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教科版高中英语必修四 教案Unit 4

教科版高中英语必修四 教案Unit 4

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UNIT 4 THINK GLOBALLY, ACTLOCALLY

【教学目标】

1.知识目标

(1)重点单词:

resource, settlement, management, seasonally, arid, occasionally, floodplain, dam, diversion, extraction, deprive, salinity, runoff, destruction, impact, significant, ecology, reservoir, integrated, sustainable.

(2)重点短语:

use of, as well as

(3)能理解、应用句型:

a. She said that the Earth goes around the sun.

b. The tourist suggested that they leave the luggage at the station.

2.语言技能目标

(1)理解并掌握新词的含义及应用。

(2)理解材料内容:通过上下文克服生词困难,掌握听力技巧,提高英语听力能力。

3.情感态度、文化意识、学习策略

在“学生为主体”的思想指导下,让学生成为课堂的主人,形成有效的“生生互动”,“和谐对话”,同时借助多媒体的优势使学生主动融入课堂教学情境之中,以调动学生积极性,激发学生参与课堂的潜能,建立良好的课堂氛围,真正发挥情感教学的优势。

【教学重点】

1.学习并掌握重点单词:

resource, settlement, management, seasonally, arid, occasionally, floodplain, dam, diversion, extraction, deprive, salinity, runoff, destruction, impact, significant, ecology, reservoir, integrated, sustainable

2.学习并掌握重点短语:

use of, as well as

3.能理解、应用句型:

a. She said that the Earth goes around the sun.

b. The tourist suggested that they leave the luggage at the station.

【教学难点】

1.学生对本课内容主旨大意的准确理解。

2.材料的理解及听力技巧的掌握。

【教学准备】

1.教师准备:多媒体课件、音响。

2.学生准备:课本及其他学习用品。

【教学过程】

Step 1 Warming up and greeting

Daytime greeting to every student.

Step 2 Preparation for task

1. Show different kinds of pollution in PPT, and ask students to read about the "Water, Water, Water!" in book.

2. Ask students to discuss with the partner what they know about environmental pollution.

Step 3 Task

First ask students to work individually. Spend five to ten minutes thinking about the environmental pollution, and express your opinions about the environment. Teacher gives help in vocabulary when students need.

Second, ask students to read the text again and finish comprehension part.

Third, ask students to study expressions part individually, and teacher explains the usages.

Step 4 Word study

Word-formation: -hood.

Finish exercise in part "Word study".

Step 5 Grammar

Pair work to study step-by-step grammar: direct speech & indirect speech.

Ask students to finish the exercise in part 1,2 and 3 in this part and teacher checks the correct answer.

Step 6 Listening and speaking

Ask students to listen to the dialogue and then try to fill in the blanks in part 1 according to what they hear.

Step 7 Fun time

A sk students to read the passages about the “T he Pollution Rap”.

Step 8 Further reading

A sk students to read the passages about the “Growing More Food with Less Water” and finish the comprehension in book.

Step 9 Summary

Ask a student to summarize the content we learned today.

Step 10 Homework

1.Listen to the radio.

2.Review the new words and sentences.

【板书设计】

【教学反思】

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