Module 1 Wonders of the worldUnit 1 What is a wonder of the world?教材分析This unit aims to review the learnt tenses so far and help students to be able to present some important and creative ideas about writing a school magazine. 教学目标To learn and understand the topic words through talking and listening.To know something about the pyramids and the Grand Canyon.To understand the conversation about starting a school magazine involving different tenses.知识与能力1. Vocabulary and expressions: ancient, club, composition, pupil, meeting, call, event, listen up. Thats news to me. Anyone else?2. To enable the Ss to express in different tenses according to the set situations.3. To learn to give ideas on writing a school magazine.过程与方法1. Top-down approach, enabling Ss to understand and talk about writing a school magazine.2. To learn by listening, speaking and discussing.情感、态度与价值观To help students enlarge their vision on wonders of the world and help to know more about writing a school magazine of their own.教学过程Step 1Lead-inStart the lesson by showing groups of pictures about the wonders of the world on the screen including the ancient pyramids. Ask students to talk about the picture on Page 2.T: Where can you see the pictures and the brief introduction probably? (Newspaper / the Internet / Magazine)T: Yes, magazines like Crazy English / National Geography Who started?Learn the new vocabulary. (ancient, pyramid, review, wonder)Have a talk about the picture using the words in Activity 1. Learn a bit about magazines.Get the Ss to be attentive and focus on the theme of the lesson. (Magazine)Step 2 Listening &VocabularyPlay the tape and check the words. Listen to the tape again. Make up possible questions according to the answers. Give examples.Listen and check the words. Make up questions according to the given answers.( Wh-questions)Practise listening and get specific information. Check their understanding by making questions.Step 3. Listen &readPlay the tape for the 1st time. Ask Ss questions. T: What are the children doing? Is there a school magazine in Da Mings school?Listen to the tape and get the answers.Listen to get a general idea for the 1st time.Play the tape again and ask students to decide T OR F. Crazy feet is a band. Becky Wang started a school magazine. Da Ming watched the interview on TV yesterday Tony is writing a composition. Listen more carefully for the 2nd time. Decide whether they are true or false. Check the answers with the class.Listen for the specific information and understand the details of the conversation.Step 4. ReadPlay the tape again and get Ss to practise the conversation. Check the language points. Focus on everyday English and useful expressions.(Listen up, Anyone else? do some review, do an interview, on=about, get better grades)Get Ss to make a list of the articles in magazines.Check the answers in Activity 4.Read theconversation aloud, and read in role. Answer the questions in Activity 4. Practise reading and go over how to give suggestions when in discussion. Learn more about writing a school magazine. Step 5. Pair work Go through the five questions and highlight the key words. Ask for more answers on Question 3.Ss take turns to answer the questions.Consolidate the key words and transit to the next step by Question 3.Step 6.DiscussionTell the Ss:If your school decides to start a magazine, what are you going to write about? And why? They can make up lists and take Activity 3 as an example.Report their discussion.Work out the lists and talk about their plans to write the magazine.Beginning: Our school will start a magazine. What articles are you going to write.Learn to discuss in the way as the children do. Check Ss creativity.作业Collect information about the seven wonders of the world. (Pictures and brief introductions)板书设计Unit 1 What is a wonder of the world? school magazine Thats news to me! a wonder Whats it about? ancient pyramids listen up write a composition Any more ideas?/ Anyone else? do some reviews about on=about do an interview with 反思：学生对这一话题很感兴趣，乐意交流，但有的词偏难，仍需多练。