1、Unit 8 Natural disastersStudy skillsI. Teaching aims and learning objectivesBy the end of the lesson, students should be able to:1. use the rules of compounds in reading comprehension and enlarging their vocabulary;2. use some effective learning methods to optimize their learning results;3. apprecia
2、te one of the language gamesEnglish Tongue Twister and speak English more fluently.II. Teaching contents1. New words: daughter, granddaughter, son, grandson, board, weekday, headache, toothache, countryside, housework, pancake2. New rule of word-formation: Create new words by putting two words toget
3、her.III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficultyConsolidate the rules of compound words and enlarge the students vocabulary.Train the students with some effective learning methods to optimize their learning results.IV. Teaching proceduresStep 1 Lead-in1. Give the students a show of Engl
4、ish Tongue TwisterShe sells seashells by the seashore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. Shes a seashore shell seller.I thought a thought. But the thought I thought wasnt the thought I thought I thought.2. Present three groups of words and lead the students to my topiccompound wordsAdd the
5、prefix or suffix to form another word Derivative wordPut two words or more together to form another word Compound wordUse a word as a different word class Conversion word 【设计意图】遵循学习激趣性原则，通过英语绕口令这一语言游戏方式导入学习内容，激发学生的学习动机。Step 2 Presentation1. Present some compound wordsShow some pictures. Help the stu
6、dents learn the new words and expressions.2. Get the students to know how to create compound words.a. Show the rule snow + ball snowballearth + quake earthquakesuper + market supermarket b. Offer a tip (Sometimes we need to add a hyphen.)north + east north-eastten + year + old ten-year-oldfashion +
7、designer fashion-designer 3. Divide the wordsHelp the students remember words by separating the compound words into two words.4.Write as many compound words as possibleHelp the students remember more words by writing compound words as many as possible.5. Form compound wordsHelp the students remember
8、 more words by forming compounds words.6. Read and matchHelp the students remember new words by matching words with the rule of compound words.【设计意图】遵循任务梯度性原则，设计任务做到由易到难，由浅入深，让所有学生都能理解和掌握合成词的构词规律。Step 3 Consolidation1. ConclusionConclude different classes of compound words.Compound n.: seafood, hotl
9、ine, grown-upCompound adj.: English-speaking, warm-hearted, 2-meter-tallCompound v.: outbreak, overcome, downloadCompound adv.: whenever, maybe, somewhereCompound pron.: themselves, nobody, everything 2. A challenge Let the students meet a challenge. There are six levels.Level 1: A terrible _ (地震) t
10、ook place in the _ (西北) of Sichuan in 2008. (earthquake, north-west) Level 2: The Chinese are a _(勤劳的), brave and _(爱好和平的) people. (hard-working, peace-loving)Level 3: A _ (暴风雪) hit our city. Lots of cars broke down on the _ (公路). Many drivers rang the _ (热线) for help. (snowstorm, highway, hotline)L
11、evel 4: Its said that a _ (热心的) _ (女警察) helped two _ (法国人) who got lost in the street last _ (周末). (warm-hearted, policewoman, Frenchmen, weekend) Level 5: _ (无论什么 ) happens, I believe _ (自己) to be able to _ (克服) difficulties. _ (每个人) should believe _ (自己). (Whatever, myself, overcome, Everyone, the
12、mselves)Level 6: The park is a _ (世界闻名的) _ (中国式) garden. Its made up of a hill, a _ (人造的) lake and a _ (40 米高的) tower. _ (说英语的) tourists may _ (下载) English information from the net. (world-famous, Chinese-style, man-made, forty-metre-high, English-speaking, download) 3. Present some English riddles4
13、. Encourage the students to sum up the main points as well as the main aims in this lesson5. Ask the students to fill in the self-assessment form【设计意图】引入竞争机制和娱乐措施，促进英语学习热情。V. Homework1. Find more than 50 compound words learned before in the text book.2. Use compound words to write a story at least ten sentences.
