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Unit 1 How often do you exercise?Part 1: Teaching design (第一部分：教学设计)StructuresWh questions: What do，How oftenAdverbs of frequency: All/most/some/noneTarget languageWhat do you usually do on weekends?I sometimes go to the beach.How often do you eat vegetables?Every day.Most students do homework every day.Vocabularyalways, usually, often, sometimes, hardly ever , never, How often, once, twice, three times a week, every day, milk, junk food, health, unhealthy, habitLearning strategiesUsing context;Transforming informationSECTION AGoalsTo talk about how often you do thingsTo improve students ability of communicationProceduresWarming up by learning grammarTo begin with lets turn to page 2 to learn to use wh questions What do，How often and adverbs of frequency: All/most/some/none.What do you usually do on weekends?I usually play soccer.What do they do on weekends?What does he do on weekends?They often go to the movies.He sometimes watches TV.How often do you shop?I shop once a month.How often does Cheng watch TV?He watches TV twice a week.Warming up by discussingGood morning! From now on you are in the eighth grade. Congratulations to you and I wish you a great success in your studies! Ill be your new English teacher this term. I hope well get along very well.Today we shall take up the first unit in this new term: Unit1How often do you exercise? Please open your books at page 1. Look at the picture and answer my question. T: Whats this? Wang Wei, can you name it?Wang Wei: Yes. Its a calendar.T: Very good. Look, this is the weekend. Saturday and Sunday are the weekends. What do you do on weekends? Now to learn more about the things you do, please find out more with your partners about the activities.For example:Writing letters playing tennis going shopping playing computer gamesModels:A: What do you do on weekends?B: I often play football.B: What do you do on weekends?A: I sometimes go shopping.1a. Making a list Open your book at page 1. Lets look at 1a. Each thought bubble shows something a person does on weekends. Now please look at the picture carefully and describe it. Name each activity: S1: A girl is shopping.S2: Another girl is reading.S3: A boy is exercising.S4: Another boy is watching TV.S5: These girls are skateboarding.T: Good. Please look at the picture again and list all the activities. If you finish it first, write the answer on the board.Now lets check the answers on the blackboard together.Keys: 1. go skateboarding 2. watching TV 3. reading 4. exercising 5. shopping1b Listening and writing Look at the pictures again and tell what the person does on weekends.S1: A girl is shopping.S2: Another girl is reading.S3: A boy is exercising.S4: Another boy is watching TV.S5: These girls are skateboarding.Good. Next, please listen to the conversation. The people are talking about what they do on weekends. First listen to the tape carefully and find how often they do on weekends. TapescriptReporter: What do you usually do on weekends?Boy 1: I usually exercise.Girl 1: I always go shopping. Boy 2: EeeeewI never go shopping. I cant stand shopping.Girl 2: I often go skateboarding.Boy 2: And I sometimes watch TV.Reporter: How about you?Girl 3: I hardly ever watch TV. I love reading.Reporter: Oh, why is that?Girl 3: Oh, I dont know. I guess I just like books.Next listen again and write the letter of one activity after the word in the list. For example, on the recording someone says, “I always go shopping.” Shopping is letter a in the picture in activity 1a.So you put an a after the word always in this list. Then listen to the tape the third time and check the answers.Finally you are to read the tapescript, underlining all the expressions and circle all the Wh questions.Answers: always: a usually: c often: e sometimes: d hardly ever: d never: a1c Doing pairworkAfter talking about the picture, we get to understand the activities. Now in pairs ask your partner about the people in the picture.What do they do on weekends?A: What does she do on weekends?B: She often goes to the movies.C: She always goes shopping.D. She often goes skateboarding.E. She hardly ever watches TV. She loves reading.orA: What does he do on weekends ?B: He never goes shopping.C: He usually exercises.D: He sometimes watches TV.2a Listening and numbering Now lets go to page 2. Listen to the tape and number the activities you hear.This is an interview about what a boy named Cheng usually does. Listen to the recording and number the activities in the order they talk about them in the interview. The first thing they talk about is watching TV, so you put a number in front of watching TV. You must pay more attention to the activities.Now you read the list.ActivitiesHow oftena._ go to the moviesevery day b._ watch TVonce a weekc._ shoptwice a weekd._ exercisethree times a weeke._ readonce a monthtwice a monthListen to the tape the first time. You only listen. TapescriptReporter: So, Cheng, how often do you watch TV?Cheng: Hmmmm about twice a week, I guess.Reporter. Uh-huh. And how often do you read?Cheng:Oh，I read every day at school! Reporter. How often do you go to the movies?Cheng: Uhhlets see maybe once a month?Reporter: How often do you exercise? Cheng: Oh. I exercise about three times a week.Reporter: How often do you shop?Cheng: Shop? I shop aboutabout twice a month.Listen to the tape a second time. This time you should write a number in front of each activity. Let check the answers.Keys:ActivitiesHow oftena. 3 go to the moviesevery day b. 1 watch TVonce a weekc. 5 shoptwice a weekd. 4 exercisethree times a weeke. 2 readonce a monthtwice a monthFinally lets read the tapescript, underlining all the expressions and circle all the Wh questions.2b Listening and matchingListen again and match each activity with how often Cheng does that activity. While listening, pay attention to the heading How often? in the chart. Answers: a. He goes to the movies once a month b. He watches TV twice a week c. He shops twice a monthd. He exercises three times a weeke. He reads every day2c Doing pairworkHow often do you do the activities? Look at the chart. Zhang Li: Can you read the list of activities to the class.Zhang Li: Yes. go to the movies, watch TV, shop, exercise, read.T: Good. Do you know the meaning of the vocabulary?Ss: Yeah. T: OK. How often do you do these activities? Now fill in the chart.ActivitiesHow oftenwatch TV every daysurf the internettwice a weekread English booksoftengo to the moviesonce a monthexercisetimes a weekAfter finishing the chart, make conversations like this with your partner. A: How often do you watch TV?B: I watch TV every day.A: How often do you surf the internet?B: I surf the internet twice a week.A: How often do you read English books?B: I often read English books.A: How often do you go to the movies?B: I go to the movies once a month.A: How often do you exercise?B:I exercise three times a week.3a Reading the magazine article and filling in the blanksWe are going to read the article on page 3. First we shall read to the chart together. Please pay attention to the definitions and the percentages. This chart shows how often Green High School students exercise, and often they do homework, and so forth.Green High School: Activity SurveyAll students=100%Most students=51%-99%Some students=1%-50%No students=0% ActivityEvery dayOnce a weekThree or four times a weekExercise15%10%75%Do homework95%0%5%Watch TV85%2%13%T: What activity do ninety-five percent of Green High School students do every day?Ss: Do homework.T: Right. Ninety-five percent of Green High School students do homework every day. (Most students means more than half. Some students means less than half.) Now, lets read the article and fill in the blanks in the article according to the survey. While you are reading try to blacken all the expressions.What Do Students Do at Green High School?Here are the results of the student activity survey at Green High School. Most students exercise three or four times a week. Some students exercise once or twice a week. _students are very active, and exercise every day. As for homework,_ students do homework every day_students do homework three or four times a week. _students do homework once or twice a week. The results for watch TV are interesting. _students watch TV once or twice a week, some students watch TV_ _ _ _a week, but most students watch TV_ _.T: Have you finished it?S: Yes.T: Good. Who reads his answer to the class? Please raise up your hand. Li Wen.What Do Students Do at Green High School?Here are the results of the student activity survey at Green High School. Most students exercise three or four times a week. Some students exercise once or twice a week. Some students are very active, and exercise every day. As for homework, most students do homework every day. Some students do homework three or four times a week. No students do homework once or twice a week. The results for watch TV are interesting. Some students watch TV once or twice a week, some students watch TV three or four times a week, but most students watch TV every day.4 Doing groupworkT: English is difficult, but it can be easy if you have some good methods. How do you study English? How often do you study English? Please work in groups of four and write about your answers in this chart.How often do youonce a weektwice a weekthree times a weektwice a monthread English books?Zhang LILin YingLi LiZhao Yanlisten to music Li LiZhang LIZhao YanLin Yingdiscuss English problems with your classmates.Lin YingLi LiZhang LIZhao Yansing the English songsLi LiZhao YanLin YingZhang LIwrite more and more e-mail in EnglishZhang LILin YingZhao YanLi Litalk to native speakers at the first opportunityZhao YanLi LiZhang LILin YingClosing down by asking and answeringHow often do you exercise? I often exercise.How often do you watch TV? I sometimes watch TV.How often do you surf the Internet? I hardly ever surf the Internet.How often do you read English books? I read English books every day.How often do you go to the movies? I go to the movies once a week. How often do you play the guitar? I usually play the guitar.How often do you go skateboarding? I go skateboarding three times a week.How often do you shop? I shop once a month. How often do you play football? I never play football.SECTION BGoalsTo describe the basic eating habitTo learn express frequency ProceduresWarming up by asking and answering Good morning, class. Look at the picture. Lets talk about the activity you often do. Please work in pairs, using as many Wh questions as possible. A: How often do you exercise?B: I exercise every day. A: How often do you watch TV?B: I watch TV once a week.A: How often do you shop?B: I shop once a month.A: How often do you go to movies?B: I sometimes go to movies.A: How often do you read?B: I usually read.1A: Matching the words Turn to page 4. Lets look at the first pictures. These are vegetables. They are good for health, and cheap enough to be bought by almost everyone. Most people eat vegetables every day. Now do the same for the other five pictures.Here is a man. He is sleeping. All the people sleep every day. Here are some fruit. Most people eat fruit every day. Here are junk foods. Most people like eating junk food every day. Here is a cup of coffee. Some people drink coffee every day. Here is some milk. Most people drink milk every day.Then please match each word with a picture by writing a letter on the line in front of the correct word. Now we shall check the answers together. 1.b junk food 2.a milk 3.d fruit 4.c vegetable 5.e coffee1b Doing pairworkDo you often talk about the food with your classmates? Now work with a partner, and make your own conversation out of the words in activity 1a as done in the following. Then report it to the class.A: How often do you drink milk, Liu Fang?B: I drink milk every day.A: Do you like it? B: No. But my mother wants me to drink it. She says its good for my health.T: Who wants to present his own dialogue to the class? Sun Li and Han Fang, please.Sun Li: How often do you eat junk food, Han Fang?Han Fang: I sometimes eat.Sun Li: Do you like it? Han Fang: Yes. But my mother doesnt want me to eat it. She says its not good for my health.2a Listening and circling T: Now you will hear a reporter interview two people, Katrina and Bill. Before listening, we shall talk about a question “What is healthy?” If I never exercise and never eat any junk food, am I healthy?S: No. T: If I eat lots of fruits and vegetables and drink milk, am I healthy? S: Yes.T: Now listen to the recording and decide if Bill and Katrina are healthy. Circle your answer to each question.The first time, you only listen. The second time, circle Yes, No, or I dont know.TapescriptReporter. Thanks for coming in for the interview, Katrina.Katrina: Thats OK. This is Bill. You can interview him, too.Reporter: OK, then, so, um, how often do you exercise?Katrina: Every dayBill: Hardly ever.Reporter: Uh - huh. How often do you eat vegetables and fruit? Katrina: I eat vegetables ten or eleven times a week and I eat fruit every day.Bill: I sometimes eat vegetablesmaybe twice a week. But I never eat fruit. I dont like it.Reporter: All right. So how many hours do you sleep every night? Katrina: Nine. I need lots of sleep.Bill: Same. Nine. I need lots of sleep, too.Reporter. How often do you drink milk?Bill: Never. I cant stand milk. Its awful.Katrina: Oh, I love milkI drink it every day.Reporter. What about junk food? How often do you eat it.Bill: I love junk foodI eat it three or four times a week.Katrina: Yeah, I love it too. I guess I eat it two or three times a week.Reporter. Well, thank you very much.BillKatrina: Youre welcome. T: Lets check the answers.Is Bill healthy? NoIs Katrina healthy? YesFinally lets read the tapescript, underlining all the expressions.2b Listening and fillingWe have got to know about Katrina and Bills healthy. Listen again and fill in the blanks in the survey about how often they do the things.Answers:QuestionsKatrinaBill1. How often do you exercise?Every dayHardly ever2.How often do you eat vegetables?Ten or eleven times a weekTwice a week 3. How often do you eat fruit?Every dayNever4: How many hours do you sleep every night?NineNine5. How often do you drink milk?Every dayNever6. How often do you eat junk food?Two or three times a weekThree or four times a week7. How often do you drink coffee?2c Doing pairworkLook at the example in the speech bubbles. Tian Ling and Guo Bin read it to the class, please.Now work with your partner. Student A, you are the interviewer. Student B, you are Katrina. Ask and answer questions about the things in the survey. Then change roles. Student A, you will be Bill, and Student B, you will be the interviewer. Then ask and answer the questions for the class, using as many Wh-questions as possible.Interviewer: How often do you exercise?Katrina: I exercise every day.Interviewer: How often do you eat vegetables?Katrina: I eat vegetables ten or eleven times a week.Interviewer: How often do you eat fruit?Katrina: I eat fruit every day.Interviewer: How many hours do you sleep every night?Katrina: I sleep nine.Interviewer: How often do you drink milk?Katrina: I drink milk every day.Interviewer: How often do you eat junk food?Katrina: I eat junk food two or three times a week.Interviewer: How often do you drink coffee?Katrina :I drink coffeeInterviewer: How often do you exercise?Bill: I hardly ever exercise.Interviewer: How often do you eat vegetables?Bill: I eat vegetables twice a week.Interviewer: How often do you eat fruit?Bill: I never eat fruit.Interviewer: How many hours do you sleep every night?Bill: I sleep nine.Interviewer: How often do you drink milk?Bill: I never drink milk.Interviewer: How often do you eat junk food?Bill: I eat junk food three or four times a weekInterviewer: How often do you drink coffee?Bill: I drink coffee once a day.3a Reading the letter and answering the questionWe are going to read the letter on page 5. First we shall read aloud the letter together. but Im pretty healthy. I exercise every day, usually when come home from school. My eating habits are pretty good. I try to eat a lot of vegetables. I eat fruit and drink milk every day. I never drink coffee. Of course, I love junk food too, but I try to eat it only once a week. Oh, and I sleep nine hours every night. So you see, I look after my health. And my lifestyle helps me get good grades. Good food and exercise help me to study better. Then we are going to read the letter slowly and write the answers to the questions. While reading underline all the useful expressions. 1. How often does she exercise? She exercises every day.2. How often does she drink milk? She drinks milk eve