高中英语：A Lively City-教学设计

必修1 Module4 A Lively City教学设计一、教学目标目标1：通过阅读，所有学生能够从课文中快速定位，获取描述自己的社区的主要信息并能指示方向和地点。

目标2：能够理解文章的细节和结构，并通过填空问题等活动掌握城市介绍的结构。

二、教学方法根据班级情况和教学目标，本课时采用任务型的教学模式，为学生创设真实的学习情境，使学生在完成任务的过程中产生语言习得，体会学习的成就感三、教学流程Teaching Steps:Step 1. Warming up- The Game of City Guessing【教师活动】Describe the city of Nanjing sentence by sentence. Show the descriptions on PPT at the same time.an old capital of six dynasties（朝代）with a history of more than2500 yearsThe climate there is mild. But it used to be one of the three furnace cities along the Yangze river. the capital of Jiangsu provinceListen carefully and try to guess the city the teacher is describing.T: “From which aspects did I introduce the city of Nanjing? In other words, which kind of information did I give you just now? ”Show the answer on the PPT. Answer the questions together.Location, history, climate, and attractionsT:“Besides theses aspects, what else can we talk about to describe a city?”Volunteer to answer my question.T: “Now it’s your turn to get ready to describe a city and let your classmates to guess. Remember to put the most obvious character at the end of your description.”Prepare the description in groups and volunteer to show it in class.Step 2. Lead-inAnother city to guess.a coastal city / a city by the seasideIt’s well known for its coastal travel, sea food and hot springsone of the most livable cities in the worldIt is located in （位于）the eastern tip of Shandong Province.Listen carefully and guess.Ask several students to answer the question “What do you think of living in Weihai?”“What’s this question about?”“Please fill in the blanks and pay attention to adj. and verbs.”Taiyuan is a ___________ city, and I ______living here.Answer the question and fill in the blanks.Step 3. Read for Details1. Details about impressionT：Read the first half of the left column and find out both Xiao Li and John Martin’s impression of Xiamen. Fill in the blanks.Xiamen is one of the most ________ places he __ ___ ___. It’s so _____ and everyone seems so ______. In Xiao Li’s view, it’s one of the most _________ cities on the coast. He ____ _________ living there. And he _____ living ___ ____ ______.Read the first part of the text and fill in the blanks. T: From what other aspects did Xiao Li introduce Xiamen？Read the rest of the text and find out the answer quickly.2. Details about LocationT: Answer the question1. Where is Xiamen?2. Where is Xiao Li’s hometown?3. Feedback of Impression and LocationT: Fill in the blanks using what we learned just now.Xiao Li’s hometown is ___ ___ _______ __ Xiamen, one of the most _________, ___________ and __________ cities __ _____ ______ with _________ people. And he feels ________ living there.4. Details about climate, business district and attraction。

Module 4 A Lively City教学设计Learning aims1. To introduce a city with some new words and expressions (attractive, gorgeous…) ;2. To tell what kind of cities are LIVELY and why Xiamen is a lively city;3. To give a brief introduction of Rizhao and tell how to make Rizhao more lively. Learning procedureStep I Lead-inFree talk about arrangement of May DayGuess which city it is according to the hints in the video.Step II Fast ReadingMatch each part with the main idea.Paras 1-7 A. They are discussing the climate of Xiamen.Paras 8-11 B. They are looking at Gulangyu Island.Paras 12-17 C. They are discussing the buildings and shopping malls.Paras 18-22 D. John Martin is visiting Xiao Li’s hometown, Xiamen.(Class work Students answer the question together.)Step III Careful ReadingTASK 1 Read Part One (Paras. 1-7) and choose the correct answers.1.John Martin and Xiao Li haven’t seen each other for ______.one year B. three years C. five years D. six years2. John Martin is visiting _______for the first time.A. Xiao Li’s hometownB. a shopping mallC. a town near where Xiao Li livesD. an island(Individual work Invite two students to answer the question and point out supporting sentences.)TASK 2 Read Part Two (Paras. 8-11) and answer the question.1. How to describe the climate?---_____________________________________________?---______________________________________________.(Individual work Describe the climate in Rizhao)TASK 3 Read Part Three (Paras. 12-17) and fill in the blanks.(Individual work Invite a student to answer the questions)TASK 4 Read Part Four (Paras. 18-22) and answer the questions.1.What is Gulangyu like?2. If the conversation develops, what will be talked about? Why?（Group work ）Summary What makes a city lively?(Class work)Step IV Post ReadingGive a brief introduction of Rizhao(Group work Invite four students to introduce Rizhao to the whole class. ) Step V Further thinkingAs a city builder, how should we make Rizhao livelier?Enjoy a song—Better City, Better Life(Individual work. Invite students to share opinions)Step VI AssignmentYour pen-friend Mike is going to visit Rizhao in the summer holiday. Please write an e-mail to him to introduce Rizhao.学情分析在教学过程中，对学情的了解是教师因材施教的关键。

Book 1 Module 4 A Social Survey-My Neighborhood教材版本：外研版【Learning objectives: 学习目标】1.Learn about a lively city—Xiamen and some related adjectives 、conjunction and expressions usedfor describing a city.2.Learn to describe a city from what we learned.3.Learn to develop emotion－loving our countryand our hometown.【Key and difficult points:重难点】Some adjectives and expressions and what aspects can be mentioned while describing a city.教学过程：（分为课前预习，课堂探究和巩固三部分）【课前预习部分】Let students have a preview of the materiel by themselves before class.【课堂探究部分】Step I Lead- inWith the development of economy, traveling has become a hot topic in our daily life. I have my favorite city---Xia Men. I invite students to watch a video about Xiamen, and let them appreciate the city. Then a conversation between Xiao LiandJohn Martin will bring more information about Xia Men .(导出本节课的课文，引起学生求知欲)Step II Reading: A Lively CityAsk the students to read the passage for two minute and finish the following task.(They have a preview of the reading material last night.) Let students have a general idea about the passage and find some adjectives used to describe a city.Task Design: 1. Try to complete the blanks with some adjectives.impressionAfter checking the answers, let them read the sentences in the form together and try to retell the form. (This task is easy for students ),Then show students more difficult task , ask some students to read a travel diary, pay attention to the conjunction.(They are useful for your task later)I will ask some of them to make a statement about the travel diary. You can add more information to your statement as you like. During this process, lead them to add some conjunctions so as to form a passage.Step III. Guessing workWe should go travelling not only at home but also abroad to expand our horizon, shall we ? Thereare two cities. I hope the students can guess which city is it according to some information,and try to appreciate the adjectives and usefulexpressions used to describe a city.City one:__________City two:__________City one: ___________Hint 1 It’s a modern, historic and convenient inland city . Hint 2 It is located in the north-west of China and it has been the capital of 13 dynasties, and is the capital of one province.Hint 3 It is well-known for some historical places of interest, such as the Terro Cotto Warriors and Huaqing Hot Springs.City two: __________Hint 1. It is one of the largest and busiest cities that I have ever seenand it holds the title of The Fashion Capital.Hint 2. The gorgeous architecturethe Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of France. Visitors are often impressed with the Palace of Versailles, the Louvre.(3 minutes to remember the underlined expressions and then havea competition. Then translatesome useful words and phrases. ) 【巩固应用部分】Step IV. Consolidate what we learned.1. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.1. 苏州气候宜人，购物环境便利，是我去过的最迷人的城市之一. The climate in Suzhou is comfortable, and the shopping environment is convenient, and it is one of the most fascinating cities I have ever been to.2. 苏州以它的自然美景而闻名, 苏州园林给游客们留下深刻的印象。

Module 4 A Social Survey---My Neighborhood-------A Lively City一．教材分析A Lively City 是外研版第一册Module 4 A Social Survey---My Neighborhood中的阅读课文。

这是一篇对话文章，它以简洁的对话向人们展示了厦门的地理位置，气候以及城市概况，如旅游景点、建筑、商业区及古浪屿的风光等。

厦门是一个美丽的城市，它的工业发达，商业兴隆，气候宜人，有许多名胜古迹和自然风景，的确是个充满活力、吸引人的城市。

通过阅读，使学生了解厦门的基本概况，并结合学生的实际生活，让他们讨论并描述自己去过的或喜欢的城市。

通过创设各种活动，使学生积极参与课堂活动。

二．学情分析我校的高中学生，大部分英语基础薄弱，并且英语阅读能力较差，学生主动学习性不高。

且刚升入高中的学生还没有掌握略读、跳读等阅读能力和技巧及识别关键词，确定主题句等策略。

因而采用多媒体教学，设置学生感兴趣的问题来激发学生的学习兴趣，使他们能积极主动地参与到课堂的学习中。

三．教学目标a)知识与技能1．充分理解文章大意并能完成所给任务。

2．用所学词汇及语言点进行交流和沟通，并从不同方面来描述一个城市。

b)过程与方法1．利用多媒体教学手段营造积极和谐的教学气氛，使学生能轻松愉快的投入到课堂的学习中。

2．在阅读及语言运用的过程中，逐渐培养学生分析问题和解决问题的能力，并进一步激发学生的创造能力。

c)情感态度与价值观通过本文的学习，培养学生热爱自己家乡的情感，并让学生体会与朋友交往的乐趣。

四．教学重点与难点1．重点：如何利用略读、跳读等阅读技巧和识别关键词，确定主题句，掌握推测概况的阅读方法和策略。

2．难点：用所学词汇及语言点进行交流和沟通，并从不同方面来描述一个城市。

五．教学过程Step 1: Leading-inPlay an exciting song named Better City, Better Life before the class to arouse students’ attraction and interests. Then show some beautiful pictures of Shanghai to the students.(通过欢快的歌曲----2010上海世博会主题曲，让学生放松身心，并营造轻松的课堂氛围，调动学生的兴趣和积极性。

Teaching Plan for Module 4 Book 1A Lively City- Period2 Reading and V ocabulary绛县中学李二艳I. Teaching Objectives1. Language ObjectivesImportant words and phrases(1) quite a lot of, pretty, around, nuisance, gorgeous, bother, business district, put up, high-rise buildings, approach, starve, apartment block(2) Important sentence patternI feel very fortunate living here.2. Ability Objectives(1) Enable the students to improve the abilities to read and get information.(2)Foster the students’ ability of self-learning.3. Moral Objectives(1) Cultivate the students’ love for their hometown and motherland.(2) Enhance their cooperation awareness.II. Important Points1. Master new words, phrases and sentence patterns.2. Learn how to introduce a place.III. Difficult PointHow to introduce a place.IV. Teaching Methods1. Task-based Language Teaching ; Communicative Approach2. Teaching Aids: pictures, a projector and a computer …V. Teaching ProceduresStep I Lead-in (5mins)Greetings，asking some questions and showing some pictures.T: Good morning everybody!Ss: Good morning, Miss Huang!T: Do you like traveling? If you were given a chance where you would most like to go?Listen to the students’ answers and give them some information about Xiamen. Information1: This city lies in the southeast of Fujian province.Information2: It is a coastal city, which is beautiful and clean.Information3: It enjoys the title of the National Garden City.Information4: It’s famous for the Gulangyu Island, which is also called Sea Garden. Step II Fast Reading (15 mins)Ask the students to skim the dialogue alone and do exercise 1 and scan the dialogue and do exercise 2 on page 33.T: I’ll give you 10 minutes to read through the dialogue alone and do exercise 1&2, then we’ll check the answers.Activity11.John Martin is visiting (a)2.Xiao Li lives (b)3.John and Xiao Li are (b)Activity21.John and Xiao Li haven’t seen each other for six years. (T)2.John has never been to China before. (F)3.Xiao Li enjoys living on the coast. (T)4.There are very few tourists in the northwest of Xiamen. (F)5.There are a lot of new high-rise buildings in Gulangyu Island. (F)6.There are some interesting buildings on Gulangyu Island. (T)Ask the students the answers and tell the reasons.T: You have done a good job!Step III Careful Reading (22 mins)a. Analyze the dialogue and have a further understanding of the text.Ask the students to read the dialogue carefully again and get some specific information about the city. Then tell them how to introduce or describe a place. Position: On the coast.The people: Friendly.The climate: Pretty hot and wet in summer and cold in winter.Place of interest: Gulangyu Island.Buildings: Lots of high-rise buildings and shopping malls.Food: Fish, seafood.b. Explain the dialogue and deal with some important and difficult language points. T: Now let’s study the dialogue in detail. Well I need two students to read the dia logue from the beginning to para.9 and the others should listen to them carefully and underline the phrases or sentences you don’t understand. Ok?Ss: Ok.T: So who want to try?Ok, you two, please.……T: Good, thank you, sit down, please.T: In this part here are some language points you should pay attention to:(1) “I feel very fortunate living here.” It means I feel it is lucky to live here.(sb.) feel fortunate (in) doing sth. It means somebody feels it is lucky or honorable to do something.eg: I feel fortunate (in) studying with you.(2) quite a lot of: here means a large number or amount of sth.(3) pretty: in the sentence it is an adv. it means very, fairly ,quite.But the word is also an adj. it means beautiful, good-looking.eg: She is a pretty pretty girl.Step IV Summary (2 mins)In this class, we have learned a lively city-Xiamen and I believe that you must have learned more about the city. Through learning the dialogue we also learn some important language points and learn how to introduce a place.Step V Homework Assignment (1min)Write a passage to introduce your hometown or another place you like.VI. Blackboard DesignVII. Homework【教师活动】Give students the homework -- Write a detailed description of Weihai to me with what we learnt today【学生活动】Listen and remember the homework.【评价说明】如果能把课堂所学完整并基本无语法错误地写出来，并有自己的见解更好。

WORD格式可下载Teaching Plan for Module 4(SEFC Book 1)The Second Period, Reading and vocabulary: “A Lively City”I. Teaching Objectives1. Language Objectives(1) Important words and phrasesDistrict,shopping malls,harbour,architecture,lively,attractive,gorgeous(2) Important sentence patternsa.This is one of the most attractive places I’ve been to.b.It’s so lively, and everyone seems so friendly.c.pretty hot and wet in the summer, but it can be quite cold in the winter.d.This is the business district. They have put up a lot of high-rise buildingsrecently. And there are some great shopping malls.e.It’s a gorgeous island with some really interesting architecture.f.We are entering the western district,the most interesting part of the city.It’sgot some pretty parks……2. Ability Objectives(1) learn about the ability of self-learning.(2) learn about the ability of listening and grasping the information.(3) learn how to introduce a place by using some informations.3. Moral Objectives(1) Help students to raise their cooperation awareness.(2) Help students to cultivate their love for their hometown and motherland.(3) Help students to foster the ability of communication.II. Important Points1. How to grasp the main information of the text.2. How to introduce a place.3. How to improve reading ability.III. Difficult Points1. How to analyze the text and grasp the information of the text.2. learn how to describe a place.IV. Teaching Methods1. Communicative Approach(pair work,conversation,discussion)2.Task-based language teaching approach(listening ,reading,asking and answering)3. T eaching Aids: a tape recorder, a computerV. Teaching ProceduresStep I Greeting and revision(5 mins)1.Greeting students as usualT: Hello! My dear boys and girls!S: Hello!....2. Review the words of some constructions and places with students by using the PPTT: Can you remember what we learned yesterday?S: Yeah, we …..T: That is good! Yesterday we learned some words of the construction and some places. Right?S: Yes.T: Ok! Let’s look at the screen.(show the picture) What is this we called?S: It’s an…..……3. Review some adjective words with students by using PPTT: And we also learned how to use some adjective words to discrible theplaces or buildings. Right?S: Yeah.T: look at this picture.The flower is ..?( show the picture to Ss)S: It’s …..……Step II Lead-in (5mins)1.Play the music《鼓浪屿》and ask students to guess which city does it song.T: Now ,I have a question to ask you.Dou you like listening to music?S: Yes.we like...T: Ok,let’s listen to a music and guss which city it is according to the beautifulsong? ( play the music to students )S:.....T: have you sung it before ?S: yeah...T: can you tell me which city does it song ? who wants to try? … please!S: It is xiamen.T: Is she right?S: yeah.2. Ask students to talk what they have known about Xia Men and show somepictures about Xia Men.T: did you visit it before?S: ….T :What do you know about XiaMen? Ok,who wants to tell us what is it like?...Please.S : It is..T : Anyone elese?S :….T : That is so wonderful. Do you want to visit there?S : yeah..T :Now,let me show you some beautiful picture about Xia Men.( show the picture)Step III Pre-reading (Listening) (6 mins)1.Listen to the tape and choose which words are included from the screenLocation climate history people economy Districtproducts attractive traffic shopping malls springgorgeous livelyT: Now,let’s open to page 32.look at the reading and vocabulary.As we cansee that it is a conversation between Xiao li and John martin, and they aretalking about Xia Men .let’s listen to the tape,while you are listeningchoose which words are included from the screen .understand?S:yeah,T:Ok,let’s go.( play the tape )T:Have you finished it ?S:yes.T/S:The words are......2.Deal with the exercise 1T:Good.From listening we can get some basic informations about the text,right?S: yeah.T: Now,let’s look at exercise 1,and talk about it. The first one,….S :….1. John Martin is visiting ___________.A. Xiao Li’s hometownB. a town near where Xiao Li livesC. a shopping mall2. Xiao Li lives _________.A. on the island of GulangyuB. in XiamenC. in a town near Xiamen3. John and Xiao Li are_____A. at Xiao Li’s homeB. driving around the city in a carC. on a trainStep IV Scanning ( dialog) (10 mins)1.Ask students work in pairs to read the text and discuss the exercise 2T:Now,let’s have a compete game ! Work in pairs to read the dialog.one isXiao li and one is john martin,understand?S:yeah.T: After reading you should discuss the exercise 2 and finish it together.The first group which finish it is Bingo!Ok?S:Ok.T:Good.Remember I’ll give you 5mins to do it.GO !……S:Bingo !T: ok, boys and girls,come on.…..2.Ask students’ answer and deal with exercise 2T: Have you finish it ? let’s check the answer.the Bingo group ,Can you tell usyour answer?...S:.....Judge the following sentences ( T or F )1. John and Xiao Li haven`t seen each other for six years. ( )2. John has never been to China before. ( )3. There are very few tourists on the coast ( )4. Xiao Li enjoys living on the coast. ( )5. There are a lot of new high-rise buildings in Gulangyu Island. ( )6.There are some interesting buildings on Gulangyu Island. ( )Step V Reading (10 mins)1.Ask students to read the text by themselves and finish the blank on thescreen.Eg. The city →attractive, lively and interesting1. The people →_______2. ______ →Wet in summer, _____in winter3. ______district→Put up a lot of high -buildings and _________4. Western district→there are some________5. ______→gorgeous, with some interesting architectureT:Now.I’ll give you 5mins to read for some specific information by yourself andfinish the black in the screen.5 mins later we will check the answer together.Are you ready?S:yes.T: OK.GO !.......2.Deal with the task with studentsT: Have you finished it?S: Yeah.T: From the text we can see that ......S:...STEP VI Post-Reading(6mins)Let students work in pairs to suppose they are the guids and introduce xiamen to visitorsT: I think most of us know the climate,the strict and other informationsabout Xia Men .right?S: yeah..T:Good!Now, I will give you 3mins to work in pairs.suppose you are a guid inxiamen ,please introduce it to your visitors using the informations thatyou know .understand?S:yes.T:go!….T:Ok,who wants to be the volunteer as a guid? Put up your hands.S:…..T: anyone elese?S:….STEP VII Summary(2mins)T: Well,this class we get some informations about Xia men .and from this we known that ….STEP VIII Homework(1min)Finish the exercise 4 and write a composition to introduce your favorite city to us!VI. Blackboard Design(1) Important words and phrases: District,shopping malls,friendly,lively, attractive,gorgeousModule 4A Lively City(2) Important sentence patterns:a.This is one of the mostattractive places I’ve been to.b.It’s so lively, and everyoneseems so friendly.c.pretty hot and wet in thesummer, but it can be quite cold inthe winter.Homework:1.Finish the exercise 42.write a compositionto introduce yourfavorite city。

Module 4 A Social Survey-My Neighborhood Reading and Vocabulary A Lively City I．Teaching objectives: In order to improve students’ key competence of English subject, the teaching objectives are as follows: i. Knowledge objectives 1. Words: hometown, attractive, fortunate, pretty, sound, tourist, bother, nuisance, rent, district, approach, harbour, gorgeous, architecture, starve, park; 2. Phrases: feel fortunate (in) doing something 3. Sentence patterns: (1) It’s been six years since we last saw each other. (2)This is the first time I’ve visited your hometown. (3)This is one of the most attractive places I’ve been to. ii. Abilities objectives 1. Students can describe the cities they live in; 2. Students are able to understand the content and structure of the passage and develop the abilities of skimming, scanning, and careful reading. iii. Feelings and Attitudes Students can become interested in their neighborhood and cities. iv. Strategy Objectives 1. Students can master the basic reading steps and develop good learning habits of observation and imitation. 2. Students can develop the ability of self-study and cooperation by having the group discussions and peer work. 3. Students can develop their critical and independent thinking by introducing their cities. v. Cultural Awareness Students can know more about neighborhood and their own cities and make contribution to the development of their own cities. II. Language focuses and anticipated difficulties: i. Language focuses: 1. Help students to grasp the key words, phrases and sentence patterns; 2. Help students to understand, generalize and analyze the passage. ii. Anticipated difficulty: Enable students to introduce their cities by themselves. III. Teaching Strategies: i. Teaching Methods 1. Task-based Language Teaching; 2. Communicative Approach(discussion): pair work, group work; 3. Process-oriented Approach. ii. Preparation before the class 1. PowerPoint; 2. Learning guide for students. iii.Teaching Aids Multi-media, PowerPoint, textbook, blackboard IV. Teaching Procedures: Step 1. Pre-reading: Guessing Game and Discussion 【Activity 1】Class report Invite a student to do a class report about her trip to London. After the student’s presentation ,ask the following questions: 1. What impresses you most in her class report? 2. What adjectives can be used to describe London? Introduce the new words: attractive, gorgeous 【Activity 2】Guessing Game Provide students with clues about Xiamen and ask students to guess which city it is. 1. It is on the coast. 2. It enjoys the title of National Garden City. 3. There are palm trees in this city. 4. A stone statue of the national hero Zhengchenggong 5.Gulangyu Island 【Activity 3】Prediction Ask students to predict: If you were Xiao Li, what aspects of Xiamen would you introduce? 【Purposes】 1. To help the students to review the knowledge they have known about description of a city and pave the way for the following exercises. 2. To arouse students’ interest in learning the reading material. Step 2. While-reading 【Activity 1】Fast reading 1. Ask students to read the passage quickly and check their predictons by answering the question: What aspects of Xiamen does Xiao Li actually introduce? (Reference answers: impression, people, location, climate, buildings, and places of interest) 【Activity 2】Careful reading 1. Ask students to read the passage carefully and find out specific information about each aspect mentioned in the above activity. [Reference answers: (1) It is attractive and lively. (2) People in Xiamen are friendly. (3) It is on the coast. (4) It is pretty hot and wet in the summer and can be quite cold in the winter. (5) A lot of high-rise buildings and shopping malls. (6) It is a gorgeous island with some really interesting architecture.] 2. Focus on the language (1) Ask students to guess the meaning of the word from the context They can be a nuisance in the summer because there are so many of them. Nuisance: a thing, person or situation that is annoying or causes trouble or problems. (2) Ask students to replace the underlined words with the words

Module 4 A Lively CityBy Yangli (一）教学内容与目标1. Topic话题内容Our surroundings and neighbourhood2. Target Language 目标语言a. 重点词汇和短语attractive, gorgeous, fortunate, architecture, climate, coast, district, harbor, pretty, bother...3. Ability goals 能力目标Enable the students to learn how to introduce a place.4. Learning ability goals 学能目标Help the students learn how to analyze the way the author introduces a place.5.Emotional goals 情感目标Love our motherland and hometown.（二）教学重点与难点Teaching important points教学重点Retell what the students learn about the city of Xiamen according to the conversation in the text. Teaching difficult points教学难点Draw a mind map and retell the text according to the text.（三）教学方法与手段Teaching methods 教学方法a.Discussing.b.Reading.c.Cooperative learning.(四）Teaching procedures & ways教学步骤与方式I Warming up and leading-inStep 1. Guessing game: guess the city which we’ll talk about according to the hints. Step 2. Get the learning objectives of this class.Step 3. Enjoy pictures of the city and learn some useful words.high-rise building, coastal city, business district, gorgeous, harbour, architecture...Step 4. Predict what aspects will be mentioned when talking about a city.Ⅱ. ReadingStep 1. Read the conversation quickly and check whether it mentions those aspects. Step 2. Read the text carefully and fill in the charts according to the passage.1, What's John's attitudes towards Xiamen? List your reasons.2, Does Xiaoli likes his hometown? Why do you think so?3, What does Xiaoli think of the tourists?4, How does the text develop, by time or space?Firstly they saw _____________________;Then they passed ___________________;Next they approached __________________; Finally they caught sight of ______________. Step 4, Draw a mind map of this text and retell the text according to your mind map. Evaluate(评价）your classmate’s presentation.(How to evaluate:1, Does his/her presentation contain all the aspects mentioned in the text?2, Does he/she use those important words and expressions we learned today?3, Does he/she behave in a confident way ?4, Does he/she speak loudly and fluently?...)Step 5 Discussion:1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of city life?2. What will you choose: to go to a modern city to have a bight future or to make a difference to your hometown and help your hometown to have a bright future? List your reasons.Ⅱ. Homework: Write a short passage to introduce your home town or a city you are interested in.。

教学设计I. Teaching aims1. Knowledge aims:1) students will master some key words, phrases, and sentences in the text, such as hometown, attractive, fortunate, pretty, sound, tourist, put up, It’s a gorgeous island with some...2) Get students to learn some useful new words and expressions in this part.2. Ability aims:1) Students can get the main idea of the passage and improve reading their skills2) Students will know how to describe the city of Xiamen and to introduce or describe a city from different aspects, such as its location, climate, and famous tourist attractions etc.3. Emotional aims1) Stimulate students’ interests of learning English by reading and acting this play.2) Develop students’ sense of group cooperation and teamwork.II. Important points and difficult points1. Important points:Students will learn words and expressions used to describe a place.2. Difficult points:Use the learned words to their daily life fluently and freely.III. Teaching proceduresStep 1: Lead-inShow a picture of Gulangyu Island and let students guess which city it belongs to. And watch a video about Xiamen and ask students what do you learn about Xiamen?Step 2: Listen and answer (Part 1)Listen to the tape of the first part, and fill the blanks.Xiamen is an _________, _____and _________ city.It is on the _________.People are vey________.It is _____ ____ and _____ in the summer, and_____ ____ in the winter.According to the information above, ask students to summarize the four aspects of Xiamen.Step 3: Read for detailed information.1. How long haven’t they seen each other?2. How many times has John been to Xiao Li’s hometown?Ask students to answer these two questions and pay attention to the sentence patterns. Write new sentences according to the example.Step 4: Listen and answer (Part 2)Listen to the following tape, and find more information.Step 5: True or falseAsk students whether these five statements true or false. If false, let students correct them.Step 6: Retell the textStep 7: Brainstorm: Introduce a city.Step 8: Homework1. Retell the whole passage by describing the city of Xiamen and the neighbourhood where Xiao Li lives in the third person.2. Write a composition with the topic of My hometown on your exercise book。