Lesson 49: Let’s Learn Geography!
Teaching Content:
Mastery words and expressions: geography, population, ever, abroad, Asia, Japan, Japanese, village, town, India, world
Oral words and expressions: some day, It is fun to travel around the world.
Teaching Aims:
1.Talk about the countries.
2.Be proud of one’s country.
Teaching Important Points:
1.Talk about the geography.
2.Learn something about the foreign countries.
Teaching Difficult Countries:
What languages do they speak in other countries?
Teaching Preparation: a globe
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, a globe
Type of lesson: new lesson
Teaching Procedure:
Step1. Look at the globe. Point to our country. Ask the students the questions:
What country are you in?
What language do we speak?
Have you been abroad?
Has anyone in your family been abroad? Where has he been? When?
Step2. Come to “THINK ABOUT IT”.
What’s your favourite subject?
What is geography?
Do you like geography?
Step3. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions:
1.Has Danny been abroad?
2.What language do they speak in Japan?
3.How long has Brain’s father been in Africa?
4.Where’s Jenny’s mother’ pen pal from?
Step4. Read and check the answers.
1.Read the text in roles.
2.Let some students act the dialogue out.
Step5. Discuss the details in groups.
1.Where would Danny love to go?
2.What countries has Brian been to?
3.Does Danny speak Chinese?
4.Where is Brian from?
5.Can you explain the meaning of “pen pal”?
Step6. Come to “LET’S DO IT”.
Talk about the countries that you have visited. If you haven’t visited, what country would you like to visit? Why?
Give a report to your class.
Step7. Homework
1.Finish off the exercises in the activity book.
2.Go on the next reading in the student book.

Summary:
Travel around the world and know about the culture and customs of other countries. That’s all what we want to do. How many countries do the students know? What do they know about them? Can they have a vivid explanation of the countries that they are interested in?
Lesson 50: The World Is a Big Place!
Teaching Content:
Mastery words and expressions: land, Europe, America, ocean, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, earth, surface, island, river
Oral words and expressions: Antarctica, the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, Arctic, the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, northeast, Nile
Teaching Aims:
1.Learn more about the world’s geography.
2.Master the words and expressions of the continents and oceans in English.
Teaching Important Points:
1.The words and expressions in this lesson.
2.Know about the world’s physical features.
Teaching Difficult Points:
Some geography features in the world.
Teaching Preparation: a map of the world
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, a map of the world
Teaching Procedure:
Step1. Talk about the question:
1.Where do you live?
2.Do you like to live here? Why?
Step2. Come to “THINK ABOUT IT”.
1.Which part of the world do you live in?
2.What do you know about the place where you live?
3.How many people are there in the world?
Step3. Listening task
Listen and answer the following questions:
1.How many people are there in the world?
2.Where do all the people live?
3.How big are the world’s oceans?
4.How many deserts does the world have?
5.What’s the world’s biggest island?
6.What’s the world’s longest river?
Step4. Reading task
Read the text and finish Exercise 2 in activity book.
1.Scientists predict the world’s population will be _______ by 2050. There will be 9.1 billion people by _______.
2.About ____
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