课题

                                    Unit6

 An old man tried to moved the mountains.

学习

目标

1语言目标：扩大词汇量，掌握动词的过去式，理解课文，熟练运用词汇，了解如何讲述英语故事。

2 技能目标：训练学生运用所学知识进行听、说、读、写的综合能力。

3 情感目标：让学生充分运用讲故事的句型讲述童话故事，培养学生学习英语的乐趣。

教学

重点

1．能够用英语讲故事。

2．能够迅速准确地从所给材料中获取信息。

3．动词过去式的用法。

教学

难点

1.      能够从听力材料中获取信息

2.      掌握讲故事的固定句型。

3.      熟练运用所学的连词。

4.      状语从句的运用。

课时

分配

Period 1 Section A (1a-2d)     Period 2  (3a-Grammar focus)

Period 3 (4a-Section B 1d)      Period 4  Section B (2a-2d)

Period 5 Section B ( 2e-self check) Period 6  处理本单元练习题

Period 1 Section A (1a-2d)

一、教学目标：

 1. 语言知识目标：

1) 能掌握以下单词：remind, bit, silly, instead of 

能掌握以下句型：

① How does the story begin?

② What happened next?

③ What do you think of the story of Yu Gong?

④ What could Yu Gong do instead of moving the mountains?

2) 能够用英语询问故事的开始、发展及后续等。能够对故事中的人物或情节发表一些简单的看法或观点。

2. 情感态度价值观目标：

      学习愚公，要学习他“主动挖山”的精神。在我们生活工作中存在着很多的“山”。在这些山的面前我们应该采取怎样的态度对待它？是通过“搬家”来避开它或找领导请求帮助；还是像愚公一样明知困难却迎难而上，凭借自己的力量勇敢的克服困难。愚公不畏艰险，不怕困难，勇敢面对的精神，正是值得我们所学习的。

二、教学重难点

1. 教学重点：

1) 掌握本课时中出现的生词：remind, bit, silly, instead of；

2) 学会询问故事发展的基本句型：

How does the story begin?

What happened next?

3）学会表达故事中的人物或情节，并发表一些简单的看法或观点。

  What do you think of / about the story of Yu Gong?

  I think it’s a little bit silly.

  I still don’t agree with you.

2. 教学难点：

学会表达故事中的人物或情节，并发表一些简单的看法或观点。

三、教学过程       

Step 1 Lead in

1. 播放动画片《寓公移山》的视频，导入本单元主题。

T: What’s the name of the story?

S1：It’s Yu Gong moves a mountain.

S2: It’s a traditional Chinese story.

T: Do you know other traditional Chinese stories? 

S1: Ne Zha Conquers the Dragon King

S2: Magic Brush Ma Lian

S3: Chang’e Flies to the Moon

…

Step 2 Presentation

1. 引导学生们学习生词。

让学生们看大屏幕来学习本课时的生词。

once upon a time, shoot, stone

2. Try to remember the new words.  

Step 3 Writing

1. Look at the pictures in 1a, then read the names of the story in the box.

2. Ss discuss with their partners and match the names of the stories with the pictures.

   Journey to the West   b                 Yu Gong Moves a Mountain   d

   Hou Yi Shoots the Suns   a         Nu Wa Repairs the Sky       c

Step 4 Listening

1. T: Tell Ss they will hear a great Chinese traditional story. Listen and see who know the name of the story.

2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen.

3. Ss who know the name of the story may hand up. 

4. Play the recording again. Let Ss check the facts they hear.

5. Check the answers.

____ The two mountains were very high and big.

____ A very old man tried to move the mountains.

____ A man told Yu Gong that he could never do it.

 Step 5 Pair work

1. Read the questions in the box in 1c.  

2. Ss discuss the questions with their partners.

3. Let some pairs ask and answer the questions.  

e.g.  A: How does the story happen? 

B: There were two very tall mountains in front of their house.

A: What happened next?

B: A very old man tried to move the mountains.

A: Where would they put all the earth and stone from the mountains?    

B: They would put them into the sea.

Step 6 Listening

Work on 2a: 

T: Let’s continue to listen to the story. 

1. Look at the pictures in 2a. Discuss the things they are going to do. When you listen to the story, please number the pictures.

2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and number the pictures.

3. Play the recording again to check the answers.

Work on 2b:

1. Let Ss read the sentences below. Explain some main sentences for the Ss. Make sure they know what to do.

2. Play the recording for the Ss to circle the correct words in the brackets.

1) A man saw Yu Gong and his (children / family) when they were working on moving the mountains.

2) He told Yu Gong he could never do it because he was old and (poor / weak).

3) As soon as the man finished (talking /speaking), Yu Gong said that his family could continue to move the mountains after he died.

4) Finally, a god was so moved by Yu Gong that he sent (two / three) gods to take the mountains away.

5) This story reminds us that you can never (know / see) what’s possible unless you try to make it happen.

3. Play the recording again to check the answers.

Answers:  1. children   2. weak   3. talking   4. two   5. know

Step 7 Pair work

1. Tell Ss to make a story chain. Ss tell the story one by one with the pictures in 2a.

2. Let some Ss tell the story to the class.

3. See which groups’ story is better.

Step 8 Role-play

 1. Read the conversations and Let Ss read after the teacher. 

2. Ask Ss to role-play the conversation in groups.

  Some main points:

(1) 1. This story reminds us that you can never know what’s possible unless you try to make it happen.

  remind  v.   提醒；使想起

  remind sb. of/about sth. 提醒某人想起某事

 e.g. The picture reminds him of his beautiful hometown.

       这幅画让他想起了美丽的故乡。

remind sb. to do sth. 提醒某人去做某事

e.g. Please remind me to come back early.

       请提醒我早点回来。

【运用】

根据汉语意思补全下列英语句子，每空一词。

① 这个故事让我想起了我的童年。

This story ________ _____ ______ my childhood.

② 今天晚上你能提醒我给汤姆打电话吗？

Could you please ________ ________ ____ _____ Tom up tonight?

(2) I think it’s a little bit silly.

 bit   n.   有点；稍微

a little bit  (= a little)  + 形容词或副词或比较级时，表示“一点儿” 

e.g. I’m a little bit tired. Let’s take a short rest.

       我有点累了，让我们休息一会。

   She is a little bit shy. 她有点害羞。

   辨析： a bit of + 不可数名词  “一点……” 

e.g. She poured a bit of salt water in her mouth.

       她往嘴里倒了一些盐水。

silly     adj. 愚蠢的

通常指由于缺乏常识、判断力或稳健而作出令人可笑的行为和举止, 在句中可用作定语或表语。

e.g. I was silly to get out with a coat in a cold day.

       在这样冷的天气里没有穿外套就出门，我真傻。

 (3) But what could Yu Gong do instead of moving the mountains?

      instead of 是复合介词，后接名词、代词、动词的-ing形式或介词短语等，意为“代替，作为……的替换”。      

e.g. If you can’t go, he’ll go instead of you.

       Jack went swimming yesterday instead of playing basketball.

The doctors went to Shanghai by train instead of by car. 

I gave her some advice instead of money.

Will you go to the meeting instead of me?

instead与instead of 只有一词之差，但在用法上区别很大。instead是副词，意为“代替”，在句中只能用作状语。

e.g. We have no coffee. Would you like some water instead?

       Donna never studies. Instead, she plays table tennis all day.

Exercise: If time is enough, do some more exercise.

1. Yu Gong found a good way ________ (solve) the problem.

2. You should kept _______ (try) and never give up.

3. Give me the green one ___________ the red one.

4. She’d like to stay at home instead of ______ (go) to movies.

5. Please remind him _______ (take) medicine on time.

6. Ted didn’t answer my question. ________, he asked me another question.

Answers: 1. to solve  2. trying   3. instead of     4. going  5. to take  6. Instead 

Homework:

1. Recite the conversation in 2d after school.

2. Tell the story Yu Gong Moves a Mountain in English to your parents.

Once upon a time, there was a very old man…

Step9.总结本节课所学内容

板书设计：

教学反思：

Section A 2 (3a – 3c)

一、教学目标

1. 语言知识目标：

1) 学习掌握下列词汇：get on with; relation, communication, argue, cloud, elder, instead, whatever, nervous, offer, proper, secondly, communication, explain, clear

2）阅读短文，能按要求找到相应的信息。

3）通过阅读提高学生们的阅读能力。

4) 了解在如果生活中发生了一些不尽如人意的问题，应当如何面对理性地去解决。

2.情感态度价值观目标：

人的一生并不都是一帆风顺的，难免有一些挫折的困难，如果生活中发生了一些不尽如人意的问题，我们学会冷静对待，学会合理的办法去理性地去解决。

二、教学重难点

1. 教学重点：

1) 掌握本部分出现的生词和词组，达到熟练运用的目标。

2) 阅读短文，获得相关的信息。通过阅读练习，来提高阅读能力。

2. 教学难点：

1) 阅读短文，获得相关的信息的能力。

2) 理解并运用所学的词汇及表达方式。

 三、教学过程

Step 1 Revision  

Some Ss give some problems. Other Ss give advice.

Problems and advice:

1. I have to study too much so I don’t get enough sleep.  

Why don’t you go to sleep earlier this evening?

2. I have too much homework so I don’t have any free time to do things I like.

Why don’t you go camping with your friends this weekend?

3. My parents don’t allow me to hang out with my friends.  |m

Why not read some interesting books at home? 

4. I have too many after-school classes.

Why don’t you talk about it with your parents?

5. I got into a fight with my best friend.

Why not call him up?

Role-play the conversation of 2d.

Step 2 Presentation the new words

1. relation n. 关系；联系；交往

e.g. Their relation seemed quite close. 他们的关系看起来很亲密。

2. argue v. 争吵；争论

e.g. The couple began to argue about the child’s education.

那对夫妇开始就孩子的教育问题争吵。

3. proper adj. 正确的；恰当的

e.g. It’s not proper to visit a friend too late in the evening.

   太晚了，去看朋友不合适。

4. nervous adj. 焦虑的；担忧的

e.g. Don’t be nervous. It is just a small test. 不要紧张。就是个小测试而已。

5. clear adj. 清楚易懂的；晴朗的

e.g. The sun shone out of a clear sky.   天空晴朗，阳光灿烂。

Step 3 Lead in

 一、通过问答一些有关家庭生活的问题来导入正题：

1. Can you get on well with your family?

2. Are the relations between your parents good?

3. Do you have any brothers or sisters? Can you get on well with him/her?

4. Who do you ask for help when you have problems?

Step 4 Reading

Work on 3a:

1. Tell Ss to read the article in 3a quickly and try to find the answers to these questions:

 What’s Sad and Thirteen’s problem?

How does he feel at home?

方法指导：带着问题，然后快速阅读短文，争取在较短的时间内，找到答案。

学生们，按老师指导的方法进行阅读，并快速回答这两个问题。最后，教师让部分学生回答答案，并校对答案。

2. Ss read the article again and fill in the chart.

学生们认真阅读短文，并在表格中填出男孩Sad and Thirteen面临的问题，并填写出罗波特先生所给出的建议。和同学们一起校对答案。

3. Ss read the article again and fill in the blanks.

Work on 3b:

1. 让学生们讨论罗波特先生对问题的建议，并发表自己的看法。

2. 学生们分小组讨论，发表自己的意见，由小组长汇总。

3. 让小组长并汇总的意见和其他同学汇报。

S1: I agree with his advice. Because more communication can make family members understand each other better and know about the feeling they have.

S2: I don’t agree with his advice. I think their parents should fight any more. They should care more about their children and spend more time with them. 

Work on 3c 

1. 告诉学生们本学习活动的要求：找出短文与下列词汇意思相同的句子。

2. 让学生们先读3c中的词汇，理解其意思，然后再在短文找出与其意思相同的词汇或词组。

3. 方法指导：根据上下文的意思，来确定词汇或词组的意思。

4. Check the answers。

5. 让学生们用这些词汇或词组造句子。

make sth. clear — explain 

Can you explain to me how to do this math problem?

talk — _____________  __________________________________

not allow — _______  ___________________________________

worried — ________  __________________________________

get along with ______________  __________________________

Step 5 Language points

1. My problem is that I can’t get on with my family.

get on with  和睦相处；关系良好  相当于 get along with

e.g. The child doesn’t get on well with others. 那个小孩不合群。

2. Instead he watches whatever he wants until late at night.

1) instead adv. 代替；反而；却

e.g. If we can’t go to Huashan Mountain, we’ll go to the city of Xi’an for the trip.

    如果我们不能去爬华山，我们就去西安游玩。

辨析：

instead 是副词，常置于句子末尾。

instead of 是介词短语，后接名词、代词、动名词等。

例如：

Last summer I went to Qingdao. 

This summer I’m going to Dalian instead.

去年夏天我去了青岛。今年夏天我要去大连。
Instead of going to Qingdao I’m going to Dalian this year.

今年我打算去大连，而不去青岛。

2) whatever  pron. 任何；无论什么  相当于 no matter what

e.g. Whatever I suggest, he always disagrees.

   无论我提什么建议，他都不同意。

3. If your parents are having problems, you should offer to help.

offer v. 主动提出；自愿给予

offer侧重主动或愿意给予，主动提出做某事。常用结构：offer sb. sth. 或offer to do sth.

e.g. She offered me a cup of tea. 她给我端了杯茶。

   He offered to go instead of me. 他主动提出代替我去。

4. Secondly, why don’t you sit down and communicate with your brother?

communicate v. 交流；沟通

communicate with sb.  与某人交流

e.g. Li Mei can easily communicate with foreigners in English.

   李梅能用英语与外国人轻松交流。

5. Can you explain to me how to do this math problem?

  explain v.  解释；说明

1. explain + that / what/ why 等从句

2. explain sth. (to sb.)（向某人）解释某事

e.g. Can you explain what this means?

   你能解释一下这个的意思吗？

   Please explain it to me.

   请你向我解释一下吧。…

Step 6 Exercises

If time is enough, do some more exercises on big screen.

  一、选词填空 w   .X k b 1. c O m

instead, argue, nervous, proper, explain

1. My cousin is _______ in front of strangers.

2. He could not come up with a ______answer. 

3. The TV shows are boring. Why not play cards _______?

4. I don’t want to _______with you. It’s waste of time.

5. Please _______ to her how to use a computer.

二、用括号中单词的适当形式填空。        

1. All the ______________ (communicate) with the outside world was broken.

2. Jim is a doctor. His ________ (old) brother is an engineer.

3. After high school Mike got a job instead of ________ (go) to university.

4. It’s very kind of you to offer _______ (help) us on the weekend.

5. To begin with we don’t have much money, ________ (second) we are too busy. 

Step 7 Homework

1. Read the article several times after school.

2. Make sentences with these words:

argue; whatever; instead; nervous; explain; offer to do sth. ; communicate with…

Step8总结本节课所学内容

板书设计：

教学反思：

Section A 3 (Grammar focus-4c)

一、教学目标：

1. 语言知识目标：

1)  学习掌握下列词汇：copy, return

2）进行一步复习巩固学习Section A 部分所学的生词和词组。

3）对询问困难及提出的建议的句型，掌握其规则。

4) 通过不同方式的练习，来熟练运用询问及提建议的表达方式。

2. 情感态度价值观目标：

让学生了解每个人在生活中都有可能遇到一些挫折和不幸，我们多去向那些不幸和困难的人们多表示自己的爱心，多去理解和帮助他们，多向他们提出解决问题的建议而不是去嘲笑他们。

二、教学重难点

 1. 教学重点：

1) 复习巩固Section A 部分所学的生词和词组，达到熟练运用的目标。

2) 熟练掌握和运用询问困难和提建议的表达方式。

2. 教学难点：

1)  总结询问问题和提出建议的句型，掌握规则。

2)  练习运用所学的句型。

三、教学过程

Step 1 Warming- up and revision

1. Have a dictation of the new words learned in the last class.

1. make sth. clear (同义词) ___________
2. talk (同义词) _______________
3. not allow (同义词)  ______________
4. worried (同义词) ______________
5. get along with (同义词) ____________
6. communicate （名词）_____________
7. old (比较级) _______________

2. Check the homework. 

3. Let some Ss read the article in 3a. Then finish the short passage about Sad and Thirteen. (见课件)

   1. Sad and Thirteen has some _________. He can’t __________his family. His parents _____ a lot. It’s the only _____________ they have. When they _____, it’s like a big black cloud ____________their home. He doesn’t like it. http://w ww .xkb1. c om

His brother always watches whatever he wants until midnight. He _______ to let him watch his favorite TV show. So He always feels ______ and ________ at home.  

2. Robert Hunt thinks Sad and Thirteen should _________ these feelings to his family. He should ____ to help. Maybe he _________ _____ jobs around the house so that they have more time _______________________. Second, he could sit down and ____________ ____ his brother. He could ________ that he _________ him watching TV all the time, however, he should let him watch his _____________.

Step 2 Grammar Focus.

1. 学生阅读Grammar Focus中的句子，然后做填空练习。

① 你看上去很疲劳，怎么了？

   You ____ tired. What’s _____ _______?

② 昨晚，我一直学习到午夜，因此我没有睡足觉。 

I studied _____  _________ last night so I didn’t  ___ ______ sleep. 

③ 我应该做什么？ ________ ____I do?

你为什么不忘掉此事呢？尽管她错了，但那不是一件大事。

   _____ ____ you forget about it? ______ she’s wrong. It’s not _____ _____ ______.

④他应当如何做？

  _______ _______ he do?

⑤ 他应当和他的朋友交谈一下，以便于他能向他道谦。

   He _____ _____ _____ his friends ____ ___ he can say he’s sorry.

⑥ 或许你应当去他家。

  _______ you ______ go to his house.

⑦ 我想我可以，但是我不想让他吃惊。 

 I think I _______, but I don’t want to _______ _________.

2. 学生们根据记忆，看大屏幕来完成填空练习。

3. 学生们完成填空试题后，可以打开课本检查答案，对错误的句子，单独进行强化记忆。

Step 3 Try to Find  

 一、提出建议

1.掌握提出问题的方法，

What’s wrong?

 What’s the matter?                   with sb.

 What’s the problem/the trouble?

  并能讨论所给出的建议。

情态动词should， should等

 should，shouldn’t “（不）应该”，常用来提出请求和建议

could  “可以”可也用来给出建议。

表建议的句型：

Ø      You should/could +v.

Ø       Why don’t you + v.?

Ø       Why not + v.?

Ø       Could you please + v.?

Ø       You’d better (not) + v..

Ø       Would you mind doing……?

Ø       What about/How about + n./doing……?

Exercise:

一、用所给单词的适当形式填空

1. We shouldn’t_______ (argue) with our parents.

2. You shouldn’t____ (use) the phone in the classroom.

3.—could I use your dictionary?

—well, you___.

A. can  B. could  C. should  D. might

4.you’d better___(go) to school by bike.

5.How about_________(go) hiking this afternoon?

Step 4 New Words

 Look at the big screen and learn the new words and expressions:

1. copy v.    复制；复印

It’s not good habits to copy other’s homework.

抄袭别人的作业不是好习惯。

2. return v.    回来；回去

They didn’t return until yesterday afternoon. 直到昨天下午他们才回家。

Step 5 Practice

Work on 4a:

1. Fill in the blanks with although, so that or until.

2. 方法指导：

1. so that; 点拨：so that 意为“因此”，引导目的状语从句，表示前一句所表述的动作的目的。在从句中常使用can/could/will/may/should等词。

   拓展：so… that… 意为“如此……以至于”，常用于结果状语从句，表示上文动作所产生 结果。

2. 点拨：though 意为“尽管……但是”，不能说，though…but。句意“尽管你现在没有朋友，但不久你就会有朋友的。”

3. 点拨：until 用于否定句中，表示句子的动作直到until短语所表示的时间才开始发生，即表示动作的起点。一般译为“直到……才”。    

   4. 点拨：句意“尽管他是你的最好的朋友，但你还是应当告诉他，抄袭别人的作业是不对的。”，可知空格处应用though 。

Step 6 Giving advice. 

Work on 4c.

1. 让学生们阅读表格中的问题，明确每个问题的意思，为进行讨论做好准备。

2. 和同学们讨论一下如何解决这些问题，或某个问题。

3. 找到一个较为合理的建议。

4. 最后，向同班同学们展示自己的想法建议。

Homework

用下列词组造句

put up, hand out, call up, cheer up, come up with, give out, put off

Step7总结本节课所学内容

板书设计：

教学反思：

Section B 1 (1a-2e)

一、教学目标：

1. 语言知识目标：

1) 能掌握以下单词：member, pressure, compete, opinion, skill, typical, football, cut out, continue, compare, compare…with, crazy, push, development, cause, usual 

2) 能掌握以下句型：

① I think Wei Ming should… 

② Although you may be…, you should talk to them.

③ Life shouldn’t just be about …

④ Why don’t they just let their kids be kids?

⑤ Although it’s normal to want successful children, it’s even more important to have happy children.

2.情感态度价值观目标：

    了解中国及一些其他国家中学生们普通存在的生活及学习上问题，了解别人的生活现状及他们苦恼，知道学习知识是很重要的事情，但它并不是生活的全部

二、教学重难点

  1. 教学重点：

1)  掌握本课时出现的生词及用法。

2)  进行听力训练，提高综合听说能力。

3） 阅读短文，获得相关信息，提高学生们的综合阅读能力。

2. 教学难点

1. 听力训练

2. 阅读2b部分的短文并完成相关要求。

三、教学过程

Step 1 Revision

1. Daily greeting.

2. 复习提建议的表达方式，并完成相关任务。

3. Check the homework. Let some Ss give advice.   

Step 2 Warming up

1.  T: Show a picture of student. 

—What’s wrong with the girl?

—She’s too stressed out. 

—What should she do? Can you give her some advice?

2. Ss discuss the problem and give some advices:

e.g.

S1: Why not hang out with her friends.

S2: She could play sports.

S3: She could play computer games. 

S4: She should listen to music and read some books.

Step 3 Writing

Work on 1b

1. Ask one student read the sentences in 1a. Explain some main sentences.

2. What activities do you like to help lower your stress? Order them from 1-8 with being the most favorite thing you do to lower stress. 

3. Ss discuss with their desk mates then order them. 

4. Let some Ss say their answers

Step 4 Talking

 Let some Ss talk about their answers.

 S1: I always hang out with my friends to lower stress.

 S2: I like to listen to music to lower stress best.

Step 5 Listening 

Work on 1c:

1. Tell Ss to read the sentences 1c first. 

2. Play the recording for the Ss. Ss just listen for the first time. Play the recording again and check the problems Wei Ming talks about. 

3. Check the answers: 

Work on 1d:

1. Let Ss read the sentences in 1d first. Tell Ss to listen again and fill in the blanks.

2. Play the recording again for the Ss to listen and write.  

3. Ss listen to the recording carefully and try to write the words in the blanks. 

4. Check the answers with the class.  

Step 6 Pair work

1. Work in pairs. Suppose your partner is Wei Ming. You try to tell her some advice and say why.

2. Let two students make a model for the Ss.

3. Ss practice their conversations

4. Teacher can walk around the classroom, and give some help to the Ss.  

Step 7 Thinking

1. T: There are some after-school activities. What activities do you and your classmates usually do? Check them. 

2. Ss check the activities they usually do.   

3. Ask some Ss say their choices.

Step 8 Reading 

Warming up

What did you do after school?

Do you have stress in your life?

How do you relax yourself?

Fast Reading

1. T: Now let’s work on 2b. First, let’s read the questions and make sure we know the meanings of all the questions. Then read the passage quickly and find the answers   to the questions.

1) What is the common problem for Chinese and American families?

2) Who gives their opinions about the problems?

2. Ss read the letter quickly and try to find the answers to the two questions.

3. Check the answers with the class. 

Careful Reading

1. T: Now let’s read these sentences about the letter. Read the passage again. Judge if the sentences are True or False. Please underline under the main sentences.

1) Chinese children have to take so many after-school classes on weekends these days.

2) Cathy Taylor really wants her three children to be successful, so she believes these after-school activities are important for them.

3) Linda Miller thinks parents should send their small kids to all kinds of classes.

4) Linda thinks some parents push their kids too much.       

5) Alice thinks kids shouldn’t have time to relax and think for themselves

2. Ss read the letter again and judge the sentences.

3. Check the answers with the class.  

Post reading

Work on 2c

1. Now look at the words in bold in the article. Can you guess their meanings? Try to match them with the meaning below.

2. Let Ss read and try to match the words. 

3. Give Ss some advice on how to do it.

4. Check the answers with the Ss. 

5. Give some explanation about the difficult words.

Work on 2d

1. Tell Ss to read the passage again and answer these questions below. 

1) Does Cathy Taylor think it’s important for kids to join after school activities?

2) Does Linda Miller agree with Cathy? What’s her opinion?

3) Does Dr. Green agree with Cathy or Linda? What does she say?

2. Ss work by themselves.

3. Check the answers together.

Step9 Homework

1. Read the article again after school.

2. Write a short passage about Cathy’s daily life and her opinions about the education of the kids.

Step10总结本节课所学内容

板书设计：

教学反思：

Section B 2 (3a—Self check)

一、教学目标：

1. 语言知识目标：

1) 复习though, as soon as, so …that等词的用法。掌握生词perhaps。

2) 能够用英语表达自己的建议，并就自己所熟知的问题发表看法。

3) 能用本单元所学的语言简单表达对困难的一些建议。

2. 情感态度价值观目标：

人的一生并不都是一帆风顺的，难免有一些挫折或困难，如果生活中发生了一些不尽如人意的问题，我们要学会冷静对待，学会合理的办法理性地解决。

二、教学重难点

  1. 教学重点：

1) 能运用所学的语言知识来简单地表达自己对某一困难问题的看法和建议。

2）总结本单元所学到的重点词组及句型。

3）复习总结unless, as soon as, so that等词的用法，并能完成相关练习题。

2. 教学难点：

运用所学的语言知识来写一封简短的信，表达自己对学生上课外辅导班这一社会现象的看法。

三、教学过程

Step 1 Revision

Review the expressions and sentences.

1. 一个典型的美国家庭  a typical American family

2. 足球训练  football training

3. 删除  cut out

4. 比较；对比  compare…with

5. 逼得太紧  push…so hard

6. 一个儿童的成长  a kid’s development

7. 疲惫的孩子们直到晚上七点钟后才到家。

The tired children don’t get home until after 7:00 p.m.

8. 他们总是将自己的孩子与其他的孩子相比较。

   They always compare their children with other children.

9. 他们为什么不让孩子们顺其自然呢？

Why don’t they let their kids be kids?

10. 所有这些活动会给孩子们导致很大的压力。

      All these activities can cause a lot of stress for children.

Step 2 Talking 

Work on 3a:

A magazine interviewed some parents about after-school classes for children. Read the opinions below and make notes on your own opinions.

List the main views:

1. After-school classes can help kids get into a good university.

2. I want my child to be a successful person.

3. It’s good for children to start learning from a young age.

Ss talk with their partners about these views. 

Step 3 Asking and answering

1. Ss say if they agree or disagree with the views above. Then give their reasons.

2. Let some Ss say their reasons:

  S1: I disagree. Many factors may influence in one’s life. Even though one goes to a good university, he may still not be successful.

  S2: I agree. Many great people learn things from a very young age. If the child is gifted in some area, it’s helpful to learn it from a young age.

  S3: I disagree. People shouldn’t push their kids so hard. Parents shouldn’t send their small kids to all kinds of classes. They shouldn’t always compare their children with other children. I believe it’s better to let the kids be kids.

3. Let some more Ss to tell their opinions.

Step 4 Writing 

Work on 3b:

1. Ask Ss what’s the common problem for Chinese and American families? 

Ss: They have to go to many after-school classes.

2. OK. What’s your opinion about after-school classes? Now think about it and write a short article about to a magazine.

写作指导：

Ø        本文为写自己对课后辅导班的看法，故应为议论文。

Ø        因此，人称为第一人称；时态应用一般现在时态；

Ø        首先，应开门见山地描述课后辅导班这一社会现象。

Ø        然后，明确表明自己的看法，是支持还是不支持。

Ø        接下来再用表格中所给的句型结构，一一列举自己的想法或原因。

3. Ss try to write a short article by themselves. 

4. Walk around the class and give any help Ss may need.

5. Let some Ss read their letters and correct them.

One possible version

      I don’t agree with the idea of sending kids to after-school classes because all these activities can cause a lot of stress for children. It’s not good for a child’s development. In my opinion, kids should have time to relax and think for themselves, too. I think it’s better that parents shouldn’t compare their children with other children. It’s crazy and not fair.  

Step 5 Self check

Work on Self check 1: 

1. Fill in each blank using until, so that or although.

2. Fill in the blanks and try to say the meaning of it.   

1. You should eat more now ______ you won’t be hungry later.

2. ________ you may not like to do chores, you should help your parents around the house.

3. You could save more money ____ you can buy a gift for your friend’s birthday.

4. Kids shouldn’t play computer games ____ late at night. They should rest early.

5. ________ many people like to eat junk food, they should really eat more fruit and vegetables ______ they can be healthy.

3. Check the answers with the Ss.

Answers: so that, although, until, until, although/so that

Work on Self check 2:

1. Tell Ss to read the short conversation. Then think and discuss with your partners.

2. Tell Ss to try to give their advice. 

3. Ss work and write about their own advice.

e.g.

S1: Why don’t you call him up and say you’re sorry.

4. Check the answers with the class.

Answers: 1. Why don’t you call him up and say you’re sorry.

2. You should study for the exams because you can go to many parties later.

3. Why don’t you tell him that you are studying and he should be quiet?

Step 6 Language points

1. In my opinion, it is important for children / parents to …

  in one’s opinion    依……看，用来表达某人的想法。

e.g. In my opinion, it’s important for us to protect the earth.
     我认为, 对我们来说保护地球很重要。

2. Perhaps children / parents …

  perhaps   adv. 大概；也许

perhaps在句中位于实义动词前，助动词、系动词、情态动词后。也可用于句首或句尾, 可指有礼貌地提出请求或帮助等。

e.g. Perhaps he is just waiting in station.  也许他正在车站等候。

Step 7 Excises

一、选词填空。

perhaps, skill, opinion, continue, push, compare, crazy, usual, typical, cause

1. Careless driving often ______ accident.  

2. Twelve o’clock is the _____ time to have lunch.

3. He is a writer of great ______.

4. It was ______ of you to skate on such thin ice.

5. In my _______, people shall not smoke in public places.

6. If you _______ the two cars, you’ll find them very alike. 

7. Will you help me to ___ up the window?

8. It’s a _______ Italian restaurant.

9. Please ________ what you were doing before I came in.

10. I’d like to go away, ________ France or somewhere.

Answers: causes, usual, skill, crazy, opinion, compare, push, typical, continue, perhaps

二、根据汉语提示，完成下列句子。

1. 你怎么了？What’s ________ with you?

2. 我父母不允许我与朋友外出闲逛。

My parents don’t ____ me ___ hang ___ with my friends.

3. 尽管他错了，但那又不是一件大事。

_________, he’s wrong, it’s not a _____ ____.

4. 其次，为什么不坐下来与你弟弟进行交流？

________, why don’t you sit down and __________ _______ your brother?

5. 相反，他看自己所喜欢的一直到深夜。

________, he watches ________ he wants ______ late at night.

6. 他应该和朋友交谈一下，以便于他可以说一声对不起。

   He ______ talk to his friends ____ ______ he can say he’s sorry.

7. 为什么不让孩子们顺其自然呢？

   Why don’t they _____ the ______ _____ kids.

8. 人们不应该逼孩子们太紧。

   People shouldn’t ____ their children so ____. 

Answers: 1. wrong   2. allow to out  3. Although, big deal   4. Secondly,

communicate with  5. Instead, whatever, until   6. should, so that

7. let, kids be  8. push, hard

Step8.Homework

根据下列提示写一篇文章。

你和张莉是朋友、同桌, 昨天英语测试，她想抄袭，被你拒绝；想查字典，又被你阻止。她很生气，你也很伤心。

你决定下周找她好好谈谈你对这事的想法和观点，并希望今后你们能够互相帮助，共同进步。

Step9.总结本节课所学内容

板书设计：

上课时间：

备课时间：