外研社版八年级下册模块8教学设计

Module8 Time off

★学习目标

单词— celebrate, labour, season, vacation, while, Labour Day, as soon as

句型—While we’re staying with them, we’re going to spend a few days in Qingdao.

Let’s enjoy ourselves until we go back to school.

学习重点

1.掌握学会单词、短语和重点句子。

2.通过公众假期的学习，了解一些西方国家的节日。

学习难点

掌握while和until的用法，初步理解什么叫时间状语从句。

时间状语从句是指___________________________________________

★课前演练

一、你能根据首字母提示和句意猜出空缺的单词吗？试一试，你最棒！

1. At the b_______ of the year, she went to Dalian.

2. It doesn’t m_______ if I miss the bus .I can walk.

3. How do we Chinese c_____ the Mid-Autumn Day?

4. The summer v_______ is from July to September，and lasts for nearly two months.

5. I was doing my homework w______ my parents were watching TV last night.

课文点拨

1. We only have one day off.

我们只有一天的休息日。

day off 意思是“休息日，休假日”，作名词用。

2. Do you have anything special?

你们有什么特别的活动吗？

We go camping or we have a picnic somewhere nice…

我们或去露营又或去一个好地方野餐或~

anything special和somewhere nice中，分别用来修饰anything 和somewhere 的形容词special和nice都被放在后面。形容词一般应放在它所修饰的名词之前，但当形容词修饰由some, any, every, no等构成的复合不定代词（如something, everything, nobody, anywhere等）时须后置。

【活学活用】选词填空

1. Tell me ______________ (something interesting, interesting something).

2. Do you have _____________ (something new, anything new) to tell us?

3. So let’s enjoy ourselvesuntil we go back to school.

让我们在返校前痛痛快快地玩儿吧。

enjoy ourselves（oneself）意思是“享受~，做自己喜欢的事，玩得开心”

【活学活用】选词填空

Children usually enjoy _________ (oneself, himself, themselves) on Children’s Day.

“Just enjoy __________ (youself, yourself, yourselves), kids.” Miss Lee said to us.

Tony and Betty, did you enjoy ________ (themselves, yourself, yourselves) in China?

4. We’ll stay there until5th May.我们会在那儿一直呆到5月5日。

（1）until作介词，意为“直到……时；到……为止”。用于否定句时，常与not 连用，表示“在……之前；直到……才”。如:

We don’t go to school until eight.

直到8点我们才去上学。

We didn’t leave until the rain stopped.

直到雨停了我们才离开。

（2）until作连词，（相当于till）意为“直到……时；到……为止，指某一动作或状态一直持续到until后面的词语所表示的动作为止，此时主句的谓语动词是延续性动词。如：

You should wait until he comes.

你应该等到他来。

【活学活用】选词填空

1. I’m so tired. I didn’t finish my homework ______ (till, until) midnight last night.

2. I won’t give up my dream ______ (till, until) I succeed in it.

5. while 与when

两者都是连词，意为“当……的时候”，其区别如下：

（1）当从句中谓语动词是瞬间动词（即点动词）时，只能用when，不能用while。e.g.:

Don’t forget to write to me when you get there. 到了那儿，别忘了给我写信。

（2）当从句中谓语动词是延续性动词时，用while和when 均可。强调某一段时间内主句和从句中谓语动词所表示的动作在同一时间发生多用while. 如:

You can make some notes while/when you watch English TV programmes. 当收看英语电视节目时节，你可以做一些笔记。

I was taking notes while the teacher was speaking. 老师讲课时我在做笔记。

【活学活用】选词填空

I was sleeping ______ (while, when) someone suddenly knocked on the door.

My father was reading a magazine ______ (while, when) my mother was watching TV.

【词汇拓展】

学案导学

Step1 Lead-in引入示标：

1. Look at the photo.Do you know what holiday it is?

Step2 Listening and vocabulary

1. Listen to the tape. Check the answer of the question. (Activity 1)

2.Listen and answer the questions. (Activity2)

3. Listen to the tape and choose the best answer. (Activity3)

1). Lingling will leave Qingdao on ______ May.

A.1stB.3rdC.5th

2). The Americans celebrate Labour Day _____May Day in china.

A. on the same day as

B. earlier than

C. later than

3). American children go back to school________.

A. on 1st September

B. on the first Monday of September

C. the day after Labour Day

4). Lingling thinks that after May Day in China, ______

A. it’s the start of the summer holiday

B. everyone enjoys themselves

C. the weather gets better

Step3. Self-reflection and discussion

Read after the tape, underline any words you doubt.

Try to understand the words and expressions with the help of the notes and the teachers.

Discuss your problems with your group members.

Step 4 Pronunciation and speaking

1. Listen to the tape, and then follow it. Pay attention to the ways of writing and saying the date.

2. Practice more about it in both speaking and writing.

Step 5Work in pairs.

Talk about “Month, Date, Chinese holidays”

Step 6 summary

What did we learn today?

★Teaching/ Learning reflection

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