unit 8 why don’t you get her a scarf ? 八年级英语（下） period 1

Unit 8 Why don’t you get her a scarf ?

八年级英语（下）

Period 1

a gift box

Did you get any gifts on your birthday?

What did you get?

scarf

•tennis balls

•dictionary

CD

•camera

bicycle

photo album

calendar

1a What do you think of these gifts? Write each gift under one or more of the words in the chart. Add other gifts to each column.

scarf tennis balls dictionary

CD camera bicyclecheap Expensive Boring Interesting

tennis ballsscarf

CD

bicycle

dictionarycamera

flowers pen

Tomorrow is my mother’s birthday. I want

to get her a gift, but I don’t know what should

I get.

Please give me some suggestions.

1. What/How about…… ？

2. Why don’t you + 动词原形？

3. Why not + 动词原形？

practice

Tips: When you give advice, you can use the following expressions to be

polite

• Why don’t you do……?• Why not do……?• You should/could do……• Could you please do……? • You’d better do……• Would you mind doing……?• What about/How about + n./doing……?

1b Listening

__ That’s too expensive.

__ That’s too boring, too.

__ They’re too cheap.

__ That’s too boring.1

2

3

4

A: What should I get my

mom for her birthday?

B: How about…?/

Why don’t you …?/

Why not…?

A: No,that’s too boring.

1c PAIRWORK

Gifts Giving-Summary ( 复习 )

Conversation 1 Conversation 2 Conversation 3

Teacher

Sister

Friend

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√

2a Listening

Gifts Giving - SectionA 1b ( 听力练习 )

Suggestions Comments

too personal. not special enough. not creative enough.good idea.sounds good. she’ll like that.

2b Listen and write the suggestions and comments.

Conversation 1

Suggestion 1

Comment 1

Suggestion 2

Comment 2

a CD

not special enough

flowers

good idea

2b Listening

Conversation 2

Suggestion 1

Comment 1

Suggestion 2

Comment 2

a scarf

too personal

a calendar

sounds good

Conversation 3

Suggestion 1

Comment 1

Suggestion 2

Comment 2

a soccer ball

a photo album

she’ll like that

not creative enough

Gifts Giving - Pairwork ( 结对练习 )

How about a

sweater?

It’s my sister’s

birthday soon. What

should I get her?

No, that’s not

interesting

enough.

教学法：举例法

Think of a friend or a family member who is having a birthday soon. Then discuss with your partner.

2C2C

( 家庭作业 )

I. 请你当参谋 我打算花 100 元，为一个 8 岁的女孩和一个 60 岁的爷爷买生日礼物，你能为我提些建议吗？请把你的建议和说明填在下列表格中。

Groupwork:

suggestion comments 

an 8-year-old girl

a 60-year-old grandpa

watch That’s too personal.

( 讲解 )camera

Why don’t you buy her a camera?

That’s too expensive.

( 讲解 )

mobile phone

What about a mobile phone?

That’s too boring.

Gifts Giving - scarf

Unit 8 Why don’t you get her a scarf ? Section A

( 讲解 )

scarf

教学法：词句结合法

New lesson :

Why not buy her a scarf?

That’s too boring .

Gifts Giving - T-shirt

Unit 8 Why don’t you get her a scarf ? Section A

( 讲解 )

album

教学法：词句结合法

New lesson :

Let's buy her an album.

That’s a good idea .