3. Learning ability goal 学能目标

Help the students learn how to use the words and the expressions leaned correctly.

Teaching important and difficult points 教学重难点

Functions, grammar, and structures in this unit.

Teaching methods 教学方法

Task-based speaking.

Teaching aid 教具准备

Cards.

Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式

Step I homework checking

Check the answers to Lesson 8 together.

Step II Dialogue making

Divide the students into six groups. Send each group a card with speaking task on. Then each group makes a dialogue and presents it in class.

Task 1: Borrow several things from your friends using: May I …? / Yes, you may. / No, you may not.

Sample dialogue:

S1: May I borrow your ruler?

S2: Yes, you may. Here you are.

S1: Thank you.

S3: May I borrow your chair?

S1: Yes, you may.

S4: May I borrow your coat?

S1: No, you may not. I’m very cold.

Task 2: Call your friend to invite him or her to your party.

Sample dialogue:

S1: Hello! May I speak with Mary?

S2: Hello. This is Mary speaking. Who’s that?

S1: This is Tom. I’d like to invite you to my party. Would you like to come?

S2: Yes. When do you have it?

S1: At seven o’clock in the evening on February 1.

S2: OK! Thanks for the invitation.

S1: Please call Linda and invite her to come, too.

S2: OK. Good-bye.

S5: Good-bye.

Task 3: Make a survey in your group, fill in the chart on Page 10 and then give a short report, please.

Sample report:

S: Tina likes to go on a trip to Edmonton because there are many delicious donuts. It is about 9600 kilometers from Shijiazhuang to Edmonton. She wants to take a plane. It is fast and fun.

…

Task 4: Draw a map of your city. Ask and answer the distance between two places using: Where is …? / How far is it from … to…? / It’s about...

Sample dialogue:

S1: Where is your home?

S2: It is on Yuhua Street.

S1: How far is it from your home to this park?

S2: It’s about 800 meters.

Task 5: Have a competition in your group. One student writes numbers. The other students try to say them in English quickly. Please see who can say them most quickly.

Task 6: Discuss in your group. Make a plan for next week.

Sample plan: Sunday 　　We have a football match with Class 5.

Monday　 　We clean the classroom.

Tuesday　 　We learn an English song.

Wednesday　 We have a birthday party for John at his home.

Thursday　 　We go to have a talk with Mr. Green to practice speaking English.

Friday　 　　We go shopping to buy some food.

Saturday　 　We go to Andy’s home to have a dinner.

Step III Homework

2. Ability goal 能力目标

Enable students to use the words and the expressions leaned correctly.

1. Target language 目标语言

a. 掌握词汇

Words and phrases in this unit.

b. 表达法

　 　Talking about distances

-How far is it from China to Canada?

-It is about eight thousand five hundred kilometers. Canada is far from China.

　 　　Asking for permissions

-May I go on a trip to Beijing?

-Yes, you may./No, you may not.

　Showing intentions

　 　I want to go to…

c. 语法

Numerals.

5.　　　 When the train leaves and arrives

Sample dialogue:

(S1: passenger to book a ticket on the phone; S2: ticket seller)

Explain that people can buy one-way tickets and round-trip tickets too.

Sample dialogue:

S1: Hello!

S2: Hello

S1: Is that Beijing airport?

S2: Yes. May I help you?

S1: Yes, please. I’d like to book a round-trip(往返票、双程票) ticket from Beijing to Kunming.

S2: When do you leave?

S1: I leave on Monday.

S2: Let me see… Here is Flight 517.

S1: When does it leave?

S2: It leaves at eight o’clock in the morning.

S1: When does it arrive?

S2: It arrives at two in the afternoon.

S1: How much for it?

S2: It is 800 yuan.

S1: That’s good. I will book it.

S2: May I have your name, please?

S1: Mary Smith. Thank you.

S2: You are welcome.

Step III Text learning B

Get the students to learn the second part of this lesson.

Word-study

Explain these words excited / fun / run / jump to the students

T: Look at this picture. This man is excited. When you are excited, you feel happy, and want to sing, jump, and sometimes you even want to run.

The teacher can jump and run to explain the two words, then ask them to read the two words.

T: Well, Danny is very excited. He is very happy on the train. And he thinks taking trains are so fun. He has fun taking a train. Fun.

S: Fun.

T: Good.

Talking

Get the students to do LET’S DO IT.

First get the students to listen to the text and repeat after the tape. And then give them time to talk about their exciting experience.

T: Do you sometimes feel excited? What makes you excited? What do you want to do when you are excited? Talk about it with your partners, please.

Let several students tell something that make him or her excited in class. The teacher may read them the passage Things make me feel excited to help them think about the exciting experience or things make them excited.

Step IV Homework

a. Finish off the exercises in Activity book.

b. Practice the dialogue in this lesson.

c. Finish the exercise in Lesson 8.

　Period 8 Unit Review

Teaching goals 教学目标

4.　　　 What seats you need

3.　　　 How much the ticket is

2.　　　 Where you want to go

1.　　　 Which train you want to take

5. When does the train arrive in Beijing? (It arrives at 2:00 in the afternoon.)

Speaking

Help the students analyze the text, then ask them to make similar dialogues.

T: Now, work in groups of four, tell me how does Li Ming buy tickets?

After that list and show the following aspects to the students and help them make dialogues.

4. When does the train leave Shijiazhuang? (It leaves at 11:20.)