Unit 16 The United States of America.doc

Unit 16 The United States of America Teaching goals: ◆(1).Talk about the USA. ◆(2).Practice describing places. ◆(3).Improve students’ abilities of listening ,speaking and reading. ◆(4).Review the Nonfinite Verbs ◆(5).Master some useful expressions. ◆(6).Write an explanation paragraph. Teaching difficulties: ◆(1).Talk about the USA. ◆(2).Improve students’ abilities of reading. ◆(3).Review the Nonfinite Verbs. ◆(4).Master some useful expressions. Teaching steps: First period: Warming-up/ listening/ speaking Step1: Leading in T: Hi, everyone. Hello, everybody. Today we are going to learn a new unit about The United States of America. W S: ……… T: How much do you know about America? S: ……….. T: Who is the president of America now? Who was the first president of America? How many states are there in 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? S: ………. T: Yes. First, watch some slides and listen to me telling you about America. Picture 1: the map of America Picture 2: the view of Capital Hill Picture 3: the view of Manhattan T: Look at page 41 or the screen. This is a map of the United States of America and two related pictures. Decide the following 8 sentences (on 42) are true or false. S: ………. Step2: Listening T: In this part, you will hear a passage about New Yoke city from Wang Xiao’s note book. Listen to part 1 and correct the errors in Wang Xiao’s notes on page 42. T: listen to part 1 again and answer the questions on page 42. T: listen to part 2 and choose the best answers on page 42. T: listen to part 2 again and answer the questions on page 42. T: Listen to the whole passage again and let the students to repeat the listening texts if necessary. Get a better understanding of it. Step3: speaking. T: Work in pairs, Choose one of the topics below and ask each other questions, Use a map or the useful expressions to help you. Wh