Unit 18　New Zealand

step ⅸ.record after teaching
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the second period
teaching aims:
1.train the students' reading ability.
2.let the students learn something about new zealand.
teaching important points:
1.improve the students' reading ability.
2.learn about new zealand's geography,climate,natural beauty and history.
teaching difficult point:
how to help the students understand the text better.
teaching methods:
1.fast reading to find out the general idea of the text.
2.question-and-answer activity to help the students to understand the detailed information in the text.
3.individual or pair work to make every student work in class.
teaching aids:
1.a tape recorder　2.a computer  3.a map of the world.
teaching procedures:
step ⅰ.greetings and revision
greet the whole class as usual.
t:yesterday we learnt some useful expressions to describe locations.now,who can describe the location of china?
s1:let me try.china lies to the west of the pacific ocean,the south of russia and mongolia.it is in the east of asia.
t:very good.
step ⅱ.pre-reading
t:(put up a map of the world.)now,please look at the map.there are many islands on the map.can you find five islands?who can try?
s2:let me try.japan, iceland,the philippines,indonesia and new zealand.
t:you're right.thank you.now,let's describe where they are.you can do it like this:it is…in the…sea/ocean;…to the north/south/east/west of…;the nearest country is….please begin.one student,one island.
s3:japan lies to the east of china.it is in the pacific ocean.the nearest country is korea.
s4:iceland lies in the atlantic ocean.it is in the northwest of europe.the nearest country is england.
s5:the philippines lies in the pacific ocean.it is in the south of asia.malaysia is the nearest country from it.
s6:indonesia lies in the south of asia.it's also in the pacific ocean.the nearest country is also malaysia.
s7:new zealand is in  the pacific ocean.it lies off the eastern coast of australia.australia is the nearest country from it.
t:well done.do you know what the names of their capital cities are?
ss:sorry,we don't know all of them.
t:it doesn't matter.i think you must know the capital of japan,don't you?
ss:yes.it's tokyo.
t:very good.do you know in which part of the island tokyo is?
ss:yes.it is in the northeast of japan.
t:quite right.if you want to go to japan from your hometown,how can you get there?
ss:by air.
t:why?