1、New Standard English: Book 8 M2U3Module2 My hometown and my countryUnit 3 language in use（Revision）Analysis of teaching material1. The topic: My hometown and my country2. The Function: Describing the geographical features and comparing the changes in hometown and country.3. The teaching material: Th
2、e descriptions of the the geographical features and great changes of Beijing,Shenzhen, Hainan and our hometown are good materials for students to listen/speak/write, and they could learnto introduce one of the places in China in different aspects.Analysis of students1.Students have learned to use co
3、mparative adjectives to compare places and geographical features afterstudying Unit1 and Unit2 in this module. They have already had a basic perception of comparative adjectives.2.Students in Grade 8 have just felt the great changes in hometown(country), so they tend to be interested intalking about
4、 the changes in hometown and compare it with the days before.Learning objectives:By the end of the session, the students will be able to:1.use comparative adjectives (cleaner, easier, greener, taller, bigger, wider) to compare the changes of differentplaces and be able to distinguish the different f
5、orms of different comparative adjectives.2.use the key structure “in the . (east,south,north,west) of ”, “be famous for”, “has a population of.”to talkabout their hometown and use key words to describe geographical features of hometown.3.talk about hometown or others places in China with different a
6、spects.(food, famous, activities, weather,changes)4.develop the love for hometown and country by describing geographical features, comparing the changes andthen sharing their feelings.Teaching focuses:1.The using of comparative adjectives to compare the changes of their hometown and country.2.The de
7、scribing of different aspects (geographical features, famous for, food etc) of their hometown.Anticipated difficulties:Students may feel it difficult to:1.use and distinguish the different form of comparative adjectives.(_adj_+er, much, as.as)2.stimulating students to give more ideas by pair or grou
8、p work and showing an example first.3.work in a group and work as a team and describe a place in different aspects with target languages.Teaching methods: student-centered approachLearning methods: Pair work, Group workTeaching aids: Multi-media, blackboard,worksheetTeaching and learning arrangement
9、Stages/ timingActivitiesMethodologyWarming-up(5 min)Step1. Free talkLook at some photos. Who are they? Where arethey?How do they feel?Step2. Lets chant1.Studentsaresupposedtoreadthesentencesemotionally, and use “ the north/south/east/west ofThis step is to lead in the topicand arouse studentsinteres
10、ts.Andbytalkingabouttheinteresting places in China/ourcountry, the next part can betransited naturally.China” to describe different locations of differentplaces in our country.2. Now, lets take the plane, and go to the first stop ofChina.Meanwhile, since it appears as aform of roll film, it can arou
11、sestudentslearninginterestandattract their attention at once.Revision ofvocabulary&sentences(15mins)Step3.First stop:Beijing1.What do you know about Beijing?2.What is Beijing famous for?(Brainstorming)(Studentsneedtothinkofthefamousplaces/foodin Beijing,then share their ideas.)3.What can visitor
12、s do/see/enjoy. in Beijing?4. Compare Siheyuan and tall buildings in Beijing.Siheyuan is much_.The buildings are_than Siheyuan.Second stop:_?-Shenzhen1.Do you know where is it?Fill in the blanks and guesswhere it is.Third stop:Hainan1.What do you know about Hainan?Listen for more information2.What c
13、an we do? Where can we go in Hainan?Read for information(Find the place/activities)Step 4.Comparison1. Compare three cities_ is newer/older than _._ is a bigger/smaller city than _.The population of _is larger than _.2.Where do you like best?Why?3.T: There is also an island in our country, it is not
14、 asbig as Hainan, but it is my favorite place.Do you knowwhy?Where is it? It is my hometown.In this step, students are going tobrainstormaboutthefamousthings in the capital city andthen share their ideas, they arealso supposed to compare the oldbuildings(Siheyuan)andtallbuildings in Beijing.This ste
15、p aims to let the studentsuse key words/phrase to fill in theblankandguesstheplace-Shenzhen.This activity makes students listenthen read for information aboutHainan, and they may use whatthey have learned to talk abouthometown later, which is also anisland.This step aims to let the studentsusecompar
16、ativeadjectivestocompare the three cities, and thentalk about their ideas.Revision ofgrammar( 10mins)Step 5.My hometownIntroduction1.Enjoy a video and discuss. What do you know aboutour hometown?Students are supposed to discuss first and then talkabout our hometown in the following aspects.The chang
17、esThis step aims to let the studentsremind the key vocabulary andstructures to express what theyhave known about our hometown.Thisactivityaimstosetabackground of the developing ofhometown.Aftercomparingthechanges,1.Looking at an old photo album to talk about thechanges in our hometown.Students are r
18、equired to use the target sentence patternto talk about the great changes in hometown.（is er than before./ much /asas）students will remind the usages ofcomparative adjectives.Write anintroduction( 10mins)Step 6.Group-work.1.May day is coming. A lot of visitors are coming toChina.They want to enjoy t
19、heir holiday there and visitsome interesting places in China. They also like toknow the changes in our countries, but they have noidea where to go. Could you help them?2.Group of members will be required to divide the taskand make sure every member will use the targetlanguages and structures to desc
20、ribe one place inChina. (the geographical features, changes, weatherand so on)This activity is designed to askstudents work in a group and usewhat they have learned today tomake a complete introduction of aplace about hometown or a city inour country.HomeworkMust do:1.Polish your group work and make
21、 it a perfectintroduction of a place in China.Can do:2.Search for the Internet and find more changes in ourhometown and in our country,then share it withclassmates.The homework is designed tomakestudentsconsolidatetheknowledge and let them continuetoknowmoreabouttheirhometown and country.Blackboard DesignThisblackboarddesigningnotonlyshowsthekey(words)sentence structure, but also showsdifferentformsofdifferentcomparative adjectives.And it helps students form thestructure of an introduction of oneplace in China.
