TheThirdPeriod.doc

The Third PeriodTeaching Aims and Demands1Knowledge ObjectsKey vocabulary.Target language.Writing practice.2Ability ObjectsSpeaking skill.Reading skill.Writing skill.3Moral ObjectYou are never too young to start doing things.Teaching Key Points1Key vocabularygolf, professional, Brazilian, Japanese, music, musician, sports, movies, party, achievement, perform, champion2Target languageWho is Shirley Temple? She is a movie star. When did she become a movie star?When she was three years old. How old ?Were you ? When ?Teaching DifficultyExpressing how to describe a person.Teaching MethodsWriting method.Speaking method.Pairwork.Teaching AidA projector.Teaching ProceduresStep Greet the class as usual and check the homework.Step Today we are going to learn a couple of famous people. Some are sportsman, some are musician, some are movie star, opera performer, etc. Most of them started doing things when they were very young. And they became famous when they were young, too. First, lets learn some words. Show the new words on the screen. Point to them and lead the students to learn them. Explain the meaning or usages of them, if necessary.golf v. & n. (打)高尔夫球Brazilian adj. 巴西的；巴西人的professional adj. 专业的；职业的achievement n. 成就；功绩perform v. 表演Step 3a Pairwork(This activity provides reading and writing practice using the target language.) Read the directions.Your are never too young to start doing things. For example. Tiger Woods started golfing when he was only ten monthsold.Mozart started writing music when he was four years old. And Pele, the great Brazilian soccer player, became a professional soccer star when he was fifteen. Ask students to point to the names in the chart below the article. Read the names to the class.Point out the headings in the chart. Ask students what they think the word achievement means. Explain that it means the important thing each person did.Point out the sample answer in the chart. Divide the class into two groupsA and B. Ask each student A to look at the pictures and paragraph on page 55. Ask each student B to look at the pictures and paragraph on page 93. Remind students not to look at the other page.Have students continue filling in their own charts, on their own. Move around the room monitoring students, progress and offering help as needed.Step 3bNow exchange information with your partner and fill in the chart.(This activity provides listening, speaking, reading, and writing practice using the target language.) When all students have finished reading and filling in their answers, ask the students to work in pairs.Point out the sample conversation and ask two students to read it to the class.A: Who is Shirley Temple?B: Shes a movie star.A: When did she become a movie star?B: When she was three years old.Then ask students to work in pairs.Student A asks questions to get the information he or she needs to complete the chart. Then student B asks for his or her missing information. Both students complete all sections of their charts.Draw the chart on the blackboard. Ask the students who finish first to write the answers in the chart.Correct the answers in the chart.Answer:Tiger Woods: golfing, ten months old.Shirley Temple: movie star, three years old.Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: writing music, four years old.Mei Lanfang: performing Peking OPera, ten years old.Pele: professional soccer star, fifteen years old.Tara Lipinski: Olympic ice skater, fifteen years old.Step 4aHow old were you when you started doing the things below? Interview your classmates and fill in the chart.(This activity provides listening, speaking, reading, and writing practice using the target language.) Show the chart on the screen:NameAchievementAgeMore informationlearned to ride a bicyclestarted learning Englishstarted playing sports firstwent to a moviefirst had a partyPoint out the chart and read the instructions to the class.Write this sample question on the blackboard: When did you learn to ride a bicycle? Then ask two students to ask and answer these questions. The first student can ask the question. The second student can tell his or her age when he or she learned to ride a bicycle.Say, Now stand up and move around the room. Talk to several other students. Ask a different student about each thing in the chart. Write the students names and their answers in the chart.Ask students talk to each other, move around the room checking their progress.Step 4bTell your classmates what you learned about one student.(This activity provides reading and speaking practice using the target language.) Ask students to tell the class what they learned about one student. Point out the sample answer in the box.Allow other students to ask questions if they dont understand something another student says.Ask each student to read at least one statement from his or her chart.Step Class SurveyAsk a group of students to make a list of four or five things they learned how to do when they were little children. For example, learned to ride a bicycle, learned to read, learned to whistle, and so forth. Then ask each student in the group to talk to other students in the class and write down when they learned to do each thing. When they have finished , ask the group to tell the class what they learned.For example,Nine students in the class learned to ride a bicycle when they were seven. Three students were eight. One student was ten.Step Exercise on WorkbookSection A1Write a word in the blank under each picture.(1) basketball player(2) auto _(3) _ player(4) _(5) _2Look at the time line. Then answer the questions.1Q: When was Alan born?A: He was born in 1952.2Q: When did he start playing baseball?A: _3Q: When did he stop playing baseball?A: _4Q: How long did he play baseball ?A: _5Q: When did he start playing soccer?A: _6Q: How long did he play soccer?A: _3Read the answers. Write the questions.1Q: When did she start taking piano lessons?A: She started taking piano lessons in 1993.2Q: _A: She took piano lessons for two years.3Q: _A:She stopped taking piano lessons in 1997.4Q: _A: She started taking singing lessons in 1996.5Q: _A: She took singing lessons for one year.6Q: _A: She stopped taking singing lessons in 1997.Workbook Answer KeySection A12racer3baseball4runner5skater22He started playing baseball in 1962.3He stopped playing baseball in 1973.4He played baseball for eleven years.5He started playing soccer in 1973.6He played soccer for ten years.32How long did she take piano lessons?3When did she stop taking piano lessons?4When did she start taking singing lessons?5How long did she take singing lessons?6When did she stop taking singing lessons?Ste