初中牛津上海版 (五四制)Unit 1 Relationships in beijing第4课时教学设计

Module 1  Relationships

Unit 1  Relatives in Beijing

Period Four

教学目标

1. To let students know about some interesting places in Beijing

2.To encourage the students to speak English in class.    

3. To communicate with each other in English fluently.

教学重点和难点

(1) Key points

a). The present perfect tense “have/has +done”

(2) Difficult points:

a). Nouns and adverbs to show position

教学方法：

Task-based learning

教学材料

1、The multi-media system.

2、Handout for the students.

教学过程：

I.  Pre-task preparation

1. To sing an English song 

T: Class begins! Good morning, class. 

Ss: Good morning, Miss….

T: Oh, it is a nice song.  Shall we sing it?  Ss: O.K.

----  to sing a song. 

T: Good / Wonderful / well done!

2.Think and write

T:  Now let’s remember the text we have learnt before, and we discuss the following blanks, then fill in them.

(A)

Mr Li received a (1) __________ from his (2) __________, Weiming. Weiming is Ben and Kitty’s (3) __________. He lives in (4) __________. He has a (5) __________ called Simon and a (6) __________ called Lucy. Simon is (7) __________ years old and Lucy is (8) __________. Weiming asked Mr Li to stay with them in (9) __________ (month). They can go there by (10) __________ or by (11) __________.

(B)

The next day, Mr Li went to visit a (12) __________(13) ________because he wanted to get some (14) __________. Mr Li knew that it takes about (15) _____ hours to travel from Garden City to Beijing by plane and it costs (16) _____ yuan. That’s(17) __________.But it takes about (18) __________ hours by train. It is too(19) __________. But it costs only              (20) __________ yuan.

(C)

After Mr Li came back from the travel agent’s, he said to his children, ‘We are going to leave for Beijing on (21) __________ and we will come back                      (22) ______________. We are going to stay there for (23) ____________________.’

They decided to go there by (24) __________ . Taking a train to Beijing is (25) __________ than taking a plane but it is too (26) __________ .

II.  While-task procedures

1. Listen and read

T: The Li family has arrived in Beijing. Simon and Lucy want to take Ben and Kitty to some interesting places.

To learn their greetings, and then read and learn by heart them.

Hi, Simon. Hi, Lucy.

Nice to meet you.

Hi, Ben. Hi, Kitty. Nice to meet you.

We’ve found some information about some interesting places.

2. Look and learn

T: Look at the pictures, and guess where is it?

Do you know these places in Beijing?

Read and understand them.

a)        the Summer Palace

b)       the Great Wall

c)        Tian’anmen Square

d)       the Palace Museum

e)        swan

f)         mountain

g)        bricks

h)       stones

i)         Chinese national

j)         raise the Chinese national flag

k)       ancient history

show students the pictures about the phrases and ask them to say it out.

3. Read and answer

T: Simon and Lucy have found some information about some interesting places. Here is the brochure they have got. Let’s get some information from the brochure.

(Divide the text into four parts and learn them)

The Summer Palace

It is in the north-west of Beijing. Tourists can see a lot of old buildings and temples at the palace. Kunming Lake is a beautiful lake inside the palace. Tourists can see swans swimming on the lake.

1)     Read the text together

2)     One student read the text

T: Now answer me the following questions.

a)        Where is the Summer Palace?

b)        What is at the palace?

c)        What is the name of the lake?

d)        What can you see on the lake?

The  Great  Wall

It is north of Beijing. It is a long wall with towers on it. People built it a long time ago with bricks and stones. Tourists can see beautiful mountains from the wall.

1)     Read the text after the recording

2)     Read the text together

T: Answer the following questions according this part.

a)        Where is the Great Wall?

b)        When did people build it?

c)        What did ancient people build it with?

d)        What can you see on the wall?

e)        What can you see from the wall?

Tian’anmen  Square

It is in the centre of Beijing. It is a huge open area. It can hold more than one million people. Every morning, tourists can see soldiers raising the Chinese national flag in the square.

1)     Read the text after one top student

2)     Several students read the text

T: There are some questions for you.

a)        Where is Tian’anmen Square?

b)        How many people can it hold?

c)        What do soldiers do every morning in Tiananmen Square?

The Palace Museum

It is in the centre of Beijing. It is a place with many ancient buildings. If tourists want to know the history of China, they can visit the museum.

1)     Read after the recording

2)     Do soft-reading

3)     Several students read the text

T: Some questions for you.

a)        Where is the Palace Museum?

b)        When can people see at the Palace Museum?

c)        Why do many people visit the museum?

Consolidation

Workbook 7A, pages 4.

后记：

1. 学生容易将place与palace混淆，要注意帮助学生区分两者之间的意思和读音。

2.注意强调那些名词词组前要加the，哪些不要加the。

I. Rewrite the following sentences as required. (12’) （根据所给要求，改写下列句子）

1. It takes me about 30 minutes to get there by taxi. （对划线部分提问）

_______ _______ _______ it take you to get there by taxi?

2. The pen cost him 5 yuan. （对划线部分提问）

_______ _______ _______ the pen cost him?

3. We want to come back at the end of August. （改为一般疑问句）

_______ you _______ to come back at the end of August?

4. We want to come back at the end of August. （保持句意不变）

We _______ _______ to come back at the end of August.

5. They are going to visit the Great Wall this summer. （改为一般疑问句）

_______ they _______ to visit the Great Wall this summer?

6. I spent 30 minutes getting to the party. （保持句意不变）

It _______ me minutes _______ get to the party.

7. It is 300 metres from this shop to that one. （对划线部分提问）

_______ _______ is it from this shop to that one?

8. Let’s go out. （改为反意疑问句）

Let’s go out, _______ _______?

9. Alice loves singing. （改为否定句）

Alice _______ _______ singing.

10. Give me a cup of tea, please. （保持句意不变）

_______ a cup of tea _______ me, please.

11. My parents visit my grandparents once a week. （对划线部分提问）

_______ _______ do your parents visit your grandparents?

12. There were some students in the library. （改为否定句）

There _______ _______ students in the library.

II. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words：

    Switzerland is a small country with high mountains, thick forests and blue lakes．In winter the sun is b_______ but the air is cold．People go to Switzerland for winter s _______．They wear warm clothes and sunglasses．They stay at h________．People go up the mountains in lifts and ski down．They also skate on icy lakes．Visitors go to Switzer-land in the summer time．too．They can c________ the mountains or walk in the forests．They can swim in the warm lakes or they can go b_______ on them. People call Switzerland the playground of Europe.