八年级英语上册 Module 9 Population Unit 3 Language in use教案 （新版）外研版-（新版）外研版初中八年级上册英语教案.doc

Unit 3 Language in use【教学目标】To use the points in Units 1 and 2;To use the points in units 1 and 2 freely;To make Ss learn about the environment pollution and how to protect the environment.【教学重点】To master the word, the numbers and the article.【教学难点】The using of the number and the article.【教学方法】PWP method, Formal and interactive practice【教学手段】A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures【教学过程】Teaching Procedures:Step 1 Language practiceTo master the structure of the grammar1. Beijing is a huge city.2. It takes an hour to get there by bus.Grammar: 冠词冠词是置于名词之前，用以说明名词所指的人或事物的一种虚词。冠词有三种形式：不定冠词 a, an, 定冠 the和零冠词。一、不定冠词a, an的用法1. 表示数量，泛指同类事物中的“任何一个”，含有“一”的意思。如： Tom had an apple for breakfast this morning.2. 表示某类人或物，此时的不定冠词一般不译为“一”。如： A panda eats bamboo. 3. 表示数量，意为“每一”。如： How often do you go swimming a week?4. 用于某些抽象名词前，表示“一种；一场；一阵等”。如： I have a headache.注：不定冠词a常用于以辅音音素开头的单数可数名词前；an常用于以元音音素开头的单数可数名词前。 二、定冠词the的用法1. 特指某（些）人或物。如： I like the red clothes. 2. 特指上文提到过的人或物。如： I have a camera. The camera is white and I like it very much. 3. 指世界上独一无二的事物。如： the sun, the moon, the earth4. 用于序数词、表示方位的名词或形容词最高级前面。如： the first boy, in the north, the tallest boy 5. 用于表示乐器的名词前面。如： play the piano 6. 用于姓氏的复数形式前面，表示“一家人”或“夫妇俩人”。如： The Blacks are having a picnic now.7. 与形容词连用, 表示某一类人或物。如：the rich, the old8. 用于某些专有名词前面。如： the Great Wall9. 用于一些固定短语中。如： in the morning, by the way三、零冠词的用法1. 表示节日、星期、月份、季节等的名词前面一般不加冠词。如： on Teachers Day, on Monday, in September, in winter 注意：in the summer of 2015（表示特指，故加the）2. 表示一日三餐的名词前面一般不加冠词。如：have lunch3. 表示球类运动和棋类的名词与play连用时，一般不加冠词。如： play basketball, play chess4. 表示语言和学科的名词前面一般不加冠词。如： David can speak Chinese very well. History is Susans favourite subject.5. 名词前面有指示代词或形容词性物主代词时，不再加冠词。如： May I have a look at your dictionary? 6. 在一些固定短语中，名词前面用零冠词。如： go to bed, go to school, by bus, at nightStep 2 Match the countries with their populations1. Match the countries with their populations in groups.1) China a) 4,437,0002) the US b) 22,956,0003) Australia c) 314,791,0004) New Zealand d) 1,370,537,0002. Read your answers to Activity 1 to the whole class.3. Now listen and check.Step 3 Learning to learnTo learn how to see a table and a chartWhen you see a table or a chart, look carefully at the labels and graphs to make sure that you understand what they are showing. Look at the chart below. What is it comparing? What can you conclude? Step 4 Read the chart and answer the questionsRead the chart and answer the questions.1. Which city had the largest population in 2000?2. Which citys population will increase most from 2000 to 2025?3. Which city will have a larger increase in its population, New York or Mexico City?4. Which city/cities will have the biggest population problem? Why?Step 5 Write a, an or the where necessary1. Read the passage carefully.2. Then use the articles to fill in the blanks where necessary.Mina is (1) _ eighteen-year-old girl. Shes got (2) _ brother and (3) _ sister. Mina is (4) _ oldest child in (5) _ family. She lives in (6) _ very big city. She has (7) _ job in (8) _ hotel. She hopes that one day she will have (9) _ chance to go to (10) _ college.Step 6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the boxFirst read the sentences and use the right form of the words from the box to fill in the blanks.few good much small1. We believe the schools in Arnwick are very good, and were working to make them even _.2. Their flat is too large for two people. They want to find a _ one.3. Anna always talks about her ideas. I think she needs to listen _.4. There are a lot of parks in this city. I think there are _ parks in a lot of other cities.Step 7 Complete the diagram showing population problems1. Read the diagram.2. Use the words from the box to complete the diagram.3. To get the answers from the Ss.air city countryside hospital increase public service traffic waterProblems of ArnwickPeople move from _People arrive in _Problems: Population _Environmental problems Health problems Problems for the governmentExamples: Examples: Examples:_ _ _ _ _ _ _Step 8 Complete the passage with the correct form of the words from the box1. Read the passage and master the details in the passage.2. Use the words to fill in the blanks.3. Get the right answers from the Ss.countryside pollution population space traffic Our world is facing many problems. Two of the biggest are increasing population and pollution. The (1) _ of the world is increasing quickly. Why is this happening?Because more babies are born every year and people also live longer. Many people are leaving the (2) _ to work in the cities, but there is not enough (3) _ for so many people. Another huge problem for the world is (4)_. Theres so much (5) _ on the roads that in some cities the air is heavily polluted. We should work harder to protect our world.Step 10 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the expressions in the box1. Read the sentences and understand the meanings.2. Choose the correct form of the expressions.all over the world closed down in the future it takes not any more 1) Growing population is a problem _.2) The population of China may grow more slowly _.3) The supermarket _ when a bigger one opened in the town.4) Usually _ an hour to get there by bus.5) The town had a lot of pollution in the past but its _ a problem _.Step 11 Listen and choose the best summaryTo let the students master the summary.a) Its cheaper to share a car than to have a personal car.b) People in a car club dont often take buses, trains or the underground.c) There are no car clubs in the US.d) Joining car clubs is good for you and for the city.Step 12 Listen again and choose the correct answer1. Joining a car club is cheaper / more expensive than having a personal car.2. People in car clubs pay for / dont pay for a car when they drive.3. People in car clubs sometimes / never take a bus or ride a bike.4. People in car clubs probably are / arent healthier.Step 13 Work in pairs and discuss this questionDo you think car clubs would be popular in China? Why? Why not?Step 14 Around the worldTo know about the world population and water.World population and water With more and more people in the world, more and more water is used. In fact, water use is growing more than twice as fast as the worlds population! As a result, getting good, clean water is becoming a problem in many places. A lot of water is polluted and in many areas people have to walk a long way to get clean water for daily use. More than 3.4 million people die each year from drinking and washing with polluted water. So lets do everything we can to stop the pollution and save water.Step 15 Writing 1. To prepare to make your graph in groups.2. To make your graph and present your graph to the class.3. Write a paragraph to describe your graph.Step 16 中考链接( ) 1. We can live a better life if we create _ less polluted world. A. theB. an C. aD. 不填 (2014江苏镇江)( ) 2. Would you like _ new blue T-shirt, Mary? Sorry, Mom. I prefer _ orange one. A. a; aB. a; an C. an; aD. an; an (2014广西来宾)( ) 3. Have you seen the film Dad, where are we going? Yes. Its _ interesting one. A. a B. anC. theD. / (2014云南曲靖)( ) 4. Whats this in English, Maria? Its _ map. A. a B. anC. the (2014福建漳州)( ) 5. The little girl began to play _ violin at the age of five. A. a B. the C. 不填 (2014湖南永州)( ) 6. What _ useful program it is! Yeah. It tells us how to play _ violin. A. a; the B. an; the C. the; a D. an; 不填 (2014湖北随州)( ) 7. Whats _ matter with you? I have _ toothache. A. a; the B. the; /C. /; a D. the; a (2014甘肃平凉)( ) 8. What do you think of Wang Wei? He is _ honest boy, and always helps _ old. A. a, theB. an, theC. the, an (2014四川遂宁)Keys: CBBAB ADBStep 17 SummaryLet the students say what they have learnt in class by themselves.1. 冠词的用法。2. 重点短语: all over the world close down in the future it takes not any moreStep 18 Homework你认为自己应该为严重的水污染做哪些事, 写一篇60词左右的短文。