Module 5 My hometown and country

unit1   shanghai is bigger than hongkong.teaching content : vocabulary and listening , pronunciation and speaking teaching aims and demands: 1. language knowledge    key vocabulary and phrases: hometown, than, east, south, kilometer, high, million, busy, coast, hill, island, population, answer, question key structure: hong kong is smaller than shanghai. is shanghai newer than hong kong? no, it isn’t. it’s older.(重點)  2, listening skill: to understand conversations involving the comparison of 2 cities. (難點)   3. speaking skill: to talk about 2 different cities or rivers. improve the students’ speaking ability. teaching procedures: part i: revision   task: recall what we have learned in module 4. talk about your dream school part ii: lead in:    task  : introduce to them the new words in activity 1 on page 26.step one: read through the words and phrases in activity 1 on page 26 and have the ss. repeat them after you chorally and individually.step two: ask the students to talk about the pictures in activity 1 on page 26. step three: collect some descriptions in a whole- class setting part iii: listeningtask: activity 2 on page 26.    step one: play the recording and have them match the words with the words and phrases in activity 1.step tw play the recording again .have them check their answers with a partner step three:. call back the answer in a whole- class setting. part iv: lead in: task:  introduce to them the comparison of adjectives in english.step one: ask the ss:     which city is bigger, shanghai or hongkong?     write on the blackboard:     shanghai is bigger than hongkong.step tw show the ss. the structure -er+than. and explain that we use this construction to compare 2 things.  and then elicit other adjectives and some other examples of comparison from the ss. (e.g.this pen is longer than that one…. )part v:  listen and readtask:. to understand conversations involving the comparison of 2 cities.  step one: play the recording and ask the ss. :     is shanghai a newer city than hong kong?step tw listen again and answer the questions in activity4step three: play the recording again and pause after each phrase, asking the ss. to repeat chorally and individually.step four: put the ss. into groups of 2 to practise the dialogue. part vi: pronunciation and speaking task 1 : listen and repeat the underlined words