八年级下英语课件《An old man tried to move the mountains》 (8)_人教新课标 31页

Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains. 2a- 3b old traditional Chinese stories old traditional stories for kids Fairy tales are . Little Red Riding Hood (western) Grimm’s Fairy Tales Grimm brothers from Germany the beginning of 19th century great works of literature（文学） Hansel and Gretel What information can you get from the picture? Is there something usual? What’s it? Skim the text and find out what the kids are eating. a house made of cake, bread and candy a candy house Why are they eating a candy house? What happened to them? Read the first paragraph of Hansel and Gretel. Try to get more information. Did the family live in harmony(和谐)? What did the stepmother want to do with the kids? What will be the most important two verbs in the following scenes? Can you predict how the fairy tale will continue（继续）? Read and think about the main idea of the tale. The following pictures may help you ! • Discuss “What does the tale mainly tell us?” How Hansel and Gretel saved themselves from their stepmother. Read and find out how many times the stepmother tried to kill the kids, while how the kids saved themselves. Twice A. The children get lost. B. The children wake up. C. The children cannot find the pieces of bread. D. Gretel learns about Hansel's plan. E. The children surprise the parents. F. Hansel has to change his plan. G. The children learn that something bad is going to happen. 2c. Match each description below with the correct scene. Underline the key words. SCENE ONE：______________________ Gretel: Did you hear our stepmother planning to kill us? Hansel: Don’t worry! I have a plan to save us. Gretel: How can you save us? Hansel: Be quiet! I’m going outside to get something in the moonlight. Now, go to sleep. G The children learn that something bad is going to happen. What is he going to get? SCENE TWO：______________________ Wife: Get up, lazy children! Husband: Yes, dears. You must come with me to the forest to get wood. Wife: Here’s some bread. Don’t eat it until you get to the forest. B The children wake up. Really? SCENE THREE_____________________ Gretel: Hansel, what are you doing? Hansel: I’m dropping white stones along the way. Unless I do, we’ll be lost. Tonight, when the moon is shining bright, we'll be able to see the stones. D Gretel learns about Hansel's plan. SCENE FOUR_____________________ Wife: You bad children! What a long time you slept in the forest! Husband: We thought you were never coming back. Wife: Now, go to bed. As soon as you wake up, you must go to the forest with your father. Hansel: What, again? I want to go out to look at the moon. Wife: No. You can’t go out now. E The children surprise the parents. To get white stones Do something different 我们原以 为…… SCENE FIVE:________________________ Gretel: What can we do? You have no more stones. Hansel: I'll drop pieces of bread. As soon as the moon rises, we can follow them instead. F Hansel has to change his plan. SCENE SIX: ___________________ Gretel: I can’t see any bread on the ground. Maybe it was the birds. Hansel: Never mind! Just keep walking. Unless we do, we won’t find our way out. C The children cannot find the pieces of bread. No matter what happens SCENE SEVEN：________________________ Gretel: Hansel, we’re really lost! Hansel: Listen! That bird’s song is so beautiful that we should follow it. Gretel: Look! It’s leading us to that wonderful house made of bread, cake and candy. Hansel: Let’s eat part of the house! A The children get lost. While reading, we can get the main idea from the key words and expressions . (Then they hear an old woman's voice from inside the house.) Voice: Who is that? Who is brave enough to eat my house? Who might the old woman be? A witch? Introducing a new character(角色)and leading in to another scene Think of some adjectives(形容词) to describe the four characters(人物). stepmother: Father: Hansel: Gretel: mean(刻薄的 ), evil(邪恶的 ), cruel(残忍的) cowardly(懦弱的 ), foolish(愚蠢的) weak brave(勇敢的 ), smart scared, worried, Act out the play with your own words. Show the personalities(性格) of each person. The following pictures may help you, so please try without books. You fool! We have no food now! 3b. Complete the summary of the play. Gretel heard that their___________ planned to ______ her and her brother. But Hansel had a plan to _______ himself and his sister. He went to get some white______ before he went to bed that night. The next day, the wife sent the children to the_______. Hansel _______the stones as they walked. Later that night, they could see the stones because of the shining_____. The stones showed them the way home. Hansel wanted to get some more stepmother kill save stones forest dropped moon stones, but his stepmother did not let him go out. The next morning, the wife sent the children to the forest again. Hansel had no stones, so he dropped _______of _____. But the______ ate them, so Hansel and Gretel were _______ in the forest. They walked until they saw a ______made of food. Hansel wanted to______ the house, but then they heard the voice of an old _______coming from the house. pieces bread birds lost house eat woman What makes a play interesting? Contradiction and conflict 矛盾冲突 Narrator旁白 : Acts/ scenes场景: Stage direction: 舞台说明 words in the brackets the background背景 Scene1,Scene2,Scene3… written English spoken English helps us to know the play better What kind of article is this? A Play dialogues Language points 1.One year, the weather was so dry that no food would grow. 2. Unless I do, we’ll be lost. 3. We thought you were never coming back. 4. As soon as you wake up, you must go to the forest with your father. 1. ___________ her father died, the stepsisters made her do all the chores. 2. She was____ busy _____ she had no time to make a dress for the party. 3. The mice knew that ___________ they helped her make a dress, she would not be able to go to the party. 4. ___________ the prince saw her, he fell in love with her. Fill in the blanks with unless, as soon as or so ... that. (Cinderella) As soon as so that unless As soon as 5. The prince knew that _________ the girl’s foot could fit the shoe, it was not the right girl. 6. The new couple were ____ happy ______ they couldn’t stop smiling when they got married. unless so that Homework 1.Finish off the exercises in the book. 2.Act out the play . 3.Write your own story about Hansel and Gretel. 4.Read the end of the fairy tale, and try to write a few scenes.