教材分析

本课是冀教版Book 4的第二课，是一节阅读课。本课通过Wang Mei写给Jenny的一封信，介绍了春天的特征和人们的活动，要求学生学会并运用新的词汇，谈论春天及春天的活动。

学情分析

到八年级下半年，学生对英语语言的学习已经有了一定的基础，词汇量、阅读能力、写作能力都处于上升阶段，如何让学生在难度逐渐增加、词汇量逐渐增大的情况下，保持并提高英语学习的兴趣，是八年级英语教学的关键。

教学目标

语言知识与能力目标

1. 学习词汇：neither，nor, boot, jasmine, blossom, sunshine, Tai Chi, swing；学习短语：neither …nor, winter jasmine, play on the swing, a field trip, 。

2. 锻炼阅读能力。

情感态度与价值观

通过本课学习，让学生体会到春天来了，大地复苏，我们应该以更饱满的热情去迎接新的一年。

教学重点

1.      培养学生的阅读理解能力

2.      掌握并运用本课谈论春天和春天计划的知识。

教学难点

1.  Neither …nor 的用法。

2.  课文的理解。

教学手段

多媒体

教学过程

师生活动

设计意图

Step1 Greetings

Greetings.

师生互相问候可以增进师生情谊，有助于活跃课堂气氛，体现师生的平等对话

Pre-reading

Warming up and pre-reading

T: Class. It’s getting warmer. Spring has arrived in Tangshan. It seems that everything is awake. I feel energetic. ( to a student) T:

Is spring your favourite season? Which season is your favourite? What do you know about spring? What can you say about…?

(give the students some information to help )

Action chain. Ask the students to ask and answer in pairs.

引起学生的兴趣，激发他们的学习热情。

While-reading

1.Skimming

Ask the students to read the passage as fast as they can to find out the the main idea of the passage.

2. Scanning

1)Ask the students to read the passage again to do Exercise 1. Write T or F. Let the students underline the sentences on the book.

2) Read the lesson again and do Exercise2. Tick the sentences mentioned. The students still need to underline the sentences on the book.

3. Word guessing

Ask the students to try to guess the meanings of the new words. And explain how they get the answer.

4. Read aloud. Let the students read along the tape. Try to imitate the pronunciation and intonation.

5. Reciting

In Paragraph 3, Wang Mei gives spring a good description, so the students are wanted to recite this paragraph.

训练学生找准文章的中心思想

训练学生查读得阅读能力

提高阅读能力，猜词技巧的训练也是必要的

大声朗读，模仿标准的语音语调

好段好句的背诵，是学生语言知识积累的必要途径。

Post-reading

My plan for spring

What will you do? What’s your plan? What would you most like to do?

Let the students work in groups and discuss their ideas. Each group chooses one to report their ideas.

锻炼学生说的能力，同时检查对本课所学知识的运用。

Homework

1.      Finish Exercise 3.

2.      Write your spring plan in your exercise book（30-40 words） and hand it in tomorrow.

3.      Recite new words and expressions in this lesson. There will be a dictation tomorrow.

Exercise 3重点检查对本课出现的几个动词的使用，留作课下作业以加强巩固；小篇作文的练习既不会太难又可以把今天的学习上升到写作的训练；背诵生词扩大词汇量。

教学反思