《英语》（七年级下册）
Unit 2 Neighbours
Reading (I)
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. know something about the community centre;
2. introduce the activities of the community centre in English; 3. learn to help each other in your neighbourhood.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phrases: helpful, volunteer, community, skill, problem, something, engineer,
check, broken, someone, fix, anyone, college, lucky, help sb with sth,
do some shopping
2. New structures: They help us with all kinds of problems. There’s something wrong with my computer. I’m going to ask a computer engineer to check it. Some college students are ready to help.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
1. Get the general and specific information from the conversation. 2. Sum up how to introduce one’s neighbours. 3. Introduce students’ own neighbours.
IV. Teaching procedures Step 1 Lead-in
T: Look at the picture. It’s about the community. May I ask you some questions about your neighbours?
Do you have good neighbours? What are your neighbours?
What do your neighbours usually do to help each other?
【设计意图：通过学生比较熟悉和感兴趣的话题导入新课，为接下来的教学做好铺垫。】
Step 2 Pre-reading
1. A video about my neighbours
T: I live in Wanke Community. Please watch a video about it and then tell me: What do you think of my neighbours?
T: Yes, I agree with you. They are kind and helpful. They have different skills, and they usually help people with different problems. 2. Introduce some neighbours
T: Now I’ll introduce some of my neighbours to you.
This is Mr Wang. He is an engineer. He can check the computer.
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This is Mr Yang. If your bike is broken, he can fix it for you.
They are college students. They often help the old people do some shopping.
They are volunteers. They have different skills. They help us with different problems.
I’m lucky to live in a neighbourhood like that. Do you think so? 3. Complete the sentences
(1) This volunteer often does some ______________ for the old man. (2) The ____________student is helping the boy with his homework. (3) The man is _____________ the girl’s _______________. (4) The _____________ is checking the _____________.
【设计意图：通过有关社区的视频，引出对社区中不同人物的介绍，使学生在语境中认识并运用新单词，同时进入主要的教学任务：以课文为模板，初步了解社区志愿者所做的事情。】
Step 3 While-reading 1. Watch and answer
T: Simon is talking with Amy about his neighbours. Please watch a short video and answer the following question:
What happens when Simon has problems? (He can get help from the community centre.) 2. Scan for the specific information
T: Listen to the conversation again and try to find some specific information about Simon’s neighbours. You can circle the useful words while looking for answers. (1) Who can give people help? (2) When do they meet? (3) Where do they meet? (4) What do they do there?
【设计意图：通过展示思维导图，鼓励学生去寻找文章的细节信息, 训练学生的听力与扫读能力。】 3. Summary
T: Retell what good things the volunteers do according to the pictures.
【设计意图：通过图表帮助学生回顾文章结构，为之后的语言输出做好结构上的准备，同时锻炼了学生的总结能力。】 4. Detailed reading
(1) Read and do the True and False.
T: Amy is writing something about Simon’s neighbours. Write a T if the sentence is true or an F if it is false.
(2) Read and fill in the blanks.
【设计意图：通过完成不同教学任务，训练学生的阅读方法和速度，在熟悉课文的同时，也为之后的文本输入奠定基础。】 5. Group work: Act it out!
T: Work in groups of four. Suppose one of you is Simon and the others are volunteers at Simon’s community centre. Talk about volunteers’ skills and what they can do to help neighbours. You can use the conversation on the screen as a model.
【设计意图：利用关键句型，复述课文重要内容，为接下来的对话做好语言素材上的准备，同时，小组合作的形式有利于学生相互帮助和学习。】
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Step 4 Post-reading 1. Make up a dialogue
T: Do the people in your community have any problems? If you have problems, what will you do? Work in groups and talk about your problems and the way to deal with them.
【设计意图：通过讨论自己在社区碰到的问题，鼓励学生将所学知识运用到真实语境中。】 2. Conclusion
T: Neighbours are important to us. We should always help each other.
【设计意图：从书本学习延伸到学生的生活，对他们的生活态度进行一定的引领。】
V. Homework
1. Read the conversation aloud.
2. List the good things that Simon’s neighbours do.
《英语》（七年级下册）
Unit 2 Neighbours
Reading (Ⅱ)
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. use the key words and expressions to express their own ideas; 2. retell Good neighbours by making up dialogues;
3. have the awareness of helping each other in the neighborhoods.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phrases: helpful, volunteer, community, skill, problem, something, engineer,
check, broken, someone, fix, anyone, college, lucky, help sb with sth,
do some shopping
2. New structures: They help us with all kinds of problems. There’s something wrong with my computer. I’m going to ask a computer engineer to check it. Some college students are ready to help.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty 1. Retell Good neighbours by making up dialogues. 2. Sum up the uses of the words and phrases. 3. Express the ideas of helping neighbours.
IV. Teaching procedures Step 1 Revision
1. Simon’s neighbours
T: Do you still remember Simon’s neighbours? (1) Where do the volunteers often meet? (2) What do they share with each other?
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(3) What’s Simon’s problem? (4) What’s he going to do? 2. Complete the sentences 3. Finish the paragraph
T: Finish the paragraph with the expressions given.
【设计意图：从简单的回答问题，到看图完成句子、短文填空，通过不同的练习帮助学生复习课文内容，使学生迅速进入本课教学，也为接下来的教学做好铺垫。】
Step 2 Language focus
T: To make our neighbourhood a better place to live, we need to learn how to be a good neighbour. We should give a helping hand to those who need help. Now, some of my neighbours are in trouble. Would you like to help them with me? 1. help sb (to) do sth/help sb with sth (1) Introduce the first neighbour.
T: Kitty isn’t good at her studies. She wants someone to help her with her homework. She’s quite lucky. Some college students come and help her ___________ her homework.
We can use another phrase to express the same meaning: Some college students come and help her to do her homework.
(2) Complete sentences using “help sb (to) do sth/help sb with sth”. (3) Make sentences using “help sb (to) do sth/help sb with sth”.
What can different people do for others? Please answer the question like this: A doctor can help me to keep healthy.
【设计意图：通过设置情景，引导学生归纳出help的两个结构，然后利用不同难度的练习帮助学生巩固词组的用法，使他们轻松掌握所学结构。】 2. There’s something wrong with …. (1) Introduce the second neighbour.
T: There’s something wrong with Tom’s fridge. Can you help him? When someone asks: What’s wrong with …?
We can answer: There’s something wrong with …./Something is wrong with …. /… is broken.
(2) Complete the conversation according to the picture.
(3) Work in pairs and choose a picture to make up a dialogue.
【设计意图：通过情景设置，导出所学结构。先让学生进行一问一答的简单活动，接着进行对话操练，让他们在实际的情景中运用所学语言。】 3. do some shopping
(1) Introduce the third neighbour.
T: Mr Li is too old to do some shopping by himself. Linda and Lucy often come to help him. What do they do for the old man? Look at the picture, and tell me the answers by using do some + V-ing.
(2) Use do some v-ing to talk about my family members.
【设计意图：通过情景设置，导出所学的结构。从简单句子的表达到语篇表达，逐步加大难度，让各种层次的学生能灵活运用所学结构。】 4. ask sb to do …/ ask sb not to do … (1) Introduce the fourth neighbour.
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