1、人教八年级下册 Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains Section B (2a-2e) Hansel and Gretel I. Teaching objectives 1. Knowledge objectives: students will be able to (1) Grasp the wordswife, husband, whole, scene, stone, shine, lead, voice, brave, a fairy tale, find the way out, lead sb. to. (2) Know t
2、he structure and characteristics of the play. 2. Ability objectives: students will be able to (1) Apply proper reading skills while reading: predicting, skimming, scanning, summarizing and critical thinking. (2) Try continuing writing the play by imitating the structure and characteristics. (3) Perf
3、orm the play vividly with proper intonation, stress, facial expressions and body languages according to the roles characters. 3. Emotional objectives: students will be able to Hold a positive attitude towards difficulties. II. Key points 1. Grasp the important words and phrases. 2. Know the structur
4、e and characteristics of the play. 3. Grasp some certain reading skills. III. Difficult points 1. Perform the play vividly. 2. Try continuing writing the play IV. Teaching methods PWP, Situational Approach V. Teaching aids PPT, sticky notes VI. Teaching procedure 1. Warm-up (1) Show the students a p
5、icture of the playSnow White and a video of the playCinderella, which were performed in our school. (2) T: They are adapted from fairy tales. Do you know the fairy tale about Hansel and Gretel? 2. Pre-reading (1) What kind of text is it? A letter, a play(戏剧), a short story or something else? (2) Wha
6、t features do the play have? Scene, dialogue 3. While reading (1) Fast reading Read the first paragraph and try to say what it is mainly about. Background information about this play: when, where, who, what, why, how. Encourage the students to predict what the author tells next. E.g. What was the pl
7、an? Did the children die at last?. (2) Careful reading Match: try to find out the main idea of each scene. Match each description below with the correct scene. Read the text again to get more information. Scene1-3 1). Hansel went outside to get something in the _. 2). The children must go to the for
8、est with their _ to get _. 3). Hansel dropped _ along the way. 4). Why did he do this? Scene 4-7 1) They have no more_ the second time they went out. 2) What did Hansel decide to do this time? 3) They had to keep walking in order to _. 4) They found a house made of stones. (T or F) 5) They wanted to
9、 live in the house. (T or F) Thinking: H&G got lost the second time.Why? If you are Hansel, do you have any other good ideas to find your way home? After reading, its time to challenge your memory. Finish the task with your book closed. Number the events in the order they happened. VII. Post-reading
10、 1. The two poor children were forced to save themselves because of their stepmothers decision. So try to tell this mothers personality. And then analyze the other characters personalities. Wife: rude, fierce, bad-tempered. Hansel: brave, confident, clever. 2. Role-play: their personalities are so c
11、lear for us. Since this is a play, the most interesting and exciting part is acting it out and enjoying the performance. Before and after the performance, call students attention to the characters mood, tone, intonation, facial expressions and body languages. And then vote for the best performance. 3. The children walked to a wonderful house at last. Whose house is it? Discuss: What kind of person do you think she is? What will happen next? Fly your imagination. VIII. Homework 1. Add an ending to the story. (At least 60 words). 2. Practice acting the whole play. 3. Finish your workbook.(P62).
