英语八年级下册Lesson 38 The World Is a Big Place教案

  Unit 7 Know Our World

Lesson 38 The World Is a Big Place

教学目标

1. Master the new words and expressions: planet; billion; total; increase; Indian; Atlantic; Arctic

2. Learn more about the world’s geography.

3. Master the words and expressions of the continents and oceans in English.

教学重难点

【教学重点】

1. The words and expressions in this lesson.

2. Know about the world’s physical features.

【教学难点】

Some geography features in the world.

教学准备

audiotape, flashcards, a map of the world

教学过程

Step 1. Talk about the question:

1. Where do you live?

2. Do you like to live here? Why?

Step 2. Come to “THINK ABOUT IT”

Which part of the world do you live in?

What do you know about the place where you live?

Step 3. Listening task

Listen and answer the following questions:

1. How many people are there in the world?

2. Where do all the people live?

3. How big are the world’s oceans?

4. How many deserts does the world have?

5. What’s the world’s biggest island?

6. What’s the world’s longest river?

Step 4. Listening

Listen to the tape again and ask the students to imitate after it.

Step 5. Reading

Read the text again and talk about the details about the text.

How many deserts does the world have? What are they? Which is the second largest desert in the world?

What’s the world’s longest river? What is the second longest river? What is the third longest river?

What are the physical features of them?

课堂作业

Listen and read the text again.

Finish off your exercise book.

Write something about the world’s geography.

教学反思