Unit4ChangingandGrowingExploringtheTopicReadingStrategiesUnit4"ChangingandGrowing"intheRen'aiScienceEdition(2024)EnglishtextbookforGrade8focusesonthethemeofadolescentgrowthandchange.The"PreparingfortheTopic"sectionservesasanintroduction,layingthefoundationforstudentstoexplorethetopicfurther.Itmainlycoversaspectssuchassensesandstresscontrol,whicharecloselyrelatedtostudents'dailylivesandtheprocessofgrowingup.Throughvariousactivities,studentswillstarttothinkaboutthechangestheyareexperiencingandhowtohandlethem,andalsobeintroducedtorelevantvocabularyandexpressions.教學(xué)目標(biāo)e.g.e.g.willbeabletomasterkeyvocabularyrelatedtosenses(e.g.,vision,touch,smell,hearing,taste)andstresscontrol(e.g.,calm,nervous,regret,relax),aswellasphraseslike"poorvision","feelregret","takeadeepbreath".feel...when...willunderstandandbeabletousemonsentencepatternsforexpressingfeelingsandexperiences,suchas"Ifeel...when...","It'simportantto...".教學(xué)重難點(diǎn)1.TeachingKeyPointsKeyvocabularyandphrasesrelatedtosensesandstresscontrol.Sentencepatternsforexpressingfeelingsandexperiences.Listeningandspeakingskillstrainingrelatedtothetopic.2.TeachingDifficultPointsHelpingstudentstoaccuratelyusenewvocabularyandsentencepatternsinreallifesituations.Guidingstudentstothinkdeeplyaboutthetopicandexpresstheirownuniqueviewsandexperiences.1.VocabularySenses:vision/?v??n/(n.視力；視野),touch/t?t?/(n.觸覺；觸感；v.觸摸；碰),smell/smel/(n.嗅覺；氣味；v.嗅；聞),hearing/?h??r??/(n.聽力),taste/te?st/(n.味覺；味道；v.品嘗)StressControl:calm/kɑ?m/(adj.鎮(zhèn)靜的；沉著的；v.使平靜),nervous/?n??v?s/(adj.焦慮的),regret/r??ɡret/(v.&n.懊悔),relax/r??l?ks/(v.放松),breath/breθ/(n.呼吸),upset/?p?set/(adj.心煩的；苦惱的)Phrases:poorvision(視力不好),touchexperience(觸覺體驗(yàn)),feelregret(感到懊悔),takeadeepbreath(做一次深呼吸),feelnervous(感到焦慮),flusymptoms(流感癥狀),remendbooks(推薦書籍),teenagestage(青少年階段),lifepurpose(生活目標(biāo))2.SentencePatterns"Myvisionisnotverygood,soIhavetowearglasses.""Touchingthesoftfabricmakesmefeelfortable.""IfeelnervouswhenItakeanexam.""It'simportanttostaycalmwhenfacingdifficulties.""Heregretsnotlisteningtohisparents'advice."教學(xué)過程1.Warmingup(5minutes)Greetthestudentsandstartwithasimplefreetalk.Askstudents:"Doyoufeelthatyouhavechangedalotrecently?Inwhataspects?"Letseveralstudentssharetheirideas.ThenshowsomepicturesonthePPT,suchasachildgrowingtaller,astudentgettingbetteratplayinganinstrument.GuidestudentstoobserveanddescribethechangesinthepicturesusingsimpleEnglish.2.Presentation(12minutes)VocabularyTeachingShowpicturesrelatedtosensesonthePPT,onebyone.Forexample,showapictureofapersonlookingatsomethingandintroducetheword"vision".Readthewordanditspronunciation,andletstudentsrepeatseveraltimes.Thenusethewordinasentence:"Goodvisionisimportantforreadingbooks."Dothesameforotherwordsaboutsenseslike"touch","smell","hearing","taste".Useasimilarmethodtoteachvocabularyaboutstresscontrol.Showpicturesthatcanreflectemotionslikebeingcalm,nervous,etc.Forexample,showapictureofastudentbitingapenbeforeanexamandsay:"Look,helooksverynervous.'Nervous'meansbeingworriedoranxious."Teachthepronunciationandletstudentspractice.Writethekeyphrasesontheblackboard,suchas"poorvision","feelregret",andexplaintheirmeaningswithexamples.Letstudentscopythemintheirnotebooks.SentencePatternTeachingWritethesentencepattern"Ifeel...when..."ontheblackboard.Giveanexample:"IfeelhappywhenIgetgoodgrades."Thenaskstudentstomaketheirownsentencesusingthispatternandsharewiththeclass.Presentthesentencepattern"It'simportantto...".Explainitsusageandgiveanexample:"It'simportanttogetenoughsleepeveryday."Letstudentscreatesentencesfollowingthispattern.3.ListeningPractice(8minutes)Tellstudentsthattheyaregoingtolistentoaconversationbetweentwostudents.Onestudentistalkingabouthis/herproblemswithsensesandhowtodealwithstress.Beforeplayingtherecording,letstudentslookatthequestionsonthetextbookorPPT:Whatsenseproblemdoesthestudenthave?Howdoesthestudentdealwithstress?Playtherecordingforthefirsttime.Studentsjustlistenandgetageneralidea.Thenplaytherecordingagain.Thistime,studentslistencarefullyandanswerthequestions.Checktheanswerstogether.Ifpossible,playtherecordingforthethirdtime.Studentscanlistenandrepeatsentencebysentencetoimitatethepronunciationandintonation.4.PairWork(10minutes)Dividestudentsintopairs.Askthemtohaveaconversationbasedonthetopic.Onestudentcantalkaboutasensoryexperiencehe/shehadrecently,suchas"Ihadastrangesmellexperienceintheparkyesterday.Ismelledsomethinglikeburning,butIcouldn'tfindwhereitcamefrom."Theotherstudentcanrespondandthensharehis/herwayofdealingwithstress,forexample,"Oh,that'sinteresting.WhenIfeelstressed,Iusuallytakeadeepbreathandlistentomusic."Walkaroundtheclassroomtomonitorandofferhelpifnecessary.Afterafewminutes,inviteseveralpairstoetothefrontoftheclassandactouttheirconversations.5.SummaryandHomework(10minutes)SummaryReviewthekeyvocabularyandsentencepatternsofthisclasswithstudents.Askstudentstorecallthewordsaboutsensesandstresscontrol,andsomeimportantsentencepatternstheylearned.Summarizethemainpointsofthelisteningmaterialandtheconversationsinpairwork,emphasizingtheimportanceofexpressingfeelingsandexperiencesinEnglish.HomeworkAskstudentstowriteashortpassageabouttheirmostunforgettablesensoryexperienceandhowtheyfeltatthattime.Theyshoulduseatleastthreenewwordsandtwosentencepatternslearnedinthisclass.Letstudentscollectmoreinformationabouthowtodealwithstress,eitherfromtheInternetorbyaskingtheirparentsandfriends,andbereadytoshareinthenextclass.教學(xué)反思Afterthisclass,Ineedtoreflectonthefollowingaspects:TeachingObjectivesAchievement:Checkwhetherstudentshaveachievedthelanguageknowledgeandskillobjectives.Forexample,cantheyaccuratelyusenewvocabularyandsentencepatterns?Didtheyactivelyparticipateinlistening,speaking,reading(inasimpleform),andwritingactivities?Ifsomestudentsdidnotmeettherequirements,Ineedtoanalyzethereasons,suchaswhethertheteachingmethodwasnotsuitableenoughorthepracticetimewasinsufficient.TeachingMethodEffectiveness:Evaluatewhethertheteachingmethodsused,suchaspresentation,practice,andpairwork,wereeffective.Didstudentsshowinterestintheseactivities?Weretheyabletounderstandandmastertheknowledgethroughthesemethods?Ifnot,Ishouldconsideradjustingtheteachingmethods,forexample,usingmorereallifeexamplesormul