Students can understand the following words and language chunks.

1语言目标：掌握本单元词汇，听懂、掌握谈论读书的语言材料。

2 技能目标：能听懂语言材料，掌握听的技巧；能就阅读方法提建议，掌握阅读策略；能读懂介绍名著的文章。

3 情感目标：通过开展角色表演等活动，培养学生阅读兴趣。通过本单元的阅读，培养学生的文学鉴赏能力，陶冶思想情操。

教学重点

(1) Phrases: hear of, be like ,go out ,full of, finish doing sth., be about, grow up,put down, hurry up, arrive on this island, make a boat, bring back, give up, wait for, cut down, build a house, kill…for food ,the marks of another man’s feet, who else, see sb. doing sth., run towards, help sb. do sth., name sb.…,teach sb. sth., be interested in ,can’t wait to do sth., used to, fight over, return home ,on the radio, make sb. do sth., think about, come to realize ,ever since, the home of, such as, belong to, be kind to sb., trust one another, remind sb. that…,have been to, do research on ,hope to do sth. introduce …to

(2) Sentences:

Have you ever read Little Women yet?

What’s it like?

Oliver Twist is about a boy who goes out to sea and finds an island full of treasures.

Steve, have you decided yet which book to write about for English class?

Although I have lost everything, I have not lost my life.

How long have they been here?

So I will not give up and I will wait for another ship.

Not long after that, I saw some cannibals trying to kill two men from a broken ship.

One of them died, but the other ran towards my house.

I named him Friday because that was the day I met him.

Every time she is in the library, Sally looks at the many books she hasn’t read yet and can’t wait to read them.

When Sarah was a teenager, she fought over almost everything with her family.

Ever since then, she has been a fan of American country music.

It reminds us that the best thing in life is free….

Sarah hasn’t been to Nashville yet, but it is her dream to go there one day.

He’s sold more than 120 million records.

Have you introduced the singer to others?

(3)语法：现在完成时

教学难点：现在完成时与一般过去时的区别.

课时划分

Section A1 1a – 2d

Section A2 3a-3c

Section A 3 Grammar Focus 4a-4c

Section B 4 1a-1d

Section B 5 2a-2e

Section B 6 3a-Self check

 

A.使学生学习并掌握现在完成时的用法，学习“already, yet”在现在完成时中的用法。

B.核心句型预览：

 —Have you read Treasure Island yet?

—Yes, I have. / No, I haven’t..

②Ability Aims：Introduce yourself with  The Present Perfect Tense。

③Moral Aims：激发学生对国内外文学著作的热爱。

Teaching Key Points：

学习用“Have you …yet? I’ve already…”等谈论过去的经历。

Teaching Difficult Points：初步理解already, yet在现在完成时中的用法。

  Enjoy an English song <<someone like you>>

1a Look at the picture. Have you read these books? Check (√) the ones you know.

___ Alice in Wonderland    ___ Little Woman

___ Treasure Island        ___ Olive Twist

___ Robinson Crusoe      ___ Tom Sawyer

2 Present and practice the following conversation in the same way.

A: Have you read Alice in Wonderland?

B:Yes, I have./No, I….

Ask the students to look at the chart

 1b Listen and complete the chart.

3 Check up the answers like this:

Nick  hasn’t read Treasure Island, but Judy has……

Present the conversation by the listening passage

  A: Have you read Little Women yet?

B: No, I haven’t. Have you?

A: Yes, I have already read it.

B: What’s it like?

A: It’s fantastic.

Let students work in pairs.

 1 Look at the books and names

 2 Play the tape for the Ss to listen and circle the names

 3 Read the sentences in 2b.

 4 Listen again and write T or F

 5 Read the listening passage and talk about like this:

  A: Has T ina read Treasure Island?

  B: Yes ,she has. She thinks it’s fantastic.

  A: What’s it about?

  B : It’s about….

1Show the Ss a picture of Amy and Steve

2,Ask the Ss to read the conversation and answer the questions

(1) Are Steve and Amy talking about books or movies?

(2) Has Steve decided which book to write about for English class?

(3) What does Steve think of Little Women?

3 Play the tape for the Ss to listen and imitate.

4 The Ss read the dialogue loudly

5 Prepare for Role-play in groups.

Learn the new words and expressions by heart.

板书设计：

A: Have you read Little Women yet?     

B: No, I haven’t. Have you?

A: Yes, I have already read it.         

B: What’s it like?

A: It’s fantastic.

 

①知识目标：A.掌握?用动词的过去分词的拼写形式。

B.核心句型预览：

②能力目标：体会现在完成时在阅读文章《鲁滨逊漂流记》中的应用以及对阅读文章的理解分析。

③情感目标：通过对《鲁宾逊漂流记》节选部分的学习，引导学生在生活和学习中要不抛弃不放弃。

重点：1. 熟练掌握 already, yet 在现在完成时中的用法。

   2. 掌握常用动词的过去分词形式。

难点：使用阅读技巧对阅读文章进行理解与分析。

  Enjoy an English song <<someone like you>>

     1,Introduce the movie：Robinson Crusoe

 2 Read the passage and answer the following questions.(3a)

      What does Robinson Crusoe wait for?

      Why does Robinson Crusoe call the man Friday?

 Step 3   While reading

  1)Read Para.1 to answer the four questions

  1 Has Robinson foud  the ship and made a small boat?

  2 What things has he brought back?

  3 Does he give up? What does he wait for?

  4 What does he kill for food?What does he even learn to grow?

  2) Read Para.2 to answer the four questions

   1 What did he find on the sand a few weeks ago?

   2 What did he see not long after that? What did he do to help the man?

   3 Why did Robinson name the man Friday?

4 What has Robinson taught Friday?

3) Read the passage again. Find words that have these meanings.(3b)

1. You can use these to shoot things: _____

2. Something you use to travel in the sea: _____

3. A piece of land in the middle of the sea: ______

4. You can use these to cut things: ______

5. Signs left behind by someone or something: ______

4) Retell 3a according to the answers.

5)Students read the whole passage and find out the difficult points.

arrive on this island, make a boat, bring back, give up, wait for, cut down, build a house, kill…for food, the marks of another man’s feet, who else, see sb. doing sth., run towards, help sb. do sth., name sb. …, teach sb. sth.

 Correct the sentences.

1. Robinson Crusoe arrived on the island with enough food and drink.

2. Friday made a small boat.

3. Robinson had some food and tools when he first arrived on the island.

4. Robinson used the ship to build a house.

5. Friday saw some marks of another man’s feet on the beach.

6. Robinson tried to kill the two men.

1. Learn the new words and expressions by heart.

2. Retell the story of Robinson Crusoe.

 

A.复习现在完成时的句型及标志词。

B.核心句型预览：

1. —Have you read Little Women yet?   —Yes, I have./No, I haven’t.

2. —Has Tina read Treasure Island yet?  —Yes, she has. She thinks it’s fantastic.

3. —Have you decided which book to write about yet?

—Yes, I have. I’ve already finished reading it. It was really good.

②能力目标：能把现在完成时运用到具体问题中。

重点：1. 熟练掌握 already, yet 在现在完成时中的用法。

   2. 掌握常用动词的过去分词形式。

难点：能具体分析。

Step 1 Warm up     

Read the following sentences we have seen.

Have you read Little Women yet?

Yes, I have./ No, I haven't.

Has Tina read Treasure Island yet?

Yes, she has. She thinks it’s fantastic.

Have you decided which book to write about yet?

Yes, I have. I’ve already finished reading it. It was really good.

构成：助动词have / has+ 动词的过去分词，规则动词的过去分词构成与过去式相同，不规则动词的过去分词则需逐个记忆。

规则变化：

1. 一般加ed。如：pick → picked → picked; wish → wished → wished; stay → stayed → stayed

2. 以不发音的e结尾的动词后面加d。如：like → liked → liked; phone → phoned → phoned

3. 以“辅音字母 + y”结尾的动词，变y为i，再加-ed。如：study → studied → studied;

4. 以辅元辅结尾的，双写再加-ed。如：

stop→ stopped → stopped; clap → clapped → clapped

不规则变化：

5. 以不变应万变。如：let → let → let; put → put → put; read → read → read

6. 若中间有双写e，则去掉一个e，单词末尾再加t。如：feel → felt → felt; keep → kept →kept; sleep → slept → slept

7. 结尾的字母d变t。如：lend → lent → lent; build → built → built; send → sent → sent

8. 变为以-ought或-aught结尾。如：buy → bought → bought; bring → brought → brought; catch →caught → caught; teach → taught → taught

句式：

1. 肯定句：主语 + have / has + 过去分词 (+ 其它)

2. 否定句：主语 + have / has + not + 过去分词(+ 其它)

3. 一般疑问句：have/ has + 主语 + 过去分词(+ 其它)

用法：1. 表示过去发生或已经完成的某一动作对现在造成的影响或结果。

e.g. –Have you had your lunch yet?

    –Yes, I have. I’ve just had it. (现在我不饿了。)

时间状语：already, yet, just, ever, never, before

2. 表示动作或状态从过去某一时刻开始，一直延续到现在，而且可能还要继续下去。

  e.g. I haven’t seen her these days.

     I’ve known Bob for three years.

     I’ve been at this school for over two years.

already和yet都可以作为现在完成时的标志词，但它们的用法不同。

◆already一般用于肯定句中。◆yet一般用于疑问句和否定句中。

活学活用：

drink ______ ______ see ____ ____find ______ _____   

leave _______ ______ tell ____ ____

—Why is Mr. Yang still in the teachers’ office?

 —Maybe he ________ his work yet.

A. doesn’t finish B. hasn’t finished C. haven’t finished

1. Finish 4a and check the answers.

Keys: 

I have just drunk some tea.      

Have you found it?      

He has already left.

did he leave        

She has already seen the film       

haven’t told them yet

2. Finish 4b and check the answers.

Keys: loves, has read, will be, finished, will write, hasn’t read

3. Finish 4c and check the answers.

Make conversations and complete the chart. (Follow the conversation on page 60)

(     )【2013广西贵港】—Do you know the movie Lost in Thailand?

—Yes. I ______ it twice. It’s funny.

A. saw   B. see    C. have seen   D. will see

(      )【2013黑龙江牡丹江】 —Lunch?

                             —No, thanks. I__________.

A. will eat   B. am eating  C. have eaten

(      )【2013 湖北黄冈】—Where is Tom? We can’t find him anywhere.

— Perhaps he _____ home.

A. has come  B. is going    C. went  D. was going

Keys: CCA

Recite the sentences in grammar focus.

板书设计：—Have you read Little Women yet?   —Yes, I have./No, I haven’t.

 —Has Tina read Treasure Island yet?  —Yes, she has. She thinks it’s fantastic.

—Have you decided which book to write about yet?

—Yes, I have. I’ve already finished reading it. It was really good.

Section B (1a-1d)

Students can master the following vacabulories and sentences:

(1) pop, rock, band.

(2) --What kind of music do you like?

  ---I like pop music/rock music/country music/light music…

  ---Why do you like…?

  ---How does it make you feel?

  ---It makes me feel…

  ---Who is your favorite singer or musician?

  ---…

Students can talk about some information of some songs, singers and bands.

Moral Aims

Stimulate students to know more about music and love music.

1. Learn and master the new words and sentences.

2. Students can talk about some information of some songs, singers and bands.

Can talk about some information about songs, singers and bands with target language.

Multimedia-assisted teaching and learning method, and task-based language method.

Play some fragments of different kinds of music:

<Because of you> <Everyday> <Take Me Home,Country Road> <  River Flows In You>

1.  Presentation

T: What kinds of music are they?

(They are pop music/rock music/country music/light music…)

How does each song make you feel?

Who is your favorite singer or musician?

Why do you like his or her music?

(Ask one student for example.)

2.  Pairwork.

Ask and answer like above. You can answer like this：

I like/love_______because it’s_________________________

Because it sounds___________________________________

I feel _________when I listen to it.

1.  Before listening.

Look at the picture in 1b and talk about:

How many people are there in the picture?

What are they doing now?

Are they a band?

2.  Listening.

(1) Work on 1b.

Listen to a conversation between Alex and Dave. Write A for Alex or D for Dave next to each opinion.

(2) Work on 1c.

Listen again and take notes.

Listen again and check your answer.

3. After listening.

Complete the passage according to the chart of 1c.

Alex is listening to music. Dave thinks the song sounds really good. Alex tells him that the ________is called“The Toms”. Dave hasn’t ______of them. Alex says they are a new band but they’ve already_____two CDs. Dave thinks they must be really___________. They are from California, in the United States. There are five people in the band and they’re all__________boys. They are playing pop music, but it sounds more like_________. Alex likes their music because it’s loud and__________of energy. He feels_________when he listens to it.

1. Ask your friends and parents what kind of music they listen to and why. How does the music make them feel?

Make a conversation like this:

A：What kind of music do you listen to?

B: I listen to pop music.

A: Why do you listen to it?

B: I like it.

A: How does the music make them feel?

B: It makes me relaxed.

3.  Write a passage according to the chart in 1d. You may begin like this:

My friend Li Hua likes pop music. Because it is popular. It makes him feel relaxed. My friend Wang Jian likes…

1.  Master the new words.

2.  Search more information about music, especially country music.

3.  Preview next lesson.

 

 

Section B (2a-2e)

Students can master the following vacabulories and sentences:

(1)country music, forever, abroad, actually, ever since, fan, southern, modern, success, belong, one another, laughter, beauty, million, record, introduce.

(2) ①Sarah hasn’t been to Nashville yet, but it is her dream to go there one day.

② She has already read a lot about the place and done some research on it.

(1) To learn how a country music song changed Sarah’s life.

(2) Can summarize the main ideas of the text by making notes or underlining the topic sentences.

Stimulate students to know more about music and love music.

1. Learn and master the new words and sentences.

2. To learn how a country music song changed Sarah’s life.

3. Can summarize the main ideas of the text by making notes or underlining the topic sentences.

Can summarize the main ideas of the text by making notes or underlining the topic sentences.

Multimedia-assisted teaching and learning method, and task-based language method.

1.  Listen to a song The Dance—by Garth Brooks.

2.  Have a dictation of the words.

Discuss the questions with a partner.

1. Do you have a favorite singer or band?

2. Do you have a favorite song?

3. What facts do you know about your favorite singer, band or song?

(1) What can you know from the title and the picture?

(2) Read the passage quickly and finish the sheet:

Country Music Fact Sheet

Where it is from: ___________________

What kind of music it is: _____________

A famous country music place in Nashville: _______________

A famous country music singer: ____________

The number of records he has sold: _____________

 Read the passage again and underline the main ideas. Then use the underlined text to write short answers to the questions below.

①Who is Sarah?   

②Where is she from?  

③What does she like?

①What is country music?   

②What is country music about?

①What is Sarah’s dream?   

②Who is Garth Brooks?

2d Use the notes you made in 2c to write a short summary of the passage. Write no more than 100 words.

e.g.   

Sarah is an American girl. She likes country music. She is a fan of country music. Country music is a traditional music from the southern states of America. Many songs are about modern life in the US, such as the importance of money and success. Sarah’s dream is to go to Nashville because Garth Brooks is there. She likes to listen to his songs. Garth is one of the most successful musicians in American history.

2e Tell something about country music you remember. List questions about what other facts you would like to know about country music.

补充：乡村音乐(Country music)， 

又称“乡村与西部音乐” (Country and Western)，是当代音乐的一种风格形式。其根源可追溯至上世纪20年代，起源于美国南部与阿

帕拉契山区，人们公认田纳西州纳什维尔地区是乡村音乐的故乡，并建有专门的乡村音乐博物馆。此音乐风格于70年代在世界各地得以快速普及，受到广大青年的欢迎，并由“乡村音乐”逐步取代了“乡村与西部音乐”的称法。

乡村音乐的曲调，一般都很流畅、动听，曲式结构也比较简单，多为歌谣体、二部曲式或三部曲式。

美国著名的乡村歌手包括约翰· 丹佛(John Denver)、肯尼· 罗杰斯(Kenny Rogers)、加思· 布鲁克斯(Garth Brooks)等

1. Remember the new words and expressions by heart.

2. Write an article about your favorite singer.

 

(3a—Self check)

Words and expressions in unit 8.

1. Be able to master the Present perfect tense with already and yet, and talk about one’s recent events and experiences with it.

2. Know more about English literature and music.  

Stimulate students to know more about literature and music and their   enthusiasm to literature and music.

1. Master words and expressions in unit 8.

2. Be able to master the Present perfect tense with already and yet, and talk about one’s recent events and experiences with it.

Be able to master the Present perfect tense with already and yet, and talk about one’s recent events and experiences with it.

Task-based teaching method.

1. Have a dictation.

2. Fill in the blanks according to the article.

used to, hear, call, with, from, abroad, change, not see, hope, success

Sarah ______ fight over almost everything ____ her parents. Later she _____ a song when she studied ______. The song _______ her life forever. The song is ____ a country music singer _____ Garth Brooks, the _____________ musician in American history. Sarah _________ the singer yet, but she has listened to many of his songs. She _____ to see him one day.

  (Key: used to, with, heard, abroad, changed, from, called, most successful, hasn’t seen, hopes)

1. 3a Read the questions about a singer or writer. Make a list about the singer or writer. Think of the following:

(1) Who is the singer/writer?

(2) When did the singer/writer first become famous?

(3) How and why did he/she first become famous?

(4) What famous songs/books has he/she recorded/written? When?

(5) How many CDs/books has he/she sold?

(6) How did you find out about him/her?

(7) Is he/she still popular today?

(8) Have you introduced this singer/writer to others?

(9) How do you feel about his/her music/ books?

(10) Have you ever played/sung his/her songs yourself?

2. 3b 

(1)Write an article about the singer or writer. Here are some words and phrases you can use.

the first line in the song/book       

the book/song was written/recorded by

enjoyed success in      

successful song/CD/book

I listen to this song/read this book when …

The song/book makes me feel …

(2)写作指导：怎样写人物评价。

①引用人物的一部作品，提出问题。

②作品来源并引出要评价的对象。

③有影响力的作品是什么。

④作品的影响。

⑤感受或受启发是什么。

⑥检查语法和词数。

(3) One possible version:

    “The string broken, no matter how even …” is the first line of the song called “Broken String”. It was recorded by Jay. I enjoyed success in listening to it. It is a successful song. I listened to it when I was sad. It made me feel happy. My favorite singer is Jay. I like his songs very much.

1. Fill in the blanks with the correct words in the box.

down,  of,  about,  back,  up

⑴ What do you think _____ this dress? Do you think it looks on me?

⑵ The little boy was so hungry that he didn’t put his spoon _____ at all. He

just kept on eating.

⑶ She grew ____ in a small town, although she lives in a big city now.

⑷For homework, our teacher told us to write _____ our summer vacation.

⑸At the end of the day, the bus brought us _____ to our school.

  Keys: of, down, up, about, back

2. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in brackets.

⑴ I _____ (join) the book club last month and I ______ (read) five books

already.

⑵ I only _____ (start) taking French classes last week and I _____ (learn) 50 French words already.

⑶ Tony ____ (buy) a pop music CD yesterday but he _____ (listen) to

it yet.

⑷ They ___________ (listen) to many songs by The Beatles, but they cannot ____ (sing) any of them.

⑸ She ____ (see) the newspaper on the table this morning, but she _________ (have) anytime to read it yet.

Keys: joined, have read, started, have learned, bought, hasn’t listened, have listened, sing, saw, hasn’t had

3. Make a list of the things you have done and the ones you haven’t done yet this week. Then ask two other students.

4. Make a conversation.

A: Have you done your homework?

B: Yes, I have. What haven’t you done? No, I haven’t. What have you done?

A:I haven’t ….\I have ….

  B: Ah, you should hurry up.\You’ve done well. Come on.

Fill in the blanks.

1. His name is on the book, so it b______ to him.

2. M_____ of people go abroad every year.

3. What ____ (别的) would you like?

4. Hainan Island is in the  ________ (south) part of China.

5. He works hard. His s______ is due.

Keys: belongs, millions, else, southern, success

Write an article about your favorite band, use the useful phrases and sentences above.