2016-2017学年八年级英语上册 Unit 2 School Life Reading 1教案

Unit 2 School lifePart 1 Welcome to the unit一、知识讲解◆British adj. 英国的。

British的名词形式为Britain。

English的名词形式为England。

People speak British English in Britain.◆lift n.电梯。

vt. 举起，抬起。

【常用搭配】by lift 乘电梯。

They go up and come down by lift.◆movie n.电影（美语）。

在英国英语中为film【常用搭配】go to a movie去看电影。

I often go to a movie at weekends.◆Why don’t dogs go to school?为什么狗不去上学？【辨析】Why don’t…? Why not…?Why don’t…? 的意思是“为什么不……？”后接人称代词的主格或相当于名词的词。

Why don’t you listen to the teacher carefully in class?Why not后面接动词原形。

Why not stop to have a arrest?◆What is school like?学校是什么样的？be like 是……样的。

What is your ideal school like?◆It’s like watching TV, but there are fewer advertisements.它就象看电视，但广告少。

fewer更少的。

【辨析】few, a few, little, a littlefew 意为“很少的，几乎没有的”。

修饰可数名词的复数。

表示否定意义，其反义词为many。

Kitty is new here. She has few friends.a few 意为“几个，一些”。

修饰可数名词的复数。

表示肯定意义。

discuss the books with the classmates in class
Scanning
Choose ‘T’ or ‘F’
1. In a mixed school, boys and girls have lessons
together.
T
2. Nancy’s favourite subject is English.
Name
Nancy
John
School
Grade
Rocky
Woodland School Mountain
in Year 8
High School
in the 8th grade
Subjects/classes Mentioned(提及)
Club
ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱ
French
Different classes Buddy Club
Activities
Reading Week play baseball do sports
Post-reading
Have an interview with John/Nancy .
(Each team chooses one student to act John / Nancy. Other members ask him / her any question about the school life.)
Every Monday. • 2. Do they have the same class every day?
No, they have different classes every day.
Scanning
What to do in the club Old students help new students

Module 1 Teenage lifeUnit 2 School life教学设计1一、教学目标1. Talk about the school life and review the words about school life.2. Learn different words which mean the same thing between British English and American English.3. Learn the differences between British English and American English.二、教学重难点1. Grasp the spelling of British words and American words such as lift and elevator, post and mail, film and movie, football and soccer, and so on.2. Know the differences between British English and American English.3. Grasp the words: British, lift, post, eraser, fall, elevator, math, movie, soccer4. Grasp the phrases: be smarter than, be like doing5. Grasp the sentences: Why don’t sb do sth? Why not do sth? What’s school like?三、教师准备pictures, recorder, computer, and the flags of Britain and England四、教学步骤StepⅠLead-inT: Do you like our school?What do you like?How many subjects do you learn?Can you tell me some names of them?S: Chinese, Math, English, PE, Geography, etc. (Encourage the Ss to say more about it.)T: Good. Is there another word for Math?S: Yes. Maths.T: Great. Maths is Math. Maths is British English. While Math is American English (write on Bb)StepⅡPre-taskShow the flags of the UK and the USA. Tell them that people speak English in both Britain and the USA, but sometimes they use different words which mean the same thing.T: I know many boys like playing football.Do you know what it says in American English?S: Soccer. (Write on Bb)Do you know the same use of other words?Please give me some examples.Write other right answers of the students on the Bb.Teach the students the new words:BE=British English AE=American EnglishBE autumn lift football maths rubber post ground floor secondary schoolAE fall elevator soccer matheraser mail first floor high schoolStepⅢWhile-taskTask1 Practice the new words more. Pay attention to the pronunciations and spelling.Task2 Finish Part A on Page 23. Teacher can give more words, such as sweets and candies, holiday and vocation, biscuit and cookie and so on.Task3 Write down both the British and American words, then finish Part B.StepⅣDifferent spellings(1) Say: There are also some differences in spelling between British English and American English. Make a table and write down some words. E.g. favourite and favorite, centre and center.(2) Ask Ss to find more different words means the same thing and different spellings after class. StepⅤComic stripsDo you remember Hobo and Eddie? They are talking about school life.Listen to the tape and answer : What does Eddie think of the school life?Listen again and read after it.Point out: Why don’t you do sth?=Why not do sth?be smarter than, be like doing sth, there be, few/a fewLook at the picture and practice the dialogueAct the dialogue in groups and pairs.StepⅥFree talk about Ss’ ideal schoolWhat do you like more about school, the assembly, the classes, lunchtime or the after-school activities? Do you like outdoor activities? Do you like fewer lessons? Do you like the lessons on the Internet? Talk about the above questions in groups and then make a report.StepⅦPost-taskFill in the blankets with American English:It’s my first day in high school. I felt a little tired, but I had a g ood time. Our classroom is on the__________ (ground/first) floor. So we don’t need an__________ (lift/elevator). I like to go outside playing___________(soccer/football) after class. It’s my____________ (favourite/favorite) sport. Today we had 6 classes. I still found__________ (maths/math) was too difficult for me. But the new classmate next to me helped me work out a difficult problem.StepⅧ. Homework(1) Try to remember the new words and drills.(2) Finish the exercises.(3) Preview the next lesson.。

Unit 2 School lifeWelcome to the unit1. To introduce vocabulary used in British English and American English.2. To make sure that students can tell British English from American English.3. To introduce the topic ‘School Life’ to students.4. Talk about the school life and review the words about school life.5. Learn different words which mean the same thing between British English and American English.Grasp the spelling of British words and American words such as lift and elevator, post and mail, film and movie, football and soccer, and so on.Know the differences between British English and American English.StepⅠ Free talkT: Do you like our school?What do you like?How many subjects do you learn?Can you tell me some names of them?S: Chinese, Math, English, PE, Geography, etc. (Encourage the Ss to say more about it.)T: Good. Is there another word for Math?S: Yes. Maths.T: Great. Maths is Math. Maths is British English. While Math is American English (write on Bb)StepⅡ Presentation (Welcome to the unit)Show the flags of the UK and the USA. Tell them that people speak English in both Britain and the USA, but sometimes they use different words which mean the same thing.T: I know many boys like playing football.Do you know what it says in American English?S: Soccer.(Write on Bb)Do you know the same use of other words?Please give me some examples.Write other right answers of the students on the Bb.StepⅢPractisingTask1Practise the new words more. Pay attention to the pronunciations and spelling. Task2 Finish Part A on Page 23. Teacher can give more words, such as sweets and candies, holiday and vocation, biscuit and cookie and so on.Task3 Write down both the British and American words, then finish Part B.StepⅣ Different spellings(1)Say：There are also some differences in spelling between British English andAmerican English. Make a table and write down some words. E.g. favourite and favorite, centre and center.(2)Ask Ss to find more different words means the same thing and different spellingsafter class.StepⅤ Comic stripsDo you remember Hobo and Eddie? They are talking about school life.Listen to the tape and answer：What does Eddie think of the school life?Listen again and read after it.Point out: Why don’t you do sth?=Why not do sth?be smarter than, be like doing sth, there be, few/a fewLook at the picture and practise the dialogueAct the dialogue in groups and pairs.StepⅥ Free talk about Ss’ ideal schoolWhat do you like more about school, the assembly, the classes, lunchtime or the after-school activities? Do you like outdoor activities? Do you like fewer lessons? Do you like the lessons on the Internet? Talk about the above questions in groups and then make a report.StepⅦ Post-taskFill in the blankets with American English:It’s my first day in high school. I felt a little tired, but I had a good time. Our classroom is on the__________ (ground/first) floor. So we don’t need an__________ (lift/elevator). I like to go outside playing___________(soccer/football) after class. It’s my____________ (favourite/favorite) sport. Today we had 6 classes. I still found__________ (maths/math) was too difficult for me. But the new classmate next to me helped me work out a difficult problem.Try to find more information about the differences between British and American English.。