初中英语外研版八年级下教案Unit 2 We have not found life on any other s yet.doc

Unit 2 We have not found life on any other s yet. Ⅰ Teaching model Reading and writing. Ⅱ Teaching method Top-down approach Ⅲ Teaching aims 1. Listen for specific information. 2. Talk about space travel; participating ina role-play. 3. Read and find out information from simple texts and choose the best title. 4. Write a passage to describe the picture. Ⅳ Teaching Objectives Key vocabulary: none, environment, that, solar, system, solar system, group, galaxy, universe, light, impossible, take-took-taken, out, communicate Ⅴ Teaching aids Recorder, OHP , video Ⅵ Teaching Steps Step 1 Warming-up 1. Show some pictures to review the text of Unit 1. 2. Show some pictures .3. Talk about the pictures. 4. Introduce the new words. 5. Read the words after the teacher . Step 2 Work in pairs. 1. Enjoy News Report. 2. Show some pictures to talk about something about Shenzhou-9 3. Ask the students to look at the picture in Activity 1. 4. Work in pairs. Shenzhou-9 isa manned spaceship. Step 3 Reading 1. Play the recording and listen to the tape carefully. 2. Ask the students to read through the passage. 3. Choose the best title for it. 1) Anyone out there? 2) Life on the earth 3) The sun and other stars 4) The stars at night 4. Check with a partner. 5. Call back the answers from the whole class. 6. Read the text together. Step 4 Check (√) the true sentences . 1. Ask the students to read the sent