冀教版八年级下册英语《Lesson 43: Books or Computers?》精品教案

桂馥兰香

Lesson 43: Books or Computers?
Teaching Content:
Mastery words and expressions: machine, which
Oral words and expressions: printing press, modern, by hand
Teaching Aim:
1.       Learn about the history of the books.
2.       Know about the fountain of the printing press.
Teaching Important Points:
1.       Why is the printing press important?
2.       How did books change information?
Teaching Difficult Points:
Find facts about the printing press and about the Internet in this unit.
Teaching Preparation: pictures
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures
Type of lesson: new lesson
Teaching Procedure:
Step1. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions:
1.       What is a printing press?
2.       How were books made before the printing press?
3.       How did books change information?
Step2. Read the text and check the answers. Then read it loudly in class.
Step3. Practice some main language points in the text. Make sentences with the following phrases:
By hand, in a short time, look up
Student 1: I made the model plane by hand.
Student 2: He will finish the work in a short time.
Student 3: If you meet a new word, you can look it up in a dictionary.
Step4. Practice the Modal verbs:
Find the sentences that have Modal verbs. For example:
The printing press could make many books quickly.
I ca find lots of information in just a few minutes.
If you forgot something, you could look it up.
Step5. Talk about the question: Which one is more important, the printing press or the Internet? Why?
Talk about this question in groups. Then write a paragraph to answer the question.
Every group chooses a student to answer the question. Encourage them to speak more.
Step6. Listen to tape for several times and repeat after it. Make sure the students can read it fluently and correctly.
Step7. Talk about the passage in details.
What does the printing press do for us?
What does the Internet do for us?
Step8. Homework
1.       Finish off the exercises in the activity book.
2.       Go on the next reading in the student book.
Summary:
Summarize what we learn in the text. Pay attention to the importance of the printing press and the Internet. Let the students discuss the advantages and the disadvantages of the Internet.