A Country Music Song Changed Her Life ForeverI.Teaching ObjectivesAfter this lesson, the students will be able to1.Learn to sum up the main idea of each paragraph b y grasping the key information.2.Learn about American country music.3.Be grateful to what influenced or changed their lifeII.Teaching Focus and difficultiesThis class is focused on helping the students to understand the passage well by using certain reading strategies.And the difficulties are that the students may find it difficult to sum up the main idea. It may also seem difficult for them to express their experiences with their own language.III.Teaching ProceduresPart One Warm-up1.Listen to an English song called Dream It Possible2.Talk about their favorite music.What kind of music do you like to listen to ?Why do you like listening to it?When do you usually listen to it?Part Two Fast readingStep 1 PredictionLook at the title and the picture and guess “What’s the passage about?”Step 2 Skim and find out what the girl’s name is.Part Three Careful readingStep 1 Learn about Sarah and her c hange1.What did the girl use to be like when she was a teenager?a.Do you fight with your family?I sometimes----because I/theyb.Why did Sarah fight with his family? (grown-up/independent/free)Maybe she was disobedient.c.How did she feel at that time? A. angry andunhappy B. happy and enjoyabled.Form a mind map about Sarah’s past before shechanged.2.A ccording to the title, we know Sarah changed? How did she change?a.What does she like now?b.What happened five years ago?1)Where did she study five years ago? (How did she feel?)2)What did she hear?3)What did the song make her think of?(How did she feel?)3.F orm a mind map about how Sarah changed.Try to retell how Sarah changed.Step 2 Learn about country music.1.Read and answer the following questionsa.Where is country music from?b.What kind of music is it?c.What is the home of country music?(show them several pictures of Nashville, help them to understand the passage better.)d.What is country music about? A. modern life B. Belonging to a groupWhat does “belonging to a group” mean? (“Group” means many people who have relations with each other)2.What is special about country music?a.What are the “good old days”? (share with them, my good old days/ your good old days)b.What does country music remind people of?1)What are the best things in life?2)How to understand “free” in the sentence? A. 免费的B.自由的C.无价的3)Country music makes Sarah kind, friendly andpeaceful.Step 3 Read and learn about Sarah’s dream now1.What’s Sarah’s dream?What can she do in her dream place?(show students pictures of the Country Music Hall of Fame Museum to help them know more about it.)2.W hat else does she hope to do ?(share a video of Garth Brooks to help them learn more) 3.Sum up and form a mind mapPart Four Post readingStep 1 Talk about changes in our life1.Try to write about what changed us.plete the title.b.Sum up how to write2.Group workWork in groups and divide the tasks in g roups1)Introduce country music according to the questions.2)Retell Sarah’s story according to the mind map.3)Write a passage about their own experiences2. Retell the passage according to the mind map.Step 2. show their w orkPart Five Assignment1.Surf the Internet for more information about American country music.Introduce it to us in detail next class.2.Revise and polish(修改润色)your passage after class.。
Unit 8 Have you read Treasure Island yet？Section B Reading (2a-2e)Teaching DesignNumber101. Language Capabilitya. Understand the vocabularies and phrases in the context and use them to express by themselves on the topic.b. Use the words and sentences that we’ve learned to describe your favorite singer.2. Learning Capability To use different reading tips to find information.3. Cultural AwarenessI hope Ss can know some kinds of music and learn sth about foreign culture.4. Thinking QualityTo enhance reading effect by self-reading, cooperative learning and group work. 1. Key points:Understand the text and use different tips to find information.2. Difficult points:I. Teaching Aims II. Key points and Difficult points A Country Music Song Changed Her Life Forever.Section B Reading (2a-2e)Grade 6Use your own words to summarize the main idea of the text.III. Teaching Methods:Situational approach, heuristic approach, gaming approach and task-based approach.IV. Learning MethodsAutonomous Learning , Jigsaw Learning and Cooperative Learning.V. Teaching AidsPPT, some tip cards and a blackboard.VI. Teaching ProceduresStep1: Lead-in: Greeting and warming-up1.Get students to watch a video“Take me home, country roads ”before class.2. Greeting and self-introduction.(设计意图：通过课前播放小视频和自我介绍，活跃课堂气氛并且拉近与学生的距离。
人教版八年级英语下册教学设计Unit 8 Have you read Treasure Island yet?( Section B 2a--2e )A Country music song changed Her life forever From: 凤翔县虢王中学彭冠兰一．教学目标１、知识目标通过阅读短文，学生应该能学会文本中出现的重点句型，词汇和短语。
（used to do sth.,think about, it reminds us）２、技能目标①.通过阅读，学生自主归纳或与同伴合作建立Country music 话题体系，能达到知识运用和言语输出。
②.通过文本学习，学生能够在阅读中利用思维导图有效获取主题信息和通过文章标题进行预测文章大意;同时掌握基本阅读策略。
３、情感目标通过学习Country music song 改变主人公Sarah生活的真实经历，引导学生了解乡村音乐，在课余时间多听音乐多读书，以培养自我良好的品质。
二．教学重难点1. 在阅读教学中，如何帮助学生有效运用并掌握阅读策略？2. 多梯度的课堂活动参与指导和文章整体理解有效结合，引导学生绘制文本思维导图，从而为出色完成能力提升活动做好准备。
三．教学步骤Step 1、Warm up .play a pop music named“actor”that students like singing in their free time to improve their interest on our topic.Step 2. Lead inEncourage students to discuss and talk about: What kind of music do you like best? Why? Then try to express bravely. Example:I like ____________ music best because it can make me feel ________________________ .Step 3.Reading tasks step by step.Task 1.look through the passage and match the main idea of each para.T: I like country music best, so does Sarah because it changed her life forever.read the passage and match.Para. 1 What`s the country music?Para. 2 Who is Sarah ?Para. 3 What` s her dream ?Task 2.Read Para. 1 carefully and catch the main idea about Sarah to describe these pictures.In her teenage 5 years ago now(in 2006) (in 2012) (in 2017)She used to____ She heard _____ she became_________ _______________. _______________. ______________ now . Task 3. Listen Para.2 and chose the best answer.1.( ) Where is the home (起源) of the country music?A: Nashville, USA B: Beijing, China2.( ) what`s the type of the country music?A: pop B: traditionalTask 4. Read Para.3 and answer the following questions.1. Who is Garth Brooks?2. What is Sarah`s dream?Step 4.enjoy this famous country music---Take Me Home, Country Roads and think about :What do you think about when you listen to it with the helpof key words?部分歌词:Country Roads, take me home, to the place I belong West Virginia, Mountain mamaThe radio reminds me of my home far away. And driving down The road I get a feeling that I should have been home yesterday,Step 5.work in pairs to finish the mind map of the passage..Step 6.talk freely and make a speech about“my favorite song”. Teacher can play favorite song and make an example for them: This is my favorite music song because it can make me think about my dear parents,they are ________________________ . ( students can take turns to make a speech )Step 7.summaryWhat have you learned from this lesson?What can change your life?Step 8.homework ( choose one of them )No .1 Retell the main idea of the country music and Sarah`s Story according to the mind map.No .2 Finish the passage with the topic --_______________ changed my life教学反思：这节课达到预期目标，因为学生对文本话题country music很感兴趣，课堂活动设计也符合学生的思维水平；以此教学课例同时也充分说明：在初中英语阅读教学中开展以思维导图为依托的思维活动和文本拓展为导向的价值观教育活动，非常受学生的欢迎，更是培养学生核心素养的突破口。
