英语人教版八年级下册unit8-sectionB.doc

Unit 8 Have you read Treasure Island yet? Section B (2a-2e) Teaching Aims 1. Knowledge aims Students can master the following vacabulories and sentences: (1)country music, forever, abroad, actually, ever since, fan, southern, modern, success, belong, one another, laughter, beauty, million, record, introduce. (2) ①Sarah hasn’t been to Nashville yet, but it is her dream to go there one day. ② She has already read a lot about the place and done some research on it. 2. Ability Aims (1) To learn how a country music song changed Sarah’s life. (2) Can summarize the main ideas of the text by making notes or underlining the topic sentences. 3. Moral Aims Stimulate students to know more about music and love music. Teaching Key Points 1. Learn and master the new words and sentences. 2. To learn how a country music song changed Sarah’s life. 3. Can summarize the main ideas of the text by making notes or underlining the topic sentences. Teaching Difficult Points Can summarize the main ideas of the text by making notes or underlining the topic sentences. Teaching Methods Multimedia-assisted teaching and learning method, and task-based language method. Teaching Steps Step 1 Warming-up 1.?Greeting as usuall. Step 2 Discussion Discuss the questions with a partner. 1.?Do you have a favorite singer or band? 2. Do you have a favorite song? 3. Why do you like music? Step 3 Reading 1. Fast reading (1) Read quickly and match the main idea with each paragraph. Para 1 Sarah’s dream? Para 2 Sarah’s change? Para 3 Country music? 2. Careful reading(2c) ?Read the passage again and underline the main ideas. Then use the underlined text to write short answers to the questions below. First paragraph ①Who is Sarah???? ②Where is she from??? ③What does she like? Second paragraph ①What is country music???? ②What is country music about? Third paragraph ①What is Sarah’s dream???? ②Who is Garth Brooks? Step 4 complete the fact sheet. Country Music Fact Sheet(资料单) Where it is from: ____