Unit 1 Where’s your pen pal from?
Period 1: (Section A 1a—2d)
一、Teaching aims:
1. Learn the countries and cities.
2. Learn how to ask and answer where the people live.
二、Teaching points:
1. Vocabularies: the words of the countries and the cities, pen pal, live (in)
2. Sentences: Where is your pen pal from? He/She is from….
Where does he /she live? He/She lives in…..
三、Teaching difficulties:
1. Students learn the new words of the countries and the cities and learn how to ask and answer the people where they live.
2. How to use the special questions with where.
四、Teaching steps:
Step 1 Warming-up
Greetings
T: Good morning, everyone. You have a long holiday, and what did you do during the winter holiday?
Ss: I watched TV. Collect different answers (e.g. watch TV, go shopping, do homework, play computer games, etc)
Step 2 Presentation
1. T: During the winter holiday, I made some pen pals from different countries on internet.
Teach “pen pal” on the Bb. Ask Ss “Do you have a pen pal?”(Yes/No.) and show them the map of the world and let the students guess what countries they are from( they can use Chinese if they can’t.) Then teach the names of the countries on the map.
Canada / France / Japan / the United States / Australia / Singapore / the United Kingdom / China
2. After learning the names of the countries on the map, show the different flags and let students say the names again.
3. Show some cards to present “Where is he/she from...”
Step 3 Pair work
Show the people of cartoons from different countries. Students ask and answer in pairs: “Where is……from? He/She is from…” Ask more groups to practice.
Step 4 Listening
Work on 1a and 1b. Listen and repeat(1a). Listen and circle(1b).
Step 5 Guessing game1
T says some information and ask the students to guess who she is. For example: She is a girl. She is from China . And she plays ping pong very well. Students go on until they guess she is Wang Nan. Then present “She lives in Beijing .” And show the pictures.
Step 6 Learning
1. Look at the pictures, and learn the names of the cities in different countries. And tell them some cultures in the different countries.
2. Work on 2a. Let Ss say like “ Sydney is in Australia .”
New York is in the United States . Paris is in France .
Toronto is in Canada . Tokyo is in Japan .
3. Ss ask and answer in pairs.
S1: Where is Sydney ?
S2: Sydney is in Australia . Practice more times.
Step 7 Listening
1. Work on 2b. Listen and circle.
2. Listen and complete the chart.(2c)
Step 8 Pairwork
Talk about the information in the chart in 2c
T: I ask two Ss to practice.
Look at the example: Where is John’s pen pal from? He’s from Japan .
Where does he live? He lives in Tokyo .
Step9. Homework
T: We learn some countries and cities in this class, after class, copy the new words. And finish the exercises in Book1 and Book 2.
Step 10 The design of the Bb
五、教学反思
Period 2：(Section A 3a---4)
一、Teaching aims:
1. Learn the languages.
2. Talk about nationality, cities people live and languages.
二、Key points:
1. Vocabularies: the words of the countries and the languages
2. Sentences: What language do/does…speak?
They speak…./He/She speaks……..
三、Teaching difficulties:
Ss use the sentences they learned to communicate with their partners about their pen pals.
四、Teaching steps:
Step 1 Warming-up and revision
1. Greeting as usual.
2. Use the quiz to review the new words and the sentences with the Ss.
QUIZ: Name that place!
Where is Sydney ? Sydney is in Australia .
Where is New York ? New York is in the United States .
Where is Paris ? Paris is in France .
Where is Toronto ? Toronto is in Canada .
Where is Tokyo ? Tokyo is in Japan .
Do it one by one in groups. See which group does best.
3. Teacher asks Ss to make some cards and asks Ss work in pairs using “Where is …from? He/She is from…” “Where does he/she live? He/She lives in ….”
T: I give you some minutes to make cards and work in pairs to make a report.
T asks some pairs to make report.
Step 2 Presentation
T: Where are you from?
S1: I am from China .
T: Where do you live?
S1: I live in Shaoxing.
T: What language do you speak?
S1: I speak Chinese.
T: Chinese people speak Chinese. People from different countries speak different languages. Do you know what languages they speak?
(Talk about the children on the map. See how many languages the Ss know and teach the new words like “Japanese, French”.)
T: People in Singapore speak Chinese and English.
People in Australia speak English. People in the United States speak English.
People in the United Kingdom speak English. People in China speak Chinese.
People in Canada speak English and French.
Step 3 Task One
1. T: Let’s match the countries and the languages.
“What languages do they speak in…? They speak…..in China/Australia/…”
Country Language
1. China French
2. Japan Chinese
3. France English
4. UK Japanese
5. Australia English and French
6. USA Chinese and English
7. Singapore
8. Canada
2. Work on 3a. T asks Ss finish 3a, then check the answers.
Step 4 Pair work
1. Talk about some famous people about their names, nationalities, cities, languages, hobbies, etc. First T practices with Ss, then S1 does it with Ss, finally practice it in pairs. Some pairs make a drill in front of the class.
T: Look at the Bb, Let’s talk about Yao Ming. (T shows the information.). First let’s do it together, then I ask some of you do it by yourselves.
T: His name is Yao Ming, and he is a basketball player so he plays basketball very well. He is from China and he lives in Shanghai . He speaks Chinese.
(T asks some Ss introduce some famous people according to the information teacher gives.)
2. Ss talk about their pen pals with their partner. Use “Where is your pen pal from? Where does he live? What language does he speak? What does he like?” etc.
T: Let’s talk about your pen pals with your partner. You can talk about their names, nationalities, cities, languages, hobbies, etc. For example: Where is your pen pal from? Where does he live? What language does he speak? What does he like?
I give you some minutes to prepare. Then I ask some pairs act it out.
Step 5 Task
1. T shows the picture and asks Ss to ask me some questions about my pen pal. See who can ask more questions.
T: Do you have a pen pal? I have one. Can you ask me some questions about my pen pal?
Ss: Where is she/he from……
2. Group work. Get students choose their favorite pen pals from other countries according to the pictures given by teacher.
T: I give you some pen pals, and you can choose your favorite pen pal, and say why.
What kind of pen pals do you want? Why?
Ss: I want John. Because he can play computer and I can chat on line with him.
Ss: ……
Step 6 Report
T: You all choose your favorite pen pal. Now I ask some of you to make a report about your pen pal. For example: My pen pal is… He/She is from… He/She is… years old. He/She lives in …He/She speaks….. He/She likes….
Ss: My pen pal is Bob. He is from UK . He is 14 years old. He lives in London . He speaks English. He likes cats.
Ss: ……
Step 7 Homework
1. Do the exercises in Book1.
2. Suppose the Ss meet their favorite star in the street, and what questions you can ask the star.
Step 8 The design of the Bb
五、教学反思
Period 3: Section B (1---2c)
一、Teaching aims:
Learn to communicate with their partners about their pen pals in English.
二、Ability aims:
Through Group work, improve the Ss’ ability of cooperation.
三、Teaching difficulty:
1. Ss use the sentences they learned to communicate with their partners about their pen pals.
2. How to improve their listening ability.
3. How to read pen pal’s letters in English and share the information in the letters with your partners.
四、Teaching steps:
Step 1 Warming-up
1. Greetings as usual.
2. Let’s chant.
China , China . I’m from China . Chinese, Chinese. I speak Chinese.
Japan , Japan . He’s from Japan . Japanese, Japanese. He speaks Japanese
T: Let’s chant it. Who can do it quickly?
Step 2 Revision
Check the homework. Ask Ss to act it out when they meet their favorite star in the street.
S1: You are my favorite star, Stephen Chow. Where are you from?
S2: I am from China .
S1: Where do you live?
S2: I live in Hong Kong .
S1: What language do you speak?
S2: I speak Chinese and a little English.
S1: What’s your favorite ……?
S2: ……
T: Very good. (T asks more groups to practice.)
Step 3 Practice
1. T: Turn to page4, Section B, Part 1. Match the countries with their languages.
First you do it, then let’s check the answer.
2. Memory game
T: Let’s repeat the following sentences:
People in China speak Chinese. People in Japanese speak Japanese. People in the USA , UK , Australia and Canada speak English. People in Singapore speak English and Chinese. People in France speak French.
Step 4 Listening
1. Work on 2a, listen and number the questions they hear.
2. 2b. Play the tape again and write short answers to the questions in 2a.
3. Listen again according to the listening material. Let Ss say something about Lucy’s pen pal. Ss can share some ides in class.
Step 5 Pair work
T: You are Lucy. You partner is Lucy’s mom. Ask and answer questions about Lucy’s pen pal. For example:
A: Is that your new pen pal. Lucy?
B: Yes, it is.
A: Oh, what’s her name?
B: Her name is Maria.
A: …
B: …
Step 6 Task One
Six Ss a group. Give every group a letter in not an order. Ask the Ss to read the letter and put the letter in an order. And T asks the following questions:
1. Where is she from？
2. What languages does she speak？
3. What does she want？
4. Does she have any brothers or sisters？
5. What does she like？
6.What’s her favorite subject？
T Gives the Ss several minutes. Some groups answer the questions and report.
Step 7 Task Two
1. T gives every student an English letter and a chart before the lesson. Ss read their letters and underline the key words. T asks some questions like:
(1) What’s your pen pal’s name? (2) Where is he/she from?
(3)What language does he/she speak? (4)Where does he/she live?
2. Divide Ss in groups of four. Ss fill in the chart with the information they get from other group members by asking questions. Then T tells Ss to give the whole class a report.
Ss: Tom’s pen pal is from USA , he speaks English. He lives in New York . He likes……
Step 8 Homework
1. The Ss collect some information about their pen pal’s country (如风土人情，文化习俗等)
2. Do the exercises in Book 2.
Step 9 The design of the Bb
五、教学反思
Period 4: Section B (3a---3c)
一、Teaching aims:
1. Train Ss’ability of reading.
2. Learn to ask the information (e.g. nationality, cities people live, languages and their hobbies etc.)
3. Learn write a reply to their pen pals.
二、Function
1. Talk about countries, nationalities, cities and languages;
2. Ask and tell where people live.
三、Learning Strategies
1. Revise the knowledge they learned.
2. Train the students’ ability of reading.
3. Use the knowledge they learned in the life.( e-mail, MSN, OICQ)
四、Teaching difficulty:
1.Use the knowledge they learned in their life.
2.How to write an e-mail introducing themselves to their pen pals.
五、Teaching steps:
Step 1 Warming-up and revision
1. Greetings as usual.
2. T: Let’s fill in the chart.
Chinese come from China . They speak Chinese.
Japanese ___________They _____________ English _____________They _____________
Frenchmen __________They ____________ Americans ___________They _____________
Australians ___________ They ____________
Step 2 Listening
T: Listen to the tape and answer my questions.
1. Where is he from? 2. What languages does he speak?
Ss: He is from Toronto , Canada . He speaks English and a little French.
Step 3 Reading .
1. T: The students open the books, turn to Page 5 and read the first letter. After that, answer the following questions.
1. What does he want? 2. What does he like?
Ss: He wants a pen pal in China , and he likes going to the movie with his friends and playing sports
2. Discuss and design an information card for Bob in groups. After discussion, show students the model card.
Step 4 Competition
Work on 3b.
T: I give you 5 minutes to prepare the letter and then close the books, See which pairs ask and answer some questions better and more quickly in front of the class.
Ss: ……
Step 5 Task
T: First fill in “ID card of my partner’s pen pal.” Then do a report.
ID card of my partner’s pen pal
Name: __________ _
Age: ____________ From: __________ _
Languages: _______________________ ____
Like: _______________________________ _
Favorite: __________________________ ___ |
Do a report:.
My partner’s name is __________. His new pen pal’s name is __________. He is _______ years old. He is from __________. He lives in ___________. At school, he likes ______________. His favorite ___________ is __________________…
I think he can be my partner’s pen pal. Do you think so?
Step 6 Exercise
T: Let’s do 3b.
PEN PAL WANTED
My ____ is Tom King. I’m 14 ____ old and I’m from ____. I speak ____. I have a brother, Sam, and a ____, Lisa. I play ____ on weekends. It’s my favorite sport. I like ____ at school. It’s fun! My favorite ____ is The Long Weekend. Do you know it? It’s an action movie.
Please write and tell me about yourself.
Step 7 Writing
T: Make an information card. Then write an e-mail to your pen pal. Several minutes later, Share some writing in class.
Dear friend,
My name is…
T: Give you 5 minutes to prepare, then some of you share your writing with your classmates.
Step 8 homework
1. Read 3a again and again, then recite 3a.
2. Write a reply to your pen pal about yourselves.
3. Do the exercises in Book1 and Book2.
Step 9 The design of the Bb
六、教学反思
Self Check
一、Teaching aims:
1. Revise the whole unit.
2. Learn how to introduce people( e.g. nationality, cities people live, languages, hobbies, etc.)
二、Key points:
Words: like, dislike
三、Teaching difficulty:
Use the expressions they learned to describe their friends in their life.
四、Teaching steps:
Step 1 Warming-up
1. T: Good morning.
Ss: Good morning.
Step 2 Revision
1. Revise the words in Part 1.
T: Who can introduce your pen pal by using the words in Part 1. Have a try.
Ss: I have a pen pal. His name is …. He is from… he lives in… he can speak…. And he likes……..
T: Good.
2. T: Let’s revise the countries languages and the cities. I ask some of you to fill in the blank.
Country City Language
1. China Beijing Chinese
2. Japan Tokyo Japanese
3. France Paris French
4. UK London English
5. Australia Sydney English
6. USA New York English
7. Singapore Singapore English and Chinese
8. Canada Toronto English and French
Step 3 Practice
T: Imagine and describe the new students in your class. Discuss which of the new students you like best. (Finish self check 3)
T: I ask four Ss to introduce themselves, and others listen carefully, and then answer my questions.
Where does he live? Where is he from? What language does he speak?
Step 4 Exercise
1. Tom lives in the United States . (划线提问）
____ ____ Tom ____?
2. Julie speaks Japanese. (划线提问）
____ _____ ____Julie ____?
3. Where is your pen pal from? (复数句）
Where ____ ____ ____ ____ from?
4. Peter comes from Canada . (否定句）
Peter ____ ____ from Canada .
5. I like_____ (go) to the movies on weekends.
6. I can speak a little French. (一般疑问句）
____ you ____ a little French?
7. Her pen pal is from Singapore . (划线提问）
____ ____ her pen pal from?
8. Sydney is the capital of ______.
9. I think China is a very interesting country. (否定句）
I ___ ___ China ___ a very interesting country.
Step 5 Make an interview
T: Work in groups in fours. Make an interview to Zhou Jielun. Then ask some students to act it out in front of the class. I give you the information.
Chinese name: Zhou Jielun
English name: Jay
Birthday: January 18th
Country:
