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Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains.Period 1 Section A (1a-2d)Ⅰ. Background Information1. Students: junior school students, Class1, Grade 8.2. Lesson duration: 45 mins3. Textbook: unit 6 of English bookⅡ. Teaching objectivesBy the end of the lesson, students will be better able to:1. tell a story using the target language;2. develop the spirit that anything is possible if you work hard.Ⅱ.Teaching Method1. Tape-listening2. Question-answer3. PPTⅣ.Important/Difficult points1. New expressions and vocabularies, such as: shoot, stone, remind, silly, once upon a time, instead of, remind doing sth, etc.2. How to use the conjunctions, such as : unless, as soon as and so … that. Ⅴ.Teaching ProceduresStep 1 Lead in ( 4 mins)1. Play a video Yu Gong Moves a Mountain2. Questions:1) What ’s the name of the story?2) Can you say it in English? (Yu Gong Moves a Mountain )Step 2 Work on 1a （3 mins ）1. Have students look at the pictures first. Then let them say the Chinese names of the four stories and help them try to say in English.____Journey to the West ____Yu Gong Moves a Mountain____Hou Yi Shoots the Sun ____Nu Wa Repairs the Sky2．Let students match the pictures with the stories. Then check the answerstogether in class.Step 3 Listening 1b ( 4 mins)1. Before listening to the tape, let students see the facts that given in 1b.____The two mountains were very high and big.____A very old man tried to move the mountains.____A man told Yu Gong that he could never do it.2. Play record. Then check the answers after listening .Step 4 Discussion ( 6 mins)1. Have students listen again carefully, and help them discuss the questions.1) How does the story begin?2) What happened next?3) Where would they put all the earth and stone from the mountains? Step 5Listening 2a ( 8 mins)1.Firstly, look at the pictures in 2a carefully.2.Listen to the tape and number the pictures in order.3.Listen again and circle the words in 2b. Then check the answers.1) A man saw Yu Gong and his (child/family) when they were workingon moving the mountains.2)He told Yu Gong he could never do it because he was old and(poor/weak).3)As soon as the man finished (talking/speaking), Yu Gong said that hisfamily could continue to move the mountains after he died.4)Finally, a god was so moved by Yu Gong that he sent (two/three) godsto take the mountains away.5)This story reminds us that you can never (know/see) what’s possibleunless you try to make it happen.Step 6 Role-play the conversation (10 mins)1.Have students read the conversation first, try to find the differentopinions about the story of Yu Gong Moves a Mountain bythemselves.2.Then read the conversation carefully together. Pay attention to thekey points.Step 7 Language points and Practice ( 5 mins)1. Have students learn the key points in the listening conwersation.1) once upon a time = long long ago 很久以前e.g. Once upon a time, there lived three monks in a small temple.2) remind v. 提醒，使想起e.g. This story reminds us that you can never know what’s possibleunless you try to make it happen.remind sb. of / about sth. 提醒某人想起某事e.g. The picture reminds him of his beautiful hometown.remind sb. to do sth. 提醒某人去做某事e.g. Please remind me to come back early.2. Have students do some exercise to review the key points.Fill in the blanks:①这个故事让我想起了我的童年。
