0:31.473]Subject: 主题：[0:32.777]My report for school 为全校作报告[0:34.818]Date: 日期：[0:35.612]08/12 9:03 AM 12月8日上午9点03[0:39.071]Dear Jenny, 亲爱的珍妮：[0:40.489]I hope you can help me with my English project this week. 这周我希望你可以帮助我完成英语课的任务。
[0:44.061]We are describing ourselves in a report. 我们要在报告中描述自己。
[0:46.500]I don't know what to write about myself. 我不知道写我自己什么。
[0:49.392]We are writing about what makes us unique - our special talents, our personal strengths. 我们要写的是是什么使我们独一无二——我们特殊的才能，我们个人的长处。
Unit 8 Celebrating Me英语八年级上册单元知识【单元学习目标】1.语言能力：能读懂语言简单、主题相关的简短语篇，提取并归纳关键信息，理解隐含意义。
积累常用的词语搭配；了解句子的结构特征。
2. 文化意识：能通过简短语篇获取、归纳中外文化信息，认识不同文化，尊重文化的多样性和差异性，并在理解和比较的基础上作出自己的判断。
3.思维品质：能发现语篇中事件的发展和变化，辨识信息之间的相关性，把握语篇的整体意义；能辨识语篇中的衔接手段，判断句子之间、段落之间的逻辑关系。
4.学习能力：对英语学习有持续的兴趣和较为明确的学习需求与目标；有积极主动的学习态度和较强的自信心。
【单元思维导图】【单元知识梳理】一、重点单词uniquesuppose v.假设；推想ourselvesperson n.人；身体talent n. 天赋；人才personal adj. 个人的strength n. 力量；长处sense n. 感官；感觉Greece n. 希腊nobody pron. 没有人return v. 归还；恢复，回到Greek n. 希腊人junior adj. 地位较低的；晚辈的continue v. 持续，继续；延续average n. 平均，平均数stupid adj. 愚蠢的，笨的smart adj. 伶俐的，漂亮的impossible adj. 不可能的weak adj. 疲软的；虚弱的mirror n. 镜子microphone n. 扩音器，麦克风program n. 计划；方案confident adj. 确信的；自信的voice n. 嗓音，声音excellent adj. 出色的，杰出的stage n. 阶段；舞台heart n. 心，感情widely adv. 广泛地；普遍地beat n. 拍打；节拍slowly adv. 缓慢地，慢慢地herself pron. 她自己loser n. 失败者，败者fail v. 失败hardly adv. 几乎不，简直不Mexico n. 墨西哥accept v. 接受；承认，承担award n. 奖品，奖赏college n. 大学；学院二、重点短语What's up? (口语)怎么了?有什么事吗?近来怎么样?SOS 紧急求救(国际救难信号，一般作为海难求救信号)be supposed to 应该;被期望make sense 有道理;有意义It's my pleasure.乐意效劳。
Unit 8 Celebrating Me!Lesson 43 What Makes You Unique?Teaching content:Mastery words and expressions: describe, ourselves, myself, personal, yourself, else,anythingOral words and expressions: unique, talent, strength, think of⋯as, think aboutTeaching aims:1.Learn about the foreign culture.2.Show encourage to sb.Show encourage to sb.Teaching preparation:flashcardsTeaching aids:audiotape, flashcardsType of lesson:new lessonStep 1. Talk about the subject in this unit: Celebrating Me! In this unit we will find one’ s talents. Why are we different from others? Li Ming will give a report to the classto show his talents to the others.Step 2. Come to“ Chat Show”1.What do you think of yourself? How are you unique?2.Are you proud of yourself? Why or why not?Talk with the partners for a while. Then let some students come to the front andshare their ideas with the others.Step 3. Listen to the tape. Can the students retell Li Ming’ s trouble in a third person?Let them try.Step 4. Have a further discussion about Li Ming’s e-mail. Ask the students:1.Can you help him?2.What ’s your advice?3.Do you have the same trouble like him?Step 5. Listen to Part 2. This e-mail is from Jenny. Let’ s see Jenny’s advice together.1.Do your classmates like you? Why do they like you?2.What makes you a good student?3.Are there many special things you do?4.Do you have special talents?Step 6. Listen to the tape again. Let’ s have a further discussion about the two e-mails.Step 7. Come to“ LET’S DO IT”Divide the class into several groups. Write the letter and then share your letterwith the others in the group. Let every group choose a best one to read in frontof the class. Let’ s enjoy together.Homework:1.Finish off the activity book.2.Go on the next reading in the student book.Summary:The teacher can suppose a situation the same as Li Ming. If you ask the students themselves in their reports, what trouble will they meet? Let them write difficulties. Are they the same as Li Ming’ s? Please try.to describe down theirLesson 44 Georgia Plays BasketballTeaching content:Mastery words and expressions.Teaching aims:1.Listen carefully, know the subject and get the main information.2.Let the students’ have confident in them.Teaching important points:What makes you unique?Teaching difficult points:Learn to introduce yourself.Teaching preparation:flashcardsTeaching aids:audiotape, flashcardsType of lesson:new lessonTeaching procedures:Step 1. Talk about the students’ favourite sports. How many students like football? What do they know about the basketball? The teacher introduces something about thebasketball to the students, too.Then discuss questions in“ Chat Show”1.What’ s your favorite sport?2.Can you think of any famous basketball players?Step 2. Come to “ THINK ABOUT IT”Divide the class into several groups. Discuss the two questions together. Every group chooses the best answer and report it to the class.Step 3. Listen to the tape with the following questions:1.Where does his family come from?2.How old is she?3.Is her sister good at football?4.What does Georgia mean by“the game was almost over” ?5.What ’ s her ambition?Step 4. Read the text silently and check the answers. Then read the text loudly in class.Step 5. Let some volunteers read the text in front of the class.Step 6. Have a further discussion about the text.1.What do you think of Georgia?2.Do you think her life interesting?3.Does she strive to make her ambition come true?4.What ’ s your ambition?5.What can you learn from Georgia?Work in groups and complete the task. Each student writes a passage and reportsit to the others in the group. Every group chooses a passage and shares it with theclass.1. Finish off the activity book.2. Retell the story.Summary:Let ’ s begin the class with the students’ interests, which must be attractive. Organizethe activities. Give them more time to speak and write English in class. Ask the studentstheir to research on the Internet about the information we learn today. Thus we can improve abilities of learning by themselves.Lesson 45 Be Yourself!Teaching content:Mastery words and expressions.Oral words and expressions.Teaching aims:1. Cultivate the ability of describing the other or one’ s own experiences.2.Make more chances to communicate with the others in English.Teaching important points:Teaching preparation:flashcardsTeaching aids:audiotape, flashcardsType of lesson:new lessonTeaching procedures:Step 1. Let’ s sing the song“ You Are You” together.Step 2. Try this tongue twister:So see ’ s saw sawed seesaw.But is was sad to see Soar so soreJust because see’ s aw sawed Soar’ s seesaw!Step 3. Look at the pictures in this lesson and guess:1. Do you like to talk about yourself to others? Why or why not?2.What are your strong points and weak points? Step4. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions:1. What are the girl’ s problem?2. What are Sue’s suggestions?Step 5.Read the text silently and check the answer. Then read the text loudly in class.At the same time, the students walk around the class and help the students at anytime.Step 6. Ask the students to spot some words, phrases, expressions or sentence patterns that stand in the way of their understanding.Here is the list,which can help the students write their own reports:It is time for sb. to do sth.be nervous aboutfeel confident / proudbegin by doing somethingmembers of the Young Pioneersmake oneself / ourselves strongstrive to do something wellgo to universitygive somebody the confidence to do somethingStep 7. Come to“ LET’S DO IT”Work in groups with three or four people. Write down the famous person whomyou admire.What is he like? What do you want to learn from him? If you want to be him,What do you want to do now?Share your ideas with the partners.Homework:1.Finish off the activity book.2.Go on the next reading in the student book.Lesson 46 My DreamTeaching content:Oral words and expressions.Teaching aims:1.Learn about the foreign culture.2.Cultivate the students to take correct attitude towards the future.Teaching preparation:flashcardsTeaching aids:audiotape, flashcardsType of lesson:new lessonTeaching procedures:Step 1.In class, Chat show.Then discuss questions in“ Chat Show”Step 2. Come to“ THINK ABOUT IT”Divide the class into several groups. Discuss the two questions together. Every group chooses the best answer and report it to the class.Step 3. Listen to the tape with the following questions:Step 4. Read the text silently and check the answers. Then read the text loudly in class.Step 5. Let some volunteers read the text in front of the class.Step 6. Have a further discussion about the text.Homework:1.Finish off the activity book.2.Sing the song together if we have time.Summary:The songs in our text are very typical. All the students love to sing it. The beautifulrhythm and the lyric makes the students moved deeply. Sing the foreign is also a good wayto have the sense of the foreign culture.Somewords of the song has the meaning of education. The teacher can have a good use of it.Lesson 47 I Made It!Teaching content:Mastery words and expressions.Oral words and expressions.Teaching aims:1.Cultivate the ability of learning by oneself.2.Learn the foreign culture.1.Guess the main ideas of the text according to the pictures.2.Correct a composition with the help of the teacher.Teaching difficult points:Some words and expressions: because, because of, correct the mistakesTeaching preparation:flashcardsTeaching aids:audiotape, flashcardsType of lesson:new lessonTeaching procedures:Step1. Let the students talk about the topic “ Why you are unique ” in the class. Ask some students to speak in front of the class.Step2.Present this riddle to the class: What is black and white and red (read) all over?Step3. Come to“ THINK ABOUT IT”What words do you think are hard to spell? Why are these words so difficult? Dividethe class into several groups and discuss the two questions together. Write thewords down and share them with the others in your group. The teacher sums thewords. Let every group write their answers on the blackboard.Step 4. Listen to the tape with the following questions:1. Why is Peter not good at English?2.What mistakes does Peter make? Can you make examples?3.What does Miss Martin say in order to encourage Peter?Step 5. Read the text silently and check the answers. Then read it loudly in class.Step 6. Read the text in roles. Let some students act it our in front of the class.Step 7. Come to“ LET’S DO IT”Finish the task in groups with three or four students in one class. When the students are talking, the teacher walks around the class. Let the students speak English asoften as possible. When they can’ t express themselves, the teacher can help them. Homework:1.Finish off the activity book.2.Go on the next reading in the student book.Summary:Discussing in groups is a usual technique that the teacher often uses. When the studentsare talking, the teacher asks them to speak English. “ Practice makes perfect ”. We believe the proverb and give the students more time to speak English in class.Lesson 48 Li Ming’ s ReportTeaching content:1.Mastery words and expressions.2.Oral words and expressions.1.Have confident in yourself.2.Cultivate the students ’ abilities of learning by themselves.Teaching important points:1.Find one ’ s virtues and improve the interest of learning English.2.Learn to introduce yourself.Teaching difficult points:project pronouns, possessive pronouns and reflexive pronounsTeaching preparation:flashcardsTeaching aids:audiotape, flashcardsType of lesson:new lessonTeaching procedures:Step 1. Make sentences with project pronouns, possessive pronouns and reflexivepronouns.Some able students can say a passage and sum the pronouns with the students.Record some meaningful sentences and analyze them. Write some sentences includingmistakes on the blackboard. Let the students correct them together.Then introduce yourself and answer“Who are you?”Step 2. Listen to the tape and read after it. Let the students have a furtherdiscussion about the text.1.What ’s Li Ming good at?2.How does Danny help Li Ming?3. Does his teacher also give him some advice?Step 3. Come to“ PROJECT”We have learned many words about our talents. So the task is easy to the class. Thestudents can write outlines first. Show your photographs to your partners. Ifyou can ’ t write the report like Li Ming, you can ask others for advice.Divide the class into several groups. What do they like about each plan? What would they change? What illustrates or photographs will they use? Instruct students torevise their outlines, as needed. Make sure students use what they have learned intheir discussion and communication with one another.If the project cannot be finished in one lesson, it can last for two or three lesson. Homework:Describe yourself and why you are unique.Write a report about yourselfwith drawings or photographs.Summary:The best way to learn English is to use what we learn. This task in this lesson is to usethe phrases that we learned in these lessons. Show their photographs to the others. It isa very good way to stimulate students ’ interests of learning English. Help them to finish the task. Display the result in the English Corner.Unit ReviewTeaching content:Mastery words and expressions from Lesson 43 to Lesson 48.Oral words and expressions from Lesson 43 to Lesson 48.Teaching aims:Learn the foreign festivals and culture.Cultivate the students’ interests of learning English.Teaching important points:Improve the students’ abilities of comprehension.Finish one project in groups and correct compositions with the help of the teacher.Teaching difficult points:⋯Use some words and expressions: talent, confident, decorateTeaching preparation:flashcardsTeaching aids:audiotape, flashcardsType of lesson:review lessonTeaching procedures:Step1. PROJECT:“ All About Me” ReportType: group discussion, individual workLesson time: 15 minutesDescription: The students write and illustrate a report about themselves. First,they plan the report. In small groups, they share, discuss and revise their plans,and then they each write a report based on their plan.Objective: To learn vocabulary for personal description.Resources needed: The students can illustrate their reports with photographs, drawings or magazines cutouts.Step 2. PracticeThe students exchange their reports and correct the mistakes with the help of theteacher. After finishing, return them to their owners. Then let the owners checkthe reports that changed just now. Does it still have mistakes? Check it correctly. Step 3. Play a gameOne student says a festival; the others say when, where and how it celebrates. Howmany festivals can they display? Put all the information about one festival together.Now the students can understand a festival easily. The students can search theInternet before the class.Step 4. Do the exercises on P126 and 127. The teacher walks around in the classroom. Help them if necessary.Step 5. Collect some problems that most of the students don’ t understand and explain them on the blackboard in detail.Step 6. Have a further discussion about the exercises.Homework:1.Finish off the activity book.2.Sing the song “ You Are You ” .Summary:The review lesson can’ t be boring. The teacher must make it interesting and lively. Atthe same time, practice the students ’ abilities of listening,speaking, reading and writing. The students can have a good use of the things at hand.。
