八年级英语上册 Module 9 Population Unit 2 Arnwick was a city with 200 000 people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 2 Arnwick was a city with 200,000 people.
【教学目标】
l Knowledge objective
1. To get information from the reading passage in relation to city problem.
2. To write about city problems.
l Ability objective
To write about city problems.
l Moral objective
To make Ss do something for the environment protection.
【教学重点】
1. To get information from the reading material about city problems.
2. To learn the grammar: article.
【教学难点】
To understand the main idea of each paragraph of the article
【教学方法】
PWP method, task-based method.
【教学手段】
A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures
【教学过程】
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Revision and lead-in
Look at the pictures and guess what the increasing population need?
Step 2 Consolidate new words
Look and say. The teacher shows the pictures of new words and let the students say as quickly as possible.
Step 3 Ask and answer the questions

Work in pairs. First read the words in the box. Then use the words to answer the questions.
countryside field flat hospital
job office rubbish village
1. Why do people move to cities?
2. What are the problems of big cities?
Step 4 Listen to passage and answer the questions
1. Where did people live after they moved to cities?
2. When did the small local school I Parkville close down?
Step 5 Read the passage and check your answers to Activity 1
Read the passage carefully and check the answers from the groups.
Step 6 Read the passage and answer the questions

1. How long will it take to go to school in Arnwick?
2. Where does Jo’s family live now?
3. Was it expensive to live in the centre of the city?
Step 7 Check the true sentences
First let the Ss read the passage carefully and then check the answers according to the passage.
1. Parkville was a quiet village.
2. Arnwick was a city with 20,000 people.
3. Arnwick now has a population of more than one million.
4. The local school in Parkville has 2,000 pupils.
5. Big cities need more money for public services.
Step 8 Complete the passage with the correct form of the words from the box
Read the passage carefully and get the main idea and choose the words from the box, then use the correct form to fill in the blanks.
flat local pollution
rubbish service thousand
Many towns and cities have the same problems as Arnwick. People need places to live, so the (1) ____ government has to build more (2) ____.
People need better bus and train (3) _______. They also produce more (4) _______, so the government has to make more efforts to protect the city against (5) ________. As we say, a hundred people make a (6) ________ problems!
Step 9 Number the problems in order from most important (1) to least important (6)
To put the sentences in right order according to students’ opinions.
( ) Many young people want to leave the countryside because they want to find jobs in the city.
( ) There are not enough schools and hospitals.

( ) Too much traffic brings air pollution.
( ) There is too much rubbish in the streets.
( ) There aren’t enough police in the city.
( ) It’s difficult to get enough clean water.
Step 10 Write down your suggestions to solve the problems in Activity 5
Write down the first three most important problems and write down your suggestions to improve the situation.
Step 11 Language points
Let Ss master the main points of the passage.
1. ..., so the government built flats outside the centre.
flats 表示“公寓，套房”
house 表示“房子”
2. It’s clear that Arnwick needs more schools, buses and hospitals.
It’s clear that … 表示“很清楚…...”。
e.g. It’s clear that we need to work hard before the coming final exam.
很明显，我们要在即将到来的期末考试前努力学习。
3. The small local school in Parkville closed down five years ago.
local adj. 当地的
close down 表示“（永久性地）停工，关闭”。
e.g. The company closed down last year.
去年那家公司关闭。
4. There is a lot of traffic and pollution.
pollution n. 污染 pollute v. 污染
e.g. Noise pollution is more serious in the city.
噪音污染是城市中更为严重的问题。
Step 12 Summary
Let Ss talk about what they have learnt in class.
重点短语。
build flats in fact
close down public service
Step 13 Exercises
Let the students practice the main points in Unit 2.
1. — Please make _____ for the old woman. C
— Here you are.
A. house B. flat C. room
2. The paper factory _____ last year and the villagers were very happy to have a better life. C
A. closed off B. closed away C. closed down
3. Air ______ is a serious problem in big cities. A
A. pollution B. pollute C. rubbish
4. The government needs to make ______ to protect the forest. A
A. laws B. stories C. ways
Step 14 Homework
Write a passage to tell about the problems in your city.