内容正文:
教学设计
课程基本信息
学科
英语
年级
八年级
学期
秋季
课题
Unit 8 Safe and sound(Word power)
教学目标
1. Knowledge Aims
Students will be able to master the key words and phrases related to natural disasters and emergency situations, such as "earthquake", "flood", "typhoon", "lightning", "power cut", "in fear", "in all directions", etc.
Enable students to understand the formation and usage of compound words like "earthquake" (noun + verb), "thunderstorm" (noun + noun).
2. Ability Aims
Develop students' ability to describe natural disasters and emergency situations accurately in English, improving their oral and written communication skills.
Train students to infer the meaning of new words through context and word - building knowledge, enhancing their autonomous learning ability.
3. Emotional Aims
Raise students' awareness of safety and the importance of taking appropriate actions during natural disasters and emergency situations.
Cultivate students' interest in learning English by connecting the learning content with real - life experiences.
重难点
1. Teaching Key Points
The pronunciation, spelling and usage of key words and phrases related to natural disasters and emergency situations.
The understanding and application of compound words.
2. Teaching Difficult Points
Helping students use the learned words and phrases to describe natural disasters and emergency situations vividly and comprehensively.
Guiding students to form new words through word - building methods independently.
教学过程
教学环节
学习活动(包含设计意图)
Lead - in (5 minutes)
Activity: Show students some pictures of different natural disasters, such as earthquakes, floods, and typhoons on the PPT. Then ask them to discuss in pairs: "What natural disasters can you see in the pictures? Have you ever experienced any of them?"
Design Intent: This activity can arouse students' interest and activate their prior knowledge. By sharing their experiences, students can quickly immerse themselves in the topic of natural disasters, laying a good foundation for the following word learning.
Vocabulary Assessment (10 minutes)
Step 1: Introduce key words
Show the words "earthquake", "flood", "typhoon", "lightning", "power cut", etc. on the PPT one by one. Pronounce each word clearly and ask students to repeat after the teacher several times.
Explain the meaning of each word with simple English and show relevant pictures or short video clips to help students understand better. For example, when teaching "earthquake", say "An earthquake is a sudden and violent shaking of the ground. Look, this video shows what an earthquake is like."
Design Intent: Visual aids like pictures and videos can make the abstract words more concrete, which is conducive to students' understanding and memory. Letting students repeat the pronunciation can help them master the correct pronunciation.
Step 2: Teach compound words
Present some compound words such as "earthquake", "thunderstorm", "snowstorm". Analyze the formation of these words with students. For example, for "earthquake", explain that "earth" is the noun representing the ground, and "quake" means to shake, so "earthquake" means the shaking of the earth.
Give students some other examples of compound words and let them try to analyze the meaning based on the component words.
Design Intent: By analyzing the formation of compound words, students can not only understand these words more deeply but also learn a useful word - building method, which helps them expand their vocabulary in the future.
Grammar Assessment - Comparative and Superlative Forms (15 minutes)
Activity 1: Word - matching game
Prepare some cards with words related to natural disasters on one side and their Chinese meanings on the other side. Divide students into groups of four. Shuffle the cards and distribute them evenly among the group members.
In each group, students take turns to pick up a card and match the word with its meaning. The rest of the group members check if the answer is correct. If correct, the student gets one point. The group member with the most points in the end wins.
Design Intent: This game can make the learning process more interesting and competitive. Through the word - matching practice, students can strengthen their memory of the new words.
Activity 2: Sentence - making
Ask students to use the newly learned words and phrases to make sentences. They can work individually first and then share their sentences with their partners. Encourage them to make as many different sentences as possible.
For example, a student may make a sentence like "During the typhoon, the strong wind blew down many trees."
Select several students to share their sentences in front of the class and give positive feedback.
Design Intent: Sentence - making can help students understand how to use the words in context, improving their language application ability. Sharing in class can also provide more language input for students and enhance their confidence in speaking English.
Production (10 minutes)
Activity: Listen and fill in the blanks
Play a short passage about a natural disaster on the recorder. The passage contains some blanks for the new words and phrases learned in this class. For example:
"Last night, a terrible 1.______ hit our city. The strong wind was blowing 2.______ and the rain was pouring down. There was a 3.______ and many people were in the dark. Some houses were flooded because of the heavy rain. People were running 4.______ in fear."
Ask students to listen carefully and fill in the blanks with the correct words. After playing the passage once, play it again if necessary.
Check the answers with the whole class and let students correct their mistakes.
Design Intent: This listening activity can not only review the new words and phrases but also train students' listening comprehension ability. It helps students to further consolidate the learned knowledge in a different context.
Summary and Homework (5 minutes)
Summary
Invite a few students to summarize what they have learned in this class, including new words, phrases, and word - building knowledge. The teacher supplements and perfects the summary.
Emphasize the importance of learning these words for understanding and describing natural disasters and emergency situations.
Design Intent: Letting students summarize can help them review and organize the knowledge they have learned, deepening their understanding. The teacher's emphasis can strengthen students' awareness of the significance of this knowledge.
Homework
Ask students to write a short passage about a natural disaster they know. They should use at least five new words and phrases learned in this class.
Encourage students to collect more words related to natural disasters and emergency situations from books, newspapers or the Internet and make a word list.
Design Intent: The writing task can further improve students' ability to use English to express themselves. The collection of words can expand students' vocabulary and cultivate their autonomous learning ability.
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