Unit 8 How do yo make a banana milk shake Section B (2a-2e)教学设计2023-2024学年人教版英语八年级上册

Lesson plan Unit 8 How do you make a banana milk shake? Section B (2a-2e) Analysis of the teaching content The lesson is from Unit 8 of PEP English Go for it, the first semester of Grade 8. It is the reading part of this unit. The topic of this unit is cooking, and the title of the text is Thanksgiving in North America, and there are two parts in the text, the first part introduces the history and traditions of Thanksgiving, and the second part shares the steps to make a turkey dinner. So the adverbs of sequence also play an important role in this lesson. Analysis of the students Students in Grade 8 are no strangers to adverbs of sequence, so the language in this lesson is not the challenge for them. The most possible gap is that students are not very familiar with some foreign holidays like Thanksgiving. Videos and pictures may help them better understand this class. Teaching objectives By the end of the class, students are expected to: 1. know about Thanksgiving and the history and culture within it. 2. use different reading strategies to locate the target information. 3. reflect on a Chinese cuisine, describe the process of making it. 4. understand the importance of expressing love to the loved ones. Important and difficult points 1. The vocabulary and expressions of this class. 2. Get the target information using reading strategies. 3. Describe the process of making a turkey dinner. 4. Introduce Thanksgiving with the help of the mind-map. Teaching method Task-based language teaching, student centered and process oriented methods. Teaching aids Multi-media computer and hand-made teaching materials. Teaching procedures Step Activity Purpose of designing Leading-in 1. Look at the pictures of some Chinese food the teacher presents and think about the question: When do Chinese people eat...? 2. Look at the picture of turkey dinner, and think about the question: Do Chinese people eat turkey dinner? Who eat turkey dinner? When do they eat turkey dinner? Questions work as scaffold to lead students to the topic: Thanksgiving. Pre-reading: Predict Predict from the title： 1. What may be the type of the text? A. A story happened on Thanksgiving B. An introduction of Thanksgiving 2. What kind of information may the text tell? Where do people celebrate Thanksgiving? When do they celebrate it? Why do they celebrate it? How do they celebrate it? What’s the main dish of Thanksgiving? 1. Form students’ reading expectation. 2. Title of a text tells what kind of information the text contains. While-reading 1. Read the text and answer the five questions: Where do people celebrate Thanksgiving? When do they celebrate it? Why do they celebrate it? How do they celebrate it? What’s the main dish of Thanksgiving? 2. Check the previous prediction of the text. 1. Use reading strategies to locate the target information. 2. By answering questions, students can see five elements in a text: when, where, why, how, what. 3. Help students fully understand Thanksgiving and the culture behind it. Listening Pre-listening: Look at the pictures in the textbook, predict the process of making turkey dinner. While-listening: 1. Listen and number the pictures in correct order. 2. Listen and fill in the blanks. By locating the key word and filling in blanks, students will know the steps to make turkey dinner. Summarize Group-work: 1. Discuss with group members, cooperate to draw a mind-map. 2. Each group elect one student to present the mind-map representing the group. 1. To apply what the students have learned 2. Help students build logical thing abilities. Post-reading: Brainstorming Think about the questions: Are there any Chinese dishes similar to turkey dinner? What do they have in common. To reflect on Chinese dishes. And get to understand the pursuit for beauty of all people, regardless nationalities. Homework Level A: Search for information about a kind of Chinese dish and the steps required to cook it. Level B: Draw a mind-map to introduce a kind of food people eat on festivals and holidays from China, or abroad. 1. To expand students’ knowledge. 2. To apply the knowledge in real-life context. Blackboard design