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外研英语八年级上module 8 around town全模块教案
i. teaching goals 模块教学目标
技能目标
听 listen and match places and positions on a map
说 ask for and give directions
读 read and follow a tour on the map
写 write directions to places
语言目标功能句式
ask for directions
how do/can i get to…?
where is…?
can you tell me the way to…?
where can i…?
is there a…?
give directions
go straight ahead. it’s opposite tian’anmen square.
turn left into chang’an jie and then turn right into chang jie.
it’s between the great hall of the people and the museums.
it’s on the corner of station road and king’s road.
词汇
1.重点词汇
bank, market, supermarket, pool, square, left, right, opposite, chairman, between, turn, corner, along, tour, painting, clear, boat, off, tower, tourist
2.认读词汇
revolutionary, memorial, gallery, parliament, guidebook, religious
3. 短语
over there, on the left/right(of), kind of, next to, on the corner of ,swimming pool, flower store, turn left/right, in the middle of, go along/across
语法 learn to use prepositions of place and movement
重点句子
1. there’s a park near our school.
2. here’s tian’anmen square.
3. it’s kind of quiet.
4. excuse me, how do i get to the forbidden city?
5. you can take a train from the station.
6. a bridge is a religious building.
7. where can i get something to eat?
8. the supermarket is opposite the restaurant.
9. when you are tired, the best way to see london is by boat.
10. opposite is the national gallery, a museum with lots of famous paintings.
ii. teaching material analyzing 教材分析
本模块以“around town”为话题，以出行旅游为主线，对话部分通过读地图呈现指路及表明具体位置的语言；阅读课文在继续呈现这方面语言的同时，向学生介绍了英国伦敦的一些名胜古迹。本模块中的听、说、读、写活动都围绕问路指路、地点方位等展开，给学生提供了充足的体验和运用语言的机会。
unit 1 通过听、读、说训练，初步学习问路和指路的方法。其中活动1训练学生听的能力,学习词汇；活动2要求学会使用词汇造句；活动3—5听读包含指路的对话并完成搭配和选择填空的任务,熟悉方位的表达方式。活动6听读并掌握疑问句和祈使句的语调；活动7-9根据提示口头练习给别人指路的方法。
unit 2 通过读、写训练，培养学生看地图的能力，读懂指路的指示语并训练笔头表达能力；其中活动1—4要求学生结合地图阅读文章，了解伦敦的著名建筑，巩固词汇，检测对细节的理解。活动5—6要求学生读懂并笔头掌握指路的指示语。 共8页，当前第1页12345678
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unit 3 对“问路和指路”的功能项目进行综合训练，系统掌握语法。活动1、2 训练学生的口头表达和笔头书写能力，巩固问路和指路的表达方式。活动3、4提供多种问路方式并进一步拓展和运用。 活动5、6要求将本模块中学过的语言知识与听力训练结合起来。活动7、8是口头训练位置的表达方式。活动9-11复习运用词汇。around the world介绍的是hermitage museum。module task要求学生介绍某地的位置及如何到达，实际运用所学知识。
iii.class types and periods 课型设计与课时分配
period 1 listening and speaking
period 2 reading and writing
period 3 revision and application
period 4 vocabulary and task
iv. teaching plans for each period分课时教案
period 1 listening and speaking
language goals 语言目标
1. key vocabulary 重点词汇
bank, market, supermarket, pool, swimming pool, square, left, right, opposite, chairman, between, turn, corner, along
2. key structures 重点句式
how do i get to the forbidden city?
go straight ahead. it’s opposite tian’anmen square.
can you tell me the way to a park?
turn left into chang’an jie and then turn right into chang jie.
ability goals 能力目标
enable students to learn how to give directions.
teaching methods 教学方法
listening and speaking.
teaching aids 教具准备
tape recorder, handout.
teaching procedures and ways 教学过程与方式
step i warming-up (1, 2: p64)
show some pictures of public places, and play a guessing game.
talk about the pictures.
t: in this module, we are going to learn how to ask for and give directions. look! i have some pictures. today i want to go out. where can i take a bus? point out the picture.
encourage or help students to answer.
s: picture 9. at the bus stop.
t: yes. now i need some money. where can i go and get some money?
s: you can get some from the bank. picture 1.
t: good. i’m hungry. i’d like to get something to eat. where should i go?
s: you should go to the restaurant.
t: you are right. then i want to go shopping. i want to buy food and drink at the supermarket. and i want to buy some fruit and vegetables at the market. also i want to buy a book at the bookshop. oh, what a busy day! i’m so tired. i need to relax. then i go to the park to have a rest. after that, i go swimming with my friend in the swimming pool. how exciting!
ask students to read the words in activity 1 aloud and try to match them with the pictures. it’s best if you can tell them something about each of the item. make sure students understand each of the items.
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after that, ask students to work in pairs and do activity 2.
t: what can you find in our town? is there a park near our school? can you find a bank near your house? where is it? please talk about it in pairs.
ask students to present their conversations in front of the class.
step ii listening and reading (3-5: p64)
talk about the places in beijing.
t: beijing is the capital of china. it has many famous places. now look at the pictures. do you know their english names?
show the following and ask students read the names of the places after the teacher.
(tian’anmen square) the great hall of people the forbidden city
beihai park wangfujing dajie the chairman mao memorial hall
the museum of chinese history and the museum of chinese revolutionary
t: do you know where they are? now let’s listen to the tape between sally and lingling and find out.
listening
play the tape for the first time. students just listen. then ask students to listen again and do activity 4.
t: please look at the map in activity 4. listen again and try to match the numbers with the places.
check the answer in class.
reading
ask students to point to the map and role play the conversation in pairs.
show them the following words and expressions and ask them to try to retell the conversation:
here’s, on the left/right, go straight, between…and…,
go across, turn left/right (into), on the corner of, go along
then ask students to finish activity 5. check the answers with the class.
step iv speaking (6—9: p65)
ask students to listen to and repeat the sentences in activity 6.
t: when we speak english, we should pay attention to the intonation, especially of interrogative and imperative sentences. now listen to the recording and repeat these sentences.
then ask students to do the pair work as instructed in activities 7 and 8.
t: now you are in wangfujing dajie, and you’d like to go to the other places in beijing. please work in pairs and make conversations asking for and give directions. you can use the sentences in activity 6.
sample conversation 1:
- excuse me, how do i get to tian’anmen square?
- go down this street, and then turn right into chang’an jie. walk straight on. it is just on your right.
sample conversation 2:
- where’s the bank?
- it’s on the corner of the street.
step v homework
ask students to
1. finish activities 1-3 on page 140-141 in workbook.共8页，当前第3页12345678
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2. draw a map of their neighborhood. ask for and give directions on the map.
period 2 reading and writing
language goals 语言目标
1. key vocabulary 重点词汇
tour, painting, clear, boat, off, tower
2. key structures 重点句式
go along…
take the boat back …
get off the boat and go past …
ability goals 能力目标
enable students to read about some famous places in london and learn to give directions.
teaching methods 教学方法
reading and writing.
teaching aids 教具准备
a tape recorder and a multimedia computer.
teaching procedures and ways 教学过程与方式
step i revision and lead-in
draw the following picture on the blackboard. review the building names and prepositions of place.
park
bank library post office
center street
school
t: please look at the picture. is there a library in the picture?
s: yes, there is.
t: where is it?
s1: it’s between the bank and the post office.
s2: it’s opposite the school.
s3: it’s on center street.
write between, opposite, on on the blackboard.
the same way goes with next to, behind, on the corner of, and in front of.
in this procedure, introduce the way to read a map.
t: hello, everyone. do you know maps? a map is a picture of a place. different maps show different information. now here is a map of london. we’ll take a short tour of london following the map.
step ii reading (1-4: p66-67)
in this procedure, students will listen to and scan the text for the famous places and the prepositions of places. first ask students to listen to the recording and read the map.
after listening.
t: look at the map, please. on the right, there is a river on the map, can you see it? what’s the name of the river?
s: river thames.
t: and there are four bridges above it. what are they?
s: they are tower bridge, waterloo bridge, railway bridge, and westminster bridge.
t: besides this, what else can you see?
s: we can also see a park, a square, a church, a market and a station.
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then ask students to read the passage on their own. after reading, ask them to answer the following questions.
t: which places in london are mentioned in this text? what are they?
s: national gallery, buckingham palace, houses of parliament, big ben, london eye, tower bridge and tower of london.
t: great! what prepositions of place can you find?
s: in the middle of, along, opposite, near, at, next to, past, into…
t: well. please mark the places in activity 2 on the map according to the text.
ask students to listen to the passage again and then try to fill in the following blanks.
show the following.
we are standing ____ the middle of london. _____ is the national gallery. go ____the red street to buckingham palace. turn left and go ___ the houses of parliament and big ben. ______you can see the london eye. you can get the boat ____ big ben. get off the boat ____ tower bridge. the tower of london is ______ the bridge.
key: in, opposite, along, to, opposite, near, at, next to
encourage students to finish activities 3 and 4.
check the answer with the class. try to give more information about the places.
step iii writing (5, 6: p67)
write directions to places in london.
ask students to list places they can find on the map. and then write direction to places in london.
sample direction:
take the boat from tower bridge to big ben. get off the boat at big ben. there you can see houses of parliament. then go along the street to buckingham palace.
work in pairs. read directions and guess the name of the place to finish
step iv homework
ask students to
1. work in pairs and practice asking for and giving directions.
2. finish activities 4-8 on page 141-142 in workbook.
period 3 integrating skills
language goals 语言目标
1. key vocabulary 重点词汇
tourist
2. key structures 重点句式
where is…?
it’s between…and…
where can i …?
is there …?
ability goals 能力目标
to summarise and consolidate
teaching methods 教学方法
cooperative learning.
teaching aids 教具准备
tape recorder, handout.
teaching procedures and ways 教学过程与方式
step i warming-up
show the following situations. ask students to practice asking for and giving directions.
1. now you are in the classroom. where do you sit? (between, opposite, next to, near, left, right, on the corner of)
2. han fei sits in the middle of the class. how can you get to the position of her? (go straight/along/across/past, turn left/right (into)…)
give an example. then ask the students to practice in front of class.
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step ii speaking and writing (1, 2: p68)
tell students something about fltrp. then ask them to read the map in activity 1.
t: fltrp stands for foreign language teaching and research press. a famous press in china. now look at the map. work in pairs and find: where is fltrp tower? how do we get to tian’anmen square from fltrp tower? practice it in pairs.
sample answers:
start at the fltrp tower. go along xisanhuan road to the south, and when you get to the chengxiang department store, turn left. this is chang’an street. after you pass the military museum, you can see xidan cultural center on your left. go along chang’an street, then you get to tian’anmen square.
then ask students to chose a starting point and a finish point and write down the directions.
t: now can you tell me the way to the beijing west railway station from tian’anmen square?
please write down the directions on your book.
sample answer:
start in tian’anmen square. go along chang’an street. you will pass the xidan cultural
centre on your right, then the military museum. when you get to xisanhuan road, turn left. go along this street and you will get to beijing west railway station.
step iii practice (3, 4: p69)
ask students to do the activities 3 and 4 individually, then check the answer with the class.
first ask students to look at the map on page 66 again and then match the questions with the answers in activity 3.
then ask them to work in pairs and ask and answer about their school.
t: what’s in our school? there are classrooms, offices, science labs, computer rooms, a playground and a library. what can we do in these places? where are they? let’s ask and answer about our school.
ask some students to act out the dialogue to the class.
step iv listening (5, 6: p69)
ask students to finish activities 5 and 6 individually.
t: first read the words about places. read the map and listen to the tape. try to label the places.
check the answers. then ask students to listen again and answer the questions in activity 6.
step v homework
ask students to
1. finish activities 9, 10 in workbook on page 114.
2. draw a small map and write directions to places they know well.
period 4 vocabulary and task
language goals 语言目标
1. key vocabulary 重点词汇
religious
2. key structures 重点句式
you can take a train from the station.
a church is a religious building.
a store is where you go shopping.
ability goals 能力目标
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teaching methods 教学方法
revision and application.
teaching aids 教具准备
a computer and a projector.
teaching procedures and ways 教学过程与方式
step i warming up (7: p8)
check the homework.
then play a guessing game.
t: look at our classroom. there is an object. it’s on the left of the blackboard. and it’s on the wall. what is it?
s: is it the map?
t: no, it isn’t.
s: is it the picture of lei feng?
t: yes, you got it. well then, please work in pairs, choose an object and describe its position and let your partner guess.
step ii practice (9—11: page 70-71)
ask students to complete activities 9 - 11 on page 70 individually. and then check the answers with the whole class.
step iii reading and writing (12, 13:p71)
around the world
in this procedure, ask students to read around the world first and discuss the content.
t: let’s look at the picture. what can you see? where is it?
s: the winter palace. it’s part of the hermitage museum in russia.
t: what do you know about that? please read it by yourselves. then tell me something about it.
writing
t: are you familiar about your town? what are the most important places to see? where are they? how do you get there? now please write a tour by yourselves.
sample tour:
this is our town. the most important place is pangquan valley. it’s in the northwest of our town. if you want to visit there, take a bus in the fenghuang county. it will take you to the town. get off the bus, and you’ll see a large white building. pangquan valley is right behind the building.
then ask students to write an email to a foreign friend and say how to get from the station or airport to their home.
sample email:
dear paul,
when you arrive at the station, take the number 6 bus. the bus stop is in front of the station. get off the bus at the great square. then it is a five-minute walk. walk across the square to west street (there is a bank on the corner). go along west street and then turn right into flower street. there’s number 44 on the corner.
see you at eight o’clock.
peter
step iv homework
ask students to
1. review what they have learned in this unit.
2. finish activity 11 in workbook as self-assessment.
teaching resources
i. useful expressions for asking the way and giving directions
excuse me, could you tell me the way to the station, please?
excuse me. i’m looking for the town hall.
what’s the best way to the station/
is it far from the church to the station?
how far is it from the church to the station?
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where is the next bus stop?
it takes about 10 minutes by bus.
it’s a 10-minute walk.
the church is within walking distances.
you can’t miss it.
go straight on (until you come to …)
turn back/go back.
turn right /left (into…)
go along…
cross…
take the first/second road on the left/right.
it’s on the left/right.
opposite, near, next to, between, at the end (of), on/at the corner, behind, in front of,(just)around the corner, traffic lights, crossroads
ii. exercise
(i) what's the best way to the post office? (use the map for orientation.)
excuse me, where is the post office, please?
1. ___________ at the next corner.
2. then ___________ until you come to the traffic lights.
3. ___________there.
4. the post office is ___________the cinema.
key :
1. turn right 2. go straight on 3. turn left 4. opposite
(ii) fill in the words below correctly. (use the map for orientation.)
continue, end, excuse, get, left (2x), next, opposite, right, second, straight on, thank, turn, welcome
1. ___________ me, how do i ___________to the cinema?
2. go ___________.
3. turn ___________at the corner.
4. then take the ___________ road on your ___________.
5. ___________to the ___________of the road.
6._________left there.
7. the cinema is on your___________,___________the castle.
8. ___________ you very much.
9. you're __________
key: 1. excuse get 2. straight on 3. left 4. second, right 5. continue, end 6. turn 7.left , opposite 8.thank 9. welcome
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