八年级英语下册Unit 8教案
Why don’t you get her a scarf ?
Wang Ying No.11 Middle School of Boshan
Aims :
1. To practice the dialogues on comparing qualities.
2. To have the class learn the target language by heart .
Teaching methods : Cooperation, the Communicative Approach
Target language :
key words and phrases :
gift, scarf, CD, bicycle, birthday , calendar, photo album， dictionary
Important points :
1.What should I get sb ?
2.Why don’t you get/buy sb sth ?
3.What about /How about sth ?
4.It’s/They are too + adj .
5.Present perfect tense .
Difficult points :
1.too + adj : 太…
2.adj + enough :足够
Teaching steps
Step 1
Warm-up
1. Make one-minute dialogue. Get some pairs to act out their own dialogue.
2. Revise the new words and phrases by cards.
Step 2
1.What do you think of these gifts?
Show the target languages, using the objects:
--What's this?/What are these?
--It's a… /They're…
.--What do you think of it/them?
--That's… /They're…
Learn the key words: gift, scarf, CD, bicycle , calendar, photo album ,dictionary
2. Point to the picture and say:
Tomorrow is my mother's birthday.
What should I get my mother for her birthday?
How about a dictionary?
No, that's too boring.
How about tennis balls?
NO, they're too cheap.
Why don't I get her a camera?
I think she'll like it.
3. Lead the Ss to drill the conversation.
4.Practice the dialogue in the whole class.
Step 3 Listening 1b
Point out the picture and the gifts in the picture.
Ask the students to guess what the two boys are talking about.
Ask the students to read the conversations in the picture to help them to understand the following listening.
Ask the students to listen and number the sentences from 1 to 4.
Check the answers.
Ask the students to practice the dialogue.
Just look at the picture and say the words of the gifts.
Guess what the two boys are talking about.
Read the conversations in the picture and understand.
Listen and number the sentences from 1 to 4.
Check the answers.
Practice the dialogue in pairs.
Step4 Listening 2a & 2b
Point out the chart.
Says, “You will hear three conversations. After each conversation, put a check after the name of the person who is going to get the gift.”
Check the answers.
Point out the suggestions and comments. Ask the students to read them to the class.
Ask the students to listen again and finish the chart.
Correct the answers.
Read the chart before listening.
Listening to the saying of the teacher.
Answer: “The person is shopping for…”
Read the suggestions and comments for listening again.
Listen again and finish the chart.
Correct the answers.
Step5 : Pairwork
1. Read the instructions . Point out the possible gifts and comments in Activities 2a and 2b.
2. Ask two students to act out the dialogues
3. Ask students to work with their partners. Talk about someone who is having a birthday soon. Talk about what gift you should or shouldn’t get for him / her using the key words on the blackboard and the sentences in Grammar Focus.
Step 6 :
Grammar focus: Review the grammar box. .Ask the students to say the statements and responses.
Step 7 :
Revise the key sentences:
Self Check: Put into English
——我妈妈的生日快到了。我买什么给她呢？
——你为什么不买条围巾呢？
——不，那太个性化了。
——那么给她一本相册怎么样？
——听起来真不错。
Step 8: Homework
1. Finish the exercises in workbook, Section A
2.Revise the points in Section A. Try to remember the key words and sentences.

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