内容正文:
Unit 1 Spring Is Coming!
课时
第6课时 Stories about Spring
课型
新授课
教学目标
【知识与技能】
1. 能掌握下列词汇:
low, below, zero, until, groundhog, bush, as...as..., below zero, not...until
2. 能掌握以下句型:
(1) The temperature can be as low as -15 ℃, but it can also reach 15 ℃.
(2) We probably won’t see any flowers until May or June.
【情感、态度与价值观】
该部分学习内容贴近学生的生活,谈论的主题是关于春天的故事。首先,老师展示与课文相关的图片,吸引学生的注意力,并引出本课时的话题Stories about Spring (关于春天的故事)。然后,教授新单词,并进行巩固练习,检查学生对词汇的掌握情况。通过阅读文章,初步了解短文内容;接着利用Let’s Do It!中的练习题对文章内容进行巩固,让学生了解异域文化,体会学习英语的乐趣。本节课从多个角度、多种形式上对本课的语言知识进行练习,从而达到教学目的,实现教学目标。
教学重点
掌握本课时的单词、短语和句型。
教学难点
运用所学知识来表述自己家乡的春天以及人们的活动。
教学准备
教师:音频、课件。
教 学
过 程
Step 1: Leadin
建议:教师带领学生回顾上节课所学,并向学生提出以下问题,引出相关内容:
For example:
What clothes do you wear in spring?
What interesting things do you see in spring?
…
Step 2: Presentation
建议:教师展示多媒体课件,播放本课时单词,让学生们读单词并记忆。
Do you know these animals?
They are groundhogs. groundhog n. 土拨鼠
sugar bush 枫糖林 bush n. 灌木
It’s too cold. The temperature can be as low as -10℃.
as...as...和……一样
low adj. 低的;浅的
below zero 零下
drop below zero下降到零下
We won’t go out until the rain stops.
not…until…直到……才……
Step 3: Drill
建议1: 游戏比赛,通过一闪而过的图片,让学生说出英语单词,看谁说得又快又准。
建议2: 同桌间互相提问单词,一个说汉语,一个说英语, 然后教师抽查。
Step 4: Reading and Answering
Ⅰ. 读课文,回答问题。
1. Why does Jenny think the weather in Edmonton is a little wild?
2. What activities do people do in Canada in spring?
3. Why does Jenny love spring?
Answers:
1. Because the weather in Edmonton in March can be cold and snowy or warm
and sunny, and the temperature can be -15℃ or 15℃.
2. They drive to the countryside on the weekend and they like to go to a sugar
bush. They also make syrup.
3. She loves spring because of all the fun activities and also because summer
follows spring.
Ⅱ. 读课文,选词填空。
Winter is long, cold and dark, so people stay inside most of the time. When spring arrives, people turn their thoughts to the outdoors. They like to wear light shirts and blouses on warm spring days.
There are lots of activities: cycling, in-line skating and picnicking in the park. Many schools have soccer teams and other clubs for their students. Spring is a time to look forward to flowers and fresh food from the garden. Many people go outside and work in their gardens.
Everyone loves spring.
A. What fun outdoor activities do people like to do in spring?
B. Spring is a season of hope.
C. People don’t need to wear heavy clothes to keep warm.
Answers: CAB
Ⅲ. Reading and Learning about Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day is on February 2. On that day, a small animal called a groundhog comes out of a hole in the ground. If it sees its shadow, then spring won’t come for another 6 weeks. But if the groundhog does not see its shadow, then spring is very close. How does a groundhog know? It doesn’t! It’s just a very old tradition in North America.
Step 5: Practice
low until zero drop
1. The boy didn’t stop running he reached the finish line.
2. Water turns into ice at degrees Celsius.
3. The temperature in Shijiazhuang can be as as -3℃ in spring.
4. In my hometown, the temperature can below zero at night.
Answers: 1. until 2. zero 3. low 4. drop
Step 6: Language Points
1. as...as… 和……一样……
表示同级比较。
使用时要注意第一个as为副词,第二个as为连词。
其基本结构为:as+ adj./ adv. +as。
【例句】
This film is as interesting as that one. 这部电影和那部电影一样有趣。
Your pen writes as smoothly as mine. 你的钢笔书写起来和我的一样流畅。
【拓展】其否定式为not as/so +adj./ adv. +as。
【例句】
This dictionary is not as/so useful as you think.
这本字典不如你想象的那样有用。
若有修饰成分,如twice, three times, half, a quarter等,则须置于第一个as
之前。
【例句】
Your bag is twice as expensive as mine.
你的袋子是我的(袋子)的两倍贵。
2. not...until…直到……才…….
表示直到某一时间,某一行为才发生。句子(主句)中的谓语可以是延续
性动词也可以是非延续性动词。
until 意为 “直到……为止”,表示某一种行为一直持续到某一时间。必须
与延续性动词连用。
【例句】
I studied English until 9 o’clock last night.
我昨晚学英语一直学到9点钟。 (表示9点前一直在学)
I did not study English until 9 o’clock last night.
我昨晚直到9点钟才学英语。 (表示9点才开始学)
3. have to必须,不得不
有人称、数和时态的变化,其否定式和疑问式一般要借用助动词do的适
当形式构成。
【例句】
—Do I have to go there now?
我现在就得去那儿吗?
—Yes, you do. (No, you don’t have to.)
是的,你必须去。(不,你不必。)
We didn’t have to answer the question yesterday.
昨天我们没有必要回答这个问题。
Step 7: Summary
建议:让学生自己总结本节课主要学习了什么,还有哪些疑惑?教师可作
补充。
For example:
本节课我们学习了加拿大地区春天的故事以及描述春天活动的词汇句型,
还有not...until…的用法,这是本节课的难点,也是中考的重点,我们也会
在以后的学习中继续巩固。
课堂作业
1.口头作业: 朗读课文。
2.书面作业: 复习整个单元,总结表述春天活动的词汇、句型,更好地了解不同地区从事春天活动的文化。
板书设计
Unit 1 Spring Is Coming!
Lesson 6 Stories about Spring
1. New words and phrases:
low, below, zero, until, groundhog, bush, as...as..., below zero, not...until
2. Important sentences:
(1) The temperature can be as low as -15 ℃, but it can also reach 15 ℃.
(2) We probably won’t see any flowers until May or June.
教学反思
这是单元的第六个课时。因此,继续巩固前面学习的内容并总结单元重点是本课时的主要任务。首先,通过问题导入新课。利用图片和句子,教授新单词和短语,完成Let’s Do It!,为本课的学习扫清障碍。播放有关土拨鼠日的视频,了解相关文化知识。快速阅读课文,回答Let’s Do It!中的相关问题。再进行语言点的讲解,帮助学生解决学习中的疑惑和重难点。本课节从多个角度、多种形式上对本课的语言知识进行练习,从而达到教学目的,实现教学目标。
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