Unit4AmazingPlantsandAnimalsSectionA2a2eThissectioninUnit4ofthe2024PEPEnglishtextbookforGrade8focusesonplants,withaspecificemphasisonbamboo.ItcontainsadialoguebetweenEllaandChenJieaboutafoldingfanwithabamboopattern.Throughthisconversation,studentswilllearnaboutthecharacteristicsofbamboo,suchasitsfastgrowingnature,itsculturalsignificanceinChinaasasymbolofgoodness,anditsvarioususeslikebuildinghousesandmakingtoolsandinstruments.Additionally,therearepronunciationexercisesrelatedtospecificletterbinationsandsentencestress,aswellastaskslikeansweringquestions,pletingamindmap,roleplaying,andcreatingdialoguestoenhancestudents'languageskills.教學目標Listeningability:Studentswillbeabletocapturekeyinformationfromthedialogueaboutbamboo,suchasitsfeatures,uses,andculturalconnotations,andpleterelevantlisteningtasksaccurately.Speakingability:Studentswillbeabletousethelearnedvocabularyandsentencepatternstotalkaboutbambooindailyconversations,andparticipateinroleplayinganddialoguecreatingactivitieswithfluencyandaccuracy.Readingability:Studentswillbeabletounderstandthetextaboutbambooquicklyandextractimportantdetails,andsummarizethemainideaofthetext.Writingability:Studentswillbeabletowriteashortpassageaboutbamboo,includingitsappearance,characteristics,uses,andculturalsignificance,withcorrectgrammarandspelling.教學重難點Masteringthevocabularyandsentencepatternsrelatedtobamboo,andbeingabletousethemflexiblyinspeakingandwriting.Understandingandapplyingthepronunciationrulesofspecificletterbinationsandsentencestress.Usingthesuperlativeformofadjectivesaccuratelytodescribethecharacteristicsofplantsandanimals.A.NewWordsandPhrasesbamboo/?b?m?bu?/n.竹；竹子foldingfan/?f??ld??f?n/n.折扇symbol/?s?mbl/n.象征goodness/?ɡ?dn?s/n.美德；營養(yǎng)tool/tu?l/n.工具；手段actually/??kt?u?li/adv.實際上；居然shoot/?u?t/n.幼苗；嫩芽v.(shot)開（槍）；射擊appear/??p??(r)/v.出現(xiàn)；看來好像oneofthe+形容詞最高級+名詞復數(shù)最……之一beusedtodosth.被用來做某事B.KeySentencePatternsBambooisoneofthemostpopularsubjectsinChinesepaintings.竹子是中國畫中最受歡迎的主題之一。It’sasymbolofgoodnessinChineseculture.在中國文化中，它是美德的象征。Peoplecanuseittobuildhousesandmaketoolsandinstruments.人們可以用它來建造房屋、制作工具和樂器。Bambooisoneofthefastestgrowingplants.竹子是生長最快的植物之一。C.PronunciationLetterbinations:/e?/asin“folding,amazing,paper”/a?/asin“l(fā)ike,life,write”/??/asin“boy,toy,enjoy”/bl/asin“blue,black,blow”/cl/asin“clean,class,close”/gl/asin“glass,glad,glue”/br/asin“bring,brown,bread”/kr/asin“cry,crop,cross”/gr/asin“green,grow,ground”Sentencestress:Usually,contentwords(nouns,mainverbs,adjectives,adverbs,numerals,interrogativewords)arestressed,whilefunctionwords(articles,prepositions,conjunctions,pronouns,auxiliaryverbs,beverbs)areunstressed.Butthestresscanbechangedforemphasisorcontrast.教學過程A.Warmingup(3minutes)Greetthestudentsasusual.Showsomepicturesofbambooforestsandvariousbamboomadeproducts(suchasbamboochopsticks,bamboobaskets,etc.)onthePPT.Thenaskstudents:“Whatdoyouseeinthepictures?Doyouknowanythingaboutbamboo?”Encourageseveralstudentstosharetheirideasbriefly.B.Presentation(12minutes)VocabularyteachingTeachnewwordsonebyone.Forexample,whenteaching“bamboo”,showaclearpictureofbambooandpronouncethewordslowly,thenaskstudentstorepeatafteryouseveraltimes.Explainthat“bamboo”isakindofplantthatisverymoninChina.For“foldingfan”,showarealfoldingfanoravividpictureofit.Openandclosethefanwhilesaying“foldingfan”tohelpstudentsunderstandthemeaning.Letstudentsimitatetheactionofopeningandclosingthefanandsaythewordatthesametime.Explainthemeaningsandusageof“symbol,goodness,tool,actually,shoot,appear”withexamples.Forinstance,for“symbol”,say“Thedoveisasymbolofpeace.InChineseculture,bambooisasymbolofgoodness.”PronunciationteachingWritesomewordswiththetargetletterbinationsontheblackboard,suchas“folding,like,boy,blue,clean,glass,bring,cry,green”.First,readthesewordsaloud,emphasizingthepronunciationoftheletterbinations.Thenletstudentslistencarefullyandimitate.Dividestudentsintosmallgroups.Eachgroupisgivenasetofwordswiththetargetletterbinations.Studentstaketurnstoreadthewords,andgroupmemberscorrecteachother'spronunciation.e.g.sentencestress,writeasimplesentenceontheblackboard,e.g.,“Bambooisaveryusefulplant.”Readthesentencewithnormalstressfirst,thenreaditagain,stressingdifferentwordseachtime,like“Bambooisaveryusefulplant.”(stressing“Bamboo”),“Bambooisaveryusefulplant.”(stressing“useful”).Askstudentstolistenandfeelthedifferenceinmeaning.Explainthatchangingthestresscanchangethefocusofthesentence.C.Listening(7minutes)PrelisteningTellstudentsthattheyaregoingtolistentoaconversationbetweenEllaandChenJieaboutafoldingfanwithabamboopattern.Askthemtopredictwhattheymighthearintheconversation,suchasthefeaturesofbamboo,itsuses,oritsculturalsignificance.WhilelisteningPlaytherecordingof2aforthefirsttime.Studentslistencarefullyandtrytogetthegeneralideaoftheconversation.Playtherecordingagain.Thistime,studentsneedtoanswerthequestionsin2b.Afterlistening,checktheanswerswiththewholeclass.PostlisteningAskstudentstoreadtheconversationin2aaloudinpairs,payingattentiontothepronunciationandintonation.Walkaroundtheclassroomtoofferhelpandguidance.D.Readingandprehension(8minutes)FastreadingLetstudentsreadtheconversationin2aquicklyagainandfindoutthemainideaofeachparagraph.Thenasksomestudentstosharetheiranswers.CarefulreadingGuidestudentstoreadtheconversationcarefullyandpletethemindmapin2c.TheyshouldfillintheinformationaboutthepopularityofbambooinChinesepaintings,itsculturalsignificance,growthspeed,anduses.Afterstudentsfinish,askthemtoparetheiranswerswiththeirpartners.Thenchecktheanswerstogetherandexplainanydifficultpoints.E.Speaking(10minutes)RoleplayingAskstudentstoworkinpairs.OnestudentactsasEllaandtheotheractsasChenJie.Theyneedtoroleplaytheconversationin2a.Encouragethemtoaddsomeappropriatebodylanguageandfacialexpressionstomaketheroleplaymorevivid.Inviteseveralpairsofstudentstoetothefrontoftheclassroomandperformtheirroleplays.Therestoftheclasswatchesandlistenscarefully,andthengivessomements.DialoguecreatingInstructstudentstocreatetheirowndialoguesaboutbamboo.Providethemwithsomekeywordsandphrases,suchas“bambooforest,bambooshoots,makemusicalinstruments,asymbolofhope”.Letstudentsworkinpairsorsmallgroupstocreatetheirdialogues.Walkaroundtheclassroomtoofferhelpandinspiration.Aftertheyfinish,askseveralgroupstopresenttheirdialoguestotheclass.Theclasscanvoteforthemostcreativeandinterestingdialogue.F.Summary(3minutes)Summarizethekeypointsofthisclasswiththestudents,includingthenewwordsandphrasesrelatedtobamboo,thepronunciationrulesofspecificletterbinationsandsentencestress,andtheimportantsentencepatternsusedtodescribebamboo.ReviewtheculturalsignificanceofbambooinChinesecultureanditsvarioususes.G.Homework(2minutes)AskstudentstocopythenewwordsandphrasesthreetimesandwritedowntheirChinesemeanings.Requirestudentstomakeashortspeechaboutbamboo(atleast5sentences),includingitsappearance,characteristics,anduses.Theycanrecordtheirspeechesontheirmobilephonesandsendthemtotheteacherviaalearningplatform.Encouragestudentstosearchformoreinformationaboutotheramazingplantsoranimalsandshareitwiththeclassinthenextclass.教學反思Afterteachingthissection,Ifoundthatmoststudentsshowedgreatinterestinthetopicofbamboo.Theuseofpictures,realobjects(suchasthefoldingfan),andmultimediaresourceseffectivelyattractedstudents'attentionandhelpedthemunderstandnewknowledgebetter.Inthepronunciationteachingpart,thegroupworkactivitymadestudentsmoreactivelyinvolvedinpracticingpronunciation.However,somestudentsstillhaddifficultyinmasteringthepronunciationofcertainletterbinations,especially/??/,and