Module 4A social survey-my neighbourhoodTeaching Aims:1. Knowledge and skills.1) Learn words and phrases related to housing places and architecture.2) Learn sentence patterns.3) Train the students' reading comprehension skills.4) Learn to describe a city,a town or a village.2. Process and methods:1)Explanations to help the students understand the passage better.2) Train the students' reading skills by doing some reading activities.3.Emotion and values:1)Cultivate the students' awareness of working together and experience the joy of communication with others.2)Further understand the state of modern cities in our country and develop their consciousness of environmental protection.3)Arouse the students' love for their hometown and our motherland.4.Teaching important and difficult points: Important points:1)Help the students to make sense of the passage.2)Help the students to improve their reading ability. Difficult points:1) How to help the students to improve their reading ability.2) Deal with some language points and sentence structures.5.Teaching methods:Listening and fast reading to get the general idea of the passage;Careful reading to get the detailed information.6.Teaching Aids:7.Multimedia and blackboard8.Teaching Procedures:Step 1 Leading in: Show a picture of Xiamen. First ask the students to look at the picture and guess what city it is. Then explain to the students in English that the city lies in Fujian province and that it is a seaside city and has a famous island called Gulangyu.Students' answer: Xiamen.Next ask the students:“Do you want to visit Xiamen? This class I'll take you there to enjoy the beauty of the city.Step 2 PresentationT: before starting,We have to get familiar with the new words contained...