1、教学目标教学目标1.知识目标：学习掌握本单元出现的新词汇: east, west, south, north, home town, be famousfor, countryside 和重点短语句子 has a population of；学会并运用表示方位和位置的句型in the of 。2.能力目标：学习并运用 prediction, skimming, scanning 等阅读技巧和阅读策略进行阅读训练，提高阅读水平；借助思维导图，分析作者写作方式并补充重庆的基本信息，向外宾介绍自己的家乡。3.情感态度目标： 通过本节课的学习， 比较重庆和英格兰， 培养学生热爱家乡， 宣传家乡，热爱祖
2、国的美好情感。East, west, home is the best.4.文化意识目标：了解英格兰的地理风貌，开阔孩子的视野；通过向外宾介绍自己的家乡来培养学生跨文化交际的能力。学情分析：学情分析：本班学生总体英语基础较好，学习兴趣浓厚；而且思维活跃，能积极发言和参与课堂活动。本单元是 Module 2 的第二单元，学生刚接触比较级，运用还不熟练；话题是关于英格兰以及两个城市剑桥和伦敦，学生在初一下已经对英国伦敦有所了解，部分学生知识面广，对此话题应该不陌生。要通过对 Tong 家乡的分析对比自己的家乡，学生或者列出很多要点，显得散乱，利用思维导图会很好地解决这一问题。本班共有 32 位学生
3、，女生只有 8 位，绝大部分是男生，且区县学生占据绝大部分，地方口音较浓，造成部分同学表达不清晰流利。重点难点重点难点教学重点: 学习掌握本单元出现的方位词汇来表示方位和位置。利用指南针和地图，先从单词到短语，再到句子逐步学习。教学难点: 写一篇欢迎词：欢迎外宾到我校参观并向外宾介绍自己的家乡重庆。以文本为参考，利用思维导图，帮助学生理清写作思路并提供重庆的基本信息，降低学生写作难度。教学过程教学过程Step 1. Lead in1. Ask student which country theyd like to visit? Then show a short video about Bri
4、tain tolead in England. Show a map of England and ask students about the location of the places.Students learn to express the location with “in the east/ west/ south/ north of England”.2. Ask students to read the title. Then guess what well learn from the passage. Put their ideason the Blackboard to
5、 see if their predictions are right.Step 2.While-reading1.Skimming for structureStudents read and match the headlines with the paragraphs.Then teacher shows the structures and asks students to choose the right structure of thepassage.2.Scanning for details1)Students read Para 1 and Para 2 to complet
6、e the chart in Activity 3. Teacher asks them tocheck the answers by working in pairs to ask and answer about the information ofCambridge and London. Then compare the two cities.2)Students read Para 3 and Para 4 to tell if the statements are true or false with the evidencein the passage.3.Retelling t
7、he passageStudents complete the chart with the information of England and then work in group to retellthe whole passage. Then finish activity 4.Step 3. Post-reading.1)Discuss if Tony likes his hometown and find the evidences in the passage.2)Compare Chongqing with London with “ than; as as”.3)Learn
8、the saying, “East, west, home is the best.”Step 4. Mind-map1.Analyze the way of Tonys writing about his hometown.2.Finish drawing the mind-map to introduce our hometown Chongqing.Step 5. Writing1.Tell students Professor Larson and Dr. Murray from MIT will visit our school next weekand well give a sp
9、eech to welcome them and introduce Chongqing to them.2.Students write a speech and then give their speeches in front of the whole class.Step 6. HomeworkAsk students to write a passage to introduce their home town like Activity 6 after class.教学反思本节课的教学内容目标顺利达成。 通过本节课的学习， 学生能熟练掌握本单元出现的新词汇和重点短语句子并运用表方位和位置的句型正确表达位置关系； 能运用比较级对两个城市-剑桥和伦敦以及重庆和英格兰进行比较；能精准理解课文并把握作者的写作意图。课堂上，学生积极活跃，课堂气氛较好。不足的是： 复述课文和写作的时间留的较少， 导致学生们小组活动中个体间的衔接不很流畅， 有些语言组织不到位。 个别学生完不成写作任务， 结尾稍显仓促。 在今后的备课中, 应注意时间的合理安排，把更多的时间留给学生。
