一、主题

物华天宝，人杰地灵，一方水土养育一方人。无论是见过河流遍布，温暖美丽的江南水乡，亦或是游览过千里冰封，万里雪飘的北国风光，水终是家乡甜，月仍是家乡圆。我们将随着文本一步步深入，走进牛津初中英语七年级下册Unit 3 Welcome to Sunshine Town，展示家乡。

二、教学过程

Comic strip

Step 1 Lead-in

Watch and answer.

T: Hello, everyone, today we are going to learn Comic strip & Welcome to the unit of Unit 3. At the beginning of today’s class, I’d like you to enjoy an MV. After watching, please tell me what it is about.

通过播放歌曲迅速把学生的注意力引入到课堂里，为新单元授课做准备。

Step 2 Presentation

1. Listen and answer.

T: Listen to the conversation between Eddie and Hobo and answer the questions below.

(1) Is there anything left in the fridge?   

(2) How much money do they have?    

  (3) What does Eddie want to do with the money?

通过听对话回答问题，训练学生从对话内容大意到细节的把握。

2. Act the dialogue out.

通过表演有趣的漫画，让学生在表演中运用英语，不仅提升了课堂的乐趣，并且训练了学生的语言运用能力。

3. Complete the passage.

让学生完成由对话改编成的小短文，不仅可以检测学生对对话内容的掌握情况，也可以检测他们的信息转换能力。

4. How to be a good host.

T: Do you think Eddie is a good host? Why or why not? Do you know how to treat a friend? Let’s take inviting friends to a party as an example and watch a short video on being a good host.

  Tips: (1) Decide who to ______.

(2) Issue _________.

(3) _________ early.

(4) Get guests ________ and introduction to others.

(5) ______ for disharmony (不协调) or awkward silence.

(6) Just _________.   

将话题引至招待朋友，对学生的实际生活进行引领，并为接下来的学习内容做好铺垫和过渡。

 

Welcome to the unit

Step 1 Lead-in

T: OK, keep these tips in mind, which are quite helpful when you treat your friends next time. But I think to treat friends well, the most important thing is to know what they like and dislike and to make them feel at home.

 

Step 2 Presentation

1. Exchange students from the UK.

T: A group of exchange students from the UK are coming to visit Sunshine Town. They are telling the Class 1, Grade 7 students what they like doing. Let’s ask and answer in pairs.

A: What does she/he like/enjoy/love doing?

B: He/she likes/enjoys/loves …

将书中简单的句子以让学生一问一答的形式变成简短的对话，提高了课堂发言参与度，也练习了like、enjoy、love 等词的用法。

2. Suggested activities.

T: The exchange students like doing different things. The Class 1, Grade 7 students are suggesting activities for them. Listen to the tape and find out their suggestions.

(1) take her to the cinema

(2) take her to the shopping mall

(3) take the boys to our school’s football field

(4) invite him to have dinner with us

3. Use these phrases to fill in the blanks.

(1) Let’s take her to the cinema.

(2) Why don’t we take her to the shopping mall?

(3) What about taking the boys to our school’s football field?

(4) Shall we invite him to have dinner with us?

将此处答案的呈现方式与不同的建议方式表达相结合，为接下来建议方式的总结做铺垫。

4. Ways to give advice.

T: Discuss with your partners to find other ways of giving suggestions.

 

Step 3 Practice

1. My hometown.

Sunshine Town is really a good place. What about our hometown? How much do you know about our hometown—Nantong. Watch a short video about our hometown—Nantong.

2. Fill in the blanks.

3. Things to do in Nantong.

T: We can visit Wolf Mountain in Nantong. What else can we do in Nantong? Let’s enjoy another short video.

4. Welcome to Nantong.

T: Suppose you have a friend called Linda. Write an email to invite her to Nantong. Please introduce your hometown in the following four aspects to her.

(1) a modern town

(2) shopping in Nantong

(3) eating in Nantong

(4) fun places in Nantong

5. Complete the passage.

从虚拟的阳光镇过渡到学生们自己的家乡，联系生活实际，拉近了与学生的距离，使英语学习生活化，使学生切身体会到学有所用，对家乡能有更多角度、更深层次的认识和思考，将热爱家乡的情愫融入生命的每一个角落。

 

V. Homework

1. Read and recite Comic strip and Welcome to the unit Part B;

2. Collect more information about Nantong;

3. Preview Reading.

 

三、结论

在这节课的教学中，通过表演有趣的漫画，让学生在表演中运用英语，不仅提升了课堂的乐趣，并且训练了学生的语言运用能力。接着，将话题引至招待朋友，对学生的实际生活进行引领，并为接下来的学习内容Welcome to the unit做好铺垫和过渡。再由虚拟的阳光镇过渡到学生们自己的家乡——南通，联系生活实际，拉近了与学生的距离，使英语学习生活化，使学生切身体会到学有所用，对家乡能有更多角度、更深层次的认识和思考，将热爱家乡的情愫融入生命的每一个角落。

四、感想

树高千丈，落叶归根。家乡是心灵的寄托，温暖的港湾。学生们通过探究学习从文本中了解阳光镇的生活环境，休闲方式等内容，能够迁移描述自己的家乡，安排家乡游的活动计划，完成一篇关于家乡的实践活动，从而对自己的家乡产生强烈的归属感和自豪感，培养正确的人生观、价值观。