冀教版八年级下册英语《Lesson 51: Asia》精品教案

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Lesson 51: Asia
Teaching Content:
Mastery words and expressions: area, Russian, mountain
Oral words and expressions: square kilometer, geographical, feature, Mont Everest, Qomolangma, Himalayas, the Yangtze River, Tokyo
Teaching Aims:
1.       Use the Internet and the tools to search the information.
2.       Create the students interests in learning English.
Teaching Important Points:
1.       Learn the geographical features of Asia.
2.       Name the main countries in Asia. What are in the main cities in the countries?
Teaching Difficult Points:
Some words and expressions are too difficult for the students.
Teaching Preparation: a map of the world
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, a map of the world
Type of lesson: new lesson
Teaching Procedure:
Step1. Say some countries and the capital cities.
Country         Capital City
U. K.            London
U. S.             Washington, D. C.
Canada           Ottawa
Australia         Canberra
China            Beijing
Step2. Come to “THINK ABOUT IT.”
1.       What continent do you live in?
2.       What languages do people speak in Asia?
Talk about the countries and the languages that they speak.
Step3. Listening task:
Listen and answer the following questions;
1.       How big is Asia?
2.       What countries are in Asia?
3.       How many people live in Asia?
4.       What languages do they speak?
5.       What are the main geographical features of Asia?
6.       What are the biggest cities in Asia?
Step4. Read the new words for the students. Then let them read after the teacher for several times. Now ask them if they have some words that are new to them. Let them talk about the words and guess the meanings together.
Step5. Reading task
Read the text and check the answers. Read the text again and finish Exercise3 in the activity book.
How big is Asia? Asia is the ______ continent. It _______ more than 44 million square kilometers. There are over ______ countries. China is the biggest country in ______ and population. More than three _______ people live in Asia. That’s more than _______ the world’s population. Mount Qomolangma is the highest ______ in the world. The Yangtze River in China is the ______ longest river in the world. Tokyo and _____ are two of the biggest _______ in Asia. The ______ city of China is Beijing. The Great Wall in China is world-famous.
Step6. Read together. Find the mistakes and help them correct them.
Step7. Come to “PROJECT”.
CHOOSE A CONTINENT
Talk about the project in groups of three of four. Each group chooses a region of the world. Students collect the facts of the region. They must work together and give a report to the class.
Instruct the students to begin writing their reports. Let them draw a map of their region. Can they locate cities and other features of the map?
Students continue to work in the same group. Instruct the students to begin writing their reports. Remind the students to think about illustrations for their presentations.
In the next class, students continue to work in their groups. Go on writing their reports. Encourage them to search more information on the Internet.
Step8. Homework
1.       Finish off the exercises in activity book.
2.       Go on the next reading in the student book.

Summary:
It is difficult to finish the project. Students must search more information on the Internet. They must work together to finish different parts by different students. If they want to give a good report to the class, they must have good translation. When they need help, the teacher should help them at once because this is a challenge for them.