Analysis of

teaching material

The topic is taken from Section B of Unit 10. It’s the last reading of Unit 10. Reading practices mainly develop the students’ vocabulary and reading strategies. Also, it is about the the hometown, so the students could take part in the class actively and talk about their own real condition.

Analysis of

students

The students are the eighth-grade students. They have taken command of the present perfect tense. And they know the application of present perfect tense. And they can express themselves in English.  

Teaching objectives:

1.Knowledge and abilities：

The students could master the key words and phrases, such as

shame, according to.

The students could express by using present perfect tense. 

2.Procedures and methods：

The students can learn to use the reading strategies through the task-based methods, group work and so on.

3. Emotional attitudes and moral values:

The students could express their hometown feelings and arouse their love to their hometown.

Teaching key points

1.To let students learn how to use reading strategies in reading comprehension.

2. To let students master the sentence pattern and phrases to talk about the topic.

Teaching difficult points

 To let students master the sentence pattern and phrases to talk about similar topic.

Teaching methods

1 Task-based teaching method

2 Communicative language teaching

3 Audio-visual method

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Lead in (5mintutes)

The teacher asks the three questions to stimulate the students’ interest.

1.Where is your hometown?

2.Do you like your hometown?

3.What are some of the special places in your hometown?

Step 2 Fast Reading (5mins)(定向自学）

The teacher asks the students to guess the answers and read the passage the quickly to check the answers.

1. Why do millions of Chinese leave the countryside every year?

2. How often do you think these people visit their hometowns?

3. What new buildings does the government usually build in towns and villages?

Step 3 Careful Reading (15mins)(合作研学&展示激学）

The teacher asks questions to let the students read the passage carefully and answer the questions.

1. Read Para.1 and answer.

Q1.What do you know about Zhong Wei?

2.Read Para.2 and answer.

Q1. What changes have happened in their hometowns?

3.Read Para. 3&4 and answer.

Q1. What have the children learned at his old primary school since the mid-20th century?

___________________________________________

Q2. What buildings are they going to build?

___________________________________________

Q3. What is opposite the school?

  ___________________________________________    

Q4. What did they like to do under that big tree in his time?

___________________________________________

After the students learn about the passage, the teacher asks the students to complete the exercises in 2b and 2c.

Last, the teacher chooses some students to present their results.

Step 5 Explanation of language points (15mins)(精讲领学）

Step 6 Consolidation (5mins) (反馈固学）

Homework:

1.Review the language points in 2a.

2.Write something about changes that are happening in your hometown.

Background design:

Unit 10　I have had this bike for three years

1search for=look for

2.among与between区别

3.shame

4. regard…as…

5.according to