9BUnit1AsiaTaskI.TeachingaimsandlearningobjectivesBytheendofthelesson,studentsshouldbeableto:1.getsomeinformationaboutIndia;2.knowhowtowriteaboutacountry;3.writeanintroductiontoanAsiancountry.II.Teachingcontents1.Newwordsandphrases:Hindi,billion,population,iron,IT,technology,custom,fair,sari,Indian,asasecondlanguage;2.Newstructures:Indiahasthesecondlargestpopulationintheworld.YoumayhaveseentheminIndianfilms.III.FocusofthelessonandpredictedareaofdifficultyHowtowriteaboutanAsiancountry.IV.TeachingproceduresStep1Warm-up1.Enjoyashortvideo:Whatawonderfulworld!2.Haveaguessinggame.T:Whatawonderfulworld!AndwhatawonderfulAsia!Thereare48countriesinAsia.Nowlet’splayaguessinggame.PleasewatchcarefullyandtellwhatcountryIamshowingyou.S:…T:Sothisisourcountry,China.Ithasthelargestpopulationintheworld.Bytheway,howmanypeoplearethereinChina?S:…T:Over1.3billion.AsChinese,weshouldbeproudofourcountry.Pleasegoon.S:…T:Oh,wonderful!Singaporeisacitystate.Howaboutthisone?S:…T:Yes,it’sThailand.Andthisis…?S:…T:Youaresoclever.It’sIndia,Millie’sfavouriteAsiancountry.【设计意图：课前热身，通过小视频，调动学生头脑中已储存的与单元话题相关的知识，激发学生轻松愉快地参与课堂活动；由猜谜活动导入新课，且处理了生词population和billion。】Step2LearnaboutMillie’sfavouriteAsiancountry1.LearnsomefactsaboutIndia.T:HowmuchdoyouknowaboutIndia?S:…T:YouhavegotsomeknowledgeofIndia.Let’slearnmore.T:WhatdoyouwanttoknowaboutIndia?S:…T:Sowehavelearnedaboutitslocation,capitalcity,languages,population,crops,mainindustries,customsandattractions.2.WorkinpairstotalkaboutIndia.T:TrytotalkaboutIndia.【设计意图：利用射线图，介绍印度的位置、首都、语言、人口、主要工农业、习俗和名胜。通过小组活动巩固学生已学内容，同时检测学生的信息转换能力。】3.HelpMilliecompletethearticle.T:MillieiswritinganintroductiontoIndia.Pleasehelphercompletethearticle.T:WhatareParagraph1andParagraph2about?S:…T:Welldone!Paragraph1isaboutIndia’slocationandcapitalcity.Paragraph2isaboutitslanguages,population,cropsandmainindustries.HowaboutParagraph3andParagraph4?S:…T:Goodjob!Paragraph3isaboutIndia’scustoms,whileParagraph4isaboutitsattractions.【设计意图：分析文章篇章结构，帮助学生理清结构，使他们明确写作此类文章的基本框架。】4.FindgoodwordsandsentencesthatMillieuses.T:ReadthearticleandtrytofindsomegoodwordsandsentencesthatMillieuses.Millieusessomeniceverbs,suchaslies,mayhaveseen.Shealsousestwoconjunctsbutandso.Millieusesthesegoodsentences.IthinkIndiaisagreatcountrytovisit.Indiahasthesecondlargestpopulationintheworld.ItisalsofamousforitsITindustry.TheTajMahaliswellworthavisit.Itisoneofthewondersoftheworld.【设计意图：通过寻找文中的好词好句，引导学生明白如何让自己的写作通顺连贯。】Step3WriteaboutyourfavouriteAsiancountryT:Nowit’syourturntowriteaboutyourfavouriteAsiancountry.HowmanyparagraphsareyouLocationCapitalcityLanguagesPopulationCropsIndustriesCustomsAttractionsIndiagoingtowrite?Whatiseachparagraphabout?S:…T:Herearesomeusefulexpressionsforyou.S:…T:Pleaseshowyourworkandmakeaself-assessmenttoseehowmanystarsyoucanget.S:…【设计意图：由输入到输出，水到渠成。让学生根据表格进行自我评价，提升写作技巧。】V.HomeworkRewriteyourarticleandputsomepicturesaboutyourfavouriteAsiancountrynexttoyourwriting.
