Unit 19　Modern agriculture

         unit 19　modern agriculture
ⅰ.teaching goals:
1.talk about modern agriculture and the effects it has on people's life.
2.practise giving advice and making decisions.
3.use “it” for emphasis.
4.read statistical graphs.
5.write a plan for a vegetable garden.
ⅱ.teaching time:
five periods
ⅲ.background information:
the first period
teaching aims:
1.improve the students' speaking ability by practising giving advice and making decisions.
2.enable the students to master the expressions of giving advice and making decisions.
3.get the students to learn more about agriculture.
teaching important points:
1.how to express oneself,using what is learned or given.
2.how to advise sb.to do something and how to make decisions.
teaching difficult points:
1.the usage of some expressions.
2.how to improve the students' listening ability.
teaching methods:
1.listening some materials to improve the students' listening ability.
2.discussion to let the students express themselves freely.
3.group work or pair work to give every student a chance to express themselves.
teaching aids:
1.a tape recorder
2.a projector and some slides
3.a computer
teaching procedures:
step ⅰ.greetings and revision
t:good morning,everyone.
ss:good morning,teacher.
t:sit down,please.in this class,i'll check your homework first,wang ping,read your homework to us,…
(the teacher checks the students' homework and have a discussion with the students about the mistake wang ping made.let the students have a clear understanding and correct it.)
step ⅱ.preparation for listening and speaking
t:today,we're going to learn a new unit,unit 19,modern agriculture(teacher writes the following on the blackboard:unit 19 modern agriculture,the first period).first,let's learn the new words of this period.look at the screen:
new words:
produce n.產量、產物、農產品
effect n.結果、影響、作用
dike n.堤壩；排水溝
drought n.干旱
leader n.領導者　
lead v.領導、帶領
cane n.細長的莖、藤條
sugar-cane n.甘蔗
tobacco n.(煙草)制品；抽煙
local adj.地方的、當地的
(teacher asks one student to read the new words,then corrects the mistakes the student made.)
step ⅲ.warming up
t:please turn to page 32.let's do warming up.(teacher shows the graphs on page 32 on the screen.)look at the two graphs and discuss the questions on page 32.you can do it in pairs or groups.in a few minutes,i'll ask some students to talk about them.(students begin to discuss the questions.and teacher goes and joins them.a few minutes later,teacher says the following.)