Topic
Unit 9 Great cities of the world
Period
1
Teaching Aims
1. Can use the key words and phrases in context: north, west, east, south, London, Tokyo
2. Can use ‘How…… ?’questions to ask and answer: How long does it take to get to Shanghai from Beijing by train? It takes about five hours.
Main points & difficult points
Teaching Importances and Difficulties：
1. Words of some cities: Beijing London Tokyo
2. Words of directions: west east north south
3.How …… ?questions： How long does it take to get to Shanghai from Beijing by train? It takes about five hours.
Teaching Aids
PPT and other aids
Procedure
Procedure
Purpose
Pre-task
preparation
1 Show and tell
Prepare for this lesson.
While-task procedure
Show some photos of cities and teach the new words: Beijing, Tokyo, London
Show the characters and listen to their dialogue.
Teach the word in the context
Beijing is the capital of China. It’s in the north of China.
capital north
The same way to teach other words of directions: south, east, west
Play games to help students remember the four words.
Listen to the dialogue and then ask questions to check their understanding
A. What’s in Picture One?
B. Where is it in China?
C. What’s in Picture Two?
D. Where is it in China?
E. How long does it take to get to B from A by train?
7. Check the answers.
Consolidate the knowledge in unit 2.
Post-task activity
Group-work: Act out the characters.
Show the dialogue in the front.
Train the Ss’ abilities of speaking.
Homework
1Listen and recite P58.
2Write the names of cities and directions.
Writing on the board
Unit 9 Great cities of the world
How long does it take to get to Shanghai from Beijing by train?
It takes about five hours.
Topic
Unit 9 Great cities of the world
Period
2
Teaching Aims
1Can use the key words and phrases in context:
2Can use How questions to ask and answer.
Main points & difficult points
Teaching importance and Difficulties：
1 Can gather information from the text.
2. Can use the sentence structures to talk about the distance
Teaching Aids
PPT and other aids
Procedure
Procedure
Purpose
Pre-task
preparation
1. Show and tell
2. Ask and answer.
Prepare for this lesson.
While-task procedure
Show the pictures of Beijing and Shanghai
Ask questions about these two cities.
Group-work: Talk about their distance.
Invite groups to show the answers.
Finish the notes on P 59.
6.Check the answers.
Consolidate the knowledge in unit 2.
Post-task activity
1 Tell students to work into groups and talk about the distances between some places.
Hangzhou--Shanghai 190KM
Shanghai--Shenzhen 1500KM
Shenzhen--Beijing2800KM
Beijing--Hainan 2703KM
Beijing--Shanghai1070KM
Beijing--Guangzhou1870KM
2. Invite students to show their dialogues
Train the Ss’ abilities of speaking.
Homework
1Listen and recite P58.
2Make dialogues using the information below.
Hangzhou--Shanghai 190KM 1.5hrs
Shanghai--Shenzhen 1500KM 5.5hrs
Shenzhen--Beijing2800KM 24hrs
Beijing--Hainan 2703KM 22hrs
Beijing--Shanghai1070KM 5.5hrs
Beijing--Guangzhou1870KM 20hrs
Writing on the board
Unit 9 Great cities of the world
1. How far is it from __to ___? It’s ____kilometers.
2. How long does it take to get to ___ from ___? It takes _______.
Hangzhou--Shanghai 190KM 1.5hrs
Shanghai--Shenzhen 1500KM 5.5hrs
Shenzhen--Beijing2800KM 24hrs
Beijing--Hainan 2703KM 22hrs
Beijing--Shanghai1070KM 5.5hrs
Beijing--Guangzhou1870KM 20hrs
Topic
Unit 9 Great cities of the world
Period
3
Aims
Can say out the pronunciation of some letters.
Know more about the culture of some famous cities.
Teaching focus
Sound of the letters: er/ir/ur/or/er/a
Teaching Aids
PPT cards computer
Procedure
Content
Procedure
Purpose
Warming-up
Show and tell
1 Invite one student to do Show and tell, others need to answer some related questions after watching.
Pre-task
preparation
1 Recite the dialogue on P58
2 Ask some questions to check students’ understanding and memories.
1.Stimulate students’ interest to learn English
2.Enhance the atmosphere of learning English
While-task procedure
1 Show and tell. Invite several groups to the front and show their performance of the dialogue.
2 Learn the sounds.
Watch the video and then conclude the rules of the pronunciation.
Teacher writes down on the board.
er her term
ir bird third first thirteen thirty
ur nurse turn surf
or work word world worker
er teacher paper driver waiter
a sofa umbrella again along
3 Elicit students to say out more words with the same sound
4 Draw a conclusion. Read out the words together.
5 Watch a video and know more about some famous cities.
Scene creation can stimulate students' interest in learning English
Listen and answer questions can improve students’ listening ability and speaking abilit
Post-task activity
1 Group-work:Talk about your hometown
2 Group-appreciation
Students’ need more encouragement .
Homework
1 Listen and learn Page 56 beforehand.
2 Review the sounds on P63
Writing on the board
Unit9 Great cities of the world
Er her term
Ir bird third first thirteen thirty
ur nurse turn surf
or work word world worker
er teacher paper driver waiter
a sofa umbrella again along
Topic
Unit 9 Great cities of the world
Period
4
Aims
Grasp the format of the introduction of cities
Use the present tense to describe the great cities
Teaching focus
The introduction of some famous cities
Teaching Aids
PPT cards computer
Procedure
Content
Procedure
Purpose
Pre-task
preparation
1.Show and tell
2. Review the dialogue on P5
3. Recall students’ memory about the several cities.
4.Show the pictures of the Beijing and guide students to talk about it.
1.Stimulate students’ interest to learn English
2.Enhance the atmosphere of learning English
While-task procedure
Listen to the introduction and answer questions.
Is Beijing the capital of China?
What famous places can we find in Beijing?
What do people in Beijing love eating?
Check the answers and guide students recite the first paragraph.
Look at the picture of Tokyo, guide students to describe Tokyo.
Invite students’ to share their ideas.
Listen and repeat sentence by sentence.
Learn about London , then answer some questions.
Draw a conclusion
Scene creation can stimulate students' interest in learning English
Listen and answer questions can improve students’ listening ability and speaking ability
Post-task activity
1 Group-work: Recite the introduction
2 Group-appreciation.
3 Draw a conclusion.
4 Moral education.
Ss do well in the listening and speaking
Homework
1Listen and read out P60 two times..
2 Write about Shenzhen.
Writing on the board
Unit 9 Great cities
Beijing
Tokyo
London
Topic
Unit 9 Great cities
Period
5
Aims
--To grasp the Wh-question in this unit-How long does it take? It takes .
--To improve pupils’ ability of gathering information.
Teaching focus
How long does it take to get to __from __ by __?
It takes ____hours/minutes.
Teaching Aids
PPT cards computer
Procedure
Purpose
Pre-task
preparation
1 Greetings.
2 Show and tell.
-To create a good
English-learning atmosphere
While-task procedure
Review the dialogue on P58
Invite students to recite.
Show the question How long ? and check students’ understanding.
Give out the example and more information, ask students to make dialogues in pairs.
Invite groups to show their dialogue.
Show the below information and ask students to write out the dialogue.
-To get the information
through reading skills
--To cater for learner diversity.
--Students work in groups with mixed ability to get the effective information.
-To elicit different-ability students to express their opinions.
Post-task activity
Show the dialogue and check the answers.
2 Draw a conclusion.
--To improve pupils’ ability of expressing their ideas
--To increase students’ feelings of environmental protection.
Homework
1 Review Unit 9.
2 Write about Shenzhen.
Writing on the board
Unit 9 Great cities
