八年级英语上册 unit2教案

Unit2 :What's the matter?

SectionA

Language goal:

In this unit students learn to give advice and make suggestions.

New language:

1. The parts of the body

2. I have a headache/stomachache/toothache/sore back/sore throat.

3. You should go to bed/drink some water.

Teaching procedure:

Step1.Learn the new words about the parts of the body.

1. Ask the students :How many parts of the body can you name? Help the students to answer by pointing to the head,the hand,the leg and the foot.Then write the words on the blackboard and read them loudly.

2. Point and say the names of any body parts students don't know and write the words on the blackboard .Teach them to read the words.

Step2.Groupwork

1. Get the students to read the words in pairs.

2. Practice the words like this:

S1:(point to his head)What's this?

S2:It's your head. Where's your hand?

S3:It's here.

Step3. 1a

1. Ask the students to look at the pictures of the students numbered 1 through 5.Several body parts are marked with the letters a -m.Write the correct leter after the name of each body part on the list.

2. Get the students to discuss and complete by themselves.

Step4. Learn the illness

1. Give the students an example:

Hold the head and say:I have a headache.

Then hold the stomach and say:I have a stomachache.

Get the students to repeat and explain the meanings of the words and sentences.

2. Point to one of the people in the picture and ask:What's the matter? Then answer: He has a stomachache.Get the students repeat.Then ask the other people and learn the illness such as:have a cold/fever, have a stomachache/toothache, have a sore back/sore throat,ect.

3. Ask the students to ask and answer the people in the picture using the sentences:What's the matter? I have a ......

Step5. 1b

1. Get the class to look and read the names in 1b quickly.

2. Listen to tape twice and find the correct answers.

3. Listen to the tape again . Then ask them to role jplay the conversations in pairs like this:

Sa:What's the matter,Nancy?

Sb: I Have a headache.

Step6. 2a

1. Get the class to read the eight items in groups and try to understand the phrases.

2. Give them an example:

I have a fever.I Should drink lots of water.

He has a sore throat. He should drink some hot tea with honey.

3. Ask the class to discuss and fill in blanks in 2b.Then get them to read the sentences in groups.

Step7. 2c

1. Ask the students to read the conversation in 2c and role play the conversations in 2b.

2. Groupwork

One student mime an illness. The other students ask the illness and give advice like this:

Sa holds his head. The other students ask him: What's the matter?

Sa: I have a headache.

Ss: You should go to see a doctor.

Step8 3a

1. Get the students to read the conversation in 3a and fill in the blanks.Then read the passage in groups or in pairs.

2.Ask the class to make a similar conversation and role play it in front of the class.