ocean英语人教版八年级下册A Country Music Song

能掌握下列单词和短语，

forever;

used to; fight over; ever since; record; southern; sing live.

(2)

巩固语法现在完成时

,

理解其在文中的意思和应用。

2.

思维品质

:

了解中西方音乐中重要支流—乡村音乐的背景知识。

3.

学习能力：

学会找准一般情况下段落中 心句的位置，

并根据中心词、

句来总结

段落大意，并在段落框架下对文章内容进行复述。

4.

文化品格

:

（

1

）懂得珍惜生活中平凡而美好的事物的重要性；（

2

）知道只有

为此做准备、付出的梦想才叫真正的梦想 ，也只有这样的梦想才可能成为现实。

四、教学过程

Step 1 Warming-up:

Watching the short video

—‘Country road, take me home’.

T: What did you see in the video? How did you feel while watching it?

设计意图：

通过

的这首经典乡 村音乐歌曲的美妙音乐和美好的乡村

画面引入话题，先让学生感知乡村音乐的魅力，同时 引入话题。

Step 2 Guessing: Title & picture

T: Guess! What is the passage about? Who is it about? Is the song important to the

girl? Do you really believe only a song can change on

e’s life?

Does the song have

any magic? What’s the magic

？

Let’s read and find out the magic.

Tip 1: Title and picture can give us some important information.

设计意图：

通过标题和图片来预测文章内容，

并抛出这首歌能永远改变一个人生

活的魔力是什么这个问题，激发学生积极阅读寻找魔 力来帮助自己。

Step 3: Fast reading --Skimming & matching

T: Read the passage quickly and find the main idea of each paragraph.

Para 1

About Sarah

’

s dream

Para 2

About Sarah

’

s change

Para 3

About country music

T: How did you finish it so quick and correct? Where did you find it?

Tip 2: main ideas are usually the first sentence or the last sentence.

设计意图：

快速浏览文章，

找出文章的段落 大意。

通过追问让学生自主发现段落

大意一般的位置位于段首或 者段尾。

Step 4. Careful reading.

1. Read Para 1 and underline the main idea. Use the main idea to answer the

questions.

①

.What was Sarah like before?

②

.Where is she from?

③

.What does she like now?

④

.How did country music change her life?

Summary: Sarah, a girl from _____, who used to _________ everything with her

family, likes _________________ very much. It _______ her life _______.

设计意图：

带着 问题进行阅读，

可以培养学生的阅读能力。

教师补充了一个问题 ，

是为了帮助学生更好的理解乡村音乐是如何改变了

Sarah

的。读完之后，通过总

结段落大意的方式帮助学生理清文章的思 路，并为后期自我总结做出示范。

2. Read Para 2 and underline the main idea, then finish the T/F exercises.

①

. Country music is a traditional music from northern states of America.

②

.

Tennessee is the home of country music.

③

Country music is about modern life in the US.

T: According to

③

, country music isn

’

t about modern life, so what

’

s country

music about?

T: Read para.2 again and put these words in different columns.

Songs these

days

Country

music