Unit3FeelingsandEmotionsSpeakingWorkshop1.ContentOverviewThisSpeakingWorkshopinUnit3oftheBeijingNormalUniversityEdition(2024)EnglishtextbookforGrade8focusesonhelpingstudentsexpresstheirfeelingsandemotionsaccuratelyinEnglish.Itfollowsthepreviouslessonsintheunitthathaveintroducedvariousemotionrelatedvocabularyandbasicsentencepatterns.Throughaseriesofspeakingactivities,studentswillhavetheopportunitytopracticeusingthesewordsandstructurestomunicateabouttheirownemotionalexperiencesandunderstandothers'feelings.Theworkshopalsoemphasizescorrectpronunciation,intonation,andfluencyinoralexpression,aimingtoimprovestudents'overallspeakingskills.教學目標2.1KnowledgeObjectivesStudentswillbeabletomasteranduseatleast10emotionrelatedwordsandphrases,suchas"happy","sad","angry","beproudof","beworriedabout",etc.correctlyinspeaking.feel...am...because...beabletousemonsentencepatternsforexpressingfeelingsandemotions,like"Ifeel...","Iam...because...","Howdoyoufeelabout...?"proficiently.2.2AbilityObjectivesStudentswillbeabletoaccuratelydescribetheirownfeelingsandemotionsandaskaboutothers'indailyconversationswithatleast80%accuracy.Studentswillimprovetheiroralmunicationfluency,beingabletospeakcontinuouslyforatleast12minuteswhensharingtheiremotionalstories.Studentswillenhancetheirlisteningskillsbyunderstandingothers'emotionalexpressionsandrespondingappropriately.2.3EmotionalObjectivesStudentswillbemoreconfidentinexpressingtheirtruefeelingsandemotionsinEnglish,reducingtheirfearofmakingmistakes.Studentswilldevelopempathybyunderstandingandrespectingothers'emotionsthroughmunication.教學重難點3.1KeyPointsTheacquisitionandcorrectusageofemotionrelatedvocabularyandsentencepatterns.Trainingstudentstoexpresstheiremotionsvividlyandaccuratelyinspeaking.3.2DifficultPointsHelpingstudentsoveretheirshynessandactivelyparticipateinspeakingactivities.Teachingstudentstouseappropriateintonationandstresswhenexpressingdifferentemotionstomaketheirspeechmorenaturalandexpressive.4.1VocabularyPositiveEmotions:happy,joyful,excited,proud,satisfied,cheerful,delighted,etc.NegativeEmotions:sad,angry,worried,nervous,afraid,frustrated,disappointed,etc.Phrases:beproudof,beworriedabout,beafraidof,besatisfiedwith,burstintotears,calmdown,etc.4.2SentencePatternsExpressingOne'sOwnFeelings:Ifeel+adj.(e.g.,Ifeelhappytoday.)Iam+adj.+because...(e.g.,IamexcitedbecauseIgotahighscoreintheexam.)Ifeellike+noun/verbing(e.g.,IfeellikedancingwhenIhearthissong.)AskingAboutOthers'Feelings:Howdoyoufeel?Howdoyoufeelabout...?(e.g.,Howdoyoufeelaboutthemovie?)What'syourfeelingabout...?教學過程5.1Warmingup(5minutes)Greetthestudentsandstartwithasimplequestion:"Howareyoutoday?"Encourageseveralstudentstoanswer.ThenshowsomepicturesofpeoplewithdifferentfacialexpressionsonthePPT,suchasasmilingface,acryingface,andanangryface.AskstudentstodescribetheemotionsinEnglishbasedonthepictures.Forexample,"Thispersonlookshappy.Heissmiling."5.2VocabularyReview(8minutes)Displayawordcloudonthescreenwithsomeemotionrelatedwordslearnedbefore.Pointtoeachwordandaskstudentstoreaditaloudtogether.Then,randomlyselectwordsandaskindividualstudentstomakesentencesusingthosewords.Forinstance,ifthewordis"angry",thestudentmightsay,"Iwasangrywhenmybrotherbrokemytoy."Grouppetition:Dividetheclassintoseveralgroups.Showsomepicturesofpeopleindifferentemotionalstatesquickly.Eachgrouphastowritedownasmanyemotionrelatedwordsastheycanthinkofwithin2minutes.Thegroupwiththemostcorrectwordswins.5.3SentencePatternPractice(10minutes)Writesomemonsentencepatternsforexpressingfeelingsontheblackboard,like"Ifeel...","Iam...because...","Howdoyoufeelabout...?"Explaintheusageandmeaningofeachpatternbriefly.Doasubstitutiondrill.Givestudentssomekeywords,suchas"happy","theparty","gotapresent".Askthemtousethesentencepatternstomakesentences.Forexample,"IfeelhappybecauseIgotapresentattheparty."Invitestudentstoetothefrontoftheclassandsharetheirsentences.Pairwork:Studentsworkinpairs.Onestudentchoosesanemotionrelatedword,andtheotherhastomakeasentenceusingthegivensentencepatterns.Thentheyswitchroles.Walkaroundtheclassroomtomonitorandofferhelpifnecessary.5.4SpeakingActivitySharingEmotionalStories(15minutes)PresentsometopicsonthePPT,suchas"Atimewhenyouwereveryhappy","Themostnervousmomentinyourlife","Anexperiencethatmadeyouangry".Studentschooseonetopicandpreparetosharetheirstoriesingroupsoffour.Givestudents34minutestoorganizetheirthoughtsandmakesomenotes.Then,ineachgroup,studentstaketurnstosharetheirstories.Othersinthegrouplistencarefullyandcanaskquestionsormakementsafterthesharing.Forexample,ifastudentsharesastoryaboutbeingnervousbeforeanexam,otherscanask,"Whatdidyoudotocalmdown?"Select23groupstosharetheirbeststorieswiththewholeclass.Encouragestudentstouserichvocabularyandclearsentencepatternstomaketheirstoriesmoreinteresting.5.5PronunciationFocus(5minutes)Playashortaudioclipofapersonexpressingdifferentemotions,suchashappiness,sadness,andanger.Askstudentstolistencarefullyandpayattentiontotheintonationandstress.Forexample,whenexpressinghappiness,thevoiceusuallygoesupattheendofsentences;whenexpressingsadness,thevoicemaybelowerandslower.Writesomesentencesrelatedtodifferentemotionsontheblackboard.Invitestudentstoreadthemaloud,tryingtoimitatethecorrectintonationandstress.Givethemfeedbackandcorrecttheirpronunciationiftherearemistakes.5.6SummaryandHomeworkAssignment(2minutes)Summarizethekeypointsofthisclass,includingimportantvocabulary,sentencepatterns,andtheimportanceofcorrectpronunciationinexpressingemotions.Homework:Askstudentstowriteashortpassageaboutanemotionalexperienceintheirlives(atleast80words).Theyshoulduseatleast5emotionrelatedwordsand3sentencepatternslearnedinthisclass.Thenextclass,somestudentswillbeinvitedtosharetheirpassages.教學反思Afterthisclass,itisnecessarytoreflectontheteachingprocess.Firstly,intermsofstudents'participation,observewhethermoststudentsactivelyengagedinthespeakingactivities.Ifsomestudentswereshyandreluctanttospeak,thinkaboutwhatmoreco