Birdwatchers教案

unit 5 birdwatchers
第一部分  简要提示
一、年级：八年级
二、教学内容: 8a unit 5 birdwatchers
三、课型: study skills
四、教学目标
1．知识目标
 辩认并牢记本课时的缩略词与符号。
2．能力目标
通过学习缩略词和符号，培养学生快速记录信息的能力。
五、教学重难点
   如何正确运用缩略词和符号来快速记录信息。

　
第二部分  教学流程
part one part a
step 1 presentation
t: for these days’ study about zhalong, most of us are interested in birds and wetlands. and there is so much information about them. but how to take notes quickly? today we will learn two good ways. first let’s watch some photos about another beautiful nature reserve.
(show the photos to ss)
t:  do you like this nature reserve? it is called wolong nature reserve. it’s for protecting “giant pandas. if you are interested in this place and giant pandas, you can get more information from this website. it’s www.wwfchina.org
t: but there is so much information. how can we take notes quickly?
s1: short forms and symbols.
t:  yes. they are the good ways to help us take notes faster. but what are short forms and symbols?
t:  let’s look at his website. we can find short forms and a symbol from it. (见ppt)
t:  good. we can find more symbols and short forms in our daily life.
    (show ss pictures and ask them to recognize the short forms and symbols.
step 2 finishing part a
t:  here are more short forms. do you know them? let’s open the book on p88 and finish a.
t:   have you finished? let’s check the answers.
t:   good. let’ read them and remember them.
part two part b
step 1 presentation
t: besides short forms, we can also use another way to take notes quickly. do you remember?
ss: symbols.
t: right. but do you understand the symbols? let’s look at more pictures and find these symbols.
(show ss the pictures and ask them to recognize the symbols.)
step 2 finishing part b
t: now we have known many symbols. please open the book on p88 to help sandy to write down correct symbols.
t:  time is up. have you finished? let’s check the answers.
part three practice 
step 1 finishing c on p88
t: today we learned so many short forms and symbols. let’s do some exercise to check whether you know them. first, please finish c on p88. rewrite the sentences with correct symbols and short forms.
(ask one student to write the answer on the blackboard.)
t:  it’s not difficult, isn’t it? here are more sentences to rewrite. please.
ss: students rewrite the sentences.
t:  let’s check the answers.
t:  good job! the last task i will give you is taking notes about wolong nature reserve. please listen to my description and write the information correctly with correct short forms and symbols.
(description:  giant pandas are lovely animals. giant pandas are about 45 kilograms when they grow up. they love bamboo leaves best. but now, more and more giant pandas are in danger. there are more 1500 giant pandas in the world. therefore chinese government built wolong nature reserve in 1963 for pandas, where living 40% the wild pandas. and there are more 4500 people working for wolong and giant pandas. they do many things. for example, counting the number of pandas, looking after litter pandas and the rest. with their help, giant pandas can live happily in wolong.
小结
通过今天的学习，我们学会了通过运用缩略词和符号的方法来提高记录材料的方法。希望同学们在今后的生活中多多运用它们

part4  homework
第三部分  说明
本课时是unit 5 的 study skills。其主要目的在于帮助学生掌握运用正确的缩略词和符号快速记录材料的方法。教师可以通过日常生活中学生熟悉的缩略词和符号引出其它的缩略词和符号。引导学生掌握并正确使用它们。
 学习技巧课的教学可根据各单元具体内容进行设计，关键是教会学生掌握学习的方法和技巧，并引导学生在今后的英语学习中加以运用提高英语学习能力。