Unit 14 I remember meeting all of you in Grade 7.
教学目标:
1语言目标:掌握本单元重点词汇及复习语言点。
2 技能目标:能谈论过去和未来的生活.
3 情感目标:珍惜初中生活的点滴,培养对高中、未来生活的憧憬。树立远
大人生目标。
教学重点:
词汇: survey, standard, row, keyboard, method, instruction, text, level, degree, manager, gentleman, task, wing, double, shall, overcome, congratulate, caring, senior, thirsty, thankful, separate, ours, ahead
短语: in a row, look back at, make a mess, keep one’s cool, senior high, go by, believe in, first of all, be thirsty for, be thankful to sb., ahead of, along with, be responsible for, set out, separate from
句子: She helped you to worked out the answers yourself no matter how difficulty they were.
How have you changed since you started junior high school?
I’ve become much better at speaking English.
What are you looking forward to?
I’m looking forward to going to senior high school.
教学难点:对过去事件的描述。
课时划分:
Period 1 Section A 1 1a – 2d
Period 2 Section A 2 3a-3c
Period 3 Section A 3 Grammar Focus-4b
Period 4 Section B 1 1a-2e
Period 5 Section B 2 3a-Self Check
Section A 1 (1a – 2d)
I. Warming up
1. Do you have any special memories of junior high school?
2. Which teachers will you miss the most after junior high school?
II. Work on 1a.
Check the things you remember doing at junior high school. Add more to the list. Practice in pairs using the information in 1a.
At junior high school,
I remember:
_____winning a prize
_____being a volunteer
_____doing a school survey
_____a friend helping me with a problem
Learn the new word: survey
III. Listening
1. Work on 1b. Listen and match the memory with the person.
Mary a. did homework carefully to meet the standards of a strict
teacher
Frank b. remembers losing a schoolbag
Sarah c. remembers meeting this group of friends
Peter d. has enjoyed every year of junior high school
First, let Ss understand the meaning of these sentences. Then play the record. Check the answer with the Ss.
Learn the new word: standard
2. Listen again and answer the questions.
1) What did Mary lose in Grade 7?
2) Who helped her find it?
3) What kind of person is Mr. Brown? Is he strict with students?
4) What did Peter do to meet Mr. Brown’s standards?
3. Work on 1c. List some memories and experiences from junior high school. Share your lists with your partner.
Possible answers:
I remember...
scoring two goals in a row during a soccer competition.
winning a basketball competition.
putting a plastic snake into a classmate's desk.
getting a wish card in Christmas Day.
I have...
learned to play the keyboard in music class.
learned to sing many English songs.
learned to play basketball with my friends.
Learn some new words.
4. Work on 2a. Listen to the conversation. Check(√) the facts you hear.
First, let Ss read the sentences. Then play the record and check the answer.
______Someone didn’t like P.E.
______Someone was advised to take a break from running by a teacher.
______Someone had a health problem.
______Someone joined the school band.
______Someone liked Mr. Hunt’s teaching methods.
5. Work on 2b. Listen again. Match each question with the name of the person.
Question Answer ____1.Who wants to study medicine? a.Luke
____2.Who told someone to take a break from running? b.Brian
____3.Who hurt his or her knee? c.Mr. Hunt ____4.Who thinks the That's Life concert is the best memory? d.Lisa
6. Listen again and fill in the blanks.
Lisa remembers they had a great _____ teacher. He gave clear ___________ and he
was ______, too. Luke remembers when That’s life _______ at school. They wrot e a _____ to the band _______ to come.
Junior high has been ______, but it has been a lot of __________.
IV. Practice
1. Work on 2c. Role-play a conversation in your group using the information in 2a and 2b.
A: Do you remember Mr. Hunt?
B: Of course! He is a great teacher. He gave really clear instructions during the P.E.
class.
C: Yeah, he was kind when I hurt my knee. He told me to take a break from
running.
Learn the new word: instruction.
2. Work on 2d. Role-play the conversation.
Let Ss read the text and answer the questions.
1) Which teachers will they miss?
2) What subjects do the teachers teach?
3) Why will they miss them?
4) What will they do to thank them?
V. Language points
1. I remember scoring two goals in a row during a soccer competition.
in a row 连续几次地
e.g. This is the third Sunday in a row that it's rained.
这是接连着的第三个星期天下雨了。
2. … I put in more effort and my exam scores doubled.
double v.加倍; 是……的两倍
adj.两倍的; 加倍的
e.g. They bought a double bed.
他们买了一张双人床。
I think we can double our marks in one year.
我认为我们可以在一年内把成绩翻一番。
3. Shall we get each of them a card and gift to say thank you?
shall modal v.将要; 将会
e.g. Shall we all go to the film tonight?
我们今晚都去看电影吗?
Everything shall be in good order.
一切都应该井然有序。
I shall follow all your instructions.
我一定照您的指示去做。
VI. Homework
1. Recite the conversation in 2d.
2. Finish the exercises in the workbook.
Section A 2 (3a–3b)
I. Revision
学校调查school survey
连续几次地in a row
达标meet the standard
休息take a break
清楚地指示clear instructions
对某人有耐心的be patient with sb
解决work out
指导某人做事guide sb to do
投入更多的努力put in more effort
II. Warming up
What activities can the writer remember about his or her life in junior high?
I remember…
III. Reading
1. Work on 3a. Read the passage and answer the questions.
1) What kind of writing is this?
2) What is the main subject of this writing?
3)Who do you think the writer is?
2. Work on 3b. Read the poem again. Write the words that rhyme with the words below.
things rings year _______ class ________
land ________ school ________ flowers ________
3. Work on 3c. Have you experienced any of the following things? How did you feel? How does the writer feel about them?
1) trying to be on time for morning readings
2) running to the dining hall when the lunch bell rings
3) training for sports day
4) starting the first day in Grade 7
5) slowly making some new friends
6) helping classmates with homework
7) preparing for art festivals
8) going to New Year’s parties
9) learning English
IV. Language points
1. Looking back at these past three years
I remember many things
Trying to be on time for morning readings
Running when the lunch bell rings
look back at 回顾
e.g. Every time I look back at my childhood, I cannot help missing my dear
grandma. 每当回忆童年生活,我总是忍不住想念我亲爱的祖母。
I like to look back at my high-school days, which were among the happiest days
in my life. 我喜欢回顾我的高中生活,那是我一生中最快乐的生活。
on time准时in time 及时
in time和on time都可在句中作状语,但二者意思不同。
选用in time或on time填空。
1) We students should go to school ________.
2) The doctor came _______ and saved the little boy’s life.
Keys: on time in time
2. I remember the excitement
Of the school sports day each year
The many long hours of training
Pride of overcoming fear
excitement n. 兴奋excite v. 激动,兴奋excited adj. 兴奋的exciting adj. 令人兴奋的pride n. 自豪,骄傲proud adj. 自豪,骄傲不同点:
pride为名词,常用搭配为take pride in或be the pride of。
proud为形容词,常用搭配为be proud of。
根据句意选用恰当的选项填空。
1) I’m ________ (pride / proud) to be your friend.
2) He wore his medals with ______ (pride / proud).
3) I’m proud _____ (of / on) my hometown.
4) He loved his daughter and took pride _____ (of / in) her.
5) She is the ________ (pride / proud) of China.
Keys: proud pride of in pride
overcome v. 克服,战胜(overcame, overcome)
e.g. We can and must overcome our shortcomings.
我们能够而且必须克服我们的缺点.
3. I remember starting day one
The shyest in my whole class
Never speaking to anyone
And thinking I would not pass
remember doing sth.意为“记得做过某事”,表示动作已经发生
remember to do sth. 意为“记着去做某事”,表示动作尚未发生
根据句意及括号内所给动词的提示填空。
1) Remember ________ (call) us when you get there.
2) I remember ________ (tell) you about it last week.
Keys: to call telling
4. Then slowly I made some new friends
To remember forever
Helping each other with homework
Getting better together
Preparing for art festivals
And making a great big mess
Having fun at New Year’s parties
Wishing everyone the best
prepare for 为......做准备
make a mess 搞得一团糟
have fun 玩得愉快= have a great time+doing
wish sb the best 给某人最好的祝愿
5. We have learned a different language
That is from a foreign land
English brings many challenges
We work hard to understand
And now it’s time to graduate
We will leave our lovely school
I can’t believe it’s been three years
I’m trying to keep my cool
That is from a foreign land 定语从句
keep one’s cool 沉住气;保持冷静cool用作名词。
e.g. “I must keep my cool,” she thought.“Losing my temper isn’t going to help.”
她想:“我要保持冷静,发脾气是不会起作用的。”
keep one’s cool意思相似的有keep cool。
e.g. Keep cool! 保持冷静!
注意:
keep cool中的cool用作形容词,而keep one’s cool中的cool为名词。
6. But it’s difficult not to cry
I’ll miss the school trees and flowers
And our kind and caring teachers
Wonderful memories of ours
care adj. 体贴人的;关心他人的
V. Homework
Read the poem after class.
Remember the language points.
Section A 3 (Grammar focus-4b)
I. Revision
回顾look back at
弄得一团乱make a mess
沉住气keep one's cool
准时on time
以......为自豪take pride of
记得做了某事remember doing sth
为......做准备prepare for
II. Grammar focus. Read the sentences and understand them. Translate the sentences.
1. 在七年级发生了什么特别的事?
______ _________ in Grade 7 that was special?
我们队赢得了学校篮球赛。
Our team won the ______ __________ _____________.
2. 自你开始读初中以来,你有怎样的变化?
How _____ you ________ since you started junior high school?