八年级英语下册 Unit 1 Past and Present Study skills教案 （新版）牛津版.doc

Unit 1 Past and present Study skills I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. understand the differences between facts and opinions; 2. grasp the ways to state opinions; 3. use facts to support our opinions. II. Teaching contents New phrases: be/get used to, on my own III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty 1. Learn to how to state opinions. 2. Learn to use facts to support opinions. IV. Teaching procedures Step 1 Lead-in Free talk T: Look at the picture. What’s the weather like? Yes, it’s snowing. That’s a fact. What do you think of the snowy day? You think it’s a nice day, but I feel very cold. So that’s your opinion. T: “It’s snowing” is a fact. “It’s a nice day” is an opinion. Today we are going to learn “Facts and opinions”. 【设计意图：通过谈论天气和感受，简明扼要地引出本课的主题。】 Step 2 Presentation 1. Changes in Starlight Town T: Look at the picture about Starlight Town and answer the following questions. (1) What has changed in Starlight Town? environment/transport/living condition (2) What do you think of Starlight Town? T: The answers to Question 1 are all facts about the changes in Starlight Town. Your feelings about Starlight Town are opinions. 2. Group discussion (1) What is a fact? (2) What is an opinion? T: Facts are true statements. They include names, dates, events and numbers. Opinions tell what we believe, feel or think. They may not true. 3. Facts or opinions? T: Look at the sentences on the screen and decide whether it is a fact or an opinion. T: Sentences that show opinions we often use verbs like feel, believe and think or have adjectives like good, bad and terrible. T: Finish Part A. Read the sentences below. Write an F for a fact or an O for an opinion. 【设计意图：通过回顾星光镇的变化，引导学生理解什么是事实，什么是观点。接着通过小组讨论，明确事实和观点的定义并举例说明。让学生能准确区分事实和观点，并了解表达观点的常用方式。】 Step 3 Presentation 1. Work out the rule (I) Talk about my hometown. Encourage students to give facts and state opinions by asking the followi