Unit 4 Being a good learner Lesson 2 Karen's hair stood up! 教学设计 2025-2026学年冀教版（2024）八年级英语上册

Unit 4 Being a good learner-Lesson 2 Karen's hair stood up! This lesson is from Unit 4 "Being a good learner" of the 8th grade English textbook (2024 edition) of Hebei Education Press. It presents a diary written by a student named Sandra. In the diary, different students in the class introduce their favorite subjects. For example, Sandra's group shows their love for art by presenting paintings. Jenny and Bill talk about social studies through photos and Chinese music. Karen and Jack demonstrate physics with an interesting experiment that makes Karen's hair stand up. Danny and Lisa present P.E. in the gym. The lesson is full of vivid descriptions of various subject - related activities, which can arouse students' interest in different subjects and learning methods. 教学目标 Students are able to master key vocabulary such as "deep", "remind", "add", "ocean", "finally", "discussion", etc., and important phrases like "take a trip to", "remind... of", "take part in", "stay healthy". Students can understand and use key sentence patterns in the text, such as "I have been in... for...", "We each brought... to...", "The picture always reminds me of...", "We had a good discussion about...". 教学重难点 1 Key Points Mastery of new words, phrases and sentence patterns. Grasping the reading skills to extract useful information from the text about different subjects. 2 Difficult Points Using the learned knowledge to express personal opinions and experiences about favorite subjects clearly and fluently. Understanding the connection between different subject - related activities described in the text and the learning methods implied. 1 New Words deep /diːp/adj. 深的；深奥的 remind /rɪˈmaɪnd/v. 使想起；提醒 add /æd/v. 补充说；增加 ocean /ˈəʊʃn/n. 海洋 finally /ˈfaɪnəli/adv. 最后；终于 discussion /dɪˈskʌʃn/n. 讨论，谈论 2 Phrases take a trip to 去…… 旅行 remind... of 使…… 想起…… take part in 参加 stay healthy 保持健康 3 Key Sentence Patterns I have been in Canada for two weeks. 我已经在加拿大待了两周了。 We each brought a painting to class. 我们每个人都带了一幅画到课堂上。 The picture always reminds me of that holiday. 这幅画总是让我想起那个假期。 We had a good discussion about how to stay healthy. 我们就如何保持健康进行了一次愉快的讨论。 教学过程 1 Lead - in (5 minutes) Greet the students and have a free talk. "Hello, everyone! Have you done anything interesting this week? Share it with your partners." Then ask some students to share their stories in front of the class. Show some pictures related to different subjects, such as a picture of a famous painting for art, a map for social studies, and a simple experiment picture for physics. Ask students, "What subjects do these pictures make you think of? Do you like them? Why or why not?" Encourage students to express their opinions briefly. 2 Pre - reading (10 minutes) Present the new words and phrases on the PPT. Teach students how to read them correctly, and explain the meanings and usages briefly. For example, when teaching "remind", show the sentence "This song reminds me of my childhood." and explain the structure "remind... of". Let students read the new words and phrases in groups to practice pronunciation. Walk around the classroom to monitor and correct their pronunciation if necessary. Set the reading task. Tell students, "Today we are going to read a diary. In the diary, some students talk about their favorite subjects. Before reading, think about what you want to know about their favorite subjects, such as what they do in class, why they like them." 3 While - reading (15 minutes) First reading: Let students read the diary quickly to get the general idea. Then ask them to answer the question, "What are the favorite subjects of different groups mentioned in the diary?" Give them a few minutes to think and answer. Second reading: Ask students to read the text carefully again and complete a table on the PPT. The table includes columns like "Group", "Favourite Subject", "What They Did to Present the Subject". Walk around to help students who have difficulties. After students finish filling in the table, check the answers together. Invite some students to share their answers and explain how they got them from the text. 4 Post - reading (10 minutes) Group discussion: Divide students into groups of 4 - Let them discuss their favorite subjects. Each student needs to answer the following questions in the group: "What is your favorite subject? Why do you like it? What interesting things have you done in the class of this subject?" After the group discussion, ask each group to choose a representative to present their group's discussion results in front of the class. Encourage other students to listen carefully and ask questions if they have any. Language points explanation: Select some important language points from the text, such as "I have been in Canada for two weeks." Explain the usage of "have been in" and compare it with "have been to" and "have gone to". Use more examples to help students understand. 5 Summary and Homework (5 minutes) Summary: Summarize the key points of this lesson with students, including new words, phrases, sentence patterns, and the main content of the text. Ask students to recall what they have learned. Homework: Ask students to write a short passage about their favorite subject, using at least three new words and phrases learned in this lesson. Let students find more information about their favorite subjects, such as interesting experiments in science, famous works in art, and share it with the class next time. 教学反思 After this class, students generally showed great interest in the topic of favorite subjects. The lead - in part successfully aroused their enthusiasm for sharing their own experiences. In the pre - reading stage, teaching new words and phrases in advance helped students read the text more smoothly. However, during the while - reading process, some students still had difficulty in quickly extracting key information. Maybe more reading skills training is needed in the future. The group discussion in the post - reading part was quite active, but some students were a bit shy when presenting in front of the class. Encouragement and more opportunities should be provided to improve their confidence. Overall, through this lesson, students have a better understanding of different subjects and learning methods, but there is still room for improvement in teaching methods and students' language skills. 2 / 37 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $