一、Teaching materials:
Unit 2 London is bigger than Cambridge. (Module 5 My hometown and country)
二、Targets for this period:
To get information about Cambridge, London and Britain
三、Key points:
Key vocabulary-ease, south, north, west, university, building, church, million, coast, region
Key structures -be famous for, in the south of, bigger and busier than…, on the River Thames
四、Teaching methods:
Interactive approach
五、Teaching aids
Reading material, blackboard
六、Teaching arrangements:
Step One Lead-in To pronounce some new words and expressions of Unit 2
1. Students read the words after the tape.
2. Students practice pronouncing the words by themselves.
3. Help some students correct the pronunciations of some words
Step Two Pair working (Activity 1)
1. Students find out the places that are described in the sentences from the map of England.
2. Students read the sentences together.
3. Students find out the cities on the map of China: Beijing Guangzhou Nanjing Urumqi
4. Students describe the location of these cities in China.
1) Beijing is in the north of China.
2) Guangzhou is in the south of China.
3) Nanjingjin is in the east of China.
4) Urumqi ia in the west of China.
5. 方位介詞in， on， to
e.g. China is in the east of Asia. （表示包含在一范圍內）
China is on the south of Russia. （表示兩地點(diǎn)相接壤）
China is to the west of Japan. （表示兩地點(diǎn)不相鄰）
Step Three Pre-reading (Activity2)
1. Students look at the photos and match the title.
Photo a: Cambridge University and the River Cam
Photo b: Tower Bridge and the River Thames in London
2. Students talk about these two places.
Step Four To read the passage and answer the questions in Activity 3
1. It’s in the east of England.
2. It’s about 100,000.
3. It’s famous for its university.
4. It’s London.
5. It’s in the South of England.
6. It’s about 2,000 years old.
7. There are some lakes and low mountains.
8. There are lots of small village on the coast.
9. It’s never very hot in the summer or very cold in the winter.
Step Five Detail explanation
1. go to church 去（教堂）做禮拜
go to the church 去教堂
e.g. The western people go to church on Sundays.
2. be famous for 因…而出名
e.g Shantou is famous for its beef-ball
3. with 表伴隨狀態(tài)
e.g. China is a great country with a long history.
4. or 否定句中連接兩個(gè)或兩個(gè)以上的并列成份。
e.g. He isn’t a teacher or a worker.
He isn’t a teacher and he isn’t a worker.
5. 山、河、湖、海的專(zhuān)有名詞前要加the
6. 邊解釋文章，邊畫(huà)方向圖
Step Six To retell the passage according to the map
lakes, mountains (1,000; low)
sea, village Cambridge (small; about 100,000)
(small) (River Cam, old buildings, churches, Cambridge University)
London (River Thames, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge)
Step Seven Students practice reading the passage aloud
Step Eight Writing (Activity 4,5,6)
Students write a passage called My home town and country.
Conclude: 1. Where is it? 2. What’s its population? 3. What is it famous for?
4. Is it the capital of China? 5. How old is it? 6. What’s the weather like?
Homework:
1. To finish Activity 3 of Unit 3
2. To finish Unit2, Module5, 點(diǎn)中典
Blackboard designing
Unit 2 London is bigger than Cambridge.
1. 方位介詞in， on， to
e.g. China is in the east of Asia. （表示包含在一范圍內）
China is on the south of Russia. （表示兩地點(diǎn)相接壤）
China is to the west of Japan. （表示兩地點(diǎn)不相鄰）
2. go to church 去（教堂）做禮拜
go to the church 去教堂
e.g. The western people go to church on Sundays.
3. be famous for 因…而出名
e.g Shantou is famous for its beef-ball
4. with 表伴隨狀態(tài)
e.g. China is a great country with a long history.
5. or 否定句中連接兩個(gè)或兩個(gè)以上的并列成份。
e.g. He isn’t a teacher or a worker.
He isn’t a teacher and he isn’t a worker.
England
lakes, mountains (1,000; low)
sea, village Cambridge (small; about 100,000)
(small) (River Cam, old buildings, churches, Cambridge University)
London (River Thames, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge)