Unit 7 Know Our World
Lesson Let’s Learn Geography!
通过本单元的学习学生可以了解世界地理知识，学习各大洲、大洋、沙漠、河流等的名称。本课的学习后学生应了解各大洲、大洋的名称。?
【知识与能力目标】
1. Talk about the countries.
2. Be proud of one’s country.
【过程与方法目标】
?Talk?about?the?countries.?
2.?Learn?something?about?the?foreign?countries?3.?Some?difficult?sentences:?
【情感态度价值观目标】
“有效教学”法，学生中心教学法。
【教学重点】
1. Talk about the geography.
2. Learn something about the foreign countries.
【教学难点】
What languages do they speak in other countries?
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Step1. Look at the globe. Point to our country. Ask the students the questions:
What country are you in?
What language do we speak?
Have you been abroad?
Has anyone in your family been abroad? Where has he been? When?
Step2. Come to “THINK ABOUT IT”.
What’s your favourite subject?
What is geography?
Do you like geography?
Step3. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions:
Has Danny been abroad?
What language do they speak in Japan?
How long has Brain’s father been in Africa?
Where’s Jenny’s mother’ pen pal from?
Step4. Read and check the answers.
Read the text in roles.
Let some students act the dialogue out.
Step5. Discuss the details in groups.
Where would Danny love to go?
What countries has Brian been to?
Does Danny speak Chinese?
Where is Brian from?
Can you explain the meaning of “pen pal”?
Step6. Come to “LET’S DO IT”.
Talk about the countries that you have visited. If you haven’t visited, what country would you like to visit? Why?
Give a report to your class.
Step7. Homework
Finish off the exercises in the activity book.
Go on the next reading in the student book.
略。
Unit 7 Know Our World
Lesson 38 The World Is a Big Place!
Learn more about the world’s geography.Master the words and expressions of the continents and oceans in English.
【知识与能力目标】
To?learn?some?words?and?phrases?to?describe?the?earth.?Such?as:?be?covered?with,?two?thirds?of,?in?total...
【过程与方法目标】
To?talk?about?the?information?about?the?earth.
【情感态度价值观目标】
To?know?more?about?the?earth?and?treat?it?well.
【教学重点】
1. The words and expressions in this lesson.
2. Know about the world’s physical features.
【教学难点】
Some geography features in the world.
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Learning steps:
Step 1. Talk about the question:
1. Where do you live?
2. Do you like to live here? Why?
Step 2. Come to “THINK ABOUT IT”
Which part of the world do you live in?
What do you know about the place where you live?
Step 3. Listening task
Listen and answer the following questions:
1. How many people are there in the world?
2. Where do all the people live?
3. How big are the world’s oceans?
4. How many deserts does the world have?
5. What’s the world’s biggest island?
6. What’s the world’s longest river?
Step 4. Listening
Listen to the tape again and ask the students to imitate after it.
Step 5. Reading
Read the text again and talk about the details about the text.
How many deserts does the world have? What are they? Which is the second largest desert in the world?
What’s the world’s longest river? What is the second longest river? What is the third longest river?
What are the physical features of them?
Step 6. Homework
Listen and read the text again.
Finish off your exercise book.
Write something about the world’s geography.
略。
Unit 7 Know Our World
Lesson 39: Ring Up or Call?
教学目标
1. 能够掌握课标要求的“四会”词汇：bathroom，spell，pronunciation，grammar，translate，American，Australian，pronounce。
2. 能介绍自己知道的英国英语与美国英语的差别。
教学重难点
1. 掌握一些与介绍英语有关的重点词汇：spell，pronunciation，grammar，translate。
2. 运用所学知识介绍自己知道的英国英语和美国英语的差别。
3. 掌握以下重点句子：
（1）We have been asked to write a report on Asia.
（2）There are quite a few differences between your English and my English.
（3）Sometimes we describe the same thing in different ways or use different words.
（4）There are also some differences in pronunciation and even in grammar.
教学准备
录音机，幻灯片，图片。
教学过程
Step 1 Lead-in
Speak different kinds of English.
Let the students check in groups and ask questions about the subject. Then ask them to present some in front of the class.
Step 2 Listening
Listen to the tape and know about the main points of the dialogue. At the same time, fill in the blanks with the words you hear:
1. Brian has to write a report on _______.
2. “To ring up someone” is the British way of saying _______.
3. Some Canadians use the word “eh” at the end of ________.
Finish the task in class orally.
Step 3 Reading
Read the dialogue and answer the following questions:
1. What's the meaning of “ring up”?
2. Do “washroom” and “bathroom” have the same meaning?
3. Can we express “autumn” in another way?
Read the dialogue and finish the task in class orally.
Step 4 Practice
Make a note to introduce the differences between British English and American English.
Work in groups to finish the task. After a while, some groups present their notes in front of the class.
When the students are writing, the teacher walks around the classroom to solve the problems that probably happen.
Step 5 Come to “Let’s Do It!”
Listen to the tape and finish off Exercise 1 together.
Read the lesson again and ask the students to do Exercise 2 together.
Step 6 Homework
1. Finish off Exercise 3 in “Let’s Do It!”
2. Write a note to introduce more differences between British English and American English.
Unit 7 Know Our World
Lesson 40 Body Language
本节课是一篇阅读文章。以机场迎接客人为场景，讲述了来自几个不同国家的学生由于文化背景的差异，在初次见面时互相问候的方式迥然不同而造成的一些小误会，形象地表明了身势语与文化背景的密切关系，以及身势语在人们日常交际中的重要作用。这篇文章的写作方式颇有特色，可以让学生在阅读的过程中，很自然地以“你”自己的身份去观察、倾听在机场发生的一切。
【知识与能力目标】
1. Use the Internet and the tools to search the information.
2. Create the students interests in learning English.
【过程与方法目标】
培养听、说、读、写能力，以说为主，能流畅复述课文，并简要介绍各国的身体语言。
【情感态度价值观目标】
了解并学习关于亚洲地理的初步知识，开阔视野。
了解自己国家的基本情况，培养民族自豪感。
【教学重点】
1. Learn the geographical features of Asia.
2. Name the main countries in Asia. What are in the main cities in the countries?
【教学难点】
Some words and expressions are too difficult for the students.
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Note ：
①Make sure students know the body language.
②Encourage students to express some body language.
Step one
图片展示肢体语言并讲解所包含的意义。
Step two
Ask the students to read the text quickly , and learn about body language is not the same in all cultures.①what do you know about body language?
② Do you use body language? When and Where?
Step three
Read the text again
Step four
Listen to the tape , and follow to read loudly.
Step Five：
Language Notes:
1. In China and abroad ,people sometimes communicate without speaking.
在中国和国外，人们有的时候并不通过说话来沟通。
communicate vi. “交流，沟通”常用词组communicate with sb. “与某人交流”
communication n. “交流”
2. In China and some other countries, friends shake hands to greet each other .
在中国和其他一些国家，朋友们通过握手来问候对方。
shake hands “握手”
We often shake hands when we meet each other. 当我们彼此相遇时经常握手。
greet v. “向……打招呼”“问候，迎接，欢迎”
He greeted her by saying“Good morning”! 他向她打招呼，说“早上好”。
3.When Italians wave goodbye, it may look like “come here！”to Americans.
当意大利人摆手再见时，对美国人来说可能看起来像“来这儿！”。
Italian n. “意大利人，意大利语” adj. “意大利人的，意大利语的”
Italy n. “意大利” He is an Italian. 他是个意大利人。wave vi. “要摆，起伏，回收，挥舞”
We waved at the taxi .我们冲出租车招了招手。
wave n. “波浪，波动；挥手”
Tom stopped him with a wave of the hand. 汤姆摆摆手让他停下来了。
Step six ：
Discuss the text with the class, ask the class to retell the main ideas of the text. Make sure the students know the six main points ,(the six questions introducing each paragraph) ,discussed in the text,.First,ask each group to talk feely, then ,choose one or two students to give a report in front of the class
Step seven：Practice
Step eight
在谈论时 ，学生可参考课文的叙述方式和句型结构，就他们所了解的文化习俗，风土人情，地理特征，自然资源等方面广泛展开讨论，让学生在谈论的过程中感受伟大祖国的壮美，从而增强名族自豪感的同时学会尊重国外文化。
Homework:
① Retell the text after class
② Finish off the activity book
略。
Unit 7 Know Our World
Lesson 41 A Class of the World
This unit mainly talks about different kinds of music with the title The sounds of the world.?
【知识与能力目标】
1. Know more about the world’s geography.
2. Compare the physical features with the Asian physical features.
【过程与方法目标】
?Talk about different kinds of music 2)?Discuss characteristics of different kinds of music and differences between them 3)?Write a comparison essay
【情感态度价值观目标】
要求学生自我评估可以提高学生学习的主动性和积极性，促进学生对自己的学习进行反思，并能帮助学生掌握评估技术，增加教师的评估信息。通过自我评估，学生可设定目标，并更清楚地认识到自己的优势与不足。
【教学重点】
1. Learn about the physical features of Europe.
2. Know about the customs and habits in Europe.
【教学难点】
1. Learn about the physical features of Europe.
2. Know about the customs and habits in Europe.
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Step 1 Listening ?Have Ss listen to a piece of music and tell what kind of musical instrument the music is played with. Step 2 Brainstorming ?Have Ss tell as many kinds of musical instrument as possible by asking the question: What other kinds of musical instrument do you know? T collects kinds of musical instrument: organ, harp, piano, maracas, violin, saxophone, gone, cymbals, castanets, flute, timpani, tambourine, triangle, drum, xylophone, etc. Step 3 Creating a situation (textual authenticity) ?Have Ss work together with hisher partner. Take turns asking for and giving advice. Student A?Student B You want to buy a CD for your friend’s birthday, but you are not sure what to buy. Ask your partner to give some suggestions.?Your partner needs your advice. Please help him or her to make a decision. Step 4 Listening ?Listen to the sample dialogue and make sure what the dialogue is about. Step 5 Practice ?Practice reading the dialogue, using one of the names of musical instrument mentioned above to replace CD and paying attention to sentences of asking for and giving advice. Step 6 Dialogue ?Have Ss choose one from the following situations to create their own dialogue. Student A?Student B Your partner needs your advice. Please help him or her to decide what to do.?You want to find a good song to dance to. You like dancing, but you are not sure what song you should play.? Student A?Student B Your partner needs your advice. Please help him or her to decide what to do.?Your classmates have asked you to pick a special song that will represent your class. It should be a song that everybody likes and that shows the spirit of your class. Ask your partner to help you. Step 7 Demonstration ?Have several pairs to demonstrate their dialogues. Step 8 Sum-up ?Have Ss think hard and summarize how to make suggestions and give advice and possible responses.(See Slide) Step 9 Consolidation ?Work in pairs or groups. Use one or more of the situations below to practise giving and asking for advice. 1.?You want to learn to play the piano, but you don’t know how. 2.?You would like to write a song about your mother, but you are not sure what you should write. 3.?You want to learn an English song, but you don’t know which one.
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Unit 7 Know Our World
Lesson 42 North America
This unit is mainly about the North America. It has a lot of beautiful scenery. After learning this unit, we can learn more about North America.
【知识与能力目标】
1. Will/ Would/ Could you please…?
2. Learn about the rhythm of the foreign songs.
3. Know more about the world’s geography.
【过程与方法目标】
Learn about the foreign culture and customs.
【情感态度价值观目标】
Know about more about the world’s geography.
【教学重点】
1. Travel around the world.
2. How to look up words in a dictionary.
3. The way we travel around the world.
【教学难点】
Some words and expressions are too difficult for the students.
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Step1. Review the countries and the languages. Let some students make a list on the blackboard.
Step2. Listening task
Listen and finish Exercise
Can you say something about North America?
What do you know about North America
Step2. Read and check the answers. First read silently. Then read it loudly in class. The teacher walks around the classroom to see if the students need some help.
Step3. Read the text again. Then discuss the questions in listening task. Discuss the details with the students to see if they have some questions to ask.
Step4. Make up sentences with the language points:
Keep doing: I keep thinking practicing the spoken English.
With an interview: Beijing is a city with many places of interest
Step5. Listen to the tape again. Pay attention to the intonation and pronunciation.
Step6. Let some students sum the main content in this lesson, but not word by word.
Step7. Come to “LET’S DO IT”.
Step8. Homework
Finish off the exercises in activity book.
Do the exercises on Page 69.
略。
