Period 1 Let’s listen and speak!
Goals
◆ Talk about the USA.
◆ Practise describing places.
◆ Improve students’ capability of listening and speaking.
Procedures
Leading in: by brainstorm.
Morning, class! As is known, America is one of the most developed and important countries in the world. How much do you know about America?
Who is the president of America now?
Who was the first president of America?
What’s on the American national flag?
When did America become an independent country?
What are most famous universities in America?
What’s the nickname of New York?
Excellent! You did well. Now to learn more about America, please turn to page 41 and let’s learn Unit 16 The United States of America.
Location of USA
North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico
Task 1: Looking, discussing and finishing.
1. Look at page 41 or the screen. This is a map of the United States of America and two related pictures. Decide whether the following 8 sentences (on page 41-42) are true or false.
2. OK, now you are in groups discussing what you know about USA and what you’d like to know more about it. After the discussion, you’d better make a list of the things discussed.
Task 2: Listening, correcting and speaking.
1. Ask the students to listen to part 1 and correct the errors in Wang Xiao’s notes on page 42.
2. Ask the students to listen to part 1 again and answer the questions on page 42.
3. Ask the students to listen part 2 and choose the best answers on page 42.
4. Ask the students to repeat the listening text of necessary.
Task 3: Speaking.
Put the students in pairs to discuss: What does your hometown look like?
Useful expressions
1. What does it look like?
2. How long/wide/high/tall is the…?
3. It’s…meters long/wide/high/tall.
4. There is … in the north.
5. Where does it lie?
6. It lies in the east/west/north/west of…
Closing up by production.
Now, that’s all for the discussion. I’d like you to describe to the class what your hometown looks like. Who will have a try?
Homework
Ask the students to write a short paragraph about his/her hometown or a city in his/her province.
Unit 16 Period 2 Let’s read!
(THE AMERICAN SOUTH)
Goals
◆ Provide students with opportunities to know more about the USA.
◆ Learn and master some key language points.
◆ Improve students’ capability of comprehension.
Procedures
Leading in: by a puzzle.
Good morning, class! Please look at the screen, match the events and the time.
Great! To know more about the USA, please turn to page 43. We shall learn THE AMERICAN SOUTH.
USA: Flag description
13 equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; there is a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing 50 small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternating with rows of five stars; the 50 stars represent the 50 states, the 13 stripes represent the 13 original colonies; known as ld Glory; the design and colors have been the basis for a number of other flags, including Chile, Liberia, Malaysia, and Puerto Rico
Task 1: Reading for general ideas.
1. Ask the students to read the text quickly, then find the main idea to each paragraph.
2. Ask the students to read the text carefully, then finish POST-READING on page 44.
Task 2: Reading and copying.
Useful expressions from THE AMERICAN SOUTH
Find ways to do sth., deal with…, drive… off…, be slow to heal, the scars run deep, be behind… in areas like education and economy, burn down…, recover from…, take away…, aim at…, a series of…, in honor of…, in vain, be proud of…, be determined to do sth., make a new beginning, be known for…, share… with…, be proud to do sth., display one’s image, a booming business center
Task 3: Discussing.
Ask the students to discuss the following questions:
Why did the people of Atlanta rebuild the city almost from nothing?
Why does the text tell us about Martin Luther King, Jr.?
What can we learn from the development of Atlanta?
Closing up by retelling the text.
Finally I’d like one of you to retell the text in your own words.
Unit 16 Period 3 Let’s study!
(Grammar: Review Nonfinite Verbs 2)
Goals
◆ Help the students to summarize methods of Word Formation.
◆ Help the students to improve their ability to define words in English.
◆ Help the students to review Nonfinite Verbs (2).
Procedures
Leading in (1): listening.
Good morning, class! We learned THE AMERICAN SOUTH yesterday. Now let’s listen to it.
OK. Today we re going to do with word study and review Nonfinite Verbs (2). Please turn to page 45, and let’s begin with word study.
Leading in (2): by presentation.
Hello, everyone! Yesterday we learned the text THE AMERICAN SOUTH. I want one of you to retell the text in your own words. Who would like to try?
Well done! Now today we are going to do with word study and review Nonfinite Verbs (2). Please turn to page 45, and let’s begin with word study.
Task 1: Picking out the different word.
Ask the students to pick out one word from each group that is different from the others and explain why it is different on page 45.
Task 2: Speaking and finishing.
Ask the students to write the correct forms of the words according to Word Formation on page 45.
Task 3: Filling in the blanks.
Ask the students to fill in each blank with the correct adjective given in the box. Then ask the students to translate the sentences into Chinese if necessary.
Task 4: Reviewing Nonfinite Verbs (2).
1. Help the students to review the functions of Nonfinite Verbs.
2. Ask the students to finish the exercises on page 46.
3. Ask the students to read The America South again to find any examples of Nonfinite verbs.
Homework: Read the following passage.
USA: A Brief Description
It’s thought that the Americas were first inhabited by Stone Age peoples that migrated from Siberia.
Over the many centuries that followed, the land was covered and territorialized from coast to coast by a wide variety of Indian tribes.
And then, the Whit Man came. First the Norseman from Greenland, and then a large group of European explorers.
Conflicts and wars over lands claimed by Indians and other established nations were followed by the Independence War, as America, and its upstart colonies, broke from England and declared their independence.
Today the United States of America, remains on the plant only true super power, both in economy and military.
As the world’s largest economy, it’s a significant leading in the fields of agriculture, education, energy, health care, high-tech, service industries, space exploration, and manufacturing of all descriptions.
The country includes 50 states; 48 continental states, plus Alaska and Hawaii, the newest states.
Dozens of major cities cover the land from coast-to