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Module 4 A social Survey-My Neighbourhood学案
Period 1 introduction+listening
Learning aim
1.Learn some words about neighbourhood, such as suburb, downtown, apartment, six-storey, high-rise buildings, committee, etc.
2.Listen and understand the listening material to introduce one neighbourhood committee and learn some every-day English expressions in it.
Important points
Learn to know what is a neighbourhood about and describe our own neighbourhood.
Learning difficulties
Describe one's own neighbourhood in various sentence patterns but not only one : there is/are...near/aroud ... .
Learning of what is a neighbourhood
Pre-learning
What do we have around our school List them in your groups. We have shops, markets, restaurants, schools, factories, hospitals, parks, hotels, apartment blocks, bus services. It is the neighbourhood around our school.
Group work
Work in groups to talk about either the neighbourhood of our school or the neighbourhood of your own home. You can choose one.
Sentences help:
there be , we have..., ...is built here recently, it is convenient for us to ....as there is.../we have/ ...has just been built...
Independent learning
Read the two passages about two students' homes in the book, then following the examples , write down something about your own home on the lines below.
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Group work
Exchange what you have write down in your group to read and judge.
Listening
Pre-listening
1.If we want to know about one neighbourhood, what organization can we interview Do you know about their work
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2.Learn the new words in the box.
3.Go over the table in the book that is to be filled.
4.Two questions for part one:
Is the officer in the committee experienced in the work
What actions do they organize for the neighbourhood
Listen carefully three times to get the information required.
Check the answers in your groups and then with the teacher.
Post-listening/ Everyday-English
Tick the answers for the expressions that you have just listened in the book.
Inquiry study in groups
1. List other expressions of the same meaning as "a great many things" .
2. We have learnt "as a result" and "as a result of" before, what's the difference of them Make two sentences to show the difference.
3."make it " is an expression, and what's its fixed meaning when used as an expression
Test
Fill in the conversation with the expressions in Everyday-English.
Rose-We seem to have__________subjects and books to learn in Senior High.
David-Yes. You____________.I also think it's not an easy task.
R-We have to______in the subjects so that we can_______in the exams.
D-The study task is challenging but ________.I'm always hard_working.______, I ________in the final exam.
R-_________.
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Period 2-3 reading+language points+grammar
Learning aim
1.Practise reading ability and get the required information in the reading material through scanning and skimming.
2.Learn the new vocabulary in the text, such as "architecture, gorgeous, district, starve..."and expressions.
3.Learn the grammar -the perfect present tense.
Learning important points
Develop the reading ability ,learn the new vocabulary and grammar of the perfect present tense.
Learning difficulties
Conclude when the perfect present tense should be used and what the adverbials of time are for the tense.
Pre-learning work
If you show your friend around in Taiyuan, what will you introduce to him and where will you show him around
Work in your group about the questions.
(location, weather, famous places, famous factories, food, living cost, customs...)
Reading
Independent work
Skim the text to get the information:
1.what city is Xiaoli showing around his friend
2.What's the weather like in the city
3.Which place is the most famous in the city
Scan to work out the right answers in Activity 1 in the book.
Judge true or false in Activity 2 .
Check your answers.
Group work
Study to find out the new vocabulary to be learnt in the text.
Test for the new vocabulary
I'm John Martin. This is the first time I've visited my friend, Xiaoli's _______. I've visited some beautiful cities, but this is the most _______places I've been to. Xiaoli thinks he is ______ living here though it's _____hot and wet in the summer. But the climate_______ok to me.Too many ______can _____the local people and they can be a _______. There are huge apartment blocks but the______ is high. A lot of high-rise buildings have been____ ____in the business_____. After leaving it, we will____the______. Near it is Gulangyu, a_____island with interesting_____. We _____over there for lunch because I'm _______.
Group work
Find out the expressions to learn in the text and help with each other.
1.feel fortunate doing sth
2. Pretty hot and wet/ quite cold
3.sounds ok to me
4. The rent is high /low
5.put up
6. approach:接近，处理，打交道vt. approach sw/sb/sth ; n. 通路，方法，打交道 an/the approach to sw/sb/sth
Test work
Translations
1.我幸运于我有一个幸福的生活。
2.南方的夏天很湿热而北方的冬天很干冷。
3.这首歌听着很熟悉，我在初中学过它。
4.我想买台平板电脑， 但价格太贵了。
5.我们就要接近山顶时， 发现了往那座庙的通路。
Grammar study
Read the text again carefully to underline the sentences of the perfect present tense.
Write down the time adverbials and sentence patterns for the tense.
For some years, since I did sth,/last year, already, yet, ever, never,recently, these years, so far, up to now, by now, in the past years, it's the first time I've done sth, it's the most attractive places I've been to, Have you done sth
Pick two of them to make sentences in your group.
Practise Exercise 2 in page 34 and Exercise 3 in page 36. Also exercise1, 2, 3, 4, in page 85 in your book.
Check your answers after finishing them.
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Period 4 culture corner+writing
Learning aim
1.read culture corner to practise reading ability and learn about the trend that villages are disappear in Europe as well.
2.Learn words and expressions such as firstly, secondly,....finally, remain, afford...
3.Practise writing work by adding "and", "but", "so" into sentences.
Important points
1.Reading practice while learning about the village disappearing.
2.Sentences linked by "and, but, so".
Difficulty in learning the period
Talking about the reasons why villages are disappearing and their opinions for that.
Pre-learning
Which place has a bigger population in China, the village or the city And what are the reasons that lead to the situation
Discuss in your group and write down the reasons with : Firstly, .. ..Secondly,.... ...Finally,......
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Reading independently
There is the trend in China, do you know if it is similar in Europe
Read the culture corner to answer the question. You should also find out:
How many reasons are mentioned in the text
What are they
Group learning
Work in your group to learn the new words and expressions in the text. List them out.
A number of/the number of, remain+adj./n. Remain to do, afford sth/afford to do sth, make/earn money,survive. Firstly, secondly, finally. People have bought a second home in the village, where they come and stay at weekends./that/which is actually a holiday house for then. It is becoming more and more difficult for sb to do sth.
Test work
1. ________the students in our class is 60.
2. ________the students in our class are hard working.
3. I want to live in a villa, but I can't_________.
4. We should live on the money______by ourselves.
A. makes B earning c. made D. to earn
5. So much work remains_________(finish), as a result, we can't rest now.
6. Taiyuan is a city ______many factories have been built.
7. Taiyuan is a city ______is called the Dragon City , too.
8. 用It's becoming more and more difficult for sb to do sth, firstly, secondly, finally 分别造句。
Writing
I'm lily, I like travelling .(F)
I'm lily. I like travelling.(T)
I'm lily and I like travelling.(T)
Fill the blank with and, but, so.
1.I'm a foreigner from England _____I am fond of Beijing opera.
2.I'm very sleepy_____I'll just go to bed now.
3.I'm always working hard _____I'll work harder in Senior High.
Independent work
Fill in the blanks in the passage in page 37 with and, but, so.
Check your answers.
Group work
Do you think it is good or bad that villages are disappearing
Whether you think it is good or bad , write down two or three sentences for your opinion. Your sentences must contain and, but, or so .
Discuss it in your group , and then write them down in your exercise book.
Judge your work with each other.
T will choose some of your work to show to the class.
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Period 5
Writing
Group-work
Discussing task 1
Talk about : First, a few sentences to introduce yourself briefly ;
second, briefly introduce which part of China, which city you live in;
finally, briefly introduce what kind of building you live in,on which floor, and what's your house like .Is it near or far from your school
Discussing task 2
What are around your neighbourhood
Such as schools, shops ,markets, hospitals, factories, buses, a park, a zoo,some other public facilities.
What about your neighbours, people living in the neighbourhood
Do you have a safe and peace neighbourhood to live in
Sentences help:
There is..., a... Has just been built in out neighbourhood recently; Since there is../a..has just been built here, it is convenient for us to ....., ....is within only ten minutes's walking distance.
Discussing task 3
What's your feeling about living here
Independent work
Writing task
According to what you9 have discussed above, write down a passage.
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The title is My neighbourhood.
You must write your composition in three paragraphs following your discussion steps.
Group-work
Exchange your compositions in groups to help each other to correct, learn or improve.
T will pick a few of your work to show to the class on the screen.
Hand in your compositions for your T to judge.
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