Unit 1 Spring Is Coming Lesson6教学设计冀教版八年级下册

Unit 1 Spring Is Coming! Lesson 6 Stories about Spring LESSON PREPARATION LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE 掌握词汇：low,below,zero,until 接触词汇：groundhog,bush 短语和句型：as. as.,below zero, not. until., Groundhog Day, sugar bush RESOURCES . audiotape · signs of spring worksheet (see Class Closing) LESSON STRUCTURE CLASS OPENING Greeting Greet the class. Say: Good morning/afternoon, class. It's nice to see you all. How's the weather today Ask a few students to come to the board and draw/ write the weather report for the day. Students can use the weather icons they made in Lesson 1. They should also use weather words and write the temperature. Review 1)Homework check. 2)Ask some students to present their passage "Babysitting". 3)Introduce today's lesson by reviewing what happened in the last lesson. Teacher: Can someone tell me what we talked about last class Students: I can. We talked about Danny babysitting his sister on a spring day. Teacher: Right. Where did Danny and his little cousin Debbie go Students: They went to the park. Teacher: Correct. What did they do at/in the park Students: First, Debbie played on the monkey bars. Then Danny gave her a push on the swing. Then they played a game called "Lie on the Grass" because Danny was tired. They looked at the clouds and Debbie saw/watched a cloud that looked like a big white rabbit. Teacher: Very good. KEY CONCEPTS FOCUS STRUCTURES: The temperature can be as low as -15°C, but it can also reach 15°C. The temperature drops below zero on those snowy days. We probably won't see any flowers until May or June! Here, we have Groundhog Day on February 2 for the coming of spring. STEP 1: Present CLASS WORK: Culture Tip and Think About It 1)Ask the students to look at Lesson 6(Stories about Spring). Teacher: Who can tell me what it means when you can see winter jasmine blooming Students: It means spring is coming. Teacher: That's right. In our culture that's how we know spring is coming. In other cultures they have different ways of knowing when spring is coming. In North American culture they have something called Groundhog Day. Read the Culture Tip as a class. 2)Divide the class into groups to discuss the Think About It questions. Then discuss the questions as a class. 3)After the discussion, look at the reading as a class and ask some volunteers to read aloud. Teacher: Let's begin reading. Who would like to start us off STEP 2: Break It Down CLASS WORK: Discussion Discuss the following questions as a class. Teacher: Let's discuss the reading. Who is writing this letter Students: Jenny. Teacher: Yes. And whom is Jenny writing the letter to Students: Wang Mei. Teacher: Correct. What is Jenny writing about in her letter Students: Jenny is writing about spring in Edmonton. Teacher: That's right. According to Jenny, how low can the temperature be in Edmonton during spring Write the word low and the structure as. as. on the board. Explain. Point out that the word "high" is the opposite of the word "low". Then dis ... ...