教学设计
课程基本信息
学科 英语 年级 八年级 学期 秋季
课题 8AM2U3 Language practice(2)&Around the world&Module task
教学目标
By the end of the class, students will be able to be city guides for the 19th Asian Games and make a city tour report about the host city and co-host cities in Zhejiang province and compare two cities. This will be achieved by: helping students recall the target languages (be in the east/south/north/west of , on the coast, has a population of, be famous for...) to describe a place/city and make city cards for cities. helping students learn how to introduce their home towns by talking about different aspects of these cities (location, population, famous places/people, activities, local food, history, weather…) with the aid of city cards. helping students review the key structure, comparative adjectives(bigger, smaller, older, newer, larger, colder…), and guide them to make a city tour report for two cities in their home town. helping students develop awareness of love for their home town and country.
教学内容
教学重点： Guide students to introduce two cities in their hometown by talking about different aspects such as location, population and famous places/people etc. Guide students to compare two cities of their hometown by using comparative adjectives such as bigger, smaller and larger etc. 教学难点： Students may feel it difficult to: use the target language to introduce a place/city. Solutions: Encourage students to be city guides based on PBL learning. Show students Betty’s introduction as an example. Guide students to make city cards as the introduction aid. Give students background information about the cities.These steps are of great help to get students ready for the introduction . use comparative adjectives to report and compare two cities. Solutions: Help students review comparative adjectives and key structures. Offer listening material to students. Stimulate students to complete Betty’s traveling experience in two cities of China with the help of check lists. Guide students to observe, experience, think and finally do it by themselves.
教学过程
StagesActivities MethodologyPresenting the main taskStep1 Presenting the main task Lead in the topic: cities/places in our hometown and country. Set the task: be a city guide for Betty for the 2022 Asian games.Lead in the main task for PBL learning by showing Betty’s interest in the 19th Asian Games. Therefore, the students will be clear of the main task and be ready for the sub-tasks afterwards.Showing the example (around the world)Step2 Reading Read the example: read Betty’s introduction of Washington DC, the capital of US. Answer questions: answer the questions about the location, famous places and places to visit in the city to get ready for making the city card. Show the students the example of introduction and the city card of a city. Recall the target language to help students get ready for introducing Beijing.Reviewing the target language (language practice)Step3 Talking about Beijing Talk about a city: students talk about the location, famous places and places to visit in Beijing, the capital of China. Make the city card:Based on the example of Step1, students add more information to the city card of Beijing. Encourage students to use the target language (be in the east/south/north/west of , on the coast, has a population of, be famous for...) to talk about Beijing and complete the task of making the city card for Beijing.Reviewing comparative adjectives (language practice)Step4 Listening Before listening: students review the comparative adjectives as well as the key structure and guess the missing words of the sentences. Listening: students listen to the dialogue between Betty and Daming and check their prediction. This procedure aims to stimulate students to use the key structures, comparative adjectives (bigger, smaller, older, newer,larger,colder…)to describe two places/cities.Language in use (language practice)Step5 Language in use Students complete Betty’s city tour of Shanghai and Sanya in China. It helps students have a general practice of using the target language as well as the key structures of comparative adjectives to introduce two cities, which makes the following main tasks easier for pleting main task1 (module task)Step6 Making city cards for the 2022 Asian Games
Before task: students watch a video about the host city and co-host cities of the 2022 Asian Games and describe these cities in their home town. Main task1: students make city cards for the host city and one of the co-host cities for Betty.Based on PBL learning, this task sets a real learning situation for the students as the city guides of the 19th Asian games. These cities are their home towns, which are familiar for them. The main task1, making the city cards, makes learning interesting and also can serve as a learning aid for making the report in main task2.Completing main task2 (module task)Step7 Making a city tour report for the 2022 Asian Games Before task: students show their city cards for the host city and one co-host city. Main task2: students make a city tour report for the host city and one of the co-host cities for Betty.
As the second part of the main task and also the module task, it gives students the chance to use the target language and comparative adjectives to make a city tour report about the host and co-host cities of the 2022 Asian Games. With the previous practice and the help of city cards, it is easier for students to complete the task.Homework Step8 Homework Must do: read the city tour report aloud and share it with your classmates. May do: make a city tour poster according to the city cards and the report. Homework helps students consolidate what they’ve learned in the class. The must-do homework is for the whole class and the may-do homework is for those who are willing to challenge themselves.
教学资源引用说明： 视频和音频引用：2022年第19届亚运会组委会官方抖音账号（抖音号：HANGZHOU2022AG，可公开下载） 其他图片引用：百度图库（可公开下载）(共14张PPT)
M2U3 Language practice(2)
&Around the world&Module task
Around the world
1.Where is Washington DC
2.What is Washington DC famous for
3. What can tourists visit in Washington DC
It’s on the east coast of the US.
It’s famous for the White House.
They can visit the Lincoln Memorial and the National Air and Space Museum.
Task1 Let’s talk.
Name: Beijing
Location: ______________________________________
Famous things:_________________________________
Places to visit:__________________________________
____________: __________________________________
____________: __________________________________
____________: __________________________________
in the north of China
the Great Wall
Peking University /Tiananmen Square
Food
History
Population
Where is Beijing
What is Beijing famous for
What can people visit in Beijing
...
What can people eat
How old is Beijing
What’s the population of Beijing
...
City Card
Beijing
the capital of...
be in the west/east/north/south of...
has a population of.../ The population of...is....
...is famous for...
Beijing
Beijing is the capital of China. It’s in the north of China. It’s more than three thousand years old. It has a population of over 21 million. Beijing is famous for the Great Wall. Tourists can visit Peking University and enjoy Beijing roast duck.
Beijing roast duck
more than three thousand years old
about 21 million
...has a population of...
/ The population of...is....
Beijing
3145 years old
21,840,000 people
图片来源：http://mms1./it/u=356024862,4076242760&fm=253&app=138&f=JPEG w=889&h=500
Let’s guess.
____ is than _____.
______
______
_______
_______
______
______
smaller
newer
older
bigger
larger
busier
Task 2 Let’s listen.
1. New York is a(n)_______ and_________city than Washington DC.
2. New York is more ________than any other city in the US.
3. Shanghai has a(n)_______population than Beijing.
4. Beijing is _______than Shanghai.
Task 2 Let’s listen.
1. New York is a(n)_______ and_________city than Washington DC.
2. New York is more ________than any other city in the US.
3. Shanghai has a(n)_______population than Beijing.
4. Beijing is _______than Shanghai.
Which city do you like best Why
bigger
busier
famous
larger
older
Shanghai has a larger population than Beijing, but Beijing is older than Shanghai.
So I like Beijing best.
...is...than..., but ...is...than...
...is...than..., and ...is ...than...
So I like...best.
Task3 Let’s choose.
I visited many big cities in China last year. First, I went to Shanghai, a modern city on the east(1)_________ of China. Shanghai has a (2)___________ of about 23.5 million. It’s (3) __________ for the World Financial Centre, which is (4)_________ than many other buildings in the world. The weather in Shanghai is pretty good. It is never very cold in winter or very hot in summer. Then, I went to Sanya, which is a city on (5) a(n)________ in the (6)_________ of China. Sanya is best known for the nice seafood and the blue sea. It is much (7)_______ in summer in Sanya. It’s a nice place to go swimming and fishing.
Shanghai is bigger than Sanya but Sanya has more islands than Shanghai. Shanghai is as (8)________ as Sanya. I like both the beautiful two cities. I love the cities in China. Now I’m planning to visit Hangzhou for the 2022 Asian Games.
tall pretty island polulation famous south hot coast
coast
population
famous
taller
island
south
hotter
pretty
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words.
What are the co-host cities （协办城市）
host city （主办城市）
What cities can Betty and the international friends visit
Let’s watch.
Task4
Let’s write.
City Card
City Card
Name: Hangzhou
________________________________________________________________________________
Name: _________
________________________________________________________________________________
Make the city cards for Betty. You can choose
Hangzhou and one of the co-host cities in our home town.
Task 5 Let’s report.
Make a city tour report about Hangzhou and the co-host city for Betty.
Welcome to Zhejiang province for the Asian Games. It is my great honor to introduce the host city Hangzhou and the co-host city...to you.
____is bigger/larger/colder/busier... than ___
Homework
Must do
Read the city tour report aloud and share it with your classmates.
May do
Make a city tour poster according to the city cards and the report.
