Unit3FeelingsandEmotionsLesson2PleaseBeProudofMe!"PleaseBeProudofMe!"inUnit3ofthe2024BeijingNormalUniversityEditionEnglishtextbookforGrade8focusesonthethemeoffeelingsandemotions.Throughareadingpassage,studentswillencountervarioussituationsandcharacters'emotionalexpressions.Thetextmightrevolvearoundastorywherethemaincharactertriestoachievesomethingtogaintheprideofothers,whichcouldinvolvefacingchallenges,setbacks,andfinallyoveringdifficulties.Thisnotonlyhelpsstudentsexpandtheirvocabularyrelatedtoemotionsbutalsoenablesthemtounderstandhowtodescribeone'semotionaljourneyindifferentsituations.教學(xué)目標(biāo)1.KnowledgeObjectivesStudentswillbeabletomasterthenewwordsandphrasesrelatedtofeelingsandemotionsinthislesson,suchas"proud","embarrassed","determined",etc.feel...because...understandandusethekeysentencepatternsforexpressingemotions,like"Ifeel...because...","Itmakesme...that...".prehendthemainideaanddetailsofthereadingpassage.2.AbilityObjectivesImprovestudents'readingskills,includingskimmingforthemainidea,scanningforspecificinformation,andinferringthemeaningofnewwordsfromcontext.Enhancestudents'writingabilitytodescribetheirownorothers'emotionalexperiencesusingthelearnedvocabularyandsentencepatterns.Developstudents'oralmunicationskillstotalkaboutfeelingsandemotionsindailylifesituations.3.EmotionalObjectivesEncouragestudentstobebraveinexpressingtheirtruefeelingsandemotions.Fosterapositiveattitudetowardschallengesandsetbacks,andunderstandthateffortscanleadtopositiveemotionaloutes.教學(xué)重難點(diǎn)1.KeyPointsThenewvocabularyandsentencepatternsforexpressingemotions.Graspingthemainideaandimportantdetailsofthereadingpassage.Applyingthelearnedknowledgetotalkaboutandwriteaboutemotions.2.DifficultPointsUsingthesentencepatternsaccuratelyandflexiblyindifferentcontexts.Helpingstudentsunderstandthedeepseatedemotionsandpsychologicalchangesdescribedinthereadingpassage.Guidingstudentstoexpresstheirownplexemotionsinalogicalandvividwayinwriting.1.NewWordsproud/pra?d/adj.feelingpleasureandsatisfactionbecauseofyourownachievements,orbecauseofthingsconnectedwithyou自豪的；驕傲的embarrassed/?m?b?r?st/adj.feelingashamedorshy尷尬的；窘迫的determined/d??t??m?nd/adj.havingmadeafirmdecisionandbeingresolvednottochangeit堅(jiān)決的；有決心的failure/?fe?lj?(r)/n.thefactofnotachievingwhatyouwant;someoneorsomethingthatisnotsuccessful失敗；失敗的人（或事物）success/s?k?ses/n.thefactthatyouhaveachievedwhatyouwant;theachievementofgoodresults成功；勝利2.Phrasesbeproudoftakepridein;feelproudabout為……感到驕傲giveupstoptryingtodosomething放棄tryone'sbestdoaswellasonecan盡某人最大努力bedeterminedtodosth.haveastrongwilltodosomething決心做某事3.KeySentencePatternsIfeelsoproudofmyselfbecauseIhavemadegreatprogressinmystudies.我為自己感到非常驕傲，因?yàn)槲以趯W(xué)習(xí)上取得了很大進(jìn)步。ItmakesmeembarrassedthatIforgotmyfriend'sbirthday.我忘記了朋友的生日，這讓我很尷尬。Shewasdeterminedtowinthepetitionnomatterhowdifficultitwas.無論比賽有多難，她都決心要贏得比賽。教學(xué)過程1.Warmingup(5minutes)Greetthestudentsasusual.Then,showsomepicturesofpeoplewithdifferentfacialexpressionsonthePPT.Askstudentstolookatthepicturesandguesswhatfeelingsthesepeopleareshowing,suchashappiness,sadness,anger,etc.Forexample,showapictureofapersonlaughingheartilyandask,"Whatfeelingdoesthispersonhave?Howdoyouknow?"Encouragestudentstoanswerusingsentenceslike"He/Shelookshappybecausehe/sheislaughing."2.Prereading(10minutes)Writethetitle"PleaseBeProudofMe!"ontheblackboard.Letstudentsthinkaboutanddiscussinpairs:"Whatdoyouthinkthispassagewillbeabout?Whomightwantotherstobeproudofhim/her?Why?"Afterafewminutes,invitesomepairstosharetheirideaswiththeclass.Then,introducesomenewwordsandphrasesrelatedtothetopic.Explaintheirmeaningsandusageswithexamples.Forinstance,whenteaching"beproudof",say,"Iamproudofmystudentsbecausetheyallstudyhard."Andwritetheexamplesentenceontheblackboard.3.Whilereading(15minutes)Skimming:Letstudentsreadthepassagequicklywithoutlookingupnewwords.Askthemtofindoutthemainideaofthepassageandanswerthequestion:"Whatisthemainthingthewriterwantstotellus?"Givethem23minutestoreadandthink.Then,asksomestudentstosharetheiranswers.Scanning:Askstudentstoreadthepassageagaincarefully.Thistime,givethemsomedetailedquestions,suchas"Whydidthemaincharacterfeelembarrassedatfirst?","Whatdidhe/shedotochangethesituation?","Howdidhe/shefeelintheend?"Letthemscanthepassagetofindtheanswers.Aftertheyfinish,checktheanswerstogether.VocabularyLearninginContext:Pointoutsomenewwordsandphrasesinthepassagethatstudentsmightnotunderstandwell.Guidethemtoinferthemeaningsfromthecontext.Forexample,fortheword"failure",ifthesentenceinthepassageis"Heexperiencedalotoffailuresbeforehefinallysucceeded.",askstudentstothinkabouttherelationshipbetween"failure"and"succeed".Thenexplainthemeaningof"failure"astheoppositeof"success".4.Postreading(10minutes)GroupDiscussion:Dividethestudentsintogroupsof45.Giveeachgroupatopicrelatedtoemotions,suchas"Describeatimewhenyoufeltproudofyourself"or"Shareanexperiencethatmadeyoufeelembarrassedandhowyoudealtwithit."Letthestudentsdiscussintheirgroups,usingthevocabularyandsentencepatternstheyhavelearnedinthislesson.GroupPresentation:Afterthediscussion,eachgroupchoosesarepresentativetogiveapresentationinfrontoftheclass.Therepresentativeshouldsharethegroup'sideasandexperiences.Othergroupscanlistencarefullyandaskquestionsiftheyhaveany.5.SummaryandHomework(5minutes)Summary:Summarizethekeypointsofthislessonwiththestudents,includingthenewwords,phrases,sentencepatterns,andthemaincontentofthereadingpassage.Askstudentstorecallandrepeatafteryou.Homework:Askstudentstowriteashortpassageaboutanemotionalexperienceoftheirown,usingatleast5newwordsand3keysentencepatternslearnedinthislesson.Askthemtoreviewthenewwordsandphrases,andbereadyforadictationinthenextclass.教學(xué)反思Afterteachingthislesson,Ifoundthatthewarmingupactivitywaseffectiveinattractingstudents'attentionandgettingtheminvolvedinthetopicofemotions.However,duringtheprereadingdiscussion,somestudentshaddifficultyexpressingtheirideasclearlyinEnglish,whichindicatesthatmoreoralpracticeshouldbeprovidedinfutureclasses.Inthewhilereadingpart,moststudentscouldunderstandthemainideaofthepassagethroughskimmingandfindthedetailedinformationthroughscanning.Butthevocabularylearningincontextstillposedsomechallengesforasmallnumberofstud