初中英语牛津译林版八年级下册Reading教学演示ppt课件

《英语》（八年级下册）

Unit 3 Online tours

Reading (I)

I. Teaching aims and learning objectives

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. use different reading skills;

2. describe some famous places in New York;

3. grasp the main idea of the article.

II. Teaching contents

1. New words and phrases: guide, icon, click, Asia, Africa, Europe, America, world-famous,

                    trade, southern, international, gather, huge, darkness, island, lawn,

                    several, relax, hard, musical, bottom, pick, play, website, so much for sth, at the top/bottom of the page, since the early twentieth century

2. New structures: Wall Street, the world-famous trade centre, is here at the southern end of Manhattan Island.

              Further on is Times Square. Every year, thousands of people gather here on New Year’s Eve.

It’s exciting to see the huge glass ball falling through the darkness!

              With several lakes, hills and a large green lawn, it’s a good place to relax after a hard day’s work.

              It has been famous for its theatres since the early twentieth century.

III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty

1. Use skimming or scanning to get the main idea or specific information.

2. Find out the indicating words while scanning.

3. Know the structure of the article.

IV. Teaching procedures

Step 1 Lead-in

T: As we can see, there are many different places of interest in the world. Would you like to visit these interesting places? Do you think it is possible for us to travel around them within several hours? 

【设计意图：利用视频提高学生的学习热情，导入新课。】

Step 2 Pre-reading

1. Brainstorming

(1) What do you think of these places of interest?

(2) Have you ever travelled abroad?

2. Around the World in Eight Hours

T: Perhaps you have no enough time or money. Today, let’s visit some interesting places with the help of the website’s guide. In this article Around the World in Eight Hours, you will know how to visit different places in only eight hours.

【设计意图：通过头脑风暴，让学生说出对景点的感受，通过与学生的自由交谈，了解他们的旅游经历。告诉学生本课可带他们在短短几小时内环游世界，激发他们的求知欲】

Step 3 While-reading

1. Task 1: Fast-reading

T: When doing fast reading, you are not required to get every detail in the passage. You should scan and skim for the information needed.

  (1) Skimming and Scanning

Skim: Read the passage quickly in order to find the main point.

快速阅读找出文章的中心思想或主要意思。

T: Skim the passage and find out the main idea.

Scan: Read the passage and find out the particular information.

快速阅读找到某一具体信息。

T: Scan the passage and answer a question: How can you start the online tour?

【设计意图：介绍两种快速阅读技巧，结合一个段落让学生真正掌握技巧。】

(2) More information

T: Read the passage as fast as you can and answer two questions:

What’s the name of the website?

Which city will you visit?

T: Sometimes, we can get information from the title, the pictures and the first sentence of each paragraph.

【设计意图：通过快速阅读，培养学生利用标题、插图、首句等来获得信息的意识。】

(3) Main idea of each part

T: Read the passage again. Then work in groups and talk about the main idea of each part.

【设计意图：通过快速阅读和小组讨论了解文张的结构，增强学生的篇章意识。】

2. Task 2: Careful reading

(1) Part 1

T: Let’s read part one and think over two questions. You can circle some useful words while looking for answers.

  What is Robin?

  What can you see at the top of the page?

T: We can see the “Tour” icon at the top of the page, and if we click on the icon, we can visit Asia, Africa, Europe, America and more.

(2) Part 2

T: Read the second part of the passage and find out how many places of interest in New York are mentioned and what they are. You can circle some useful words while looking for answers.

T: Let’s learn more about the four places.

Paragraph 3: Read Paragraph 3 and fill in the blanks.

Paragraph 4: Would you like to visit Times Square? What can we do on New Year’s Eve? Listen to Paragraph 4 and tell “T” or “F”.

Paragraph 5: Read Paragraph 5 and then describe Central Park from four aspects.

Paragraph 6: Listen to Paragraph 6 and choose the right answer.

    T: Complete Exercise B2: Fill in the blanks about New York.

  (3) Part 3

T: So much for New York. Do you want to start your new tour? Read the last part and find out the way.

【设计意图: 通过精读课文的每一个部分，鼓励学生寻找文章的细节信息，深层次地了解相关内容。】

Step 4 Post-reading

1. Make an interview

T: We have learnt a lot about the website “Around the World in Eight Hours”. Imagine one of your friends wants to learn something about the website and New York. Work in pairs and make an interview. You can use the conversation on the screen as a model.

2. Make a flow chart

    T: How are the ideas organized in this passage? Look at the flow chart.

  3. Describe the three famous places in New York 

【设计意图：通过采访、完成流程图和复述等不同形式的活动，帮助学生更深一步的理解课文。】

V. Homework

1. Read the article after class.

2. Search for more information about New York.