外研八年级上Module8 Unit 2 The London Eye is on your right教案

Module 8 Around town
Unit 2 The London Eye is on your right
1. Lesson information
This is a reading and writing lesson .The reading material of this unit is about giving directions . It helps Ss give directions correctly ,and grasp these sentences telling positions . After reading, Ss can get to know some names of famous places in London .
2. Teaching Methods
Bottom-up approach
3. Teaching Aims
To get information from the reading material about some famous places in London
To learn some new vocabulary
4. Key sentences
Key vocabulary --- tour, painting ,clear , boat , off, tower
Key structures ---- Take the boat back ….
Get off the boat at …..
5. Teaching tools
tape recorder ,tape , multimedia
6. Teaching steps
A. Warming-up /Lead-in (Additional)
Revision : Do some words game, such as right --- left , on the right of ------ on the left of , get off --- get on , at the beginning of ------ at the end of , on your right hand ---- on your left hand , under --- above , etc.
Lead –in : Ask Ss to look at the map and familiarize themselves with the places . And tell them to draw the route given in the passage on their map .
According to the map of activity 1,show the new words of the unit : square , the National Gallery , Buckingham Palace , the Houses of Parliament , the London Eye , the Tower of London , Big Ben , Tower Bridge .
Ask the Ss to write the names next to the buildings individually . Check with a partner . Call back the answers from the whole class . and add them to the OHP map .
The answers are : 1. a 2. d 3. e 4. c 5 . b
Learning to learn : Read through the box with the whole class .
Discuss the contents with the students .
B. Reading (Activities 1~4 )
Step 1. ( Activity 1 )
Aims : To help the Ss understand the words of direction ；To know the famous buildings in London ; Help Ss improve their ability of understanding text .
Ask Ss to scan the text , after reading ,they have to draw the direction by themselves on the map . Then work in pairs or groups and check their answers by each other . Finally , T ask several Ss some questions .
Step 2. (Activity )
Aims : To check the Ss if they can understand the detail information of the text ; Then work in pairs ; Finally ,T check s the answers .
Step 3. ( Activity 3 )
This step is aim to revises the words the Ss have learnt in the text , so T can do it , if necessary .
C. writing ( Activities 5 and 6 )
Step 1. ( Activity 5 )
Aims : To improve Ss’ ability of writing --- giving directions .
Ask the Ss do what the text asks by themselves .
Step 2. ( Activity 6 )
Aims : To help the Ss improve their ability of giving directions with spoken English .
Work in two , and share their passage written by themselves , and to make sure where is the ending according the passage ; Or read aloud their own passage to his or her partner , and ask him or her to tell where the ending is .
T asks two of them to read aloud their passage , others guess where the ending is .
D. Homework
Write directions to their house or home . Exchange their compositions the next morning . And find out where he or she lives if they are interested in it .
7. Writing on the blackboard
Useful expressions for asking the way and giving directions :
Excuse me , I’m looking for the post office .
What is the best way to the station ?
Is it fat from the church to the station ?
How far is it from the church to the station ?
Where is the nearest bus stop ?
It takes about 10 minutes by bus .
It’s a 10-minute walk .
The church is within waling distance .
Culture box : The Tower of London
The Tower of London is one of the capital city’s most important and interesting buildings . The central part --- the White Tower (so called because of the color of the stone from which it is made ) was built by William the Conqueror in the 11th century . It was the strongest fortress in England :a 35-metre-tall tower , with walls 5 meters thick in places , a ditch and a new wall around it , then the old Roman walls and the river . It served as his power center and a prison .

In 1240 Henry III made it his home , add new buildings , including the Lion Tower where the Royal Zoo was housed until 1834 .

Several kings of England died there . In 1485 Henry VII moved there with his bodyguards- the Yeoman of the Guard , who still guard the Tower in the same uniforms .