Unit 4 EarthquakesTeaching goals:1.Target languageGrasp some useful expressions and special sentences about numbers.2. Ability goalsEnable students to be able to use numbers in English freely.Enable students to write some sentences about numbers. 3. Learning ability goalsBy proper language input, students learn to use numbers in English freely and can write some sentences about numbers, especially some expressions about time.4. Emotional goalsLanguage materials come from our daily life. The students should learn to observe more and use more.Teaching important and difficult points:Different expressions about numbers.Learn to write a composition about numbers, especially time.Teaching methodsSpeaking, discussion, listening, watching and writing. Teaching aidsMulti-media computer.Teaching procedures & waysStep Ⅰ Lead-in and speakingTalk about numbers with the students. Raise some questions about them.What percentage of the class are girls? Which day of the week is Thursday?What year is this year? Which bus do you usually take to go to school?How far is it from your home to your school? And introduce different times.The purpose of designing: The students can correctly express numbers in English in many different ways and understand how to pronounce.in the early 1600s/ in the early 17th century in the late 1700’s/in the 18th centuryone and a half hours/ an hour and a half at six eleven/at eleven past sixfive to twelve/eleven fifty-five BC 253 Page 57 in the 1930sat (the age of) eight No. 84 High School No. 27 Bus in his thirtiesRoom 403 two thirds Oct. 1, 1949 three times a/every day Around/about five miles per hour 400-meter raceAn eight-year-old girl seven degrees below freezing/zero StepⅡ DiscussionAsk the students to discuss two posters with each other. One is Help-wanted, the other is Notice. They were randomly taken by me on the street.The purpose of designing: Whether the students can correctly express numbers around us in English. Let them know the importance and practicability of numbers.StepШ Watching the videoGet the class to watch the video, especially different numbers. Several students introduce different objects with numbers, which are very important and necessary in our life.We can’t live numbers.The purpose of designing:Students themselves use different numbers, different expressions and different sounds about numbers. By using numbers, they should be aware of the importance of numbers in their daily life, especially how to use numbers correctly.Step Ⅳ ListeningListen to the passage and finish the two tasks. It comes from the airport.Task 1: Passengers of Flight _17___ bound for Caracas, with stops in Atlanta and Miami. The departure gate has been changed to ___30___B. We should be boarding about a ___quarter____ to the hour.Task 2: What time will the plane depart?A. 9:50 amB. 12:15 pmC. 4:05 pmD. 8:45 pmThe purpose of designing: By means of listening, ask the students to pay more attention to the numbers which are widely used in our daily life. Numbers are everywhere and numbers are around us.Step Ⅴ WritingStudents are asked to write one or two sentences to express time in the composition, especially how to write some standard sentences about time.The purpose of designing: Help the students improve writing ability and writing skills.The length of the article should be limited to 400 words or so. It’s very important that you should send it to me before June 28.The display will be open on July 8 and last for two days from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.I am wondering if we can go to the book store on the last Sunday of June.The exhibition will be held from… to… in….Step Ⅵ HomeworkWrite a composition of numbers. Use the standard sentences to express time.。
