八年级英语上册第六单元教学案例Unit 6 I’m more outgoing than my sister. (Section A)

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［教材分析］

    教学内容为“Go for it ”新目标英语八年级上册第六单元Section A。学习内容主要体现在以下3点：

1、  学习有关人物特点的单词：tall, thin, short, heavy, calm, wild, long hair, short hair, outgoing, quiet, funny, serious, smart, athletic, ect.

2、  学习人物比较的重要句型：

（1）       Pedro is funnier than Paul.

（2）       Tina is taller than Tara.

（3）       Tom is more athletic than Sam.

3、  掌握语法点：the comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives         

［教学目标］

1、  谈论学生感兴趣的话题，指导学生学习有关人物特点的单词、人物比较的表达及语法知识点“形容词的比较级和最高级”。

2、  学生根据班级的真实情况，采用“名人专访”、“公众投票”、“明日之星”的游戏，培养学生的想象力、自信心和合作精神。

3、  通过学习本课，增强师生、生生间的相互了解和沟通。

4、  培养学生的口头表达能力、阅读理解能力和写作能力。

［教学过程］

    Step 1 Lead-in

T：I have a sister. Can you guess what she looks like and what she is like? (Show them you are waiting.)

S：She is tall. /She is thin. / She has long hair./She is easygoing./…(Students use their imagination and express themselves freely.)

T：Let’s look at our photos. (Show them on the screen.) Please talk about us.

S：She is shorter than you. /She has shorter hair than you. /She is thinner than you. /… (Students get information from the photos.)

T：I’m more outgoing than my sister.（Lead in the class subject.）

Step 2 Revision

1、  Revise the adjectives describing people’s appearance and personalities:

2、Show some photos about famous persons and talk about their personal traits, using description words, such as short hair/long hair, etc, on the screen.

Step 3 Presentation

1、  Learn some new words about personal traits: calm/wild, athletic/weak，  using the pictures of 3 pairs of twins in Section A.

2、  Do Section A-1a.Match each word with the opposite. Check the answers.

3、  Get students to introduce the rules of the comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives.(Show them on the screen.)

Step 4 Listening

1、  Listen to the tape and number the pictures in 1b.

2、  Listen to the tape and complete the chat in 2a. Listen again and fill in chat in 2b.

3、  Check the answers.

Step 5 Practice

Task 1: Interview famous persons（Pair work）

1、Demonstrate the activity with one student. (Imagine he/she is a famous person. The teacher acts as a reporter.)

   (Show an example on the screen.)

2、  Ss work in pairs. Then ask some pairs to act them out in class.

Task 2: Public vote （Group work）

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1、  Divide the class into 4 groups and then work in groups. Fill in the chat.

In class	Name
Who is the tallest?
Who is the shortest?
Who is the heaviest?
Who is the thinnest?
Who is the most outgoing?
Who is the most athletic?
…

2、  Each group choose one student to do a report. Show the results in class.

Task 3: Super star (Individual performance)

T: Suppose you are a super star in the future. What will you look like and what will you be like?

S: I’m better than now, of course.

1、  Show an example on the screen:

3、Ask some Ss to share with others.

Step 6 Reading and Writing

1、  Teach “look the same”、“look different”、“ be as good as”、“be not as good as”、“a little”，using some pictures and comparing some Ss in class.

2、  Ss read the article. Then read the statements (1-5) about the article. Write “T”、“F” or“DK”.

3、  Check the answers. (Ask Ss to give reasons.)

4、  Ask Ss to write another letter.

Step 7 Consolidation and Sum-up

1、  Give Ss a chance to sum up what have learned in this class.(Ss can talk about it freely.) Then T makes a brief sum-up.

2、  Get the Ss to do some consolidation exercises. T goes around and gives some help to Ss.

     Step 8 Homework

1、  Do Workbook Exx.1-3.

2、  Preview Section B.

［案例反思］

  新课标要求课堂教学要培养学生的情感因素，着力培养学生的学习兴趣，激发学生的学习动机和培养他们热爱生活的品质。作为一名英语老师，我要及时转换自己的角色和观念，做一名出色的节目主持人，组织好每一项课堂活动，把表演的机会给学生，让学生成为真正的“主角”，让学生时刻处在体验，实践，参与，合作与交流的活动中，努力建立平等和睦的师生关系，让学生喜欢自己的英语课。