人教版八年级英语上册第二单元教学设计

Unit 2 .What’s the matter

长安中学吴娟

Section A 
Teaching objectives:
Knowledge aim: New words: Head, nose, eye, ear, mouth, tooth, neck, stomach, back, leg, arm, hand, foot; Tired, hungry, thirsty, stressed out; A cold, headache, backache, toothache, stomachache, sore throat, dentist
Ability aims: Get the students to listen the tapes and the questions; to help the students to make conversations using what we have learnt;
      Train their reading skills: to learn to read the words and the sentences in this lesson; to enable the students to write the new words and sentences.
Emotional aim: Learning to express one’s opinion, through these training, to help the students to appreciate the habit of greeting in the English countries.
Teaching focus: Help the students to learn the new words: Head, nose, eye, ear, mouth, tooth, and so on; learn to give advice and make suggestions. Talk about health.
Teaching difficulties: How to give advices and make suggestions.

Teaching aids: the multi-media; the blackboard; the cards

Teaching procedure:
Step 1 Greeting
Step2. Lead-in
“Today we’re going to talk about the matters. Let’s learn Unit 2 What’s the matter?”
At the same time, I will write the topic on the blackboard.
Step 3 New words
(Now let’s look at the picture. This is a body. We’re going to learn the part 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.
(3). Ask the students to look at the pictures of the students numbered 1 through Several body parts are marked with the letters a –m. Write the correct letter after the name of each body part on the list.
(4). Play a Game
      Get the students to play the game in four groups. The students should point out what I said, or they will be failed. The winner can get a red star.
      If your group get the most stars, your will be the winner.
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, and so on .
(3).Ask the students to ask and answer the people in the picture using the sentences: What’s the matter? I have a ……
Step5.Groupwork
(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.
(4). One student mimes an illness. The other students ask the illness and give advice like this:
S: holds his head. The other students ask him: What’s the matter?
S: I have a headache.
Ss: You should go to see a doctor.
(5). Get the students to read the conversation in 3a and fill in the blanks. Then read the passage in groups or in pairs. Then ask the class to make a similar conversation and role play it in front of the class.
Step 6.Conclution
Ask some students to list what’s we have learnt in this class, then I will give the final conclution.
Step7. Homework
1. Practice the conversation from 3a , then make a dialogue with your partner .
2. And preview the next part.

Blackboard design:
Unit 2 .What’s the matter?
　　①A: What’s the matter?
　　B: I have a cold/ a stomachache/ backache…
　　A: You should see a doctor./ have a rest/ take some medicine…
　　② A: What’s the matter?
　　B: She/He has a cold/ sore throat /stomachache…
　　A: She/He should see a doctor/ have a rest/ take some medicine…