1English Book Lesson Seventy-eight.Objectives: 1.Four-skill words : earth , grow , by 2.Three-skill words: centry , space , following3.Phrases: (1)on the earth (2)hour after hour (3)at the beginning of 4.Understanding the language . Procedures:Step 1: Revision: Let the Ss dictate some difficult big numbers.Step 2: Bring out the targets (show a slide )Step 3:Reading:1.Talking about the worlds population Its growing very fast . This is a big problem . (showing slides ) The worlds population is over 5.5 billion . Its likely to reach 10 billion by the middle of the 21st century .The third world population is rising rapidly . Such as : We have no enough food , houses or work for so many people .Read the passage quickly and find out the answers to the questions on top of the passage . Ss should know 2that the Family planning is very necessary . (The teacher goes round the class and guide . )2.Go through the questions in Ex of the workbook and make the Ss ask and answer in pairs in a few minutes .3.Main language items:A.Standing room only , room (un.) (on the Bb.)e.g.: Theres no room in the house .B. So it goes on hour after hour .Other : day after day , letter after letter , year after year ,C. The population is growing faster and faster . (on the Bb)e.g.: 1、Days get longer and longer .2、Nights get shorter and shorter .3、Our country is becoming stronger and stronger .4、His brother is getting taller and taller .D. at the beginning of You will find the new sentence at the beginning of the passage .(on the Bb ) At the beginning of the match he kicked a goal.3E. population :Whats the population of ? (on the Bb)The answer is not “many much “, but “big , large or small“.Step 4 : Listening and reading :Play the tape twice for the Ss to listen and repeat .Pay attention to the numbers in the text .Step 5 . Workbook :Ex . 2.work alone first then check in pairs and then check with the whole class . (do in class).Homework :1.Do Ex. 3 in the exercise books .2.Rewrite the story .3.Prepare for the next lesson.Blackboard Designs :Lesson Seventy-eightWords : Sentences: 1.grow v. 1.Our country is becoming stronger and stronger. 2.room (un.) 2.Theres only standing room on the bus . 3.begin 3.Youll find the new sentence at the beginning of the passage. 4.population 4.Whats the population of. ?