初中英语Study skills图文课件ppt

《英语》（八年级下册）

Unit 5 Good manners

Study skills

I. Teaching aims and learning objectives

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

1. know about English sayings;

2. use English sayings in proper situations.

II. Teaching contents

1. New words and phrases: successful, sometime, risk, pain, practice, candle, soon after

2. New structures: The early bird catches the worm.

It never rains but it pours.    

Many hands make light work.

Every dog has its day.

Put all your eggs in one basket.

The grass is always greener on the other side.

Actions speak louder than words.

No pain, no gain.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Practice makes perfect.

You cannot burn the candle at both ends.

III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty

Learn to use English sayings in proper situations.

IV. Teaching procedures

Step 1 Lead-in

1. Free talk

T: Daniel interviewed Jenny about manners in the UK. What did Jenny say in the end?

S: When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

  T: It also shows that we should learn to use English sayings as the British do.

2. What is a saying?

T: A saying is a short wise statement that usually gives advice or expresses some truth about life.

【设计意图：通过回忆Reading 部分的内容，以英国文化为背景，导出话题。】

Step 2 Presentation

1. Put all your eggs in one basket

  It never rains but it pours

T: Let’s enjoy a short story, The donkey carrying salt.

【设计意图：将经典诵读与习语讲解相结合，让学生在诵读经典的时候品味习语的用法。】

T: Here we have two red sentences. Can you guess their meanings?

Put all your eggs in one basket: risk losing everything all at one time.

It never rains but it pours: when one bad thing happens to you, other bad things happen soon after.

T: Can you say something about the pictures?

【设计意图：讲与练相结合，设计地道的对话使习语的讲解与练习更生动。】

2. Every dog has its day

The grass is always greener on the other side

T: Let’s enjoy a story about a dog who carried meat.

T: Pay attention to the red sentences.

Every dog has its day: everybody will be lucky or successful sometime in their life.

The grass is always greener on the other side: what other people have always seems better than your own.

T: Please look at the picture and add some sayings.

3. The early bird catches the worm

  Many hands make light work

T: The name of the third story is The farmer and his sons.

The early bird catches the worm: you have to do something before others in order to be successful.

Many hands make light work: if lots of people share the work, it will make a job easier to complete.

T: Can you complete the sentences with the proper sayings?

【设计意图：选择有趣的寓言故事，让学生在欣赏文学作品时自然了解习语的用法，同时通过例句让学生清楚的知道怎样在语境中使用正确的习语。】

T: Let’ see what we have learnt.

4. More English sayings

Step 3 Practice

1. Choose the right sayings

2. Complete the sentences with the correct sayings

3. Use proverbs to make the article more interesting

4. Extended reading: guess the meanings of the sayings

【设计意图：通过多种形式的练习，灵活操练了本节课所学的习语，考察学生综合运用语言的能力，还拓展了他们的阅读能力。】

Step 4 Summary

T: Sayings are a great help if you need some wise words to express your ideas. They make what you say or write simple and vivid (生动的). So find more sayings for yourself because the early bird catches the worm.

V. Homework

1. Remember all the sayings learnt today.

2. Search for more sayings on the Internet.