牛津初中英语8A Unit2 School life Vocabulary Teaching aims and demands: 1. Learn about the school subjects. 2. Review and learn the adjective nouns about people’s opinion. 3. Grasp the opposites of the adjective nouns. Teaching difficulties and importance: 1. Grasp the new words such as art, geography, language, PE, science, useful, unimportant, useless, unpopular and so on. 2. Can give opinion on different school subjects. Teaching preparation: Computer and the timetable Teaching steps: Step I. Lead in Ask some questions about the reading. Ask 2-4 students to sum up John and Nancy’s school lives. Step II. Pre-task Task 1 T: We know John’s favorite subject is Home Economics. Because he likes cooking and sewing. What’s your favorite subject? S: Chinese, Math, English, PE…… Look at the pictures and teach the Ss the new words: Ask: What class is it? What can you learn from each subject?(Teacher can give a table.) Art You can draw and paint pictures. Computer Studies Geography History Home Economics Languages PE Science Task2 Finish Part A on Page 27. Step III. While-task Task 1 Some adjective words to show one’s opinion on different school subjects. T: I think Home Economics is very interesting, but History is very boring. What do you think of the subjects? Is the Art lesson very easy/difficult/important/unimportant/useful/useless? S: Yes, it’s