Unit2WelcometoSunshineTown.doc

Unit2 Welcome to Sunshine TownThe first lesson(Comic Strip& Welcome to the unit)Teaching aims and demands:. 1.Make suggestions about visiting places and doing activities e.g. Lets go swimming.2. Use “How much” and “How many”, “no” and “none” to express quantities .3.To revise vocabulary about activities and places in new situations 4.To make suggestions about visiting different placesStep 1. Lead-in Ask students about what they like and could do in their areas, e.g. T: What do you like doing? S1: I like shopping. T: Where can we do some shopping? S1: The shopping mall/center.In the same way, present “eating” “restaurant” “watching” “cinema” “playing” “sports center”Step 2. Presentation1. The Beijing Sunshine Secondary School students are planning a visit for British exchange students coming to their school.Do part A and B to activate students ideas about what people can do in their community.2. Ask students to do Part A and B on their own using the information provided in the picture prompts.3. Underline some phrases.1) love/enjoy/like doing sth 喜欢2) watch/see films 看电影3) take sb to 带某人去Step 3. PracticeDo a chain work.S1 says what he/she likes, e.g. I like eating Chinese food. S2 repeat what S1 likes, then adds what he/she likes, e.g.Paul likes eating Chinese food and I like playing tennis.Step 4. Presentation1.Say: What does Eddie like? (sleeping and eating) There is no food now. Eddie and Hobo are going to the supermarket.2.Listen to the tape and answer: How much money do they have?3.Play the tape. Listen then check the answer.4.Students listen and read after the tape.5.Go through the dialogues Language points (1).There is no dog food, Eddie! No=not any e.g. I have no coats like this .=I dont have any coats like these. (2).How many tins of dog food can we buy with that? e.g. We write with pens.Homework1. Copy the words and dialogue.2. Recite the dialogue.3. Do exercises in WB.The second lessonReading Teaching aims and demands: New words: underground, air, pollution, area, country, lake, building, such, place, like, close, far, hey, until, souvenir, so, western, local, theatre, teach, dirty, take, less Teaching methods: task-based approachTeaching task: 1. To read and learn about something about Sunshine Town.2. To grasp the main idea of each paragraph.3. Ask Ss to write an article to introduce their own home town, using the context as a model.Teaching aids: tape recorder, picturesTeaching procedures:1.Ask some students some questions “Are there any tall buildings in your home town?” “What can you do in your town?”, etc.2.Presentation(1).Use the pictures to teach the new words.underground air pollution lake building theatre(2) Now lets listen to the tape and say “T” or “F” according to the text.Check the answers with the whole class. It takes 40 minutes to walk to the center of Beijing from Sunshine Town. There is less air pollution in Sunshine Town. Many students live in tall buildings. There are only two shopping malls in Sunshine Town. You can eat Beijing Duck in Sunshine Town. You can enjoy Beijing Opera at the theatre.(3) Ask Ss to read the text after the tape.(4)Language points: It is only 40 minutes from the center of Beijing by underground.= It takes 40 minutes to go to Sunshine Town from the center of Beijing b underground. There is less air pollution in Sunshine Town than in other areas of Beijing.Lessthanmorethane.g. There is less water in this glass than in that one.I have more books than he.Here is such a tall building. such+a/an+adj.+n.(single)e.g. such a beautiful garden such an interesting story be close to =be near be far from We do not have to go far if we want help with our homework If+clause,clause 如果,You can choose any food you like in Sunshine Town. Any:任何 you like修饰前面的food If so, you are in the right place. so这样,指前面一句的意思 If so=If you would like to eat Chinese food. e.g. Tom is a good boy. Do you think so? Why dont you visit our local theater with us? Why dont you do=Why not do e.g. Why dont you go swimming? Why not come with me?(5) Sum-up Go through the new words and language points.Homework Finish the Ex of Page24 and 25.The third-fourth lesson(Vocabulary Grammar)Teaching aims and demands:New words: waiter, shopper, cashier, sick, hospital, ham, clip, beef,fork, plate, each, loaf, packet, carton, Coke, either, right, thirsty, finger, hold, week, group, exchangeTeaching methods: task-based approachTeaching task: 1.To develop an understanding of names of occupations and names of related places2.To use names of places to describe their functions3.To use “How much” and “How many” to talk about quantities.4.To use “no” and “none” in the context of quantity.5. To recognize and use the definite article. Teaching aids: tape recorder Teaching procedures: . Warm-up Ask the Ss to talk about what their parents/unclesdo. Vocabulary1. Revise the names of occupations and names of related places.2. Learn new vocabulary and spelling waiter cook teacher student doctor nurse shopper cashier restaurant school hospital supermarket.Grammar1. Revise the key vocabulary about food itemsAsk Ss to identify countable and uncountable nouns of food.2 . Complete the sentences How many +countable nouns(pl.) How much + uncountable nouns e.g. How many apples do you need? How many eggs do you have? How much Coke do you need?3. Complete the conversation with “no” or “none”(1) no =not any no +noun.e.g. She has no friends.No ones knows.There is no water in the glass at all.(2) none prep. 没有人或没有东西e.g. None of them are listening to you.Is there any time left? No, none at all.4. The article “a”, “an”, “the”(1)表示某人(事物)某一种类 My father is a driver.Do you like an apple or a pear?(2)表示某一事物中的任何一个 An elephant is bigger than a horseA monkey can climb trees.(3)表示某人某物,但不具体说明何人何物 A student from Class Two runs fastest.A man is calling now.(4)表示数量有”一”的含义 There is a book on the desk.A panda has a mouth, a nose and two eggs.(5)用于固定词组 half an hour, a lot of, have a rest, a moment ago(6)上文提过,下文重复 I have a new pen. The pen is a present from my dad.(7)世界上独一无二的事物 the sun, the moon(8)序数词前,表示方位的名词前,形容词最高级前 the first, in the south, the best(9)乐器名词前 play the piano(10)在复数姓氏前 the Browns(=the Brown family) are going to Shanghai for aholiday.(11)一些形容词前表示一类人 the rich, the old(12)专有名词和习惯用语中the Great Wall, by the way, in the morning(13)不用冠词的情况 节目,星期.月份,季节,年,学科前 in summer, in August, on Sunday 一些专有名词,不可名词,称呼和头衔前 China, Grade Two, Mr. Li, Dr. Liu 表示颜色,语种和国家前 in purple, Japanese, England 一些短语中 have breakfast, play football. Discussion (task)Have a discussion and find out the use of the article.Homework1. Review the contents of this lesson.2. Do the Ex of the workbook.The fifth lessonIntegrated skillsTeaching aims and demands:1. To listen for detail and abstract information about making arrangements.2. To order information from a tourguides introduction.Teaching procedures: . Bring some pictures about famous local places to class. Ask a few very general questions. “Do you like the place?” “Have you visited there?”. Go through some key vocabulary items in PartA1&A2: exhibitions, golden thrones, pottery. Tell Ss to fill in the table in PartA2 carefully, then check the answers. Notes Baohe Palace-works of art这里的works作可数名词,是 “作品”, “著作”的意思,而work作为不可数名词是 “工作”之意. e.g. I like reading the works of Shakespeare. At last I found work in the city. Explain to Ss that they will listen to a tour guides introduction. Listen to the recording. Ask them to do the task on their own first, then check answers. Ask Ss to read Simons notes in PartA4. Play the recording again and ask Ss to complete PartA4. Check answers as a class.VII.Part B1. Read after the tape.2. .Two Ss in a pair and role-play the conversation3.Ask Ss to make a new dialogue. Using the dialogue in Part B as a model.4.Talk to Ss about making arrangements. e.g. visiting friends, going to cinema, going to a restaurant.The sixth lessonStudy skillPronunciation.Teaching aims To recognize the number of syllables in a word from listening and reading.Teaching the new material 1. Talk to Ss about the sound and intonation of English.2. Say a few simple words which Ss know well. Ask Ss how many beats they can hear.girl, boy, dog, home tea.cher, bro.ther, sis.ter, stu.dent, to.mor.row, yes.ter.day, cin.e.ma3. Go through the examples in Part A 4. Listen to the tape and write the number of syllables they hear for the words in Part B.5. Check answers.6. Ask Ss to do the puzzle in Part C.7. Play the recording for Part D. After checking the answers, ask more able Ss to write the number of syllables they hear The seventh-eighth lesson Main task CheckoutTeaching aims and demands: Teaching methods: task-based approachTeaching task: 1. To become familiar with a new text-script.2. To organize language and descriptions to achieve interest.3. To read a video script to the class.4. To assess recognition of things we can find in a town.Teaching procedures:. Warm-up Ask the student to have a free talk. . Main task (Part A) 1. Talk to Ss about the purpose of writing a video script. It is important to engage students interest at this stage as free writing takes a lot of courage. 2. Encourage them to bring in pictures, and make sketches and drawings to go with their texts. 3. Tell Ss that they need to organize pictures and text. They can use the planning notes on Page 35 as a guide. 4. Go through the notes under “Town” and ask Ss to choose 2 or 3 items. 5. Ask Ss to describe some items on the “things to do” list, e.g. where they can do things and how they feel about it. 6. Ask Ss to write about their home town. Ask Ss to focus on writing for a specific audience, the British exchange Ss. 7. Then ask Ss to work on their own to number the items in the order of how much they like each item. Next, a