"(新课标)辽宁省大连市铁路中学 2014 年高中英语 Module 4 2nd period 教案 外研版必修 1 "The General Idea of This PeriodIntroduce the city of Xiamen. The students will get to know where it is located. What about the climate and some other information.Teaching Aims1. Learn and master the following words and expressions: hometown, attractive, lively, seem, fortunate, pretty, a lot of tourist around, brother, nuisance, business district, put up, shopping malls, approach the harbor, gorgeous, architecture, starve, apartment block2. Train the students’ reading ability.3. The students will be able to know something about the city of Xiamen.Teaching Important Points1. Learn to use some useful expressions: I’m so glad you could come.What’s the climate like?That sounds great.2. Train the students’ reading ability.Teaching Difficult PointHow to help the students understand the text.Teaching Methods1. Fast reading to get a general idea of the text.2. Asking-and-Answering to help the students understand the text.3. Pair or group work to make every student work in class.Teaching Aids1. the multimedia2. the blackboardTeaching ProceduresStep 1 Greetings Greet the whole class as usual.Step 2 RevisionAsk the students some questions. Then show the following questions and get the students to work in pairs.1. How big is your house?2. Where is your house located?3. Is it close to your school?4. Is it close to your parents’ places of work?5. Do you like the neighbourhood?6. Do you have good neighbors?7. Are there parks or other public facilities nearby?8. Is there good public transportation?9. Are their markets and shops nearby?Ask several pairs to report their answers . Sug...