初中Unit 2 Arnwick was a city with 200,000 people.集体备课课件ppt

Unit 2 Arnwick was a city with a population of 10,000,000.

【教学目标】

        Knowledge objective

1. To get information from the reading passage in relation to city problem.

2. To write about city problems.

        Ability objective

To write about city problems.

        Moral objective

To make Ss do something for the environment protection.

【教学重点】

1. To get information from the reading material about city problems.

2. To learn the grammar: article.

【教学难点】

To understand the main idea of each paragraph of the article

【教学方法】

PWP method, task-based method.

【教学手段】

A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures

【教学过程】

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1 Revision and lead-in

Look at the pictures and guess what the increasing population need?

Step 2 Consolidate new words

Look and say. The teacher shows the pictures of new words and let the students say as quickly as possible.

Step 3 Ask and answer the questions

   Work in pairs. First read the words in the box. Then use the words to answer the questions.

1. Why do people move to cities?

2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of big cities?

Step 4 Listen to passage and answer the questions

1. Where did people live after they moved to cities?
2. When did the small local school Parkville close down?

Step 5 Read the passage and check your answers to Activity 1

Read the passage carefully and check the answers from the groups.

Step 6 Read the passage and answer the questions

1. How long will it take to go to school in Arnwick?

2. Where does Jo live now?

3. Was it expensive to live in the centre of the city?

Step 7 Check the true sentences

First let the Ss read the passage carefully and then check the answers according to the passage.

1. The small local school opened.

2. The new school is near Jo’s home.

3. The longer journey has a lot of traffic and pollution.

Step 8 Complete the passage with the correct form of the words from the box

Read the passage carefully and get the main idea and choose the words from the box, then use the correct form to fill in the blanks.

Many towns and cities around the world have the same problems as Arnwick. When people come from villages, they need places to live, so (1) _____ government has to build more (2) _____. People need better public (3) ________. For example, they need more schools and (4) ________. Governments also have to make more efforts to reduce (5) ________ in towns and cities.

Step 9 Write down more suggestions to solve the problems in Arnwick. 

•         Describe the problems Arnwick has.

•         Brainstorm your suggestions for the city government to solve these problems.

     The city government should…

     Why not…?

     It’s a good idea to…

     How about…?

•         Write your suggestions. Start with:

      To solve the problems in Arnwick, the government can take the following actions…

Step 11 Language points

Let Ss master the main points of the passage.

1. ..., so the government built flats outside the centre.

  flats 表示“公寓，套房”

  house 表示“房子”

2. The small local school in Parkville closed down five years ago.

  local     adj.    当地的

  close down 表示“（永久性地）停工，关闭”。

e.g. The company closed down last year.

     去年那家公司关闭。

4. The traffic is always bad, not to mention the air pollution.

    pollution   n.    污染        pollute       v.    污染

e.g. Noise pollution is more serious in the city.

     噪音污染是城市中更为严重的问题。

Step 12 Summary

Let Ss talk about what they have learnt in class.

重点短语。

build flats                  make a great effort

close down                 public service

living environment

Step 13 Exercises

Let the students practice the main points in Unit 2.

1. — Please make _____ for the old woman. C

  — Here you are.

 A. house          B. flat            C. room

2. The paper factory _____ last year and the villagers were very happy to have a better life. C

  A. closed off         B. closed away       C. closed down

3. Air ______ is a serious problem in big cities. A

  A. pollution          B. pollute           C. rubbish

4. The government needs to make ______ to protect the forest. A

  A. efforts          B. effort        C. ways

Step 14 Homework

Write a passage to tell about the problems in your city.