牛津译林版英语-八上U4 Welcome to the unit 教案.docVIP

《英语》（八年级上册） Unit 4 Do it yourself Comic strip and welcome to the unit I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. understand the conversation between Hobo and Eddie; 2. know the names of some common tools for DIY; 3. talk about DIY in simple English; 4. understand the spirit of DIY. II. Teaching contents 1. New words and phrases: instruction, had better, tool, brush, glue, rope, scissors, tape, DIY, exactly, stand for, repair, decorate, instead of, rose, clear instructions, had better, no problem, stand for, instead of, pay someone to do it 2. New structures: You’d better get some tools. What’s DIY exactly, Suzy? It stands for “do-it-yourself”. III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty Talk about DIY in English fluently. IV. Teaching procedures A Comic strip Step 1 Lead-in 1. Look at a picture about DIY. Help the students to get information about DIY from the picture as much as possible. T: What can you see in the picture? What does DIY stand for? (Teach the new phrase “stand for”) What does the whole picture look like? Can you describe the whole picture in a sentence? 2. Introduce the origin of DIY in simple English with the help of pictures. T: The concept of DIY started from the 1960s in the West. It is said that Barry Bucknell, was the first person who defined the concept of DIY. He was a British TV presenter and craftsman, D stands for “do”, I stands for “it”, Y stands for “yourself”. When people do DIY, they make, repair or decorate things with their own hands instead of paying someone to do it. They repair an electric fan, make biscuits, make a table, make a table, decorate the house, repair a car, etc. all by themselves. At first, some Europeans did DIY in order to save money. But then they found DIY brought them joy, made them feel relaxed, and they got a sense of success, and what’s more, they learned a skill. Therefore DIY is popular