Unit 4 Reading 教案2022-2023学年牛津译林版英语八年级下册

Unit 4 A good read Reading (I) I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, the students should be able to: 1. understand the extract from Gulliver’s Travels with the teacher’s help; 2. learn how to read a novel from the transitions between ideas and analyze the spirits of the characters. II. Teaching contents 1. New words and phrases: against, until, finger, tiny, continue, either, manage, lift, army, must, unable, shoulder, by the time, be tired out, be tied to, look down, the same size as, fall over, continue doing sth., manage to do sth. 2. New sentence structures: (1) After our ship crashed against the rocks, I swam as fast as I could. (2) I woke up as the sun was rising. (3) However, they soon got up again and continued moving across my body. (4) I tried to pull one hand free and finally managed to break the ropes. III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty 1. To get a full understanding of the extract. 2. To analyze the structure of the story with transitions. IV. Teaching procedures Step 1. Lead-in 1. An introduction to Gulliver’s Travels (1) The teacher asks the students some questions about reading. What type of book do you like best and why? (2) The teacher introduces the novel Gulliver’s Travels and its author to the students with the help of pictures. Step 2. Pre-reading 1. Show some background information of the book Jonathan Swift was the writer of the story. He wrote the story in England. The novel tells us Gulliver’s amazing adventures in some countries, including Lilliput(小人国), Brobdingnag(大人国), Laputa(飞岛国)and Houyhnhnms(智马国). 2. Present new expressions (1) His ship crashed against the rocks. (2) The ship couldn’t continue moving. (3) He was tired out and fell down. (4) Tiny people managed to use ropes to tie him to the ground. Step3. While-reading 1.Skimming: read for gist Read the passage and fill in the form Five elements(五要素)： (1) When did Gulliver wake up? (2) Where was Gulliver then? (3) Who