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Module 4

A Lively City 飞龙中学

李平华

Teaching contents: 1.

Vocabulary: architecture, area, climate, coast, district, harbor, hometown, island, park (v.), rent, tourist. 2.

Reading text of Module 4: A Lively City. Teaching objectives: 1.

Instructional objectives: A.

Language knowledge: 1)

Grasp some new words and expressions to describe a place: architecture, area, climate, coast, district, harbor, hometown, island, park (v.), rent, and tourist.. 2)

Students can describe the city of Xiamen. 3)

Students can learn how to introduce or describe a city from different aspects, such as its location, climate, and famous tourist attractions etc. B.

Language skills: 1)

students can be able to get the general information about Xiamen by reading the text. 2)

Students can learn how to introduce or describe a city from different aspects. 2.

Educational objectives:

Students should have the awareness of loving their hometown.

3 .Learning strategy: 1)

Students should learn the strategies of fast reading and careful reading, which can help them understand the text exactly. 2)

Individual, pair or group work to make every student work in class. Focal point: Grasp some new words and expressions to describe a place from different aspects. Teaching steps Step one Leading-in 1 Guess the picture together to arouse students’ attraction and interests Step two Vocabulary Learn the words and phrases:architecture, area, climate, coast, district, harbor, hometown, island, park (v.), rent, tourist. Step three pre-reading Discuss with the whole class:if you have a chance to live in a big city ,what would you want to know? Location, climate, buildings, places of interest, people, education system, transport, galleries, activities, different district, population, food, ……

Step four Skimming 1.

Students can read the passage as quickly as they can, and then point out which aspects are mentioned in the passage. (5mins) Location Climate Tourists Business district Western district Gulangyu Island Impression of Xiamen 2.

Students listen to the tape together and finish some multiple choices.

(5mins)). 1 John Martin is visiting _____. (a) Xiao Li’s hometown (b) a town near where Xiao Li lives (c) a shopping mall 2). Xiao Li lives _____. (a) on the island of Gulangyu (b) in Xiamen (c) in a town to the northwest of Xiamen 3). John and Xiao Li are ____. (a) at Xiao Li’s home (b) driving around the city in a car (c) on a train Step five Scanning 1. Since they have got the key words of Xiao Li’s introduction of Xiamen, now the students read the passage aloud by themselves again, and find out some more detailed information to fill in the chart on the screen. (6mins) 2. Read the passage again and tell whether the statement is true or false. (2mins) Step six Summary Supposing you are a guide, you want to introduce your hometown to the tourists. Welcome to My Hometown , Xiamen, is one of the most ________ cities on the ______. The people here are very_______and the climate is pretty ___ and wet in summer and it is cold in winter. In the business district ,lots of _______ have been put up. There are some great shopping malls . In the _______ ,there are parks .What’s more, ______ _______ is a gorgeous island with some interesting architecture. I love my hometown. Welcome to my hometown!

Step six Oral work You can use the following hints（线索）to describe our hometown- Wusheng Features(特点): lively，attractive，

Location (位置): ...in the middle of Sichuan Area (面积):...covers an area of 966 square km Population (人口): ...about 85 thousand People: kind,friendly and hard-working Climate : cold,hot,warm,cool Tour attractions(旅游景点): Baozhensai，Longnv lake，Baiping and so on Life: happy, comfortable and relaxing

My hometown Wusheng is a lively, attractive and city, which is located in the middle of Sichuan province. It covers an area of 966 square kilometers with a population of 85thousand. People here are kind, friendly and hard-working. It is cold in the winter and hot in the summer. people here live a very happy, comfortable and relaxing life. Recently, great changes have taken place in Wusheng and a lot of tour resources have been exploited, such as Baozhensai，Yongshou temple，Baiping and so on , which are appealing to more and more tourists from all lover the county. I love my hometown. Welcome to my hometown. Homework: Write a description of our hometown. (描述我们的家乡—Wusheng)