Teaching contents

story time

Teaching aims.

1. 学生能听懂，会读，会说，会写country, learn, about, next, magazine, exciting, like…等单词。

2. 学生能听懂，会读，会说kangaroo, koala, Sydney等单词。

3. 学生能掌握一些常用短语和句型find out, read about, I’ll…You’ll…

4. 学生能读懂课文大意，了解澳大利亚的特色。

5. 学生能简要地介绍澳大利亚。

6. 学生了解课前自主学习的方式。

Teaching focus and difficulties

1. 学生能听懂，会读，会说，会写country, learn, about, next, magazine, exciting, like…等单词。

2. 学生能听懂，会读，会说kangaroo, koala, Sydney等单词。

3. 学生能掌握一些常用短语和句型find out, read about, I’ll…You’ll…

4. 学生能读懂课文大意，了解澳大利亚的特色。

5. 学生能简要地介绍澳大利亚。

Teaching aids

多媒体课件

Teaching procedure

1. Free talk

T shows a map of the world before class.

There are four countries concerned: China, Australia, the UK, the USA

T: What countries did you see on the map of the world just now?

When students are going to answer, T can show the map of each country in turn as a hint.

S recall and say out the four countries.

T: What do you think of the four countries?

…is a…country.

S：China is a beautiful country.

S：The USA is a big country.

…

T：We’re going to talk about one country of them.

Guess! What country are we going to talk about?

T gives students 2 hints to guess.

1. It is the 6^th big country in the world.

2. It is in the southern hemisphere.

T leads in the topic.

T: We are going to learn something about Australia with these children today.

T shows a picture in the text.

2. Presentation

1. Watch and answer

T: Look at the picture. They are talking.

What are they talking about?

Let’s watch the cartoon and try to find out.

a. What to learn about the country.

b. How to find out about the country.

c. What they know about the country.

Teach: find out

2. Read, match and say

Q: How will the students find out about this country?

T shows some pictures of students and the ways they learn.

S read the first part of the text and then do the match.

When they are doing the match, they should use the sentences like:

Mike will…

Wang Bing will…

Liu Tao will…

Yang Ling will…

3. Think hard

T: The title of our text is an interesting country.

T: Think over this question: Why do people call Australia an interesting country?

T gives students some hints: animals, weather, sports, cities

S can have a free talk first.

S: There are some interesting animals in Australia.

S: There are some beautiful cities in the country.

…

S are required to read the next part of the text and think hard.

Group work:

1. Read the text onP59

2. Talk in the group and find out why

3. Try not to look at the book when you stand up talking.

S give answers.

S：There are some lovely animals in Australia.

T: What are they?

S: Kangaroos and koalas.

Teach: Kangaroos and Koalas.

S: People can see interesting sports games in Australia.

T: What is the game?

S：Australian Football.

Teach: Australian Football

S: People can visit beautiful cities.

T: Do you know the cities?

S：Sydney.

Teach: Sydney

T: The weather is different from our weather in the north.

When we are in winter, people in Australia have summer.

When we are in summer, they have winter there.

It’s very interesting.

T: Do you know why Australia is an interesting country this time?

Let’s make a summary.

Australia is an interesting country, because …

You’ll find lovely…

You’ll find exciting…

You’ll find beautiful…

You’ll find different…

S: You’ll find lovely animals.

S: You’ll find exciting sports.

S: You’ll find beautiful cities.

S: You’ll find different weather.

4. Reading time

Students first read after the tape.

Students read by themselves.

3. Consolidation

1. Judge true or false

 After reading, students finish exercise on P60 without looking at the text.

2. Brainstorming

T: To attract more visitors, how can you make an advertisement for Australia?

Group work:

1. Talk about some ideas.

2. Act out the advertisement with the cooperation of the group.

Homework:

1 Read the text and tell others about Australia.

2 Surf the Internet to know more about Australia.

Blackboard Design

Unit6 An interesting country        

How to study?                What to study?

Ask an e-friend               animals: kangaroos and koalas

Ask Australian friends          sports: Australian Football

Read about Australia           cities: Sydney

on the Internet                weather: different

Go to the library and look for

 books and magazines