1、Unit 1 Asia Task I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. get some information about India; 2. know how to write about a country; 3. write an introduction to an Asian country. II. Teaching contents 1. New words and phrases: Hindi, billion, pop
2、ulation, iron, IT, technology, custom, fair, sari, Indian, as a second language 2. New structures: India has the second largest population in the world. You may have seen them in Indian films. III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty How to write about an Asian country. IV. Teaching
3、 procedures Step 1 Warm up Have a guessing game T: What a wonderful world! And what a wonderful Asia! There are 48 countries in Asia. Now lets play a guessing game. Please watch carefully and tell what country I am sowing you. S: T: So this is our country, China. It has the largest population in the
4、 world. By the way, how many people are there in China? S: T: Over 1.3 billion. As Chinese, we should be proud of our country. Please go on. S: T: Oh, wonderful! Singapore is a city state. How about this one? S: T: Yes, its Thailand. And this is ? S: T: You are so clever. Its India, Millies favourit
5、e Asian country. 【设计意图：课前热身，调动学生头脑中已储存的与单元话题相关的知识，激发学生轻松 愉快地参与课堂活动；由猜谜活动导入新课，且处理了生词 population和 billion。 】 Step 2 Learn about Millies favourite Asian country 1. Learn some facts about India T: How much do you know about India? S: T: You have got some knowledge of India. Lets learn more. T: What do y
6、ou want to know about India? S: T: So we have learned about its location, capital city, languages, population, crops, main industries, customs and attractions. 2. Work in pairs to talk about India T: Try to talk about India. 【设计意图：利用超链接，介绍印度的位置、首都、语言、人口、主要工农业、习俗和名 胜。设计超链接，避免重复学生已有的知识。通过小组活动巩固学生已学内容，
7、同时检测 学生的信息转换能力。 】 3. Help Millie complete the article T: Millie is writing an introduction to India. Please help her complete the article. T: What are Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 2 about? S: T: Well done! Paragraph 1 is about Indias location and capital city. Paragraph 2 is about its languages, popula
8、tion, crops and main industries. How about Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4? S: T: Good job! Paragraph 3 is about Indias customs, while Paragraph 4 is about its attractions. 【设计意图：分析文章的篇章结构，帮助学生理清结构，使他们明确写作此类文章的基本 框架。 】 4. Find good words and sentences that Millie uses T: Read the article and try to find
9、 some good words and sentences that Millie uses. Millie uses these good sentences. I think India is a great country to visit. India has the second largest population in the world. It is also famous for its IT industry. The Taj Mahal is well worth a visit. It is one of the wonders of the world. Milli
10、e uses some nice verbs, such as lies, may have seen. She also uses two conjuncts but and so. 【设计意图：通过寻找文中的好词好句，引导学生明白如何让自己的写作通顺连贯。 】 Location Capital city Languages Population Crops Industries I in indu Customs Attractions India Step 3 Write about your favourite Asian country T: Now its your turn to
11、 write about your favourite Asian country. How many paragraphs are you going to write? What is each paragraph about? S: T: Here are some useful expressions for you. S: T: Please show your work and make a self-assessment to see how many stars you can get. S： 【设计意图：由输入到输出，水到渠成。让学生根据表格进行自我评价，提升写作技巧。 】 V. Homework Rewrite your article and put some pictures about your favourite Asian country next to your writing.
