牛津译林版七年级英语下册Unit1 Dream homes教案（9课时）
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7B Unit1 Dream homes
单元总述
本单元是有关“梦想之家”这一主题内容。你有自己梦想的家吗？会使用英语来描述一些国家和首都、房屋和家居设施的名称吗？本单元介绍了具有实用功能的描述“梦想之家”的用语，并介绍了一些家中使用物的词汇，还介绍了基数词、序数词和介词。本单元通过问卷调查了解不同国家人的居住情况，启发同学们回想已学单词与新学词汇写一篇有关自己“梦想之家”的文章。
教学目标：
基础知识：
单词：dream, palace, capital, balcony, cushion, beach, sea, bunk, town, wooden, over, climb, ladder, quiet, rain, while, sitting room, street, share, friendly, above, dining room, grow, most, lie, cupboard, bookshelf, shower, lamp, wardrobe, sink, bath, basin, in front of, opposite, chalk, air conditioner, below, printer, shelf, top, tidy, sixteen, nineteen, seventy, ninety, thousand, million, arrive, seventh, sixth, come, exam, second, third, fourth, fifth, ninth, eleventh, twelfth, twentieth, sound, bathroom, mirror, afraid, still, message, at least, ground floor, swimming pool, football pitch
语法：序数词和基数词
基本技能：
通过听、说、读、写掌握本单元的对话、短文和相关词汇，并运用新词汇来谈论各自不同的居住情况。
情感态度：
激发学生对本单元话题的兴趣，在了解本单元学习的内容要点后，指导学生有效地学习和掌握国家、首都和家居的词汇；让学生在合作中体会集体智慧的力量，取长补短，共同进步；了解不同国家的居住条件和文化差异的时候，进行爱国主义教育，团结各国朋友。
学习策略：
综合应用和自主合作学习；通过图片和单词的配对，知道单词的意思以及国家和首都的配对；通过对词汇的归类，知道不同房间的家具设施；利用上下文语境及阅读技巧复习巩固所学知识。
文化意识：
充分掌握有关国家和首都，了解不同国家的居住条件和文化差异。
重点概览
重点词汇：dream, capital, beach, sea, town, wooden, over, climb, ladder, quiet, rain, while, sitting room, street, share, friendly, above, dining room, grow, most, lie, bookshelf, shower, lamp, bath, in front of, chalk, below, shelf, top, tidy, sixteen, seventeen, nineteen, seventy, ninety, thousand, million, arrive, seventh, sixth, come, exam, second, third, fourth, fifth, ninth, eleventh, twelfth, twentieth, sound, bathroom, afraid, still, message, at least, ground floor, swimming pool
重点句型：The capital of Japan is Tokyo. Your home is different from mine. I like your garden behind the kitchen. I share a room with my cousin. May I speak to…., please Who’s calling, please My phone number is …… Please ask him to call me. I’ll ask him to call you back.
重点语法：介词的用法，序数词和基数词
重点话题：How to make a telephone in English
重点任务：问卷调查不同国家人的居住情况并写一篇自己的梦想之家的短文。
教学设计
总体思路
在设计本单元教学时，采用了多种教学方式，比如在Listening中训练学生获取信息的能力，在Free-talk中训练学生的口语表达能力，在Reading中帮助学生提高提炼文章主旨大意的能力，培养他们根据语篇信息正确理解词汇和句子含义的能力及语言运用能力，通过填写表格等形式提高学生的阅读理解能力，最后通过调查报告这种手段来帮助完成本单元主要任务，把听、说、读、写等技能训练融入课堂教学当中，使学生丰富相关的语言知识和文化背景知识，并能运用课文中的精彩语句表达自己的思想和感受，来发展学生的综合语言运用能力。
2．课时计划
Unit 1 Dream homes
Comic strip and welcome to the Unit
Teaching aims and demands:
New words: dream, palace, capital
Teaching methods: task-based approach
Teaching task: 1. To talk about cities and countries.
2. To discuss where you would like to live
Teaching steps:
The first period
Step 1 Presentation:
1. Show a map of a world and ask:
What countries in the world do you know
Elicit the Ss to revise the names of the following countries:
The USA, the UK, Japan, France, Canada, New Zealand, England
2. Show some pictures of places of interest in the above countries. Here are some beautiful pictures. They are some of the most famous places in the world. Do you know where they are
3. Show a picture of Tian’anmen and ask:
What country is it in
What city is it in
Teach “capital”
4. Do you know the capital cities of the countries in Part A . look at the capital cities in the right column and match them with the correct countries.
5. Followed the new words
6. Ask: what city is the capital of the USA Help the students answer: The capital of the USA is Washington DC.
7. Get the students to finish the exercises on Page 7
Step II Practice:
Pair work:
What country is it in
It’s in Japan.
Do you know the capital of Japan
Yes, the capital of Japan is Tokyo.
Report their Pair work.
Step III Presentation
What country would you like to live in What city would you like to live in Present the structure “I’d like to live in…”
Here are two places. One is a restaurant and the other is a palace. Show the pictures and present the new word “palace”. Which place would you like to live
What about Eddie Where do you think Eddie would like to live
Step IV Listening
Ask the Ss to listen to the tape and answer: where would Eddie like to live
Listen again and answer the following questions:
Why would Eddie’s like to live next to a restaurant
Which is Eddie’s favorite restaurant
Why does he like the biggest one
Read after the tape.
Step V Acting
Ask the students to act it out and encourage them to add something according to their imagination.
Reading
Teaching aims and demands:
New words: balcony, beach, sea, town, wooden, over, climb, ladder , quiet, rain, while, sitting room, street, share, friendly, above, dining room, grow, most, lie
Teaching methods: task-based approach
Teaching task: 1. To read and learn about different types of homes and lifestyles..
2. To obtain details about homes in different countries.
3. To respond to the text by making statements about the foreign students’ activities.
4. Write an article to introduce their own homes, using the four home pages as a model.
Teaching aids: tape recorder, tapes, pictures
The Second period
Step I Warming-up
We know Eddie would like to live next to a restaurant, because he likes eating, maybe.
There are four places where would your like to live .Now let’s look at the picture: a flat , a house ,a palace and a restaurant.
Step II Pre-reading activities
Tell the Ss: You know I live in a flat, but my dream home isn’t a flat, because it is too small. I wouldn’t like to live in a palace became it is too big. I would like to live in a house like this.[Show a picture of a two-floor wooden house]
Look, Here is a beautiful home. It’s made of wood. It’s a two-floor wooden house. It’s my dream home. It isn’t in a big city. It is in a town and near the sea. When I’m free, I can walk on the beach and enjoy the sunshine. Do you like my dream home
[Write down the new words on the Bb, and followed]
Ask: what rooms do I need in my dream home Help the students to revise the following words: bedroom, sitting room, living room, dining room, bath kitchen , garden study
What can we do in ---------of these rooms
Group work
Do you live in a flat or in a house
What rooms do you have
What do you usually do in each of these rooms
Step III While-reading
Introduction :
In China, most of us live in tall buildings. What about people in other countries Do you want to know the homes in different countries
Today, we will read four home pages of four foreign students. They would like to tell us something about their homes. Now please listen to their home pages. What are their names Where are they from Now let’s listen to the tape and find them out.
Listen and match:
a. Stephen U.K
b. Anna Thailand
c. Madee U.S.A
d. Neil Russia
Now we know they are Stephen, Madee, Neil and Anna. Let’s open the book and listen to the tape again and circle the new words and pay attention to the pronunciation.
Read aloud
Ask the students to read after the tape.
Homework: answer the following questions, and make questions as many as possible:
a. Stephen :
Where is he from
Which is his favorite place
Where does he chat with friends
b. Madee:
Where does she live
Where is her house
Who lives with her in her house
c. Neil:
Where is Neil from
What is his favourite room
What does his mother do in his favourite room
d. Anna:
Where does she live
What does she like to do after dinner
Does she have her own bedroom
The third period
Step I While-reading:
Describe my own dream home again to help the students go over the words and expressions.
Last period we learnt 4 persons in different countries. Who are they Where does he/she live What is his/her favourite room
Read together.
Have the students make questions and choose some students to answer.
Complete the following sentences using the new words.
a. In most homes, people cook meals in the .
b. We usually put the sofa in the .
c. is a good place to chat with friends.
d. Sitting on the big is very comfortable.
e. We can climb the tall tree with a .
6. please do some “T” or “F” exercises. Check the answers with the whole class.
1. Stephen lives near the sea.
2. There are more than ten rooms in Stephen’s house.
3. Maddee lives in a wooden house in the hills.
4. Maddee has a small family.
5. Neil has a TV in the kitchen.
6. Neil’s dog sleeps in the sitting room.
7. Anna’s flat is on a busy street.
8. Anna shares a bedroom with her brother.
9. Stephen’s favourite place is the balcony.
10. Anna lives in a large flat.
Fill in the table:
Stephen Madee Neil Anna
Where is he/she from
Where is his/her home
What is his/her favourite room
What can he/she do at home
What else do you know about him/her
Step II Post-reading:
Finish b2, c1 & c2.
Ask the students to retell the passage according to the above table.
3. Language points
a. We love to sit on the floor and look out at the beach and the sea.
look out (of) …
e.g. Don’t look out of the window in class.
look at / look around / look for / look like / look forward to / look after / look up
2. I live with my family in a wooden house.= I live with my family in a house made of wood.
wooden(adj.) → wood (n.)
e.g. We need some wooden chairs.
This house is made of wood.
3. I climb a ladder to get into my house. =I get into my house with a ladder.
①e.g. I often go to her house to see Uncle Li.
Daniel often goes to the shopping mall to play computer games.
② get into → get out of
get into the car get out of the car
4. I do not have my own bedroom.
own(adj./v.) → owner (n.)
e.g. I see with my own eyes.
Who’s the owner of this pen = Who owns this pen
5. My family and I often sit in the kitchen while my mother makes dinner.
e.g. I am reading books while my brother is watching TV.
She called while you were out.
6. I share a bedroom with my sister.
share sth with sb
e.g. The boy shared his toy with other children
share in sth
e.g. We should share in our sorrows as well as joys.
7. Our neighbours are friendly and we are happy here.
be friendly to sb
e.g. People are usually friendly to foreign friends.
8.Simon is writing down the meaning of some of the words.
①write + n. +down=write down +n. write it /them down
e.g. Can you write down the words on your book
= Can you write the words on your book
OK, I’ll write them down.
②meaning (n.) → mean(v.)
e.g. What’s the meaning of “quick = What does “quick” mean
9.A garden is the best place to grow flowers.
e.g. It’s really a good place to go.
I’m hungry. Do you have anything to eat
10.Stephen is lying on his beds.
lie → lying tie → tying die → dying
tell a lie
e.g. Don’t tell a lie any more . It’s not good for you.
Step III. Discussion (task)
Ask students to draw a picture of their homes. Students look at their pictures and talk about their homes.
Ⅵ.Sum-up
Go through the new words and the language points learnt during this lesson.
Ⅶ. Homework
1. Review the content of this lesson and finish the EXX on Page 1, 2, 3 4 in the Workbook
2. Write an article to introduce their own homes, using the four home pages as a model.
Vocabulary
Teaching aims and demands:
New words: armchair, shower, lamp, bath, coffee, bathroom, cupboard, sink, toilet, coffee table, bedside table
Teaching methods: task-based approach
Teaching task:
1. To master the names of these pieces of furniture.
2. To match the different pieces of furniture well with their own room.
The fourth period
Step I Warm up:
Check the homework.
Do you still remember the four students from different countries What countries are they from Where do they live What are their homes like
Step II Presentation:
Show a pictures of a bedroom and say:
Look! This is Stephen’s bedroom, what can you see in it Help the students to revise the names of different kinds of furniture and teach new words: bedside table, bookcase, and lamp.
A picture of a kitchen:
a. Where does Neil’s mother make dinner She makes dinner in the kitchen.
b. Where does Neil’s mother put the vegetables and meat She puts them in the fridge.
c. Where does she put the bowls and plates {Teach :fridge, cupboard}
3. A picture of a sitting room:
a. Where does Anna play games at home She plays games in the sitting room.
b. Here is a large sitting room What can you see in the sitting room {Armchair, sofa, coffee table}
4. A picture of a bathroom.
a. What room is also very important in a flat That is the bathroom. What can you usually see in a bathroom {Bath, toilet, sink, shower}
Step III Practice:
Followed the new words.
Help the students finish Ex a & Ex b.
Extensive words:
air conditioner, washing machine, carpet, fan, curtains, microwave oven, cushion, wardrobe, blinds.
Step IV Games;
Divide the whole class into 4 groups (bedroom, sitting room, bathroom, kitchen)
Play like this: student a: I have a bed in my bedroom. Student b: *** has a bed in his/her bedroom and I have a lamp in my bedroom. Student c: *** has a bed in his/her bedroom, *** has a lamp in his/her bedroom and I have a …. In my bedroom.
Homework:
Finish the EXX on Page 5 in the Workbook.
Label the things in your own home in English to help you learn the words by heart.
Grammar
Teaching aims and demands:
New words: Teaching aims and demands:
New words: opposite, below, shelf, top, tidy, sixteen, nineteen, seventy, ninety, thousand, million, arrive, seventh, sixth, come, exam, second, third, fourth, fifth, ninth, eleventh, twelfth, twentieth, sound, in front of, between… and… take… to..
Teaching difficulties: prepositions of place
Cardinal numbers & ordinal numbers
Teaching methods: task-based approach
Teaching task:
1.To use prepositions of place to identify specific locations of things..
2.To revise and use cardinal numbers in everyday situations , including phone numbers and amounts of money.
3.To understand the purpose of ordinal numbers in terms of ordering things and events.
4.To use ordinal and cardinal numbers to talk about schedules, dates, scores and results.
Teaching aids: some pictures
The fifth period
Step I Revision
1.Check the homework.
2. Revise the words about furniture by the pictures.
Step II Presentation
Using the pictures to present some prepositions like: above, at, behind, below, beside, between, in, in front of, inside, next to, on, opposite, over, under, and top.
Step III Practice:
Daniel’s classroom.(The picture on Page 13)
Here is a picture of Daniel’s classroom. What is in the classroom [in]
There is a blackboard in the classroom. Where is it It is on the wall.[on]
Practice in the same way: opposite, next to, in front of, between…and…
B. Work in pairs
Let the students work in pairs to ask and answer according to their real situation.
C. Kate’s bedroom (The picture on Page 13)
Simon has a photo from his pen friend Kate. It’s a photo of her bedroom. He is describing it to Amy on the photo. Look at the photo below and complete their conversation.
Step IV Production:
Talk about my sitting room. Look, this is a picture of my sitting room and dinning room. What can you see in the picture Please fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions.(The picture on Teachers’ book Page 12)
The TV is __________ the sofa. There is a coffee table ________ the TV________ the sofa. What’s beside the coffee table and the sofa That is an armchair. You can see three big windows _______ the door. ________ the door, there are some beautiful flowers.__________ the cupboard, there is a dinner table.
Say something about Mickey’s cool bedroom. (The picture on Teachers’ book Page 13)
Look, this is Mickey’s room. He is sitting ______ his armchair. The armchair is _________ the bookcase and the desk. _________ the desk, there is a lamp._______ the bookcase there are many books. Where is the dog It’s lying_________ the armchair. _________ the dog, there is a box. There are a lot of toys __________ it. Can you see the toy truck Yes, it’s _________ the box.
Writing something about your own bedroom. If time doesn’t permit, leave it as homework.
The sixth period
Step I Revision:
Check the students’ homework.
Ask the students to describe their own dream bedroom.
Step II Presentation:
Everyone has own dream bedroom. I really like it. What’s this It’s my son’s dream home. What does it look like It looks like numbers. (The picture on Teachers’ book Page 13)
What numbers can you see
Revise the numbers within 10 by gesture.
Can you read these numbers Teach: hundred, thousand, and million.
Step III Practice:
Get the students to finish Ex B1,B2 &B3.
Step IV Presentation:
Do you live in a tall building Which floor do you live on
How many children are there in your family Are you the first child or the second child in your family
Present the Ordinal number (first, second, third) in this way.
Present the expression of dates by asking: When is your birthday
Show a schedule and tell the students: Here is a plan from Mr. Smith for the following days. Read Mr. Smith’s plan and answer the questions:
Date Activity
May 1st Play football with my friends
2nd Go to see my parents
3rd Meet other salesman
4th Study cooking at a night school
5th Go to the cinema
6th Have dinner with my friends
7th Go shopping
Questions like these:
When does Mr. Smith want to play football with his friends
What does Mr. Smith want to do on the second of May
Write down the Cardinal number and Ordinal numbers on the blackboard and get the students to sum up the rules.
Step V Practice:
Help the students finish C1 and C2.
Ask and answer:
When can Neil & Simon visit the Great Wall
When can they go shopping in Wangfujing
…
When we play games, we always get scores. Look at the scores in Part C3. Who gets the most points
Step VI Language points:
1.the use of Prepositions
⑴above, over, on
above →(反) below表示位置高于某物在其上方，并不表示正上方。over →(反)under表示正方，指垂直上方上。on指两个事物表面接触，一个在另一个上面。
e.g. There’s a bridge over the river.
The plane flew above us.
There’s a book on the teacher’s desk.
⑵between, among
between一般指两者之间，among指三个或三个以上之间。
e.g. I am sitting between my parents.
I saw him among the students.
⑶in front of , in the front of
in front of →(反)behind 表示“在……前面”in the front of →(反) at the back of表示“在……前部”，指某一结构本体的前部。
e.g. There is a garden in front of the house.
The desk for the teacher is in the front of the classroom.
⑷beside = next to
e.g. David sits next to/beside me.
Finish off the exercise on page 9.
2. Cardinal numbers
We use cardinal numbers almost every day. We use them for lots of different things.
(1).基数词的读法：
⑴“几十几”十位和个位之间用“—”。e.g. 32 thirty-two
⑵101—999 百位和十位间加“and”.e.g. 928 nine hundred and twenty-eight
⑶1000以上的数，从后往前每三位一段，倒数第一个数读thousand，倒数第二个数读million，依次类推。e.g. 8,542,601 eight million, five hundred and forty-three thousand, six hundred and one
(2) .基数词的运用：
hundred, thousand, million, billion等一般用单数，但以下情况用复数：
a.表示不定数目：e.g. hundreds of millions of
b.表示“几十”的数词，其复数形式可以表示年龄或年代。
e.g. in his twenties in the thirties
3. Ordinal numbers
We can use ordinal numbers to to order things and events. We use them to talk about dates, floors, results, etc.
e.g. Uncle Jim will arrive on the seventh of June.
The restaurant is on the sixth floor.
Millie came first in the English exam.
⑴表示日期：e.g. 6月1日 on the first of June/ on June (the) first
⑵表示编号：e.g. lesson 5 the fifth lesson
⑶起副词作用，前无“the” e.g. Simon came first in the English exam.
⑷序数词前有限定词修饰时，不加“the”. e.g. This is my first lesson.
4. I’ll arrive in Beijing on Sunday.
arrive (vi.) arrive in(大地点)/at (小地点）= get to = reach
e.g. The train arrived an hour ago.
He arrives at school on time every day.=He gets to school on time every day.= He reaches school on time every day.
arrive there/ here/home =get there/ here/ home= reach there/ here/ home
5.I can’t wait to see you.
can’t wait to do sth
e.g. The boy can’t wait to turn on T V when he gets home..
6.That sounds great.
sound (taste/ smell/ look/ feel/get/ turn/ become)+ adj.
7. Where else are we going =What other places are we going
where/what/who…+else something/anything/nothing/someone…+else
e.g. Do you want anything else
We must find somebody else to do this job.
Integrated skills
Teaching aims and demands:
New words: bathroom, mirror, afraid , still, message
Key points: be different from May I speak to…, please
Who’s calling Can I take a message
Teaching methods: task-based approach
Teaching task:
1.To recognize words about homes, to identify items related to homes, to understand the location of rooms and furniture, to identify specific information about furniture items and to show understanding of relevant information by completing an e-mail
2.To develop grammar learning strategies and to use a recording system to help memorize grammatical structures.
Teaching aids: tape recorder, tapes, slide projector, slides
The seventh period
Step I Warm up
Do you still remember Neil Where I he from Where does he live
Do you think Neil’s home would look the same as homes in China What his home like do you want know more about his home
Step II Presentation
Show the pictures of Neil’s home, and say:
How many rooms does it have What are they
What else does it have
Let’s look at Photo a. this is Neil’s dinning room. What is in the dinning room What’s on the table Where are the chairs
Next let’s look at the Photo b. what’s in his garden
Photo c is his sitting room. Where is the TV in his sitting room What is on the wall
Photo d shows his kitchen. What can you see in it
Which photo is his bedroom What’s in his bedroom
Which photo is his bathroom Where is the shower What is near the toilet
Step III Listening
Pre-listening:
If you will have to introduce Neil’s home, what is your order
Listen to the tape to see what Neil’s order is.
while-listening:
The first time, put the pictures in the correct order.
The second time, judge the following sentences right or wrong:
1). Neil and his family don’t sit in the kitchen.
2). There is a garden behind the kitchen.
3). There is a large table in the dinning room.
4). Neil’s family watch TV in the dinning room.
5). The bathroom is new.
6). There is a lamp and some posters in Neil’s bedroom.
c. The third time, complete Neil’s article:
Hi, I’m Neil . I live in a small house. Please come and look ____.Let’s look at the ____ first. This is our ____ ____ .We spend ____ of time here. The sink and fridge are ____ _____ the wall, so we have a lot of space to ____ and ____. Our ____ is ____ the kitchen. There is a big tree in our garden. In ____, we often sit under the tree. Our ________ is next to the kitchen .We have a large table for _____ when my ______ come for lunch. We ____ our best plates, glasses, knives and forks in the ____. We always watch TV in our _____ _____ .We like ____ on the ____ and _____ because they’re very comfortable. This is my ____ .I have a ____ of my favorite football star a above my bed. I also have a ____ next to my bed on the bedside table so I _____ can read in bed. This is our new _____ .The bath, shower and toilet are all _____. There is a mirror in the shape of star _____ the basin.
Post-listening:
Read Neil’s article;
Can you introduce your home Can you bring some photos or pictures school and introduce it in English
The eighth period
Step I Practice:
Read Neil’s article together.
Write down the names of the things in Neil’s house.
Amy is writing to Neil. She wants to tell him about his video. Help her complete her e-mail with the correct words.
Now it’s your turn to talk about your own home.
Step II Presentation
That’s all for your homes, I think Neil’s home is cool and your homes are cool too. Simon’s home is also cool, now he is happy to talk on the telephone. Listen carefully and the following questions:
Who is he talking to
What is his home like
What is his new telephone number
Step III Introduction:
How to make a telephone call in English
May I speak to …
This is …
Who is calling, please
Is that….
Sorry, wrong number.
Can I have your number？
Step IV Pair work:
Read the dialogue between Daniel and Simon on Page 19.
Work in pairs to prepare a telephone call to introduce your own home.
Step V Acting:
Ask the students to act their dialogue.
Main task
Teaching aims and demands:
New words: at least, ground floor, swimming pool
Teaching methods: task-based approach
Teaching task:
1. Get the Ss to write an article about their dream home using Simon’s article as model.
2. To use a questionnaire to obtain some useful information.
3. To choose useful information and structure in writing your paper.
Teaching aids: tape recorder,
Teaching procedures:
The ninth period
Ⅰ. Warm-up
In this unit, we have learnt much about homes in different countries. Are your homes in Chins likes the homes in other countries
What kind of home do you live in, a house or a flat
How many floors are there in your home
How many rooms do you have in your home
What are they
Do you have a garden
Hoe many people are there in your home
What do you have at home
Ⅱ. Make a survey
Ask the Ss to read the questionnaires, then complete it with students’ own information.
Ask some students to report their questionnaires.
Do you like your own home Do you want a better one Do you have your own dream home You do have. Please finish this survey about your dream home.
What kind of home would you like to live in
How many rooms do you want to have in your dream home
What are rooms
Do you want to have a garden
How many people will live in your dream home
What do you want to have in your dream home
What do you want to do
Let the students discuss in groups to talk about their dream homes.
Step III Reading
1. Everyone has his or her dream home. So does Simon. Let’s listen to the tape and you will hear Simon’s article about his dream home. Please tell me how many rooms there are in Simon’s dream home.
2. Then students read it after the recording.
a. Ask them some specific questions to check comprehension.
⑴ How many floors does Simon’s dream home have
⑵ What is on the ground floor
⑶ What is on the second floor
⑷ What does Simon want to have in his dream home
⑸ Does he have a garden
⑹ What else does he have What can he do there
b. Give students 5-10minutes to discuss Simon’s dream home in pairs. And encourage students to say what they like and what they do not like in his home.
c. Language points:
(1). There are at least 25 rooms.
at least → at most
e.g. It will cost at least five dollars.
The little girl is two at least.
(2).This means that lots of people can stay with me.
e.g. The red lights mean “stop.”
His work means everything to him.
(3).There is a swimming pool which is 50 metres long.
(4).I have a room with twelve showers and four baths.
with(prep.) → without(prep.)
I have a foreign friend with brown hair.
His father often goes to work without (having ) breakfast.
Step IV. Writing
Ask students to write about their own dream home. Ask them to write down everything that they can think of associated with their dream home. Ask some able students to read their drafts in front of the class.
1. Review the contents of this lesson.
2. Finish your writing.
Study skills & Check out
Teaching aims and demands:
To develop grammar learning strategies and to use a recording system to help memorize grammatical structures.
To help the students revise the main task in this unit.
To revise how to describe the location by using prepositions.
To revise the use of Cardinal numbers and Ordinal numbers.
Teaching aids: tape recorder, tapes, slide projector, slides
Teaching Steps
The tenth Period
Step I Revision
1. Ask the students to make a telephone call to talk about what they would like to say.
2. Help the students to sum up how to make a telephone call in English.
Step II Presentation
Ask and answer:
Where do you live I live in a flat.
What does Neil’s mother do in the kitchen She makes dinner there.
Present Pattern I & Pattern II.
Present some more examples.
Step III Practice
1. Which are of Pattern I
Stephen always chats with his friend on the balcony.
Stephen has a big bedroom.
Madee doesn’t have own room.
Whose house is over the river
Neil can watch TV in the sitting room.
Where is Neil’s dog
Anna shares her bedroom with her sister.
2. Make a grammar pattern book
Write down some sentence patterns in a notebook.
Write the name of the pattern at the top of each page.
Write five different sentences using the pattern .
Use different colors to show the parts of the sentences.
Step IV Mainly revision:
how many countries do you know of in the world What is the capital of … Do you know where Stephen, Madee, Neil and Anna are from
Can you say something about these four foreign students’ homes
Now, let’s talk about your homes. What rooms do you have What do you have in your rooms and where do you put them
Step V Practice
1. Where are Millie’s things Revise how to describe the location by using prepositions.(Ex A)
2. Where does everyone live Revise the use of Cardinal numbers and Ordinal numbers.(Ex B)
单元总述
本单元是有关“梦想之家”这一主题内容。你有自己梦想的家吗？会使用英语来描述一些国家和首都、房屋和家居设施的名称吗？本单元介绍了具有实用功能的描述“梦想之家”的用语，并介绍了一些家中使用物的词汇，还介绍了基数词、序数词和介词。本单元通过问卷调查了解不同国家人的居住情况，启发同学们回想已学单词与新学词汇写一篇有关自己“梦想之家”的文章。
教学目标：
基础知识：
单词：dream, palace, capital, balcony, cushion, beach, sea, bunk, town, wooden, over, climb, ladder, quiet, rain, while, sitting room, street, share, friendly, above, dining room, grow, most, lie, cupboard, bookshelf, shower, lamp, wardrobe, sink, bath, basin, in front of, opposite, chalk, air conditioner, below, printer, shelf, top, tidy, sixteen, nineteen, seventy, ninety, thousand, million, arrive, seventh, sixth, come, exam, second, third, fourth, fifth, ninth, eleventh, twelfth, twentieth, sound, bathroom, mirror, afraid, still, message, at least, ground floor, swimming pool, football pitch
语法：序数词和基数词
基本技能：
通过听、说、读、写掌握本单元的对话、短文和相关词汇，并运用新词汇来谈论各自不同的居住情况。
情感态度：
激发学生对本单元话题的兴趣，在了解本单元学习的内容要点后，指导学生有效地学习和掌握国家、首都和家居的词汇；让学生在合作中体会集体智慧的力量，取长补短，共同进步；了解不同国家的居住条件和文化差异的时候，进行爱国主义教育，团结各国朋友。
学习策略：
综合应用和自主合作学习；通过图片和单词的配对，知道单词的意思以及国家和首都的配对；通过对词汇的归类，知道不同房间的家具设施；利用上下文语境及阅读技巧复习巩固所学知识。
文化意识：
充分掌握有关国家和首都，了解不同国家的居住条件和文化差异。
重点概览
重点词汇：dream, capital, beach, sea, town, wooden, over, climb, ladder, quiet, rain, while, sitting room, street, share, friendly, above, dining room, grow, most, lie, bookshelf, shower, lamp, bath, in front of, chalk, below, shelf, top, tidy, sixteen, seventeen, nineteen, seventy, ninety, thousand, million, arrive, seventh, sixth, come, exam, second, third, fourth, fifth, ninth, eleventh, twelfth, twentieth, sound, bathroom, afraid, still, message, at least, ground floor, swimming pool
重点句型：The capital of Japan is Tokyo. Your home is different from mine. I like your garden behind the kitchen. I share a room with my cousin. May I speak to…., please Who’s calling, please My phone number is …… Please ask him to call me. I’ll ask him to call you back.
重点语法：介词的用法，序数词和基数词
重点话题：How to make a telephone in English
重点任务：问卷调查不同国家人的居住情况并写一篇自己的梦想之家的短文。
教学设计
总体思路
在设计本单元教学时，采用了多种教学方式，比如在Listening中训练学生获取信息的能力，在Free-talk中训练学生的口语表达能力，在Reading中帮助学生提高提炼文章主旨大意的能力，培养他们根据语篇信息正确理解词汇和句子含义的能力及语言运用能力，通过填写表格等形式提高学生的阅读理解能力，最后通过调查报告这种手段来帮助完成本单元主要任务，把听、说、读、写等技能训练融入课堂教学当中，使学生丰富相关的语言知识和文化背景知识，并能运用课文中的精彩语句表达自己的思想和感受，来发展学生的综合语言运用能力。
2．课时计划
Unit 1 Dream homes
Comic strip and welcome to the Unit
Teaching aims and demands:
New words: dream, palace, capital
Teaching methods: task-based approach
Teaching task: 1. To talk about cities and countries.
2. To discuss where you would like to live
Teaching steps:
The first period
Step 1 Presentation:
1. Show a map of a world and ask:
What countries in the world do you know
Elicit the Ss to revise the names of the following countries:
The USA, the UK, Japan, France, Canada, New Zealand, England
2. Show some pictures of places of interest in the above countries. Here are some beautiful pictures. They are some of the most famous places in the world. Do you know where they are
3. Show a picture of Tian’anmen and ask:
What country is it in
What city is it in
Teach “capital”
4. Do you know the capital cities of the countries in Part A . look at the capital cities in the right column and match them with the correct countries.
5. Followed the new words
6. Ask: what city is the capital of the USA Help the students answer: The capital of the USA is Washington DC.
7. Get the students to finish the exercises on Page 7
Step II Practice:
Pair work:
What country is it in
It’s in Japan.
Do you know the capital of Japan
Yes, the capital of Japan is Tokyo.
Report their Pair work.
Step III Presentation
What country would you like to live in What city would you like to live in Present the structure “I’d like to live in…”
Here are two places. One is a restaurant and the other is a palace. Show the pictures and present the new word “palace”. Which place would you like to live
What about Eddie Where do you think Eddie would like to live
Step IV Listening
Ask the Ss to listen to the tape and answer: where would Eddie like to live
Listen again and answer the following questions:
Why would Eddie’s like to live next to a restaurant
Which is Eddie’s favorite restaurant
Why does he like the biggest one
Read after the tape.
Step V Acting
Ask the students to act it out and encourage them to add something according to their imagination.
Reading
Teaching aims and demands:
New words: balcony, beach, sea, town, wooden, over, climb, ladder , quiet, rain, while, sitting room, street, share, friendly, above, dining room, grow, most, lie
Teaching methods: task-based approach
Teaching task: 1. To read and learn about different types of homes and lifestyles..
2. To obtain details about homes in different countries.
3. To respond to the text by making statements about the foreign students’ activities.
4. Write an article to introduce their own homes, using the four home pages as a model.
Teaching aids: tape recorder, tapes, pictures
The Second period
Step I Warming-up
We know Eddie would like to live next to a restaurant, because he likes eating, maybe.
There are four places where would your like to live .Now let’s look at the picture: a flat , a house ,a palace and a restaurant.
Step II Pre-reading activities
Tell the Ss: You know I live in a flat, but my dream home isn’t a flat, because it is too small. I wouldn’t like to live in a palace became it is too big. I would like to live in a house like this.[Show a picture of a two-floor wooden house]
Look, Here is a beautiful home. It’s made of wood. It’s a two-floor wooden house. It’s my dream home. It isn’t in a big city. It is in a town and near the sea. When I’m free, I can walk on the beach and enjoy the sunshine. Do you like my dream home
[Write down the new words on the Bb, and followed]
Ask: what rooms do I need in my dream home Help the students to revise the following words: bedroom, sitting room, living room, dining room, bath kitchen , garden study
What can we do in ---------of these rooms
Group work
Do you live in a flat or in a house
What rooms do you have
What do you usually do in each of these rooms
Step III While-reading
Introduction :
In China, most of us live in tall buildings. What about people in other countries Do you want to know the homes in different countries
Today, we will read four home pages of four foreign students. They would like to tell us something about their homes. Now please listen to their home pages. What are their names Where are they from Now let’s listen to the tape and find them out.
Listen and match:
a. Stephen U.K
b. Anna Thailand
c. Madee U.S.A
d. Neil Russia
Now we know they are Stephen, Madee, Neil and Anna. Let’s open the book and listen to the tape again and circle the new words and pay attention to the pronunciation.
Read aloud
Ask the students to read after the tape.
Homework: answer the following questions, and make questions as many as possible:
a. Stephen :
Where is he from
Which is his favorite place
Where does he chat with friends
b. Madee:
Where does she live
Where is her house
Who lives with her in her house
c. Neil:
Where is Neil from
What is his favourite room
What does his mother do in his favourite room
d. Anna:
Where does she live
What does she like to do after dinner
Does she have her own bedroom
The third period
Step I While-reading:
Describe my own dream home again to help the students go over the words and expressions.
Last period we learnt 4 persons in different countries. Who are they Where does he/she live What is his/her favourite room
Read together.
Have the students make questions and choose some students to answer.
Complete the following sentences using the new words.
a. In most homes, people cook meals in the .
b. We usually put the sofa in the .
c. is a good place to chat with friends.
d. Sitting on the big is very comfortable.
e. We can climb the tall tree with a .
6. please do some “T” or “F” exercises. Check the answers with the whole class.
1. Stephen lives near the sea.
2. There are more than ten rooms in Stephen’s house.
3. Maddee lives in a wooden house in the hills.
4. Maddee has a small family.
5. Neil has a TV in the kitchen.
6. Neil’s dog sleeps in the sitting room.
7. Anna’s flat is on a busy street.
8. Anna shares a bedroom with her brother.
9. Stephen’s favourite place is the balcony.
10. Anna lives in a large flat.
Fill in the table:
Stephen Madee Neil Anna
Where is he/she from
Where is his/her home
What is his/her favourite room
What can he/she do at home
What else do you know about him/her
Step II Post-reading:
Finish b2, c1 & c2.
Ask the students to retell the passage according to the above table.
3. Language points
a. We love to sit on the floor and look out at the beach and the sea.
look out (of) …
e.g. Don’t look out of the window in class.
look at / look around / look for / look like / look forward to / look after / look up
2. I live with my family in a wooden house.= I live with my family in a house made of wood.
wooden(adj.) → wood (n.)
e.g. We need some wooden chairs.
This house is made of wood.
3. I climb a ladder to get into my house. =I get into my house with a ladder.
①e.g. I often go to her house to see Uncle Li.
Daniel often goes to the shopping mall to play computer games.
② get into → get out of
get into the car get out of the car
4. I do not have my own bedroom.
own(adj./v.) → owner (n.)
e.g. I see with my own eyes.
Who’s the owner of this pen = Who owns this pen
5. My family and I often sit in the kitchen while my mother makes dinner.
e.g. I am reading books while my brother is watching TV.
She called while you were out.
6. I share a bedroom with my sister.
share sth with sb
e.g. The boy shared his toy with other children
share in sth
e.g. We should share in our sorrows as well as joys.
7. Our neighbours are friendly and we are happy here.
be friendly to sb
e.g. People are usually friendly to foreign friends.
8.Simon is writing down the meaning of some of the words.
①write + n. +down=write down +n. write it /them down
e.g. Can you write down the words on your book
= Can you write the words on your book
OK, I’ll write them down.
②meaning (n.) → mean(v.)
e.g. What’s the meaning of “quick = What does “quick” mean
9.A garden is the best place to grow flowers.
e.g. It’s really a good place to go.
I’m hungry. Do you have anything to eat
10.Stephen is lying on his beds.
lie → lying tie → tying die → dying
tell a lie
e.g. Don’t tell a lie any more . It’s not good for you.
Step III. Discussion (task)
Ask students to draw a picture of their homes. Students look at their pictures and talk about their homes.
Ⅵ.Sum-up
Go through the new words and the language points learnt during this lesson.
Ⅶ. Homework
1. Review the content of this lesson and finish the EXX on Page 1, 2, 3 4 in the Workbook
2. Write an article to introduce their own homes, using the four home pages as a model.
Vocabulary
Teaching aims and demands:
New words: armchair, shower, lamp, bath, coffee, bathroom, cupboard, sink, toilet, coffee table, bedside table
Teaching methods: task-based approach
Teaching task:
1. To master the names of these pieces of furniture.
2. To match the different pieces of furniture well with their own room.
The fourth period
Step I Warm up:
Check the homework.
Do you still remember the four students from different countries What countries are they from Where do they live What are their homes like
Step II Presentation:
Show a pictures of a bedroom and say:
Look! This is Stephen’s bedroom, what can you see in it Help the students to revise the names of different kinds of furniture and teach new words: bedside table, bookcase, and lamp.
A picture of a kitchen:
a. Where does Neil’s mother make dinner She makes dinner in the kitchen.
b. Where does Neil’s mother put the vegetables and meat She puts them in the fridge.
c. Where does she put the bowls and plates {Teach :fridge, cupboard}
3. A picture of a sitting room:
a. Where does Anna play games at home She plays games in the sitting room.
b. Here is a large sitting room What can you see in the sitting room {Armchair, sofa, coffee table}
4. A picture of a bathroom.
a. What room is also very important in a flat That is the bathroom. What can you usually see in a bathroom {Bath, toilet, sink, shower}
Step III Practice:
Followed the new words.
Help the students finish Ex a & Ex b.
Extensive words:
air conditioner, washing machine, carpet, fan, curtains, microwave oven, cushion, wardrobe, blinds.
Step IV Games;
Divide the whole class into 4 groups (bedroom, sitting room, bathroom, kitchen)
Play like this: student a: I have a bed in my bedroom. Student b: *** has a bed in his/her bedroom and I have a lamp in my bedroom. Student c: *** has a bed in his/her bedroom, *** has a lamp in his/her bedroom and I have a …. In my bedroom.
Homework:
Finish the EXX on Page 5 in the Workbook.
Label the things in your own home in English to help you learn the words by heart.
Grammar
Teaching aims and demands:
New words: Teaching aims and demands:
New words: opposite, below, shelf, top, tidy, sixteen, nineteen, seventy, ninety, thousand, million, arrive, seventh, sixth, come, exam, second, third, fourth, fifth, ninth, eleventh, twelfth, twentieth, sound, in front of, between… and… take… to..
Teaching difficulties: prepositions of place
Cardinal numbers & ordinal numbers
Teaching methods: task-based approach
Teaching task:
1.To use prepositions of place to identify specific locations of things..
2.To revise and use cardinal numbers in everyday situations , including phone numbers and amounts of money.
3.To understand the purpose of ordinal numbers in terms of ordering things and events.
4.To use ordinal and cardinal numbers to talk about schedules, dates, scores and results.
Teaching aids: some pictures
The fifth period
Step I Revision
1.Check the homework.
2. Revise the words about furniture by the pictures.
Step II Presentation
Using the pictures to present some prepositions like: above, at, behind, below, beside, between, in, in front of, inside, next to, on, opposite, over, under, and top.
Step III Practice:
Daniel’s classroom.(The picture on Page 13)
Here is a picture of Daniel’s classroom. What is in the classroom [in]
There is a blackboard in the classroom. Where is it It is on the wall.[on]
Practice in the same way: opposite, next to, in front of, between…and…
B. Work in pairs
Let the students work in pairs to ask and answer according to their real situation.
C. Kate’s bedroom (The picture on Page 13)
Simon has a photo from his pen friend Kate. It’s a photo of her bedroom. He is describing it to Amy on the photo. Look at the photo below and complete their conversation.
Step IV Production:
Talk about my sitting room. Look, this is a picture of my sitting room and dinning room. What can you see in the picture Please fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions.(The picture on Teachers’ book Page 12)
The TV is __________ the sofa. There is a coffee table ________ the TV________ the sofa. What’s beside the coffee table and the sofa That is an armchair. You can see three big windows _______ the door. ________ the door, there are some beautiful flowers.__________ the cupboard, there is a dinner table.
Say something about Mickey’s cool bedroom. (The picture on Teachers’ book Page 13)
Look, this is Mickey’s room. He is sitting ______ his armchair. The armchair is _________ the bookcase and the desk. _________ the desk, there is a lamp._______ the bookcase there are many books. Where is the dog It’s lying_________ the armchair. _________ the dog, there is a box. There are a lot of toys __________ it. Can you see the toy truck Yes, it’s _________ the box.
Writing something about your own bedroom. If time doesn’t permit, leave it as homework.
The sixth period
Step I Revision:
Check the students’ homework.
Ask the students to describe their own dream bedroom.
Step II Presentation:
Everyone has own dream bedroom. I really like it. What’s this It’s my son’s dream home. What does it look like It looks like numbers. (The picture on Teachers’ book Page 13)
What numbers can you see
Revise the numbers within 10 by gesture.
Can you read these numbers Teach: hundred, thousand, and million.
Step III Practice:
Get the students to finish Ex B1,B2 &B3.
Step IV Presentation:
Do you live in a tall building Which floor do you live on
How many children are there in your family Are you the first child or the second child in your family
Present the Ordinal number (first, second, third) in this way.
Present the expression of dates by asking: When is your birthday
Show a schedule and tell the students: Here is a plan from Mr. Smith for the following days. Read Mr. Smith’s plan and answer the questions:
Date Activity
May 1st Play football with my friends
2nd Go to see my parents
3rd Meet other salesman
4th Study cooking at a night school
5th Go to the cinema
6th Have dinner with my friends
7th Go shopping
Questions like these:
When does Mr. Smith want to play football with his friends
What does Mr. Smith want to do on the second of May
Write down the Cardinal number and Ordinal numbers on the blackboard and get the students to sum up the rules.
Step V Practice:
Help the students finish C1 and C2.
Ask and answer:
When can Neil & Simon visit the Great Wall
When can they go shopping in Wangfujing
…
When we play games, we always get scores. Look at the scores in Part C3. Who gets the most points
Step VI Language points:
1.the use of Prepositions
⑴above, over, on
above →(反) below表示位置高于某物在其上方，并不表示正上方。over →(反)under表示正方，指垂直上方上。on指两个事物表面接触，一个在另一个上面。
e.g. There’s a bridge over the river.
The plane flew above us.
There’s a book on the teacher’s desk.
⑵between, among
between一般指两者之间，among指三个或三个以上之间。
e.g. I am sitting between my parents.
I saw him among the students.
⑶in front of , in the front of
in front of →(反)behind 表示“在……前面”in the front of →(反) at the back of表示“在……前部”，指某一结构本体的前部。
e.g. There is a garden in front of the house.
The desk for the teacher is in the front of the classroom.
⑷beside = next to
e.g. David sits next to/beside me.
Finish off the exercise on page 9.
2. Cardinal numbers
We use cardinal numbers almost every day. We use them for lots of different things.
(1).基数词的读法：
⑴“几十几”十位和个位之间用“—”。e.g. 32 thirty-two
⑵101—999 百位和十位间加“and”.e.g. 928 nine hundred and twenty-eight
⑶1000以上的数，从后往前每三位一段，倒数第一个数读thousand，倒数第二个数读million，依次类推。e.g. 8,542,601 eight million, five hundred and forty-three thousand, six hundred and one
(2) .基数词的运用：
hundred, thousand, million, billion等一般用单数，但以下情况用复数：
a.表示不定数目：e.g. hundreds of millions of
b.表示“几十”的数词，其复数形式可以表示年龄或年代。
e.g. in his twenties in the thirties
3. Ordinal numbers
We can use ordinal numbers to to order things and events. We use them to talk about dates, floors, results, etc.
e.g. Uncle Jim will arrive on the seventh of June.
The restaurant is on the sixth floor.
Millie came first in the English exam.
⑴表示日期：e.g. 6月1日 on the first of June/ on June (the) first
⑵表示编号：e.g. lesson 5 the fifth lesson
⑶起副词作用，前无“the” e.g. Simon came first in the English exam.
⑷序数词前有限定词修饰时，不加“the”. e.g. This is my first lesson.
4. I’ll arrive in Beijing on Sunday.
arrive (vi.) arrive in(大地点)/at (小地点）= get to = reach
e.g. The train arrived an hour ago.
He arrives at school on time every day.=He gets to school on time every day.= He reaches school on time every day.
arrive there/ here/home =get there/ here/ home= reach there/ here/ home
5.I can’t wait to see you.
can’t wait to do sth
e.g. The boy can’t wait to turn on T V when he gets home..
6.That sounds great.
sound (taste/ smell/ look/ feel/get/ turn/ become)+ adj.
7. Where else are we going =What other places are we going
where/what/who…+else something/anything/nothing/someone…+else
e.g. Do you want anything else
We must find somebody else to do this job.
Integrated skills
Teaching aims and demands:
New words: bathroom, mirror, afraid , still, message
Key points: be different from May I speak to…, please
Who’s calling Can I take a message
Teaching methods: task-based approach
Teaching task:
1.To recognize words about homes, to identify items related to homes, to understand the location of rooms and furniture, to identify specific information about furniture items and to show understanding of relevant information by completing an e-mail
2.To develop grammar learning strategies and to use a recording system to help memorize grammatical structures.
Teaching aids: tape recorder, tapes, slide projector, slides
The seventh period
Step I Warm up
Do you still remember Neil Where I he from Where does he live
Do you think Neil’s home would look the same as homes in China What his home like do you want know more about his home
Step II Presentation
Show the pictures of Neil’s home, and say:
How many rooms does it have What are they
What else does it have
Let’s look at Photo a. this is Neil’s dinning room. What is in the dinning room What’s on the table Where are the chairs
Next let’s look at the Photo b. what’s in his garden
Photo c is his sitting room. Where is the TV in his sitting room What is on the wall
Photo d shows his kitchen. What can you see in it
Which photo is his bedroom What’s in his bedroom
Which photo is his bathroom Where is the shower What is near the toilet
Step III Listening
Pre-listening:
If you will have to introduce Neil’s home, what is your order
Listen to the tape to see what Neil’s order is.
while-listening:
The first time, put the pictures in the correct order.
The second time, judge the following sentences right or wrong:
1). Neil and his family don’t sit in the kitchen.
2). There is a garden behind the kitchen.
3). There is a large table in the dinning room.
4). Neil’s family watch TV in the dinning room.
5). The bathroom is new.
6). There is a lamp and some posters in Neil’s bedroom.
c. The third time, complete Neil’s article:
Hi, I’m Neil . I live in a small house. Please come and look ____.Let’s look at the ____ first. This is our ____ ____ .We spend ____ of time here. The sink and fridge are ____ _____ the wall, so we have a lot of space to ____ and ____. Our ____ is ____ the kitchen. There is a big tree in our garden. In ____, we often sit under the tree. Our ________ is next to the kitchen .We have a large table for _____ when my ______ come for lunch. We ____ our best plates, glasses, knives and forks in the ____. We always watch TV in our _____ _____ .We like ____ on the ____ and _____ because they’re very comfortable. This is my ____ .I have a ____ of my favorite football star a above my bed. I also have a ____ next to my bed on the bedside table so I _____ can read in bed. This is our new _____ .The bath, shower and toilet are all _____. There is a mirror in the shape of star _____ the basin.
Post-listening:
Read Neil’s article;
Can you introduce your home Can you bring some photos or pictures school and introduce it in English
The eighth period
Step I Practice:
Read Neil’s article together.
Write down the names of the things in Neil’s house.
Amy is writing to Neil. She wants to tell him about his video. Help her complete her e-mail with the correct words.
Now it’s your turn to talk about your own home.
Step II Presentation
That’s all for your homes, I think Neil’s home is cool and your homes are cool too. Simon’s home is also cool, now he is happy to talk on the telephone. Listen carefully and the following questions:
Who is he talking to
What is his home like
What is his new telephone number
Step III Introduction:
How to make a telephone call in English
May I speak to …
This is …
Who is calling, please
Is that….
Sorry, wrong number.
Can I have your number？
Step IV Pair work:
Read the dialogue between Daniel and Simon on Page 19.
Work in pairs to prepare a telephone call to introduce your own home.
Step V Acting:
Ask the students to act their dialogue.
Main task
Teaching aims and demands:
New words: at least, ground floor, swimming pool
Teaching methods: task-based approach
Teaching task:
1. Get the Ss to write an article about their dream home using Simon’s article as model.
2. To use a questionnaire to obtain some useful information.
3. To choose useful information and structure in writing your paper.
Teaching aids: tape recorder,
Teaching procedures:
The ninth period
Ⅰ. Warm-up
In this unit, we have learnt much about homes in different countries. Are your homes in Chins likes the homes in other countries
What kind of home do you live in, a house or a flat
How many floors are there in your home
How many rooms do you have in your home
What are they
Do you have a garden
Hoe many people are there in your home
What do you have at home
Ⅱ. Make a survey
Ask the Ss to read the questionnaires, then complete it with students’ own information.
Ask some students to report their questionnaires.
Do you like your own home Do you want a better one Do you have your own dream home You do have. Please finish this survey about your dream home.
What kind of home would you like to live in
How many rooms do you want to have in your dream home
What are rooms
Do you want to have a garden
How many people will live in your dream home
What do you want to have in your dream home
What do you want to do
Let the students discuss in groups to talk about their dream homes.
Step III Reading
1. Everyone has his or her dream home. So does Simon. Let’s listen to the tape and you will hear Simon’s article about his dream home. Please tell me how many rooms there are in Simon’s dream home.
2. Then students read it after the recording.
a. Ask them some specific questions to check comprehension.
⑴ How many floors does Simon’s dream home have
⑵ What is on the ground floor
⑶ What is on the second floor
⑷ What does Simon want to have in his dream home
⑸ Does he have a garden
⑹ What else does he have What can he do there
b. Give students 5-10minutes to discuss Simon’s dream home in pairs. And encourage students to say what they like and what they do not like in his home.
c. Language points:
(1). There are at least 25 rooms.
at least → at most
e.g. It will cost at least five dollars.
The little girl is two at least.
(2).This means that lots of people can stay with me.
e.g. The red lights mean “stop.”
His work means everything to him.
(3).There is a swimming pool which is 50 metres long.
(4).I have a room with twelve showers and four baths.
with(prep.) → without(prep.)
I have a foreign friend with brown hair.
His father often goes to work without (having ) breakfast.
Step IV. Writing
Ask students to write about their own dream home. Ask them to write down everything that they can think of associated with their dream home. Ask some able students to read their drafts in front of the class.
1. Review the contents of this lesson.
2. Finish your writing.
Study skills & Check out
Teaching aims and demands:
To develop grammar learning strategies and to use a recording system to help memorize grammatical structures.
To help the students revise the main task in this unit.
To revise how to describe the location by using prepositions.
To revise the use of Cardinal numbers and Ordinal numbers.
Teaching aids: tape recorder, tapes, slide projector, slides
Teaching Steps
The tenth Period
Step I Revision
1. Ask the students to make a telephone call to talk about what they would like to say.
2. Help the students to sum up how to make a telephone call in English.
Step II Presentation
Ask and answer:
Where do you live I live in a flat.
What does Neil’s mother do in the kitchen She makes dinner there.
Present Pattern I & Pattern II.
Present some more examples.
Step III Practice
1. Which are of Pattern I
Stephen always chats with his friend on the balcony.
Stephen has a big bedroom.
Madee doesn’t have own room.
Whose house is over the river
Neil can watch TV in the sitting room.
Where is Neil’s dog
Anna shares her bedroom with her sister.
2. Make a grammar pattern book
Write down some sentence patterns in a notebook.
Write the name of the pattern at the top of each page.
Write five different sentences using the pattern .
Use different colors to show the parts of the sentences.
Step IV Mainly revision:
how many countries do you know of in the world What is the capital of … Do you know where Stephen, Madee, Neil and Anna are from
Can you say something about these four foreign students’ homes
Now, let’s talk about your homes. What rooms do you have What do you have in your rooms and where do you put them
Step V Practice
1. Where are Millie’s things Revise how to describe the location by using prepositions.(Ex A)
2. Where does everyone live Revise the use of Cardinal numbers and Ordinal numbers.(Ex B)