Unit 6
I’m going to study computer science.
Section A
This unit mainly talks about life goals and future intentions. It is a good and elementary teaching material for Chinese students continue to develop their language fun_ction and grammar knowledge. Students may be interested in it.
【Knowledge objectives】
1. Ss will be able to master the following curriculum words and phrases:
Cook, doctor, engineer, violinist, driver, pilot, pianist, scientist, grow up, be sure about, make
sure, college, education, medicine, university, London, article, send
2. Ss will be able to use the target languages freely.
-- What do you want to be when you grow up?
-- I want to be a ...
-- How are you going to do that?
-- I am going to ...
【Ability objectives】
1. Ss will be able to use “be going to” to talk about future intentions and try to master the future tense: be going to
2. Ss will be able to improve their listening skills by predicting、grasping the key words and taking
notes.
【Moral objectives】
Help students build up the positive attitude towards life goals and work for them.
【Teaching key points】
Ss will be able to talk about life goals and future intentions using “want to do” and “be going to”.
【Teaching difficulties】
1. Ss might find it a little difficult to learn some key phrases.
2. Ss might find it a little difficult to use “be going to” and master the future tense: be going to.
教学过程
Step1. Warm-up and leading-in
1. Greet the class.
2. Tell Ss I had a dream when I was a little child. Guess what it is.
3. Tell them though my hard-working, my dream came true when I grew up. I am a teacher now. Ask what they want to be when they grow up. Let them think of more jobs they have already known.
4. Show the language goal and tell Ss the first step to success is “Setting goals.”
Step2. Presentation
1. Show the pictures and learn new words.
At the same time, teach “want to do”.
2. Guess the words from the unclear pictures one by one to have an overall review and do 1a.
3. Ask “Which job is suitable to the girl/boy?”
“Which job is popular in the USA?”
“Which job is a little dangerous? and so on.
4. Ask Ss “What do you want to be when you grow up?”, “How are you going to do that?”
Take “How are you going to be a computer programmer?” for example to each “future tense with be going to” and the actions like “take acting lessons”, “study math really hard”, “practice basketball” and so on.
5. Tell Ss the second step to success is “Working for it.”
Work in pairs to talk about more actions using “be going to”
Step3. Listening and speaking practice
Do 1b
1. Before listening, let Ss guess their dream jobs and call their attention to the listening skill: Predicting before listening can help you listen better.
2. Listen for the first time, let them write down the jobs then check the answers.
Call their attention to the listening skill：Grasp the key words and take notes.
3. Listen for the second time, let them fill in the blanks. Then check the answers
4. Listen for the third time, let them match the jobs and the items. Then check the answers.
After listening, do 1c.
1. Make a conversation with someone as an example. Then let Ss work in pairs and make their original conversations to talk about their future intentions
Remind Ss use the greeting words and modal particle like “well, oh, wow” and look at the other speaker to make the conversation more natural.
2. Invite some pairs to present the conversations.
Do 2a and 2b
1. Lead Ss look at the picture carefully and talk about 3 small pictures.
Ask what is Cheng Han going to do in each small picture.
2. Play the recording. Ask students to check the pictures of things Cheng Han is going to do in 2a.
Then check the answers.
3. Read the instructions for Ss to know what to do in 2a and how to do it.
Pay more attention to the 4 question words and try to guess the questions.
Before listening, tell Ss how to take notes during listening.
4. Play the recording twice and ask Ss to write their answers in the chart in 2b.
T may wish to pause the tape after key lines to allow Ss to finish writing their answers.
Then check the answers.
After listening, do 2c
Point to the questions and answers in 2b.
Ask Ss to make different questions and answers using the information in 2b.
Have them work in pairs to make a conversation about Cheng Han.
Step4. Consolidation
Activity 2d
1. Read the conversation in 2d and answer the questions.
What does Ken want to be? How is he going to become a writer? What does Andy want to be?
2. Listen to the conversation and answer another question
What is Ken’ advice to Andy?
Tell Ss the third step to success is “Trying your best.”
3. Explain language points in 2d.
4. Read the conversation after the tape. Then role-play it in pairs.
Do 3a
1. Lead Ss to have a look at the instruction and the sentences then read them to know what to do and how to do it.
2. Give them enough time to match the sentences in two columns. Then check the answers.
Do 3b
1. Read the conversation together. If they meet blank, please read blank.
2. Let Ss complete the conversation individually. Then check the answers.
Step5. Group work. 3c
1) Work in groups and fill in the wish cards.
2) Discuss their future plans.
3) The leader will report group members’ future plans.
4) Tell Ss the last step to success is “Working together.”
5) Help Ss build up positive attitude towards life goals and work for them.
Step6. Summary
1. Let Ss think of what they learnt in Section A.
2. Review the grammar box.
3. Summarize the grammar “Future with be going to”.
Step7. Homework
1. Interview your cousin and ask him / her about their dream jobs.
2. Survey the Internet and find out 3 most popular dream jobs in China and in the USA.
3. Finish the self-check.
课件38张PPT。人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 Warm up人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 I want to be a teacher when I grow up.人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 …BrainstormDo you know any jobs?人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 cook--What do you want to be when you grow up?Presentation --I want to be a/an …人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 doctor--What do you want to be when you grow up?--I want to be a/an …人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 engineer--What do you want to be when you grow up?--I want to be a/an …人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 violinist--What do you want to be when you grow up?--I want to be a/an …人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 driver--What do you want to be when you grow up?--I want to be a/an …人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 pianist--What do you want to be when you grow up?--I want to be a/an …人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 pilot--What do you want to be when you grow up?--I want to be a/an …人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 scientist--What do you want to be when you grow up?--I want to be a/an …人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 computer programmer--What do you want to be when you grow up?--I want to be a/an …computer programmerdoctorengineerviolinistdriverpilotpianistscientistcook人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 Do you think these jobs are interesting? Rank them[1-12]
(1is most interesting, 12 is least interesting.)人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 A: How are you going to be a … ?B: I am going to … study computer sciencepractice basketballstudy math welltake acting classesWorking for it人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 -- How are you going to be a … ? -- I am going to …
be going to The simple future tense
一般将来时(am is are)人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 Listen and write down 4 jobs you hear in the 4 conversations on the line.1234actor computer programmer doctorengineer Listening skills
Predicting before listening can help you listen better.Listening and speaking practice 人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 Listen and fill in the blanks. Then match the items.actingcomputerbasketballmathListening and speaking practice 人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 Listening and speaking practice A: What do you want to be when you grow up?
B：I want to be a …
A：How are you going to do that?
B：I am going to …Practice the conversation in the picture. Then make conversations about the other jobs. 人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 Listening and speaking practice Listen. What is Cheng Han going to do? Check (√ ) the correct boxes in the picture.√ √ 人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 Listening and speaking practice Listen again . What are Cheng Han’s plans for the future? Complete the chart .Cheng Han wants to be a teacher.He is going to move to Shanghai.He is going to learn how to teach children.He is going to finish high school and college first.人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 Listening and speaking practice Ask and answer questions about Cheng Han’s plans.A: What does Cheng Han want to be?
B: He wants to be…
A: How is he going to be a teacher?
B: …人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 Consolidation Andy: What are you reading, Ken?
Ken: The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway.
Andy: Wow, now I know why you’re so good at writing stories.
Ken: Yes, I want to be a writer.
Andy: Really? How are you going to become a writer?
Ken: Well, I’m going to keep on writing stories, of course.
What do you want to be?
Andy: My parents want me to be a doctor, but I’m not sure about that.
Ken: Well, don’t worry. Not everyone knows what they want to be.
Just make sure you try your best.
Then you can be anything you want!
Andy: Yes, you’re right.AndyKen
1. What does Ken want to be?
2. How is he going to become a writer?
3. What does Andy want to be?
Read and answer the questions.人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 Consolidation AndyKen 1. What does Ken want to be?
2. How is he going to become a writer?
3. What does Andy want to be?
He wants to be a writer. He’s going to keep on writing stories. His parents wants him to be a doctor.
But he’s not sure about that. Read and answer the questions.人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 Consolidation Andy: What are you reading, Ken?
Ken: The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway.
Andy: Wow, now I know why you’re so good at writing stories.
Ken: Yes, I want to be a writer.
Andy: Really? How are you going to become a writer?
Ken: Well, I’m going to keep on writing stories, of course.
What do you want to be?
Andy: My parents want me to be a doctor, but I’m not sure about that.
Ken: Well, don’t worry. Not everyone knows what they want to be.
Just make sure you try your best.
Then you can be anything you want!
Andy: Yes, you’re right.AndyKenWhat is Ken’s advice to Andy?人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 1. The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway.
此处介词by是“由……所著”之意。
a short story by Lu Xun 鲁迅写的一部短篇小说
the music by Mozart 莫扎特写的音乐
paintings by Van Gogh 梵高画的画Language points 人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 Language points 2. Wow, now I know why you’re so good at writing stories.
be good at = do well in 在某方面擅长
eg: I am good at English. 我擅长英语。
He is good at playing table tennis. 他擅长打乒乓球。人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 Language points 3. I’m going to keep on writing stories, of course.
keep on doing sth = go on doing sth
继续表示动作反复，强调动作与动作之间有间隔，常与表示短暂动作的动词连用。
eg: He kept on repeating ( 重复）these words over and over.
他一遍又一遍重复这几句话.人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 Language points 4. …, but I’m not sure about that.
be sure about/of 确信
eg: We cannot be sure about the changes in the future.
我们无法确定未来会发生什么变化。
be sure to do … be sure that …人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 Language points 5. Just make sure you try your best.
make sure 确保
eg: Make sure you wash your hands before meal.
确保饭前洗手。
try one's best to do sth = do one’s best to do sth
尽某人最大的能力干某事
eg: He tried his best to finish the work.人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 Consolidation Andy: What are you reading, Ken?
Ken: The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway.
Andy: Wow, now I know why you’re so good at writing stories.
Ken: Yes, I want to be a writer.
Andy: Really? How are you going to become a writer?
Ken: Well, I’m going to keep on writing stories, of course.
What do you want to be?
Andy: My parents want me to be a doctor, but I’m not sure about that.
Ken: Well, don’t worry. Not everyone knows what they want to be.
Just make sure you try your best.
Then you can be anything you want!
Andy: Yes, you’re right.AndyKenListen, read and role-play the conversation.人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 Consolidation Match what these people want to do with what they are going to do .ehfdacgb人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 Consolidation Match what these people want to do with what they are going to do .when want How going Where going study When start人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 Group work Sb’s Wish card Report like this : In my group, A wants to be a,she is going to …. B wants to be a … We hope our dream will come true one day.人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 How to plan for
a successful future
1. Set goals .
2. Work for it .
3. Try your best .
4. Work together.Hold fast to dreams.
They will come true one day!
紧紧抓住梦想，总有一天梦想会成真。 人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 Summary 人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 be + going to+动词原形”表示计划或根据某些现象或征兆预测不久即将发生的事情。含有“打算”之意。常与tomorrow,?next?Sunday,?next?month, the?day?after?tomorrow等表示将来的时间状语连用。Summary 1. be going to的肯定式是“主语 + be going to + do (动词原形) + ...”
2. be going to的否定式是在助动词be后加not，即：
主语 + be + not + going to + do +...
3. be going to的疑问式是把助动词be移到句首，即：
Be + 主语 + going to do+...？人民教育出版社 八年级 | 上册 1. Finish the self-check.
2. Interview your cousin and ask him / her their
dream jobs.
3. Surf the Internet and find out 3 most popular
dream jobs in China and in the USA.
Homework
