Unit 1 Where did you go on vacation?
Period 3 Section B 1a~1e
I. Teaching Aims:
1.Knowledge aims:
Key words and phrases: Malaysia, Malaysian, Georgetown, Word Quay, Penang Hill,
Key sentences: Where did she go on vacation?
Did she do anything special?
What did she do there?
How was the food? How were the people?
2. Ability aims: Ss learn to discuss their vacations including the places, the food, the people, the weather and so on. Ss improve their listening and speaking skills.
3. Emotional aims: Ss share the vacations and know more about different places.
II. Teaching important and difficult points
Ss master and use key words and sentences correctly.
Ss improve their listening and speaking skills.
Ss learn to talk more about their vacations and exchange their feelings.
Ⅲ. Teaching Aids: mufti-media, tape
Ⅳ. Teaching Procedure
Teacher’ s activities
Ss’ activities
Purposes
Step 1. Revision and lead - in
Ask : Where did Helen go on vacation?
What did she do there?
Where is Huangguoshu Waterfall?
Ss role play the conversation in 2d
1.To help Ss to consolidate the knowledge they have learned
2. To present a new lesson.
Step 2. Presentation
Show Ss some pictures of different places
Teach the names of these places.Imagine they have been to one of these places.
Ask: Where did you go on vacation?
Did you go shopping? What (else) did you do?
How was the weather / the food?How were the people / the stores/beaches?
Ss learn to say the names of these places:Malaysia, Georgetown Weld Quay. Penang Hill,
Ss imagine what they did in one of the places and answer the questions.
Imagination can provide Ss with more topics
Step 3. Work on 1e
Say : Suppose you went to one of the places. You can use the conversation above as a model.
While some are acting, you should listen carefully and take notes then say something about the vacation you hear.
List the description words the students use on the Bb.
Ss work in pairs to make conversations. They regard the conversation above as a model.
Ss share their vacations. The others listen carefully and say something about the conversations they hear like this : Tom went to …, he took … The weather was …
1.To help Ss to consolidate the knowledge they have learned and improve their listening and speaking skills.
2.To develop good listening habits.
Step 4. Work on 1a and 1b
Say: Just now, we used different words to describe our vacations. Can you divide these words into two groups according two kinds of symbols.
How about the words in 1a?
Tell Ss that we can use these two kinds of description words to describe our vacations.
Ss divide the words on Bb into two groups according two kinds of Symbols .
Ss finish 1a and 1b.
To help students understand the usage and meanings of description words.
Step 5. Listening
Say: We can use description words to describe our feelings about vacation. So did Lisa. Listen to 1d. What description words did Lisa use to describe her vacation.
Do you want to know more about Lisa’s vacation?
Ss listen to the tape and finish 1d.
Ss Listen again and finish 1c.
To improve students’ listening skills.
Step 6. Pair work
Say: Read the conversation in 1c and 1d. (Teach “home cooking”) . Work in pairs to practice the conversation.
Tell Ss listen carefully when others are acting and give a report like this: Lisa went to Hong Kong. She … The food was ….
Ss read the conversation in 1c and 1d
Ss work in pairs to ask and answer questions using: Where did … What did she … ? Did she …? How was…? How were …? Then act out .
1.To improve students’ listening skills and speaking skills.
1. To help Ss to consolidate the sentence structure.
Step 7. Homework
1. Read the conversation in 1b and 1c.
2. Make a conversation with their partner using the questions in 1e.
3. Workbook 1 Period 3.
Bb design
Unit 1 Where did you go on vacation?
Period 3
Where did … go?
… Went to Hong Kong / Malaysia / Georgetown / Weld Quay Penang Hill/
What did … do?
... took quite a few photos
took a walk.
bought something special.
How was the …/ were the …?
It was .../They were...
Teaching reflections
