教案示例

Lesson 14

　　 Ⅰ. Teaching aims:

　　 After learning the text, the students are required to master the following words and useful expressions:

　　 regret; now and again; help oneself to; goose; geese; farmland; day by day; agricultural; irrigate; salty; pest; storage; ruin; damp; in a word; loss; whichever; ownership; politician;

　　 2. Revise the grammar: the noun clauses.

　　 3. Get the students to read the text using the following reading skills: skimming and note taking.

　　 Ⅱ. Key points: 1.Words and grammar   2. Reading comprehension   

　　 Ⅲ. Teaching methods: Reading: skimming and note taking.

　　 Ⅳ. Teaching procedures:

　　 Step 1. Revision

　　 (1) Check the homework exercises.

　　 (2) Revise the key points of Lesson13.

　　 Step 2. Pre-reading report

　　 Get the students to discuss the “Food Problems” according to their knowledge. Pick out some students to report to the class their result of their discussion.

　　 Step 3. Scanning

　　 Now get the students to read the text and answer the following questions:

　　 ① Why is the area of farmland in the world getting smaller?

　　 ② What are some of the ways of increasing food production?

　　 Step 4. Note making

　　 Tell the students to read the text more carefully to find out the specific information. Then fill in the blanks with appropriate information from the text. After they have finished the work, get some students to yell out their answers to the rest of the class.

　　 Step 5. Language points

　　 Deal with some language points appearing in the text

　　 Step 6. Reference

　　 SB P20, Part 4. Get the students to tell which words and phrases do the words printed in bold in the text referred to. Do orally with the class if time permits.

　　 Step 7. Workbook

　　 Get the students to do the wb exercises individually and then check the answers with the class. Answers: See Wb P86.

　　 Homework

　　 (1) Finish off the exercises of Lesson 14 in the workbook.

　　 (2) Revise the key points of this lesson.