八年级英语上册 Unit 2 Cambridge is a beautiful city in the east of England教案 新版外研版.docx

PAGE PAGE 3 Unit 2 Cambridge is a beautiful city in the east of England. 课型 Reading and vocabulary 教学目标 Knowledge: To describe the location of a place To get information about Cambridge, London and English To write about your home town Key vocabulary: north, south, west, home town, be famous for, island, area, low, mountain, countryside, umbrella Key structures: It … has a population of about 120,000. … so it is bigger and busier than Cambridge. It is never very hot in summer or very cold in winter. 教学重点 (1)能听并读懂介绍家乡的文章，了解文章的主旨(2)运用所学语言学会简单介绍自己的家乡 教学难点 学会运用形容词的比较级谈论描述自己的家乡教学方法 PWP Communicative 教学用具 Multi-Media (or Tape recorder, OHP) 教学过程 Preparation l. Look at the map of England and read the sentences. Ask the students to look at the map and tell what it shows. Read the four compass points (north, south, east, west) separately and then have the students repeat. Read out the sentences while they follow. Read the sentences ag ain and have the students repeat chorally and individually. Read the passage and choose a title for each picture below. Ask the students to look at the pictures and elicit what they can see. Ask them to guess which places the pictures show and predict the title for each picture. Ask them to read the passage and check whether their guesses and predictions were right. Ask them to choose the correct titles and check the answers with a partner. Extension: Write one true and one false example statements on the board for the students to check. For example: Cambridge is in the east of England. (T) London is about 1,000 years old. (F) Ask the students to work in pairs and write as many true/false statements as possible. Go around the class and check if the statements are grammatically correct. Tell the students to give their statements to another pair to decide whether they are true or false. Elicit a few pairs to present their statements to the class. Complete the table comparing Cambridge with London. Ask the students to look at the table to see w