Unit 4 Having fun outside the School Lets have a picnic
The First Period
Ⅰ.Teaching Aims and Demands
1. Knowledge Objects
Key vocabulary.
Target language.
Oral practice.
2. Ability Objects
Listening skill.
Communicative competence.
Making telephone calls.
Making suggestions.
Ⅱ. Teaching Key Points
Key vocabulary: have a picnic, make plans, right away, be free, have to, visit, tell…about, must, first, forget, swim, Saturday, Sunday
Ⅲ. Teaching Difficulties
Target language
Whats up?
Are you free this Saturday?
Would you like to go out for a picnic?
How about…?
Lets….
Dont forget…
Ⅳ. Teaching Procedures
Step 1. Section A 1a Listen, read and say
1. Show a telephone (or draw a picture of one) to the students and say: "My telephone number is 4366783. What is your telephone number?"
2. Imitate the sound of the telephone ringing and show two pictures, saying: "This is Kangkang and this Jane. They are making a telephone call. Please listen to the tape."
Play the tape for the students. Play it again and ask the students to repeat.
Step 2. Section A 1b Work alone.
Show the table and tell the students: This is Janes plan. Please finish it according to the conversation.
Ask two students to write down their answer on the blackboard and check the answer.
Answers:
Time Activity
Tomorrow afternoon discuss the picnic
Saturday visit a friend
Sunday go out for a picnic
Step 3 Section A 1c Pair work
Give the students a few minutes to practice the conversation and ask two pairs to act it out.
Step 4 Section A 1d Work alone
Ask the students to find out the following sentences from the conversation in 1a:
1. Would you like to go out for a picnic?
2. Then how about this Sunday?
3. Lets discuss it in our classroom…
Tell the students when we make suggestions we can use the sentences and we can also use "Dont forget…"
Get the students to read Kangkangs plan and give him suggestions on the picnic.
Possible answers:
Dont forget your lighter.
Dont forget two pails.
Dont forget to have a discussion at 4: 30.
Dont forget to do shopping at 5:00.
Ask a group of students to read their answers one by one.
Step 5 Section A 2 ,A 3 Pair work
1. A 2 Pair work
Ask the students to number the sentences to make a telephone conversation.
Answers: 2,5,6,8,3,4,1,7,9
Check the answers with the students and let the students practice the conversation with their partner.
2. A 3 Pair work
Show Toms schedule and Marys schedule to the students and say: Suppose you are Tom and your partner is Mary. You want to invite Mary to go swimming with you. Make a telephone call.
Step 6 Summary and Homework
1. Review some key words and target language
have a picnic, make plans, right away, be free, have to, visit, tell…about, must, first, forget, swim, Saturday, Sunday
Whats up?
Are you free this Saturday?
Would you like to go out for a picnic?
How about…?
Lets….
Dont forget…
2. Homework: Write down the conversation in Step 6 on your exercise book.
Unit 4 Having outside the School Lets have a picnic
The Second Period
Ⅰ.Teaching Aims and Demands
1. Knowledge Objects
Key vocabulary.
Target language.
Oral practice.
2. Ability Objects
Listening skill.
Communicative competence.
Making telephone calls.
Ⅱ. Teaching Key Points
Key vocabulary: wrong, be not in, give her a message, call me back, tell …about,
Im sorry to bother you. This is Kangkang.
Ⅲ. Teaching Difficulties
Making telephone calls. Take a message.
Ⅳ. Teaching Procedures
Step 1 Revision
1. Greet the students as usual and check the homework.
2. Suppose your partner is Jim. You want to invite Jim to go shopping with you. Make a telephone call. Ask two pair of the students to make a telephone call to revise Section A.
Step 2 Section B 1 Listen, read and say
1. Ask the students: "If Jim is not in and his father answers the telephone, what will you say to his father?"
Collect the following phrases:
call me back, give …a message, tell him the number, speak to etc.
Ask the students to read the new phrases.
2. Say: Jane makes a telephone call, please listen to tape and answer the questions:
Who does she want to speak to?
Who answers the telephone call?
3. Play the tape and get the students to find out the answers to the questions. Play the tape and and let the students to repeat the conversation.
3. Ask the students to read the conversation in pairs.
Step 3 Section B 2a and 2b Work alone and Pair work
1. Tell the students: You are going to listen to a telephone call but there are some sentences are missing, please listen to the tape and choose the correct sentences to fill in the blanks. Then check the answers.
2. Pair work.
Listen again and check your answers. Then practice with your partner.
Answers:
A: 2. Hello?
B: 3. May I speak to Li Ming, please?
A: Sorry, Li Ming is not here now. 4. Can I give him a message?
B: Thanks. This is A. 1. Could you ask him to give me a call?
A: Sure. 5. Does he have your number?
B: No, he doesnt. My phone number is 5563677.
A: 5563677. OK. 6. Ill give him the message.
B: Thank you.
Step 4 Section B 4 Listen read and say
1. Ask a student to make a dialogue with the teacher.
Sample:
S1: Hello. May I speak to Kate?
T: I beg your pardon?
S1: May I speak to Kate?
T: Kate? Theres no Kate here.
Ask: "Whats the matter?" Get the students to answer: S1 dials the wrong number.
2. Play the tape for the students to listen and repeat the conversation.
3. Ask the students to read the conversation in pairs and then act it out.
Step 5 Section B 5 Work alone
Show the following message on the screen and then ask the students to finish the telephone call.
