八年级上册Unit 1 How often do you exercise?教学设计

Ⅰyis of teaching material

topic of this unit is about free time actmties。Suchtopicisrelated to students’daily life. So it is helpful toraise learning interest of students. If students can learn this unit well，it will be helpful to make students learn the the rest of this book.

2 hing Aims and Demands

(1) Knowledge Obj ect

In this unit students learn to talk about how often they do things.

(2)Ability Objects

To improve students’ability of listening，speaking，reading and writing.

(3)Moral Objects

To help students form a good eating habit.

To do exercise every day and keep fit.

　3 hing Key Point

To master the key vocabularyand the target language presented in this unit.

　4 hing Difficult Point

To train students how to use the key vocabulary and the target language by reading and writing.

5 ying Ways

Teach students how to use context.

Teach students how to do a survey.

Ⅱuage Function

Talk about how often you do things.

Ⅲet Language

What do you usually do on weekends?

I sometimes go to the beach..

How often do you eat vegetables?

Every day.

Most of the students do homework every day.

Ⅳcture

Wh-questions

What do…?

How often…?

Adverbs of frequency

All/most/some/none

V bulary

always，usually，often，sometimeshardly，ever，never, exercising，shopping，skateboarding once，twice，three times a week，month, every day, milk，junk，food, drink

Ⅵcling

reading，watching TV，go to the movies, fruit，vegetables

Ⅶning strategies

Using context.

Transforming information.

Ⅷhing times

Six periods

Period One

Teaching Aims:

1. Learn to talk about how often do you do things

2. To learn the words of the adverbs of frequency.

Teaching Difficulties:

s: exercise, skateboard, hardly, ever, shop, once, twice, time, surf, internet, program.

ses:how often, on weekends, go to the movies, exercise, go skateboarding, always , usually , often , never , hardly ever , sometimes .

ence patterns: What does she /he do on weekends ? She often goes to the movies often do you shop ? Once a week / Twice a week ??? .

Teaching Aids: Tape recorder;Multi-Media.

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1 ：Greeting.

1. Teacher: Summer vacation is over. I think you had a wonderful vacation, am I right? Did you enjoy your summer vacation? Could you please tell us what you did in your summer vacation?

2. Encourage students to share their holidays with the whole class.

Step 2 ：Leading – in

Teacher: Oh, you had a happy and colorful vacation. Today we will talk about more activities on weekends. First, let’s think about what we can do on weekends. (Ask some questions and let students think it over).

Teacher: I often sing on weekends, what do you usually do on weekends?

S1: I often take piano lessons.

Teacher: What does she usually do on weekends? (Ask another student)

S2: She often takes piano lessons.

Teacher: What about you? (Ask S2)

S2: I often play basketball

Teacher: What does he usually do on weekends? (Ask another student)

S3: He often plays basketball.

(Ask more students in the same way)

Step 3：1a Look at the screen. Make a list of the different weekend activities.

First let students list different activities, then

Teacher: Now work in pairs, ask and answer

---What does he/she do on weekends?

--- She goes shopping. / She reads books. / He exercises. / He watches TV. / She goes skateboarding.

Step 4：1b Listen and write the letters from the picture above on the lines below.

Get students to focus on the six adverbs in activity 1b and help students to understand:

Always-100% usually- 90% often-80% sometimes-50% hardly ever-10% never-0%

Step 5：Lead-in:

Teacher: I always read English books on weekends.

I usually exercise on weekends.

I often go to visit my grandparents.

I sometimes go shopping on weekends.

I hardly ever play computer games on weekends.

I never play cards on weekends.

What does your English teacher do on weekends?

(Help students to say)

Students: Our English teacher always reads English books on weekends. She usually exercises on weekends…..

Teacher: I exercise every day. I go shopping once a week. I watch TV twice a week. I go dancing three times a month…

How often does your English teacher exercise/ go shopping / watch TV / go dancing?

Students: Our English teacher exercises every day….

Step 6： Listening (2a and 2b)

Teacher: My friend Cheng is talking about something about his different activities, let’s listen and number the activities you hear.

Teacher: Listen again. How often does Cheng do the activities above?

(Help students to finish 2a and 2b)

Step 7： a survey:

Activities How often

Take a shower

Wash your hair

Exercise

Clean your room

Ask and answer: How often do you take a shower?

How often does he / she take a shower?

Let Ss ask and answer in pairs, using always, usually, often, sometimes, hardly ever or never.

Step 8:Homework

1. Do exercises on pages 1-2 of the workbook to practice the language presented in this unit.

2. Remember what we learn today.

3. Write a passage about what you often do on weekends and how often you do different activities.