Unit 8 What are the shirts made of 课时教学设计（表格式）鲁教版（五四制）八年级下册

Unit 8 What are the shirts made of Purpose To introduce Ss to the unit goal: talk about what products are made of and where they were made. To set the scene, increase Ss’ vocabulary and introduce the target language. Picture The picture shows a living room scene. There is a sofa with two cushions on it. In front of the sofa is a big table. On the big table, there is a bowl and two pairs of chopsticks. On the side table, there is a lamp. There are curtains in the background. The focus is on two girls sitting on the sofa. The girl on the left has a box on her lap. The girl on the right is holding a ring. The two girls are talking about this ring. They are talking about how the ring looks, what it is made of and where it was made. Culture Focus Being polite In the picture, the girl on the left is asking the other girl what she thinks of the ringshe has. The other girl says that it is quite pretty. In many cultures, such a question usually calls for a polite and tactful answer. When someone asks us if something they have is nice, it is polite to pay a compliment and say that it is nice/pretty/good/ interesting, etc. Even if we do not think it is very nice, it is polite to say something positive, like “It suits you”, “It’s brightly colored”, etc. Criticizing the object is usually considered an impolite thing to do, unless we know the person really well and we know for sure that the person wants to hear an honest or truthful answer which may not necessarily be positive. Optional Approach What are the other things made of The T may want to extend the activity by asking Ss to identify other objects in the picture and say what they are made of. Examples: ● sofa – fabric (e.g. cotton), leather ● curtains – cotton Optional Approach ● table – wood ● lamp – metal, fabric ● cushion – cotton ● box – paper ● bowl – porcelain Answers 1. a, c 2. g 3. b, c 4. e 5. a, c 6. f Purpose To help Ss recognize the target language in natural speech. Culture Focus Made in ... People sometimes show cultural bias in the way they judge the quality of products on the market. There is often a tendency to think that things that are made in other countries and imported are better than things made locally. With improved skills and technology all over the world, this is no longer necessarily so. Therefore, the quality of things should be judged in its own right and not judged based on the countries of origin. Answers ● shirts – cotton – America ● chopsticks – steel – Korea ● ring – silver – Thailand Purpose To give Ss guided practice in using the target language in everyday conversations. Teaching Tip Using the simple present and simple past The T may want to draw Ss’ attention to the different tenses used to talk about what a product is made of and where it was made. Note: The Simple Present is used to say what a product is made of. This is because when we say what a product is made of, we are describing the current state of the product. e.g. The ring i ... ...