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Starter Units Period 1Title Starter Unit 1 Good morning!Target language 1: Wordsphrases hi，morning，good，hello2: Key sentences1 Good morning /afternoon /evening!2.Hello!3Hi!Ability goalsEnable students to listen to and talk about letters & greetingsLearning ability goalsHelp students learn how to greetTeaching importantdifficult pointsHow to greet and learn some letters.Teaching aidsA tape recorder，some cardsTeaching procedures and waysStep 1：Introduction Begin by greeting the class with a smile and good morning! Now，introduce the words “teacher” and “class”by using gesturesRepeat this several times and have the class repeat after youStudents Can answer as a whole groupAs rows and as individualsRepeat “I am your teacher and you are the class” several times Now，introduce the class to the instructions：Class，please sit down and class，please stand up by using actions and gesturesThey can practice this several timesStep 2：Leadin You may want to leave the class again to introduce the usual Good morning routineSay Good morning classHelp students respond with Good morningPoint to yourself and say Im Miss，MrHave them repeatExplain the terms Miss and Mrin Chinese Repeat this a few times with rows and individuals or try a “back-chain” drill： Miss，Mr (Ss repeat) Morning，MissM r (Ss repeat) Good morning，Miss，Mr (Ss repeat) Step 3：Practice Say：Stand up，please! (Ss stand up) Leave the classroom，return and say Good morning，class! Help the students respond with Good morning，Miss，MrSay Sit down，pleaseNow lets start the lessonStep 4：Presentation and activity Now point to yourself and say My name is MissMr. I am your teacher Find a student you know and say your name is(Beth)Then ask What is your name? Help them respond with My name is . When the student answers, respond with HelloNice to meet you! Repeat this activity several times，first with students you know and then with othersHelp them to respond with Nice to meet you，tooExplain the Word “too in ChineseStep 5：Practice Get the students to practice the following dialogue in pairs S1：Good morning S2：Good morningIm (Ben)Whats your name? Sl：My name is (Dale)Nice to meet you! S2：Nice to meet youtoo Call out several pairs of students to give their performancePraise their efforts as much as possibleHelp the slower students with patienceStep 6：Presentation Do activity 1a：Look at the pictureFind the small letters for these big lettersFirst present letters a-h，and get the students to repeat these lettersCall the students to attention the letter Csi：notsei：H /eI/ not /e/Step 7：Listening and writing Get the students to listen to the tape and finish the task list on the bookMake sure all the students know what they should do Have the students watch the teacher writing the letters on the blackboard, then ask them to follow the teacher and write down these letters on their exercisebooksLet the students know the diffences between the big letters and the small lettersStep 8：Games time Let the students do some letters games to enjoy your lesson，the following is the instruction 抢读字母游戏：教师将全班分成若干小组，然后逐个出示字母卡片，学生们举手抢答。教师让最先举手的学生读出该字母，读对的给该组记10分，得分最多的组为优胜组。Step 9: Homework Copy the conversation and letters. (Do entering famous school)Period 2 Title Starter Unit 1 Good morning! Target language 1: Wordsphrases CD; afternoon; evening ; letters Aa-Hh2: Key sentences1. Good morning /afternoon /evening!2Hello!3Hi!Ability goalsEnable students to listen to and talk about letters & greetingsLearning ability goalsHelp students learn how to greetTeaching importantdifficult pointsHow to greet and learn some letters.Teaching aidsA tape recorder，some cardsTeaching procedures and waysStep 1：Duty report Ask one student to be a small teacher day by day. At the same time, give your advice.Step 2 LeadinDo free talk：Greet students and ask them to greet each other. Play a role game. Ask students to collect information about their idols such as Bill Gates, Thomas Edison, Jacky Cheng and so on and write their names down. Get them act as their idols and introduce themselves to their partners. The following is sample:T: Good morning, My name is Bill Gates.S: Good morning, Im Jacky Cheng.T: Nice to meet you, Jacky.S: Nice to meet you, too. Bill.Encourage the students to care what kind of English they can find in the street or in the other ways. Show the students some CDs and ask them if they know what it is. Repeat with the other things. And add some more things such as DVD and KFC. Train the students to care the things happening around them, such as: ID means identification card. OK means all right. Then get them to finish the exercise on the screen. Go on doing the above step to ask them to list more about the abbreviation. (See the powerpoint)Step 3：PairworkLet students work in pairs to practice the dialogue on 3aGet them to act it out after practicing. Do 3bMake sure all the students know the answers correctly. Let the students try their best to remember how to pronounce all the names.Let the students try Step 4：Practice Play the tape and ask the students to sing after it in chorus and individual. Give them a chance to performPraise their efforts as much as possibleHelp the slower students with patience.Step 5：HomeworkCopy the letters and the new words and finish off the workbook. (Do entering famous school)Period 3Title Starter Unit 1 Good morning! Target language 1: Wordsphrases How; are; you; I; am; fine; thanks; OK: Im=I am2: Key sentences1. How are you ? 2. Im fine, thanks !3Im OK!Ability goalsEnable students to listen to and talk about letters & greetingsLearning ability goalsHelp students learn how to greetTeaching importantdifficult pointsHow to greet and learn some letters.Teaching aidsA tape recorder，some cardsTeaching procedures and waysStep 1 Duty report Ask one student to be a small teacher day by day. At the same time, give your advice.Step 2 Lead-inBegin the class with singing the song of “Good morning” together. Free talk. Ask : Hi! Good morning, Tom. Or Morning, Dale. etc. Let the students get used to speaking English in class，even after class, Encourage the students to speak English as much as possibleSay out all the letters in English while you are pointing the letters or things in the classroomMake sure all the students know what you are saying and what it is in English. Speech Cassette la of section BPlay the tape and ask the students to listen to it carefully, then act it out, also do the task of lb on the bookNext get the students to write down the small letters for each word (abbr.)Step 3 Pairwork Get the students to practise the dialogue by pointing out the things they know how to say in EnglishAsk the students to exchange the rolesLet them fill in the missing letter of each word in pairs.Step 4 Listen and repeatList out the letter A on the blackboard and encourage the students to say out what other words a1so make the same pronunciation. Give them some tips. Present the other letters the same as the 1etter ALet the students follow the chant after the tape.Step 5 Homework Finish off the workbook(Do entering famous school)Period 4Title Starter Unit 2 Whats this in English?Target language 1: Wordsphrases What; is; this; in; English; it; its=it is; a/an; map; orange; jacket; key; quilt; pen; ruler 2: Key sentences1. Whats this in English? 2. Its a/an .Ability goalsEnable students to listen to and identify thingsLearning ability goalsHelp students learn how to identify thingsTeaching importantdifficult pointsHow to identify things and learn some letters.Teaching aidsA tape recorder，some cardsTeaching procedures and waysStep l：Introduction Review greetings. Review the letters learn in the last unit Get the students to introduce themselves in EnglishStep 2：Leadin Have ready a quilt，a map，a jacket，a key，a ruler，a pen，an orangeHold the key up and say Whats this in English? Its a key Repeat and then get students to repeatDo the same with a key，a pen，a rulerIf possible，use flashcards to teach the spelling of the wordsPut a flashcard beneath a drawing of each object.Step 3：Practice ListenPlay the tape twiceHave the students circle the things they hear Get the students to act out the conversations in the picture of 1a Make sure the students understand what they should doStudents can work in pairs then ask them to act out the conversations they made Do 2a，2b，2c and 2d one after another2b：after the students do 2a, show them how to write the letters on the blackboards，both of “Big” and “smallMake sure all the students know how to write them Use the flashcards to practise saying the names of the letters and to learn their orderBefore doing 2c，ask the students to give the letters containing thei：and /e/ soundsRepeat with the /EJ/ andaIsoundsList them out on the blackboardThen get them to listen to the tape and read the letters and words after the tapeStep4：Games time Play the letter game with the students like the following instructionsSometimes the teacher can explain the rules of the game in Chinese Who did fastest? 这是一个训练学生听字母的游戏，将全班分成两组，一组学生持大写字母，另一组学生持小写字母，教师快速念字母，要求持有该字母的学生迅速站起来，最先站起来的两分，后站起来的得一分，没站起来的得零分，得分多的组获胜。Step 5：Homework Finish off the workbook (Do entering famous school)Period 5Title Starter Unit 2 Whats this in English?Target language 1: Wordsphrases NBA; kg; Letters Ii-Rr2: Key sentences1. Whats this in English? 2. Its a/anAbility goalsEnable students to listen to and talk about letters & thingsLearning ability goalsHelp students learn how to identify thingsTeaching importantdifficult pointsHow to identify things and learn some letters.Teaching aidsA tape recorder，some cardsTeaching procedures and waysStep 1：Leadin Write the names in the big letters on the blackboard，teach the students to read the namesThen get them to listen to the tape and number the namesHave the students pay attention to your writing names on the BbMake sure everyone knows how to write the namesStep 2：Pairwork Give each student an English nameMake them remember it and know how to spell it. Write your name，and one or two others on the blackboard Ask students to look at the words carefullyExplain how capitals are used in English namesStep 3：Pairwork Ask the students to say out where we can find English words or English names around us and what they areWhats the meaning of it? Maybe the students can list a 1otIf they couldnt，give them some notes such as WC, NBA，Exit and so on Let the students try their best to search as many abbreviations as possibleStep 4：PracticeAnd get them to introduce themselves to the others with their new English nameAll these must do after the students know how to do itThe teacher can give them an example with the help of one studentThe teacher can take the dialogue on the book for an examplePractise：A：Hello! B：Hello! A：Im PaulaPAULA，PaulaWhats your name? B：Im JamesJAMES，James A：How do you do? B：How do you do? A：Nice t0 meet you B：Nice to meet you，too Have students switch roles and repeatStep 5：Homework Copy the new words and Finish off the workbook. (Do entering famous school)Period 6Title Starter Unit 2 Whats this in English?Target language 1: Wordsphrases spell; please2: Key sentences1. Whats this in English? 2. Its a/anAbility goalsEnable students to listen to and talk about letters & thingsLearning ability goalsHelp students learn how to identify thingsTeaching importantdifficult pointsHow to identify things and learn some letters. Teaching aidsA tape recorder，some cardsTeaching procedures and waysStep 1：Leadin Have ready a map，an orange，a ruler，a pen，a key, a quiltUse these to ask students：Whats this in English? Get them to answer the question one by oneThen ask them to listen and number the words they hear After they finish 1a，make sure they read the words correctlyAnd ask students to write the words down in small lettersStep 2：Pairwork Do the contents list on the bookThen play a guess gameThe teacher should get ready a soft bag，and some objects such as a ruler，a pen，a key，an orange and so onFirst show all the things to students，then hide all of them in the teachers desk，put one into the bag，try not to let students see itAt last get students to guess whats in your bagThe teacher can ask the student： T：Whats this in English? A：Is it a book? T：N0，it isnt A：Is it a pen? T：Yes，it is If the student Succeedcongratulate to him or herThen do the same to another one. This game can also be played in small groups if you have enough materials.Step 3：Listen and read Have the students listen to the tape and repeat Get the students to listen to the tape and repeat，ask them to try to find what is the connection between the wordsStep 4：Homework Finish off the workbook(Do entering famous school)Period 7Title Starter Unit 3 What color is it?Target language 1: Wordsphrases color; red; yellow; green; blue; black; white; and2: Key sentences1. What color is it? 2. ItsAbility goalsEnable students to listen to and talk about letters & identify colorsLearning ability goalsHelp students learn how to identify colorsTeaching importantdifficult pointsHow to identify colors and learn some letters. Teaching aidsA tape recorder，some cardsTeaching procedures and waysStep l：Introduction (1) Do duty reportAsk students to take turns to do duty report (get students to tell a short story)one by one (2) Hang the white paper on the blackboard，write the capital letter “A” with a red pen, then ask the students： T：Whats this in English? Ss：Its an A T：What color is it? The teacher answers herself：Its red (3) The teacher teaches the other colors with the color pens，repeat these words until students grasp themStep 2：Leadin Do the same steps of the letters list on l a as the teacher did in the introductionMake sure students know an these letters and wordsStep 3：Practice Get students to work in pairs，practice the dialogue appear in the picture of 1a Allow students use the other things instead of the letters while they are asking the colorsStep 4：Listening Do 1b，2a，2b and 2c in turn (Do entering famous school)Color words: black; blue; brown ;blond/ green; grey; golden / pink; purple;/ red/ white/ yellow /orange Period 8Title Starter Unit 3 What color is it?Target language 1: Wordsphrases color; red; yellow; green; blue; black; white; letters SsZz; the2: Key sentences1. What color is it? 2. ItsAbility goalsEnable students to listen to and talk about letters & identify colorsLearning ability goalsHelp students learn how to identify colorsTeaching importantdifficult pointsHow to identify colors and learn some letters. Teaching aidsA tape recorder，some cardsTeaching procedures and waysStep 1：Leadin 1. Take turns to do the duty report 2. Review the lesson learned by asking the students to say out the twentysix letters in right ordersDo 2a，2b，2c and 2d with the whole classStep 2：Pairwork Do the guess gameAsk students to work in pairs to practise like the following： T：Excuse me，whats this in your bag? S：Is it a pen? T：Yes，youre rightWhat color is it? S：Its white T：No，youre wrong S：Is it red?Step 3：Grammar Go through the grammar focus and make sure all the students know what meansIf possible，the teacher can use Chinese to explain themStep 4：Practice Do the co1or changes game，use two small cups of water，color each cup of water yellow and blueAsk：What color is it? Its yellow What color is it? Its blue After asking，pour the cup of yellow water into the other cup，when the water turns green. Ask students：What color is it now? Do the color changes with the other colorsYellow + red =orange，yellow + red + black =brown, yellow +red +blue +black，etcA1so the teacher can let students discuss what color the objects are around us such as the color of the traffic lights，letterbox，bananas and so on (Do entering famous school)Period 9Title Starter Unit 3 What color is it?Target language 1: Wordsphrases Color words and all the letters.2: Key sentences1. What color is it? 2. ItsAbility goalsEnable students to listen to and talk about letters & identify colorsLearning ability goalsHelp students learn how to identify colorsTeaching importantdifficult pointsHow to identify colors and learn some letters. Teaching aidsA tape recorder，some cardsTeaching procedures and waysStep l：Leadin Do the duty report in turn Practise the dialogue in la of section A Ask students to finish 1a and 1b of section B individualthe teacher walks around the class，give a hand to the studentsStep 2：Pairwork First 1et the students check the answers of la by asking like the following： A：Whats this? B：Is it a “pen”? A：Yes。it isCan you spell it? B：YesP-E-N