爱华网Tom and Jerry公开课是本工作室成员黄秀兰老师在学校上的一堂示范课。本单元为深圳牛津版8B的第二单元，以cartoons为话题，公开课要上的内容是Tom and Jerry的阅读文章，是关于Tom and Jerry的历史。以下是本次公开课的教案，供大家参考：
Chapter Two Tom and Jerry
Period Two
Teaching aims and demands:
1.Language knowledge
a.Some words and expressions that areconnected to Tom and Jerry Tales
b.New words and expressions
c.The usage of adjectives
2.Abilities focus:
a. Fast-reading for main idea of thereading passage.
b. Get some ideas of how cartoons makepeople laugh or think
c. Describing the characteristics ofTom and Jerry with adjectives.
3. Communicationfunction:
a. Cultivate the students’ abilities toco-operate with each other in the group work and to express theirown opinions.
b. Discuss how to draw vivid cartoonpictures
Main and difficult points:
1.Ss should be able to memorize the keywords and expressions. And learn to make up some sentences usingthe key phrases.
2.Ss are expected to recite theimportant paragraphs of the reading passage.
3.Ss are expected to master the usageof adjectives,
4.Ss are expected to improve theirreading, listening and speaking abilities.
Teaching aids: PPT
Teaching procedures:
Step One: Warmingup
1. Show the students some cartoonpictures and ask them what cartoons they are from. The last twopictures are Tom and Jerry.
2. Get the students to say somethingabout the makers of Tom and Jerry Tales.
3. Get the students to say somethingabout MGM---one of the largest and best film making companies inHollywood.
Step Two:Presentation
1. Show a short video of Tom and Jerryto the class. After watching it, ask the students to come to theblackboard and write down adjectives to describe thecharacteristics of Tom or Jerry. Each student can only write oneword since more students should have the chance.
Step Three: PassageComprehension
1.Students skim the first and lastparagraphs of Tom and Jerry and answer the following twoquestions: 1) The passage is about the history of the Tom and Jerrycartoons.; 2) Are Tom and Jerry good friends? Why or why not?
2.Students listen to para1---3 and tellT or F about the following statements. They should find sentencesin the passage to support their answers.
1) Tom and Jerry cartoons were createdonly a short time ago.
2)Hanna and Barberamade the cat very clever.
3)The first Tom andJerry cartoon was very successful.
4)Most Tom and Jerrycartoons are very long.
3. Students listen to para4---5 andtell T or F about the following statements. They should findsentences in the passage to support their answers.
5)There are a largenumber of dialogues between Tom and Jerry.
6)Tom never succeededin catching Jerry.
7)The cartoons havewon a number of awards.
8)We can still seeTom and Jerry cartoons on TV today.
4.Students listen topara1---3 once again and answer the following questions.
1)When did WilliamHanna and Joseph Barbera work for MGM?
2)In what way didthey make the cartoons funny?
3)When was the firstTom and Jerry cartoon shown in cinemas?
4)Why did their bosstell Hanna and Barbera to make more Tom and Jerry cartoons?
T: Students listen to para4---5 onceagain and answer the following questions.
5) Why is it easy to understand Tom andJerry Cartoons?
6) How many Tom and Jerry cartoons weremade by Hanna and Barbera in total?
7) What does Jerry do when Tom is introuble with his owners?
5. Students listen to the wholepassage. They should pay attention to the difficult pronunciations.After listening, they are to read the passage in chorus.
Step Four: Language pointslearning
1.Students find English for thefollowing Chinese.
1) 充满… be full of
2)为…工作work for
3)在20世纪三十年代晚期in thelate 1930s/1930’s
4)告诉某人(不要)做某事tell sb(not) to do sth
5)想起 think of
6)使…陷入麻烦中get…intotrouble
7)一个巨大的成功 a greatsuccess
8)大量 a large/greatnumber of…
9)理解这些卡通很容易.It’s easyto understand the cartoons.
10)与…之间有麻烦 be introuble with…
2. Students make twosentences with each of the following phrases. The first sentencecan be related to the passage.
1 be full of; 2 tell sb (not) to dosth; 3 get…into trouble; 4 be in trouble with…
Step Five:consolidation
1.Show the short video to the studentsonce again. After watching it, two groups of students will act itout.
2.Divide the students into five groups.They will have a group discussion. The topics are: Which version doyou like best? Why? Would you choose to be Tom or Jerry? Why? Youcan use the sentence patterns: I think the version on the screen isthe best because…; I would like to be Jerry because…
3.Get each group leader to presenttheir opinions.
Step Six: Homework
1.Read the passage after the tape forfive times and get parents’ signature
2.Do the Ex on P18---19
Postscript:
The students are really eager to showtheir good points before all the teachers who come to the class.They have been well-prepared before the period. They surfed theInternet to watch Tom and Jerry Tales. They got someinformation about their makers and MGM. In fact, most of thestudents began to watch Tom and Jerry Tales when they werevery young and they like them. They are quite familiar with thetopic and they are much interested in it. So they are veryconfident in answering all the questions. They are very active andcooperative in class.
