Unit 1 Spring Is Coming!. Lesson 1 教学设计 2024-2025学年冀教版英语八年级下册

Unit 1 Spring Is Coming! Lesson 1 How's the Weather? LESSON PREPARATION LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE 掌握词汇:shower,rise 接触词汇:thunderstorm, thunder, sunrise, sunset, set,exact 短语和句型:weather report, be scared of RESOURCES audiotape. large pieces of poster paper blank cards (see Extension) LESSON STRUCTURE CLASS OPENING CLASS OPENING Greeting Start the lesson by welcoming your students to English class. Introduce yourself (with your English name)and write your name on the board. Say: Hello. Welcome to English class. My name is... You can call me Ms./Mrs./Mr. (your family name). My English name is... Draw a question mark (? on the board and encourage the students to ask you any questions they may have regarding the class or the school year. Write the students' questions on the board. If any questions or answers given are structurally incorrect, ask the class to help you correct them. This is a good way to show your students that even incorrect answers are beneficial to the class. Say: I drew a question mark on the board because I'd like you to ask the questions. You may ask any questions you may have about me, your classmates, our class or what we will learn this year Give the students an example: How many years have you been teaching? Do you have any pets? Do you have any hobbies? What do you like to do on the weekends? **Note: If students are having difficulty thinking of questions as a class, you may ask them to work in groups or pairs to write a list of questions first and then share them with the class. Overview Ask the class to look at the title page for Unit 1. Ask one student to read the title (Spring Is Coming!). Then ask the class to guess what they will be learning about in this unit. Students: We will learn about the spring season. Teacher: That's right. What seasons come before and after spring? Students: Winter comes before spring. Summer comes after spring. Teacher: Yes. What do you think we will talk about in this unit? Students: I think we will talk about fun activities to do during spring. Teacher: Yes. What else? Students: Will we learn about the weather in spring? Teacher: Yes, we will. Continue the discussion until a good portion of the class has had a chance to contribute. KEY CONCEPTS FOCUS STRUCTURES: Here's the weather report. I'm scared of thunder! STEP 1: Present CLASS WORK: Think About It 1)As a class, read and discuss the Think About It questions at the top of Lesson 1. You may want to write some of the students' answers on the board. Teacher: How is the weather in your hometown in spring? Students: The weather is warm and rainy. Teacher: Yes. It often rains a lot in spring. In English, another word to describe rain is shower. For example, you can say "We had some light showers in the morning." Write the word shower on the board. Students should master this word. Do you know the difference between light, moderate and heavy showers? Students: "Light showers"means a little bit of rain. "Heavy showers"means a lot of rain and"moderate showers" is more than a little and less than a lot. What other meaning does the word "shower"have? Students: "Shower" also means to bathe or wash yourself. Teacher: That's right. What is the temperature usually like in spring? Students: The temperature is usually about 15 C to 20 C. Teacher: Right. Do you know what a weather report is? Write the phrase weather report on the board. Students should master this phrase. Students: Yes. A weather report is a report about the weather. Teacher: Very good. Where can you hear weather reports? Students: You can hear a weather report on the radio on the Internet, or watch a weather report on TV. Teacher: Well done. Have you ever heard a weather report? Students: Yes, I like to listen to the weather report on the radio. Teacher: What expressions do they often use? Students: Sunny/cloudy/windy/cold/warm/hot/etc. 2) Discuss the Dig In as a class. Teacher: Why are weather reports useful? Students: Knowing the weather can help you plan your day. For example, if you know it's going to rain, you should plan to take an umbrella. Teacher: Good answer. 3) Introduce compound words by discussing the difference between sunrise and sunset. Teacher: We all know what the sun is. The word "rise" means to move from a lower position to a higher one. So "sunrise" refers to the sun coming up in the morning and "sunset" refers to the sun going down in the evening. The words "sunrise" and "sunset" are compound words: That means each word is made up of two words: sun+risesunrise. sun +set=sunset. Can you think of more words like this? Suggested examples: homework; housework; hometown; throughout; weekend; sunshine; sunlight; babysit; babysitter; carwash Write the students'answers on the board. STEP 2: Read CLASS/PAIR WORK: Let's Do It! No. 3 1) Read Lesson 1 (How's the Weather?) as a class. Ask one student at a time to read a part of the dialogue. 2)Discuss the reading. Can it be snowy and hot? Why or why not? What does the word "temperature"mean? . How do you read 15 C? What does C (degrees Celsius)stand for? Why is Danny scared? What is thunder? According to Danny, what time did the sun rise and what time did the sun set? 3)Instruct the students to practice the dialogue in pairs and write down all the compound words they can find in this lesson. Then ask them to complete Let's Do It! No.3. 4)Discuss the answers as a class. STEP 3: Listen INDEPENDENT WORK: Let's Do It! No. 2 1) Play the audiotape for Lesson 1 (How's the Weather?). Play it once and ask the students just to listen. 2) Play the audiotape a second time and ask the students to fill in the table. 3) Check the answers as a class. STEP 4: Role-Play PAIR WORK: Role-play the lesson 1) Instruct the students to role-play the lesson in pairs. 2) If time allows, select some pairs to present their role-play in front f the class. STEP 5: Task PAIR WORK: Let's Do It! No. 4 1) Instruct the students to work in pairs to discuss the weather in their hometowns and create their own weather reports for the day. Students should draw and cut out several different weather icons that they can stick to a large piece of poster paper and re-use in different activities throughout the unit. To create their weather report, they can include weather icons, weather terms, temperatures and times of day. Students may use examples from the Dig In and Let's Do It! No. I to help them. 2)Ask each pair to present their weather report in a news style in front of the class. CLASS CLOSING 1) Complete Let's Do It! No. I. Students do the exercise independently, then check the answers in groups, and finally as a class. 2)Assign homework: Role-play Lesson 1. Draw and write a weather report or record a radio weather report for the week. EXTENSION SMALL GROUP WORK: Mix and Match Play Mix and Match to review and practice identifying and building compound words. 1)Divide the class into small groups. Give each group a set of blank cards. The group should come up with a list of compound words (they may use a dictionary or the student book to help them). If the students are using new words, they should know what they mean. Review the groups' lists before you allow them to continue with this activity to avoid too many repeated words. 2)The groups then write one word on each blank card. Each compound word should be split up into two words(i.e. goldfish gold fish). For example: 3)The groups then trade their cards with another group. The first group to correctly match all of the compound words wins. 4) You can then ask the students to use the compound words in a sentence. LANGUAGE NOTES 1. What's the weather like today?今天天气怎么 样? What's the weather like?是用来询问天气的常用 句子,还可以表达为: How is the weather? 2. It will be snowy and hot.今天将会是雪天,很 热。 snowy 是形容词,表示“下雪的,多雪的”。它是由名词snow+后缀y构成,类似的派生词还有:cloud cloudy, rain rainy, sun sunny, wind windy, ice icy, fog foggy 3. What's the temperature?今天气温多少度? 注意:问“温度多少”时,不用 how many 或how much, 要用 what。 4. Let's see. 让我想想。 Let's see.在英语口语中与 Let me/us think. (让我 /我们想一想)同义。 5. I hope not!我希望不是这样! 它的肯定表达为: I hope so. 类似的表达法有:I'm afraid so.恐怕是这样。I'm afraid not.恐怕不 是这样。 I think so. 我 认为 是这 样。I don't think so. (=I think not.)我认为不是这样。 注意:习惯上不说 I don't hope so. 6. I'm scared of thunder! 我害怕打雷! be scared of sb./sth.的意思是“恐惧某人/某物”。其中 scared 是过去分词用作形容词。例如: I'm scared of wild animals. 我害怕野生动物。 She's scared of everything.她什么都怕。 scare 可以作动词和名词。例如: You scared me.你吓了我一跳。 You gave me a scare!你吓了我一跳! 7. What strange weather!多么奇怪的天气啊! What引导的感叹句结构为:What+(a/an)+形容词+单数名词+主语+谓语动词/系动词或者What+形容词+不可数名词/可数名词复数+主语+谓语动词/系动词,意为“多么 啊!”其中主语和谓语动词/系动词可以被省略。例如:What an exciting game(it is)!(这是)多么令人 兴奋的比赛啊! What beautiful pictures(they are painting)!(他们 正在画的)这些画多漂亮啊! 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