高中英语 Period4 Vocabulary;Writing;Everyday English（Module5 A Trip Along the Three Gorges） 教案 外研版必修4

专心 爱心 用心1 PeriodPeriod 4 4 Vocabulary Writing EverydayVocabulary Writing Everyday EnglishEnglish TheThe GeneralGeneral IdeaIdea ofof ThisThis PeriodPeriod In this period we will train the students writing ability First in Activity 1 we ll learn the connection between the words in A and those in B such as hill and hilly mountain and mountainous coast and coastal desert and desert Time permitting teach the students more knowledge about word formation Then complete the sentences with words from Activity 1 Then we ll do another word practice in Activity 3 which is matching the words in the box with their meanings In Activity 4 there is a passage from which we ll learn how to describe a region After that write a short description of the region you live in including information in Activity 4 If time is unlimited it can be homework Everyday English today are from the text A Trip Along the There Gorges and Postcards to Myself in cultural corner Get the students to know their meaning and use them correctly Encourage the students to do this activity individually and then check with a partner To consolidate it the teacher may ask the students to make up a sentence using the expressions in this part Teaching Important Points Learn word formation and how to describe a region Teaching Difficult Points Let the students know word formation and can describe a region and use the everyday English correctly TeachingTeaching MethodsMethods Explanation and more practice Teaching Aids Multimedia a blackboard ThreeThree DimensionalDimensional TeachingTeaching AimsAims Knowledge and Skills Get the students to gain some knowledge of word formation To make the students learn to describe a region To make the students use expressions in everyday English properly TeachingTeaching andand StrategiesStrategies Make the students learn how to use some simple everyday English Through the practice of description make the students learn to use it Feelings and Value Through the study of this period improve their love for their hometown and our motherland Teaching Procedures StepStep 1 1 RevisionRevision Greet the students as usual Point out the mistakes in their homework StepStep 2 2 VocabularyVocabulary andand writingwriting T Look at the words in Activity 1 and explain the connection between the words in column A and those in column B 专心 爱心 用心2 Show the following words on the screen AB Hillhilly Mountainmountainous Coastcoastal Desertdesert Call back suggestions from the whole class Suggested answers Column B shows the adjective forms of the nouns in Column A It is easy for the students to tell their connection Point out that these are four different ways in which a noun can be made into an adjective Encourage the students to give other examples and some other way to make a noun into an adjective T Good job Now complete the sentences with words from Activity 1 Show the following on the screen 1 We live in a area in the northwest It never rains 2 Many of the in the Himalayas are more than 5000 metres high 3 The area I live in isn t flat It s 4 Shanghai is on the at the mouth of the Yangtze River Suggested answers 1 desert2 mountains 3 hilly mountainous 4 coast T When we use adjectives to modify nouns remember that some adjectives go well with nouns and some don t Refer to learning to learn on Page 47 For example we can say a tall mountain a tall tree a high mountain high ground But you can t say a high tree tall ground Words which go well together are called collocations T So much for this Let s come to Activity 3 Match the words in the box with the meanings Show the following words and phrases on the screen Immense fertile remote steep 1 going sharply up or down 2 good for growing things 3 very big 4 far away T First read through the words individually and pay attention to the two words where the stress doesn t fall on the first syllable immense remote Then match them with the meanings Call back the answers from the whole class having one student read the definition and another give the correct word Suggested answers 1 steep 2 fertile3 immense4 remote Read the words and ask the students to follow you T So much for word practice Next we ll read a passage and identify which province the write describes At the same time underline the sentence which 专心 爱心 用心3 1 says where the province is 2 gives the writer s opinion 3 describes the main geographical features 4 explains a meaning Read the following description My home province is an immense region in the southwest of the country with a very varied landscape Much of it is hilly but in the remote areas in the west it reaches the steep slopes of the Himalayas There are mountains to the north and a high plateau to the south In the east there are fertile plains and lots of towns Nearly 100 million people live here most of them in the east I think it is a beautiful province People call it The Heavenly Kingdom but the name really means four rivers The most famous river is the Yangtze which passes all the way through the province on its long journey to the coast The most beautiful spot on the river is the Three Gorges After they finish their questions individually check them with a partner Then ask some of them to report their answers Suggested answers The province is Sichuan 1 My home province is an immense region in the southwest of the country 2 I think it s a beautiful province 3 Much of it is hilly but in the remote areas in the west it reaches the steep slopes of the Himalayas 4 People call it the Heavenly Kingdom but the name really means four rivers T All of you did a good job in this part In the passage you may notice there are some adjective noun combinations such as home province immense region steep slopes etc Make a list of them Suggested answers home province immense region varied landscape remote areas steep slopes high plateau fertile plains beautiful province Heavenly Kingdom famous river long journey beautiful spot T The passage is a good example of description Read it again and try to imitate Write a short description of the region you live in including information in Activity 4 The passage in the book provides a good example for the students to follow If time limited ask the students to write a headline and the main points The teacher can leave it as today s homework StepStep 3 3 EverydayEveryday EnglishEnglish T When we talk with foreigners we may often be confused by what they say For example if we hear somebody say You are pulling my leg maybe we ll be puzzled and misunderstand him But actually he means You are making fun of me Sometimes it is difficult for us to make sense of some English expressions Here are more examples Read them and choose the correct answer to each question 1 That sounded fine to me a It seemed like a good idea b It didn t seem like a good idea 专心 爱心 用心4 2 Oh well a Never mind b I m pleased 3 All tourists are ripped off a welcomed b cheated 4 They ve been around for six thousand years a traveled b existed 5 I get a kick out of traveling a enjoy b find it hard Suggested answers 1 a 2 a 3 b 4 b 5 a T Read them again