------- 课 题 Module 1 Wonders of the world 总课时 1 教学目标 To learn and understand the topic words through talking and listening. To know something about the pyramids and the Grand Canyon. To understand the conversation about starting a school.magazine involving different tenses. 教学重点 Key vocabulary 教学难点 Key structure 教 学 过 程 Step 1 Lead-in Start the lesson by showing groups of pictures about the wonders of the world on the screen including the ancient pyramids. Ask students to talk about the picture on Page 2. T: Where can you see the pictures and the brief introduction probably? (Newspaper / the Internet / Magazine…) T: Yes, magazines like Crazy English / National Geography… Who started…? Learn the new vocabulary. (ancient, pyramid, review, wonder…) Have a talk about the picture using the words in Activity 1. Learn a bit about magazines. Step 2 Listening &Vocabulary Play the tape and check the words. Listen to the tape again. Make up possible questions according to the answers. Give examples. Listen and check the words. Make up questions according to the given answers. ( Wh-questions) Step 3. Listen &read Play the tape for the 1st time. Ask Ss questions. T: What are the children doing? Is there a school magazine in Da Ming’s school? Listen to the tape and get the answers. Step 4. Read Play the tape again and get Ss to practise the conversation. Check the ----
------- language points. Focus on everyday English and useful expressions. (Listen up, Anyone else? do some review, do an interview, on=about, get better grades) Get Ss to make a list of the articles in magazines. Check the answers in Activity 4. Read the conversation aloud, and read in role. Answer the questions in Activity 4 Step 5. Pair work Go through the five questions and highlight the key words. Ask for more answers on Question 3. Step 6.Discussion Tell the Ss: If your school decides to start a magazine, what are you going to write about? And why? They can make up lists and take Activity 3 as an example. Report their discussion. Homework: Collect information about the seven wonders of the world. (Pictures and brief introductions) 板 书 设 计 Unit 1 What is a wonder of the world? school magazine That’s news to me! a wonder What’s it about? ancient pyramids listen up write a composition Any more ideas?/ Anyone else? do some reviews about… on=about do an interview with
Unit 2 Iwas on the edge of the Grand Canyon. 课 题 总课时 2 教学目标 To get information from the reading material about the Grand Canyon; To learn the way of writing about what you see and your feelings when traveling; 教学重点 Key vocabulary 教学难点 Key structure 教 学 过 程 Step 1 Lead-in Ask Ss to show information about the seven natural wonders. (The teacher can get the related pictures ready beforehand) ----
------- Present words in Activity Talk and give facts about the wonders. Encourage Ss to describe with the words given Step 2. Ask and answer Ask Ss to make questions about facts of the natural wonders. Demonstrate and get Ss to follow. Ask and answer.How tall/deep… is it? It’s…meters tall/deep. Step 3. Read (Skimming) Tell Ss to read the passage in Activity 2. Find out the name of the wonder and its facts. T: Where did the writer visit? How deep/wide/long is it? Read the passage and answer the questions. Find out the facts and write them down in Activity 5. Step 4 Read and match Play the tape and get Ss to follow silently. Find out the main idea of each paragraph. Present the five topic sentences on the screen (Bb). A. The writer arrived there on the rainy morning; B. The first impression/sight of the Grand Canyon. C. The Grand Canyon is the greatest wonder in his opinion. D. Details about the Grand Canyon. E. After minutes’ walk, he came to it. Ss follow the lines and match the topic sentences to the paragraphs. (or they can conclude the main idea by themselves if possible) Step 5 Read aloud Get Ss to read aloud after the tape and find the details about the trip. ① When did he get to the Grand Canyon? ② Why was there nothing to see? ③ Where was he facing on the edge of the Grand Canyon? ④ How did he feel about the Canyon? Read aloud and answer questions in Activity 3. Ask for help if they have any problems. Step 6 Writing Tell Ss to imagine they have seen (some of them did see) one of the wonders of the world. Write sentences describing how they felt. Remind them of the four keywords: saw, size, happened, felt. First get them to work in pairs and then report the sentences or passage if possible. ----
------- Write sentences according to the given beginning. Report their answers and try to make them into a passage Homework: Finish writing the description of one of the wonders of the world, trying to collect some details and take the text as a model. 板 书 设 计 Unit 2 I was on the edge of the Grand Canyon The seven natural wonders of the world How tall/wide/deep is it? It’s…tall/wide/tall. get out of on the edge of ask oneself go through look down/across to huge=very very big look over at the bottom of the greatest wonder fall away disappear into
课 题// Unit 3 Language in use 总课时 3 To review and check the words learned in this module; 目标教学To summarise and consolidate tenses learnt before; … 教学重点 教学难点 Step 1 Revision Ask Ss to watch and listen to the MV Chinese by Andy Lau. Get them to find out the wonder in it. Encourage Ss to describe what they see in it , e.g. The Great Wall is a great wonder. Andy Lau went to the Great Wall. He was singing on it. He has sung many popular songs. Watch and talk about things appear in the MV. Learn to tell the differences among the tenses. Step 2. Grammar focus 1. Read through the sentences in the box with the whole class. Call back ideas about the structure highlighted from the students. 2. Give hand-out to Ss and ask them to match the exact meaning with the corresponding sentence. (Activity 1) Check the answers right after that. 1. Read aloud the seven sentences. And tell the making-up of each tense. ----
Key vocabulary Key structure 教 学 过 程 ------- 2. Read through the 5 pairs of sentences in different tenses and match. Step 3. Writing 1. Go back to the picture of the Great Wall. Give examples by matching the three parts. The Great Wall + is + about 6,700 km long. Give Ss tips on how to decide. 2. Encourage Ss to observe and decide the forms of verbs in different tenses. 1. Observe the subjects and the adverbial or even the phrasal verbs. Match the three parts to make possible sentences. 2. Read through the uncompleted passage and try to give the correct forms of verbs in the situations. Step 4 Speaking 1. Show up the photo of visiting the Great Wall. Get Ss to ask the teacher questions in Activity 4. (Example) Get Ss to work in pairs, and ask and answer the questions. 2. Present wonders in the local area. Get Ss to talk about them Step 5 Vocabulary Game Present nine pictures about wonders of the world, each of which links an exercise in Activity 6/8. Get Ss to finish them first and check in forms of game. Elaborate on the Pyramids in Egypt. (More related photos) Finish the multiple- choices exercises and choose the pictures they’re interested in to check the answers. Step 6 Module task Tell Ss to work in groups of 4. Read through the instructions. Help them to decide what to write about. Hold up a show-and-tell session where Ss can display and discuss. Work in groups of 4 and write about one wonder they like. Collect sufficient information and make the poster. Take part in the show-and-tell session. Homework: Finish off the poster after class and get ready for the show at the back wall of the classroom. Prepare the show-and-tell session in groups of four 板 书 设 计 . Unit 3 Language in use Structures of different tenses ancient The Great Wall is a wonder… modern wonders Andy Lau went to the Great Wall. natural He was singing on it height—What’s the height of…? We are listening to him now. on the journey of… He has sung many pop songs. because / because of He will visit it some other day.
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