Unit 1 This is me!
Part 1: Teaching design (第一部分：教学设计)
Unit goals
Use everyday expressions to communicate when meeting people.
Introduce yourself to others.
Use the simple present tense.
Use model sentences to write a profile of yourself.
Vocabulary year, grade, reading, club, after, long, music, hard, short, swimming, wear, glasses, enjoy, volleyball, swim, eat, fish, Maths, walk, fly, every, day, drawing, always, weekend, usually, run, hour, then, sometimes, often, dinner, grandparent, player, team, next, World Cup, age, well, again, really, strong, rubber, borrow, say, start, begin, CD, lesson, sport, classmate, great
Expressions 1. I’m in Class1, Grade7. I like reading. I’m in the Reading Club.
2. I was born in Shanghai but I live in Beijing now.
3. I come from Beijing. I like Beijing very much.
4. She loves dancing. She works hard.
5. He enjoys playing computer games.
6. You look happy today.
7. Frank plays very well in the match.
8. I’m good at English. She is good at swimming.
9. I have lots of friends at Beijing Sunshine Secondary School.
10. My friends say I’m polite and helpful. My teachers and classmates all like me.
Structures 1. Are you happy? Yes, I am./ No, I’m not.
2. Is he happy? Yes, he is./ No, he isn’t.
3. I like fish. He likes fish.
4. Do you like fish? Yes, I do./ No, I don’t.
5. Does he like fish? Yes, he does./ No, he doesn’t.
Period 2 Reading (Ⅰ)
Teaching goals
● To recognize the uses of English in giving personal information
● To get to know the basic information of the six students
Teaching procedures
Step 1 Making a revision
Last time, we met six new friends. Do you remember their names? Where do they come from? (They come from Beijing Sunshine Secondary School.) Do you want to know more about them?
Step 2 Presenting
Before we get to know about them, let me ask you some questions. How old are you? Are you tall or short? Where do you come from? Where do you live? What class are you in? What do you love?
Write model sentences on the Bb: I’m …(years old). I’m…(tall/short). I come from… I live in…
I’m in Class…Grade… I love…(reading/dancing…)
Step 3 Doing activities
Ask Ss to say something about themselves according to the model.
Step 4 Listening for comprehension
1. Now let’s get to know our new friends. After listening, try to find out what they love doing. (Do Part B1 after listening to the whole text with books open.)
Check the answers: 1b, 2a ,3e ,4c, 5d ,6f
2. Listen to the first paragraph with books closed. After listening, answer the following questions:
1) How old is Millie? (She is 12 years old.)
2) What class is she in? ( She is in Class 1, Grade 7.)
3) Where does she live? ( She lives in Beijing.)
4) What does she love? (She loves reading.)
5) Is she in the Reading Club or the Swimming Club? ( She is in the Reading Club.)
6) What’s her dog’s name? ( Eddie.)
7) How does she love Eddie? ( She loves him very much.)
3. Listen to the second paragraph with books closed. After listening, do some ‘T/F’ exercises:
1) Simon was born in Beijing but he lives in Shanghai. ( F )
2) He loves playing football very much. (T)
3) Simon often plays football after supper. (F)
4) Simon’s cousin’s name is Annie. (T)
5) Simon’s cousin is his uncle’s or aunt’s daughter. (T)
1. Listen to the third paragraph with books closed. After listening, fill in the blanks:
I’m Sandy. I come from Beijing. I’m very tall and slim. I have long black hair . I like listening to music .
2. Listen to the last three paragraphs with books closed. After listening, try to fill in the blanks: (if it’s difficult for some students, listen again)
Kitty is 11 years old. She is small. She loves dancing. She works hard.
Amy is not very tall. She has short hair. She is good at swimming. She is funny.
Daniel wears glasses. He enjoys playing computer games. He is polite and helpful.
Open the books and check the answers, and explain the new words ‘ hard, wear, glasses, enjoy, polite, helpful’.
Step 5 Doing activities
1. Read the text. Ask Ss to repeat after you or the tape, pay attention to students’ pronunciation and intonation. Then choose six students to read it out.
2. Ask Ss to choose one of the six students to say something about them.
Step 6 Having a summary
Today we met and got to know six new students. Each of them is lovely, do you think so? But who do you like best? Why? (Have a discussion.)
Step 7 Doing homework
1. Read the text aloud and try to recite it if possible.
2. Write a easy profile according to the text (5 sentences are enough).
Period 2 Reading (Ⅰ)
Teaching goals
● To recognize the uses of English in giving personal information
● To get to know the basic information of the six students
Teaching procedures
Step 1 Making a revision
Last time, we met six new friends. Do you remember their names? Where do they come from? (They come from Beijing Sunshine Secondary School.) Do you want to know more about them?
Step 2 Presenting
Before we get to know about them, let me ask you some questions. How old are you? Are you tall or short? Where do you come from? Where do you live? What class are you in? What do you love?
Write model sentences on the Bb: I’m …(years old). I’m…(tall/short). I come from… I live in…
I’m in Class…Grade… I love…(reading/dancing…)
Step 3 Doing activities
Ask Ss to say something about themselves according to the model.
Step 4 Listening for comprehension
1. Now let’s get to know our new friends. After listening, try to find out what they love doing. (Do Part B1 after listening to the whole text with books open.)
Check the answers: 1b, 2a ,3e ,4c, 5d ,6f
2. Listen to the first paragraph with books closed. After listening, answer the following questions:
8) How old is Millie? (She is 12 years old.)
9) What class is she in? ( She is in Class 1, Grade 7.)
10) Where does she live? ( She lives in Beijing.)
11) What does she love? (She loves reading.)
12) Is she in the Reading Club or the Swimming Club? ( She is in the Reading Club.)
13) What’s her dog’s name? ( Eddie.)
14) How does she love Eddie? ( She loves him very much.)
3. Listen to the second paragraph with books closed. After listening, do some ‘T/F’ exercises:
1) Simon was born in Beijing but he lives in Shanghai. ( F )
2) He loves playing football very much. (T)
3) Simon often plays football after supper. (F)
4) Simon’s cousin’s name is Annie. (T)
5) Simon’s cousin is his uncle’s or aunt’s daughter. (T)
3. Listen to the third paragraph with books closed. After listening, fill in the blanks:
I’m Sandy. I come from Beijing. I’m very tall and slim. I have long black hair . I like listening to music .
4. Listen to the last three paragraphs with books closed. After listening, try to fill in the blanks: (if it’s difficult for some students, listen again)
Kitty is 11 years old. She is small. She loves dancing. She works hard.
Amy is not very tall. She has short hair. She is good at swimming. She is funny.
Daniel wears glasses. He enjoys playing computer games. He is polite and helpful.
Open the books and check the answers, and explain the new words ‘ hard, wear, glasses, enjoy, polite, helpful’.
Step 5 Doing activities
1. Read the text. Ask Ss to repeat after you or the tape, pay attention to students’ pronunciation and intonation. Then choose six students to read it out.
2. Ask Ss to choose one of the six students to say something about them.
Step 6 Having a summary
Today we met and got to know six new students. Each of them is lovely, do you think so? But who do you like best? Why? (Have a discussion.)
Step 7 Doing homework
3. Read the text aloud and try to recite it if possible.
4. Write a easy profile according to the text (5 sentences are enough).
Period 3 Reading (Ⅱ)
Teaching goals
● To understand and use the expressions in the text
● To write a profile according to the text
Teaching procedures
Step 1 Making a revision
( Show the pictures of the six students) Ask: Do you know them? Who are they? Can you say something about them? ( Ask Ss to say as much as they can.)
Step 2 Practicing
1.First, read the text together. Then do Part B2. (Check the answer: 1F, 2T, 3F, 4T, 5F, 6T).
2. Read the first paragraph and revise the following expressions: ( Write down the important expressions on the Bb.)
1) How old is Millie? (She is 12 years old) How old are you? How old are your parents? Are you 12 years old or 13 years old?
2) What class is she in? ( She is in Class 1, Grade 7.) Can we say She is in Grade7, Class1? Why? (Tell Ss the difference between English version and Chinese version.) What class are you in? Are you in Class 3, Grade 8?
3) Where does Millie live? ( She lives in Beijing.) Where do you live ? Where does your uncle live? Where do the fish live? Where do you want to live?
4) What does she love? ( She loves reading.) What club is she in? (She is in the Reading Club.)
What do you love doing? What club are you in? Ask Ss to make up sentences based on the model:
I love swimming. I’m in the Swimming Club. He loves playing football. He is in the Football Club.
5) Does Millie love her dog, Eddie? (Yes, she does) How does she love him? (She loves him very much.) What do you like very much? Who do you like very much? What food do you like very much? Do you like English? How do you like it?
3. Read the second paragraph and revise the following expressions:
1）Where was Simon born? ( He was born in Shanghai.) Where were you born? I was born in…(Ask each of the students to make up the sentence one by one.)
2） When does Simon play football? (After school.) When do you clean your classroom?
3） Who is Annie? (She is Simon’s cousin.) Can you explain ‘cousin’ in English? ( Uncle’s or aunt’s son or daughter.) Do you have a cousin? What’s your cousin’s name? What does your cousin love doing?
4. Read the third paragraph and revise the following expressions:
1) Where does Sandy come from? ( She comes from Beijing.)We can also say: She is from Beijing. Where do you come from? /Where are you from? Do you come from/ Are you from Hong Kong? Ask Ss to make up sentences like: I come from…/ I’m from…
2) How is Sandy? ( She is very tall and slim She has long black hair.) Explain that ‘hair’ is an uncountable noun here.
3) What does she like doing? (She likes listening to music.) Explain that ‘love’ means ‘like…very much’.
5. Read the last three paragraphs and revise the following expressions:
1) How does Kitty work? (She works hard.) Do you work hard? Who works hard in our class? Does your mother work hard? How does your father work?
2) What is Amy good at? (She is good at swimming.) What are you good at? Are you good at dancing? What’s your cousin good at? What aren’t you good at?
3) What’s Daniel like? ( He wears glasses.) Who else wears glasses? ( Sandy.) Do you wear glasses? Who wears glasses in our class?
4)What does Daniel enjoy doing? (He enjoys playing computer games.) Explain that ‘enjoy’ means ‘like’. Ask Ss to make up sentences like: I like…/ I enjoy…/I love…(doing sth.)
5)How is Daniel? (He is polite and helpful.)
6.Read the text together again. After reading, ask Ss to finish Part C1. (Check the answer: 1. football 2. Shanghai 3.slim, 4.long black hair, 5.music, 6.dancing, 7.glasses, 8.swimming, 9.computer games, 10.polite)
Step 3 Writing
Help Ss to finish Part C2. Encourage Ss to write more sentences.
Step 4 Doing consolidation exercise
Translation:
1.我今年十二岁，在七年级二班。
I’m 12 years old. I’m in Class 2, Grade 7.
2.我喜爱听音乐。我在校音乐俱乐部。
I love listening to music. I’m in the School Music Club.
3.我有个表哥。他叫西蒙。
I have a cousin. His name is Simon.
4.我出生在北京但住在南京。
I was born in Beijing but I live in Nanjing.
5.他来自上海。（２种）
He is/ comes from Shanghai.
6.他喜欢放学后踢足球。（３种）
He likes/ loves/ enjoys playing football after school.
7.她高而苗条，还有一头乌黑的长发。
He is tall and slim, and she has long black hair.
8.他个子不高，戴着眼镜。
He is not tall and wears glasses.
9.他的表弟学习努力，擅长玩电脑游戏。
His cousin works hard and he is good at playing computer games.
１0.这个小男孩很有礼貌而且乐于助人。
This little boy is very polite and helpful.
Step 5 Giving a summary
Read the important expressions on the Bb aloud. Ask Ss to write them down in their notebooks.
Step 6 Doing homework
1. Read and recite the text.
2. Revise the important expressions and try to use them.
3. Do some consolidation exercises.
4. Write a profile (at least 10 sentences).
Period 4 Vocabulary
Teaching goals
● To use verbs and nouns to talk about sports
● To describe different kinds of sports
Teaching procedures
Step 1 Making a revision
Fill in the blanks: ( Write on flash cards before class)
Millie:
Mille is _____ years old. She lives in _________. She loves __________. She is in the ______ Club. She has a _____, Eddie.
Simon:
Simon comes from _________. He was _____ in Shanghai. He lives in ________ now. He plays _______ after school.
Sandy:
Sandy is very _____ and ______. She has hair. She likes __________________.
Kitty:
Kitty is _____ years old. She is _______. She loves _______. She works _______.
Amy:
Amy is not very________. She has ____ hair. She is good at _______. She is ________.
Daniel:
Daniel wears _________. He enjoys ________________. He is _____ and ______.
Step 2 Presenting
1.What sport is it?
In this way, the vocabularies about sports are introduced to the Ss. Ask Ss to finish Part A. Check the answer with the class. (1. volleyball 2. swimming 3. badminton 4. football) Encourage Ss to think of other sports they know.
5. Ask the Ss to work in groups and try to finish the following table.
This will enlarge Ss’ vocabulary about sports. ( For weaker classes, just talking about ‘where’ is OK.)
Sport Swimming Football Badminton
Where Swimming pool Football field Badminton court
Special clothes Swimming suit; swimming trunks Football boots T-shirt
Equipment Goggles football Badminton racket
Team sport N Y Y/N
Step 3 Doing activities
1. Finish the sentences with the new words learned.
1) I play football in the football field with my new football boots.
2) When I swim, I wear a swimming suit and my husband wears swimming trunks. We loves wimming in a large swimming pool.
3) Do you love playing tennis? Take your tennis ball and tennis racket. Let’s go to the tennis court.
2. Make a conversation.
(For weaker classes, the conversation can be a little easier.)
A: Hi! , which sport do you love?
B: I love football, it’s so cool.
A: Where do you play football?
B: I play football in a football field .
A: What do you need when you play football?
B: I need my football clothes and football boots.
3. Ask Ss to finish Part B. Check the answer with the class.( 1. football field 2. badminton court 3. swimming pool)
Step 4 Doing consolidation exercise
Translation:
1.你喜欢打排球还是打羽毛球？
Do you like playing volleyball or badminton?
2.我喜欢放学后踢足球。
I like playing football after school.
3.我经常和我父母去游泳池游泳。
I often go to the swimming pool to swim with my parents
4.他们常去那个篮球场打球。
They often play basketball at the basketball court.
5.我们学校有个大足球场。
There is a big football field in our school.
Step 6 Doing homework
1. Try to find more vocabularies about sports.
2. Make a conversation about sports with your classmate.
Period 5 Grammar (Ⅰ)
Teaching goals
● To make positive and negative statements and ask questions with the verb ‘to be’
● To learn to use the simple present tense
Teaching procedures
Step 1 Presenting
Write three sentences on the Bb:
1. Cats eat fish.
2. My hair is long.
3. Simon plays football after school.
Ask Ss in what tense they are spoken. Tell Ss that we use the simple present tense to talk about things that
● are always true
● are true now
● we do regularly (habits, jobs, school work…)
Step 2 Doing activities
1.Choose the best answer:
1) The sun rises in the east(东方).
a. Things are always true. b. Things are true now. c. Things we do regularly.
2) Daniel wears glasses.
a. Things are always true. b. Things are true now. c. Things we do regularly.
3) Birds fly in the sky.
a. Things are always true. b. Things are true now. c. Things we do regularly.
4) Kitty dances every day.
a. Things are always true. b. Things are true now. c. Things we do regularly.
5) Sandy has long hair.
a. Things are always true. b. Things are true now. c. Things we do regularly.
6) I do my homework in the evening.
a. Things are always true. b. Things are true now. c. Things we do regularly.
( 1.a 2.b 3.a 4.c 5.b. 6.c )
2.Ask Ss to analyze some more sentences :
1) Tigers eat meat. (Things are always true.)
2) She has an e-dog. (Things are true now.)
3) She lives in Beijing. (Things are true now.)
4) I listen to English every day. (Things we do regularly.)
5) Fish lives in water. (Things are always true.)
6) He plays football after school. (Things we do regularly.)
Step 3 Presenting
Go through the table of simple present tense of the verb ‘to be’. Point out the contractions. Ask Ss to find out how to use ‘am, is, are’ and how to make negative statements.
Go through the table of asking questions with the verb ‘to be’. Ask Ss to find out the rule. Pay attention to the intonation.
Step 4 Doing activities
1. Fill in the blanks with the right form of ‘to be’:
1) My name is Millie. I am an American girl. My parents are kind to me.
2) My cousin is 12 years old. He is in Class 1, Grade 7.
3) Our teachers are very helpful. They are the best teachers.
4) Is your mother a doctor? No, she is a teacher.
5) Jack and Peter aren’t happy today, because their team lost the game.
6) Our school is very big. We are happy to study here.
7) Five and five is ten.
8) You are wrong. It isn’t a dog. It’s a cat.
2. Playing a game:
Prepare five small pieces of paper and write ‘teacher, student, doctor, policeman, worker’ on the paper.
1) Choose and invite one of the students to the Bb. Ask him/ her to close the eyes. He/ or she can choose a job and show it to the class. He/ she can ask the whole class: Am I a teacher? The whole class answer together: Yes, you are./ No, you aren’t.
2) The student can choose a job but the other students don’t know. The whole class can ask: Are you a teacher? The student can answer: Yes, I am./ No, I’m not.
3) One student chooses a job. The other two students ask and answer (One student knows the job, the other doesn’t.) A: Is he/she a teacher? B: Yes, he/she is./ No, he/she isn’t.
4) Use the same way to practice the plural form: Are we/ they teachers? Yes, you/ they are./ No, you/ they aren’t.
3. Ask Ss to finish Part A and check the answer. (1.is, 2.are, 3.are, 4.is, 5.Is he, 6.he isn’t, 7.He’s, 8.Are you, 9.I am, 10.I’m)
Step 5 Having a summary
Let Ss sum up when and how to use ‘am, is are’.
Step 6 Doing consolidation exercise
句型转换
His cousin is good at swimming.(改为否定句)
His cousin isn’t good at swimming.
1. Those boys are from England.（改为一般疑问句，并做否定回答）
Are those boys from England? No, they aren’t.
2. He is in Class 1, Grade 8.（对划线部分提问）
What class is he in?
3. mother’s, is, my, long, hair（连词成句）
My mother’s hair is long.
4. teachers, they, doctors, are, or （连词成句）
Are they teachers or doctors?
Step 7 Doing homework
1. Revise the simple present tense of the verb ‘to be’.
2. Do some consolidation exercises.
Period 6 Grammar (Ⅱ)
Teaching goals
● To make positive and negative statements and ask questions with the verb ‘to do’
● To learn to use the simple present tense
Teaching procedures
Step 1 Presenting
T: What do you do every day? S: I go to school every day. / I play football every day./… T: What does Millie do every day, do you know? Please open your books, and turn to page 10. Try to finish Part B. After that, please tell me what Millie does every day.
Check the answer orally with the whole class. (1.live 2. have 3. go 4. love 5. talk 6. take)
Read the sentences together.
T: Now , can you tell me what Millie does every day. S: She takes her dog for a walk every day.
Write two sentences on the Bb: I take my dog for a walk every day.
She takes her dog for a walk every day.
Ask: What’s the difference between the two sentences? ( We must use verb form for the simple present tense in the third person singular.) But how to change the verb form. Let’s go through the table on page 10.
Step 2 Practicing
Complete the sentences. Use the simple present tense of the verbs in brackets
1. My father_______(listen) to the radio every day.
2. He often _______(wash) clothes with his hands.
3. We______(take) Eddie for a walk after supper.
4. Mike_______ (study) in a middle school.
5. Simon ______ (pass) the ball to Daniel.
6. Miss Li_______ (teach) us Chinese.
7. Look at the animal, it ____ (have) four legs.
8. Uncle Wang (fix 修理) bikes for people every day.
9. He (stay) at home every Sunday.
10.The boy with his parents (go) to the park after supper.
(1. listens 2. washes 3. take 4. studies 5. passes 6. teaches 7. has 8. fixes 9. stays 10. goes)
Step 3 Presenting
T: Do you watch TV every day? S: Yes, I do./ No, I don’t. (Ask students to say a complete sentence: Yes, I watch TV every day./ No, I don’t watch TV every day.) (To another student) Does he watch TV every day? S: Yes, he does. He watches TV every day./ No, he doesn’t. He doesn’t watch TV every day.
Step 4 Doing activities
1. Go through the tables on page 9. Read them together.
2. Ask Ss to finish Part C and Part D. Check the answer with the whole class.
(Part C: 1. Do, Yes, they do. 2. Does, No, he doesn’t. 3. Does, No, she doesn’t 4. Do, No, they don’t. 5. Does, Yes, he does. 6. Do, Yes, they do.)
(Part D: 1.do not /don’t play 2. plays 3. does not/ doesn’t walk 4. takes 5. do not/don’t like)
3. Make a conversation:
First, ask Ss to think of some verb phrase: play football/ basketball/ computer games…/listen to music/ watch TV/ take my dog for a walk…
Conversation 1: A: Do you listen to music every day?
B: No, I don’t. I don’t listen to music every day.
A: Do you watch TV every day?
B: Yes, I do. I watch TV every day.
B: Do you play football every day?
A: No, I don’t. I don’t play football every day.
B: Do you read English every day?
B: Yes, I do. I read English every day?
(Ask Ss to answer with a complete sentence.)
Conversation 2: A: I watch TV every day. I don’t listen to music every day.
B: Does XXX listen to music every day?
C: No, he/she doesn’t. He/She doesn’t listen to music every day.
C: Does XXX watch TV every day?
B: Yes, he/she does. He/She watches TV every day.
4.Ask Ss to finish Part E. Then check the answer with the whole class: ( 1. go 2. play 3. does not/ doesn’t watch 4. watches 5. am 6. Are 7. flies 8. have 9. eat)
Step 5 Taking a summary
Work out the rule of the simple present tense. ( the usage of ‘do/ does’)
Step 6 Doing consolidation exercises
Complete the sentences. Use the simple present tense of the verbs in brackets.
1. Jordan _______(play) basketball.
He ___________(not play) football.
2. I _______(go) swimming on Sunday.
But I___________ (not go) shopping.
3. My cousins _______(enjoy) computer games.
But they __________(not enjoy) ball games.
4. you _______(like) fish?
Yes, I . But he ___________(not like) fish.
5. Kate (walk) home?
No, she . She (take) a bus.
6. your mother (teach) English?
Yes, she . She (teach) English in N0.10 Middle School.
( 1. plays, doesn’t play 2. go, don’t go 3. enjoy, don’t enjoy 4. Do, like, do, doesn’t like 5. Does, walk, doesn’t, takes 6. Does, teach, does, teaches)
Step 7 Doing homework
1. Revise the simple present tense.
2. Do some more consolidation exercises.
Period 7 Integrated skills
Teaching goals
● To extract information from a passage
● To get information from listening
● To consolidate information and complete a newsletter article
Teaching procedures
Step 1 Presenting
(Show a picture of the famous football player Beckham to students.) Do you know him? Yes, he is David Beckham, a good football player. Where was he born? He was born in London. What is he good at? He is good at playing football. He scores goals in most matches. He plays for Real Madrid (皇家马德里队). He wants to play football in the next World Cup.
(Write ‘player, play for, score, goal, the next World Cup’ on the Bb, and ask Ss to explain their meanings.)
Step 2 Doing activities
1. Ask Ss to look at the headline of the newspaper article and the picture. Ask the following questions: 1) Who is he? (He’s Li Hua.) 2) What is he? (He is a football player.) 3) What team does he play for? (He plays for Huanghe Football Team.) 4) What is he good at? (He is good at scoring goals.) 5) What does he want? (He wants to play football in the next World Cup.)
2. Read the article together.
3. Say: Do you know how old Li Hua is? Do you know where he was born? Do you know how he looks? Do you know what his hobbies are? If your answers are ‘No’, please listen to the tape. After listening, you will know the answers.
4. Listen to Part A2 and complete the notes in Part A1. Then check the answer with the whole class.( Li Hua, 22, Guangdong, Huanghe Football Team, strong, reading books, Shanghai)
5. Ask Ss to use the article and the notes to finish Part A3. Check the answer with the whole class: ( 1. 22 2. strong 3. Guangdong 4. reading books 5 Huanghe Football Team 6. World Cup 7. like)
6. After checking the answer, ask Ss to read Part A3 together.
Step 3 Presenting
Ask: Who is your favourite football player? Why? How does he look? Is he strong? Does he play football very well? Does he often score for his team? Now you will hear a conversation about Daniel’s favourite football player. Please listen carefully. After listening please answer my question: Who is Frank?
Step 4 Doing activities
1. Listen to the tape with the question in mind .(Books closed) After listening, ask one student to answer the question ‘Who is Frank?’ (He is Daniel’s favourite football player.)
2. Listen to the tape again.(Books open) Ask and answer the following questions:
1) How does Daniel look today? ( He looks happy?)
2) Why does he look happy? ( Because their football team wins again.)
3) Does Frank play very well in the match? ( Yes, he does.)
4) How is Frank?/ What’s Frank like? ( He is tall and strong.)
5) Does Frank often score for his football team? ( Yes, he does.)
3. Read after the tape. Then read together.
4. Ask Ss to practice the conversation in pairs. Then make up their own conversations.
5. Role-play. (Ask some students to act the dialogue out.)
Step 5 Doing consolidation exercises
Translation:
1.姚明是一位优秀的篮球运动员。
Yao Ming is a very good basketball player.
2.我喜欢读关于运动的书籍。
I like reading books about sports.
3.我们效力于校排球队。
We play for our school volleyball team.
4.你擅长游泳吗？不。
Are you good at swimming? No, I’m not.
5.你想看下一届世界杯吗？是的。
Do you want to watch the next World Cup? Yes, I do.
6.他看上去魁梧吗？是的。
Does he look strong? Yes, he does.
7.弗兰克出生于美国，但他住在英国。
Frank was born in America, but he lives in England.
8.你们的足球队赢了吗？没有。
Does your football team win? No, it doesn’t.
9.他在比赛中踢的很好。
He plays very well in the match.
10.我最喜爱的足球运动员常在比赛中进球。
My favourite football player often scores goals in matches.
Step 6 Doing homework
1. Read and recite ‘Speak up’.
2. Do some more consolidation exercises.
Period 8 Study skills
Teaching goals
● To encourage students to use English as much as possible
● To use everyday expressions to make requests, give instructions, and give responses
Teaching procedures
Step 1 Presenting
1. ( Before class, ask one student come into the classroom late. After the bell rings, the student knocks on the door.) The teacher say: Look, he is late. At this time, what should he say? He should say : “May I come in?” This is a class expression. It’s important to learn some common expressions of class. Today we will learn some sentences that will help you in your English lessons.
2. Go through Part B with class.
3. Add some other class expressions: 1) If you can’t hear your teacher clearly, you say: Excuse me, I beg your pardon./ Pardon?
2) If you need help with your lesson, you say: Can you help me?
3) If you see others are in trouble, and you want to help them. You say: Can I help you?/ What can I do for you?/ Can I give you a hand?
4) If you finish a role-play, you say: That’s all. Thank you. …
3. ( Pretend to be looking for your book.) Say: I can’t find my pen? Can you help me? Do you know where my pen is? S: Sorry, I don’t know. T: What can I do? I must borrow a book from you.(Write the word ‘borrow’ on the Bb, and ask Ss to guess its meaning.)
Step 2 Doing activities
1.Make conversations:
Conversation 1: A: Do you have a pen?
B: Yes, I do.
A: Can I borrow your pen?
B: Yes, you can. Here you are.
A: Thank you very much.
B: You are welcome.
Conversation 2: A: Do you have a pen?
B: No, I don’t. Ask Sandy. She may have one.
A: Thanks a lot.
A: Excuse me, Sandy. Can I borrow your pen?
Sandy: I’m sorry, I don’t have one. Ask Amy, she may have one.
A: Thank you.
A: Excuse me, Amy. Can I borrow your pen?
Amy: Of course you can. Here you are.
A: Thank you very much.
Amy: That’s OK./That’s all right.
2. Go through Part A with the whole class.
Step 3 Doing consolidation exercises
What do you say when you meet the following circumstances:
1.当你不知道某个事物用英语怎么表达时， 你应该说：
Excuse me. How do you say that in English?
2.当你不知道某个问题的答案时， 你应该说：
I’m sorry. I don’t know.
3.当你不理解别人说的话时，你应该说：
Sorry, I don’t understand.
4.当你开始表演时，你应该说：
I will begin/ start now.
5.当你结束表演时，你应该说：
That’s all. Thank you.
6.当你上课迟到时，你应该说：
May I come in?
7.当你听不清别人说的话时，你应该说：
Pardon?
8.当别人称赞你时，你应该说：
Thank you.
9.当别人向你道谢时，你应该说：
That’s OK/all right. / You are welcome. /It’s my pleasure./ Don’t mention it….
10.当别人向你道歉时，你应该说：
That’s OK/all right. / Not at all. / Never mind./ It doesn’t matter….
Step 4 Doing homework
1. Revise the class expressions.
2. Make conversations with your classmates.
3. Do some consolidation exercises.
Period 9 Main task
Teaching goals
● To organize ideas before writing
● To write a profile
● To introduce yourself to others
Teaching procedures
Step 1 Presenting
Teacher says: Today we will learn to write a profile. Do you know how to write a profile? What should we write?[Ask Ss to answer, and write the answer on the Bb: name, age, birthday, birthplace, living place, school, class, grade, appearance(外貌), hobbies(爱好), good at…/ not good at…, personality(性格), … ]
Ask Ss to read the passages on page 15. Try to find out some information to finish the table.
Name Millie Daniel
Age 12 11
Birthplace Beijing Nanjing
Living place Beijing Beijing
School Beijing Sunshine Secondary School Beijing Sunshine Secondary School
Appearance not tall, dark brown eyes, short black hair short, black hair, wear glasses
Hobbies listening to music, reading, English, Chinese playing computer games
Good at English ------
Not good at ------- sports
Personality -------- polite and helpful
Check the answer and read the passages.
Step 2 Practicing
Ask Ss to finish the table of Part B1.
Step 3 Writing
1.Ask each of the students to write a rough draft using the table of Part B1. In pairs, students read, check and correct their partner’s draft. As you go around the class, suggest improvements in the choice of words, spellings and structures.
2. Ask students to rewrite their personal profiles on Part B2.
3. Ask for volunteers to read out their personal profiles to the class.
Step 4 Game
Tell students not to include their names on the first drafts. Collect the students’ first drafts, mix them up and hand them out to different students. Each student reads a personal profile, tries to guess who the writer is and returns the personal profile to the writer.
Step 5 Doing homework
1. Read the passages on page 15 three times.
2. Write a profile with more information.
Period 10 Check out
Teaching goals
● To revise the vocabulary of this unit
● To revise the grammar of this unit
Teaching procedures
Step 1 Make a revision
Revision 1
(Show the pictures of the six students and put them up on the Bb.)Say: In this unit, we meet six new students from Beijing Sunshine Secondary School. Can you tell me what they are like? ( Ask Ss to look at the picture and describe their appearance. After that, ask them to fill in the blanks.)
Millie: She is not very tall. She has dark brown eyes and her hair is short and black.
Sandy: She is very tall and slim . She has long black hair.
Daniel: He is short, his hair is black. He wears glasses.
(Ask Ss to describe their own appearance or their parents’ or friends’ appearance.)
Revision 2
(Point at each picture and ask.) What do they like? (Ask Ss to fill in the blankets.)
Millie likes English and Chinese at school. She is good at English. She loves reading, she is in the School Reading Club. She loves listening to music. She listens to CDs at the weekend.
Simon likes playing football after school. He plays football on the school football field. There is a big swimming pool and a badminton court in his school, too.
Sandy likes listening to music, too. Kitty loves dancing. She works hard. Amy loves swimming. She is good at swimming. Daniel loves all his lessons at school, but he is not good at sports. He enjoys playing computer games.
(Make a conversation based on the model. )
A: What do you like?
B: I like playing volleyball?
A: Are you good at playing volleyball?
B: Yes, I am.
A: Do you like swimming?
B: No, I don’t. I don’t like swimming.
A: Does your mother like swimming?
B: Yes, she does. She likes swimming very much.
Revision 3
(Show the picture of Li Hua.) Ask: Do you remember him? Who is he? What is he? Where was he born? How old is he? How does he look? What does he like? Which team does he play for? What is he good at? What does he want? ( After answering the questions, students should fill in the following blanks without opening their books.)
Li Hua is my favourite football player. He is 22 years old. He looks strong. He was born in Guangdong, but he lives in Beijing. He likes reading books about football. He plays for Huanghe Football Team. He is the newest member in it. He is good at scoring goals. He wants to play football in the next World Cup.
Revision 4
1. Go through Part B on page 17. Then Check the answer: 1. basketball 2. glasses 3. swimming 4. fish 5. badminton
2. Choose the right phrase to fill in the blanks:
come from, like…very much, walk home, look happy, the answer to the question, play with, go running, half an hour, polite and helpful, take the bus, take…for a walk
1. Do you know ? Sorry, I don’t know.
2. We our teachers .
3. I watch TV for every day.
4. Daniel is . We all like him.
5. You today. I think your team wins again today.
6. Where does he , Beijing or Shanghai?
7. I my dog every day. I him after supper.
8. My home is near my school. So I after school.
9. We usually at the weekend. It’s good for us.
10. He is at the bus atop. He is going to school.
(1. the answer to the question 2. like ,very much 3. half an hour 4. polite and helpful 5. look happy 6.come from 7. play with, take, for a walk 8. walk home 9. go running 10. take the bus)
Revision 5
Ask Ss to finish Part A. Then check the answer with the whole class.(1. Do 2. are 3. Do 4. comes
5. Is 6. am 7. loves 8. is 9. Do 10. goes 11. love)
Read the dialogue together and act it out.
Go through the table on page 9. Ask Ss to sum up the rules of the simple present tense.
Step 2 Doing homework
1. Revise vocabulary and grammar of this unit.
2. Prepare for the coming test.