Unit 8 Safe and sound（Reading）教案 2025-2026学年译林版（2024）八年级英语上册

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（Reading）

教学目标

1. Knowledge Objectives

Students will be able to master the key vocabulary related to natural disasters and emergencies, such as "earthquake", "flood", "typhoon", "emergency", "injured", "calm down", etc.

Students can understand and use the past continuous tense correctly, and distinguish the usage of "when", "while" and "as" in adverbial clauses of time.

Students will grasp important sentence patterns and expressions in the text, like "People were running in all directions while pieces of glass and bricks were falling down."

2. Ability Objectives

Improve students' reading skills, including skimming for the main idea, scanning for specific information, and inferring meaning from context.

Develop students' ability to retell the story according to the sequence of events, enhancing their logical thinking and oral expression skills.

Enable students to write a short passage about an emergency or natural disaster they know, using the learned vocabulary and sentence patterns.

3. Emotional Objectives

Raise students' awareness of safety and self - protection in the face of natural disasters and emergencies.

Cultivate students' empathy and concern for those affected by disasters, and enhance their sense of social responsibility.

重难点

1. Teaching Key Points

Key vocabulary and phrases related to natural disasters and emergencies.

The usage of the past continuous tense and adverbial clauses of time.

The understanding of the text about the earthquake experience, including the process of the earthquake, people's reactions and the final result.

2. Teaching Difficult Points

How to help students correctly understand and use the past continuous tense in different contexts, especially when combined with adverbial clauses of time.

Guiding students to deeply understand the emotions and experiences described in the text, and being able to express their own feelings and thoughts based on the text.

教学过程

教学环节

学习活动（包含设计意图）

Lead - in (5 minutes)

Show students some pictures of different natural disasters, such as earthquakes, floods, typhoons, and fires, on the PPT.

Ask students: "Have you ever seen these disasters? What do you know about them?"

Let several students share their experiences or knowledge briefly.

Design Intent: This activity can arouse students' interest and activate their prior knowledge related to natural disasters, creating a good starting point for the following reading class.

Knowledge Presentation (10 minutes)

New Words Teaching

Present the new words and phrases related to this lesson on the PPT, such as "earthquake", "shake", "fear", "direction", "calm down", etc. Teach the pronunciation, meaning and usage of each word. For example, when teaching "calm down", give an example sentence "Calm down! There is no need to panic." and let students imitate the sentence.

Brainstorming

Divide students into groups of four. Ask them to discuss and list what they think people should do before, during and after an earthquake. Then invite some groups to share their ideas.

Design Intent: By teaching new words in advance, it can reduce students'