1、1 Analysis of teaching material : The topic is about hometown. And such a topic is so related to our daily life that its easy to arouse studentslearning interests. Analysis of the students : Students in Grade 8 have learned English for some years. And they can communicate with others in English, usi
2、ng the simple words and expressions. Teaching objectives: By the end of the class, Students can master the important words and expressions, such as hometown, search for and so on. Students can make predictions by using what they have already known, the title and the pictures in the passage. Students
3、 can express their hometown feelings and arouse the students love to their hometowns. Teaching key points and difficult points Students can guess what a text is about by using the previous knowledge Students can have their written and oral production of language relating to this topic. Teaching meth
4、ods Task-based language teaching approach, situational teaching approach Learning methods 2 Cooperation and self studying Teaching procedures: Pre-reading activities Step 1 Play a short video The road to hometown Then show a map about a group of people who are leaving their hometowns to big cities a
5、nd ask students: Q:Why do millions of Chinese leave their hometowns? Step2 Prediction: Ask students to guess what the passage mainly talks about according to their previous knowledge and the title. While- reading activities Step 1 Read and match Read the article quickly and match each paragraph with
6、 its main idea. Part 1: Many Chinese leave hometowns to search for work, such as Zhong Wei Part 2: Their hometowns have changed Part 3: Some things never change, like _?_ Step 2 Read and answer Show a picture of ZhongWei and ask students to read para1 carefully and find ZhongWeis experience Step 3 R
7、ead and fill in the blanks Read Para 2&3 carefully and fill in the blanks. 3 Great Changes of Their Hometown Buildings Teachers Students Zhong Wei thinks such _ are good. Because things need to change in order to become _. Step 4 Read and answer Read Para 4 and answer two questions 1 _ has become a
8、symbol of Zhong Weis hometown. 2 Most of the children liked to _ under that big tree. Post- readingActivities Step 1 Read and make a summary Step 2 Read and have a discussion Ask students to think of changes that are happening in our city. Are these changes good or bad? Show students some pictures a
9、bout bronze sculptures and recall studentsmemories about this city. Step 3Appreciate poetry Step 4 Read and Write Show a group of pictures of my middle school and the present a small passage about my school feelings. Try to encourage students to write something about their own memories and feelings. 4 Homework: 1 Try to recite some beautiful sentences about Hometown Feelings. 2 Search the Internet and know more about your hometown. Blackboard design: have changedWill never change feelings Hometown Zhong Wei
