1.　　　 What would Brian like to do for his report on Asia?

2.　　　 Is Li Ming at home?

Step3. Listen to the tape and try to finish Exercise 2 in activity book.

1.　　　 What does “Ring up” mean in Canada?

2.　　　 What does “ring up” mean in the U. K.?

Teaching Difficult Points:

How to make a telephone call?

Teaching Preparation: a telephone

Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, a telephone

Type of lesson: new lesson

Teaching Procedure:

Step1. First sing the song together.

Step2. Ask the students if they have previewed the lesson. Let the students ask questions about the lesson.

Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about this lesson.

They can ask like this:

1.　　　 How to make a telephone call.

2.　　　 Know about the following culture.

Teaching Important Points:

1.　　　 Learn to make a telephone call in English.

2.　　　 Go on the next reading in the student book.

Summary:

It is difficult to finish the project. Students must search more information on the Internet. They must work together to finish different parts by different students. If they want to give a good report to the class, they must have good translation. When they need help, the teacher should help them at once because this is a challenge for them.

Lesson 53: Ringing Up Li Ming

Teaching Content:

Mastery words and expressions: ring, ring up

Oral words and expressions: ring up, What does…mean? Hold on, please. This is…speaking, a few

Teaching Aims:

6.　　　 What are the biggest cities in Asia?

Step4. Read the new words for the students. Then let them read after the teacher for several times. Now ask them if they have some words that are new to them. Let them talk about the words and guess the meanings together.

Step5. Reading task

Read the text and check the answers. Read the text again and finish Exercise3 in the activity book.

How big is Asia? Asia is the ______ continent. It _______ more than 44 million square kilometers. There are over ______ countries. China is the biggest country in ______ and population. More than three _______ people live in Asia. That’s more than _______ the world’s population. Mount Qomolangma is the highest ______ in the world. The Yangtze River in China is the ______ longest river in the world. Tokyo and _____ are two of the biggest _______ in Asia. The ______ city of China is Beijing. The Great Wall in China is world-famous.

Step6. Read together. Find the mistakes and help them correct them.

Step7. Come to “PROJECT”.

CHOOSE A CONTINENT

Talk about the project in groups of three of four. Each group chooses a region of the world. Students collect the facts of the region. They must work together and give a report to the class.

Instruct the students to begin writing their reports. Let them draw a map of their region. Can they locate cities and other features of the map?

Students continue to work in the same group. Instruct the students to begin writing their reports. Remind the students to think about illustrations for their presentations.

In the next class, students continue to work in their groups. Go on writing their reports. Encourage them to search more information on the Internet.

Step8. Homework

5.　　　 What are the main geographical features of Asia?