冀教版八年级下册英语《Lesson 20: Stand So Still》精品教案

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Lesson 20: Stand So Still
Teaching Content:
Mastery words and expressions: still, make friends with, while, camel, fear, shy, bear
Oral words and expressions: waddle, toss, seal
Teaching Aims:
1.       Continue animals as our friends.
2.       Learn about the foreign culture.
Teaching Important Points:
1.       How do you make friends with animals?
2.       What are the animals’ habits?
Teaching Difficult Points:
Make friends with animals
Teaching Preparation: pictures
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures
Type of lesson: new lesson
Teaching Procedure;
Step1. Free Talk
Talk about your trip to a zoo. Work in groups.  Write a passage and report it to the class. You can answer the following questions:
1.       Where did you go?
2.       How did you go”
3.       What’s the weather like that day?
4.       What did you do in the zoo?
5.       Where did you have lunch?
6.       Where did you have a rest?
Step2. Listen to the tape and repeat after it. Let us lose ourselves in the beautiful music now.
Help the students to guess the meaning of the new words that appear in the text. This will in turn help the class understand the meaning of the song.
Step3. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions:
1.       How do you make friends with the animals? Why?
2.       What does Danny like to do?
3.       What animal would he like to make friends with?
4.       Do you think what animals are fierce?
Step4. Read the text and check the answers. Then let the students read it loudly in class. After a while, ask the students to act it out in front of the class.
Step5. Make sure everybody can sing confidently. Let volunteers come to the front and sing loudly.
Step6. Come to “LET’S DO IT”.
Work in groups and give their opinions in class. Encourage them to speak freely. Maybe they will have good advice. You can write a letter and show your opinions to the local government.
Step7. Homework
1.       Finish off the activity book.
2.       Review the next lesson.

Summary:
Let the students draw a picture of you and your favourite animal. Put them up on the wall. According to the content of today, we can practice spoken English about a trip to a zoo. Make up a dialogue in two or three and act it out in front of the class.