新目標八年級上Unit1第一課時教案

t: very good. look, this is the weekend. saturday and sunday are the weekends. what do you do on weekends? now to learn more about the things you do, please find out more with your partners about the activities.for example:  writing letters    playing tennis       going shopping      playing computer gamesmodels:

a: what do you do on weekends? b: i often play football. b: what do you do on weekends? a: i sometimes go shopping.

1a. making a list open your book at page 1. let’s look at 1a. each thought bubble shows something a person does on weekends. now please look at the picture carefully and describe it. name each activity: t: good. please look at the picture again and list all the activities. if you finish it first, write the answer on the board.now let’s check the answers on the blackboard together.

keys: 1. go skateboarding 2. watching tv 3. reading 4. exercising 5. shopping

1b listening and writing look at the pictures again and tell what the person does on weekends.good. next, please listen to the conversation. the people are talking about what they do on weekends. first listen to the tape carefully and find how often they do on weekends. next listen again and write the letter of one activity after the word in the list. for example, on the recording someone says, “i always go shopping.” shopping is letter a in the picture in activity 1a.so you put an a after the word always in this list. then listen to the tape the third time and check the answers.finally you are to read the tapescript, underlining all the expressions and circle all the wh –questions.

answers: always: a usually: c often: e sometimes: d hardly ever: d never: a

1c doing pairworkafter talking about the picture, we get to understand the activities. now in pairs ask your partner about the people in the picture.what do they do on weekends?or2a listening and numbering now let’s go to page 2. listen to the tape and number the activities you hear.this is an interview about what a boy named cheng usually does. listen to the recording and number the activities in the order they talk about them in the interview. the first thing they talk about is watching tv, so you put a number in front of watching tv. you must pay more attention to the activities.now you read the list.listen to the tape the first time. you only listen. listen to the tape a second time. this time you should write a number in front of each activity. let’ check the answers.