Teaching Plan for U11
Teaching aims:. Talk about past events
Grammar: 1. Past Tense
2. Use past tense to describe a trip.
*Structure:
1. How was your school trip
2. It was great!
3. Did you go to the zoo
4. Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.
5. Did Carol ride a horse
6. Yes, she did. / No, she didn’t.
7. Were the strawberries good
8. Yes, they were./ No, they weren’t.
*Vocabulary: refer to the wordlist n P128
Phrases: go for a walk, milk a cow, ride a horse, feed chickens, talk with, take photos, show… around, in the countryside, go fishing, at night, climb a mountain, a fire station, go on a trip, along the way, play chess, a lot of , all in all, on the train, be interested in, it is difficult to do sth, not… at all
*Writing: to write about diary entry about a school trip using past tense.
*Sentences for writing:
1) I think the school trip was terrible/ great/interesting.
2) We took the train to the museum.
3) The museum was big and boring.
4) Everything was about robots. And I am (not) interested in that.
5) I didn’t know that robots could play chess.
6) I learned a lot/ nothing about robots.
7) I liked the trip very much./ I don’t like it at all.
Use the following words to write a paragraph (at least 80 words):
trip, interested, take, visit, really
*Passage to recite: P62 2d
Teaching procedures:
Period 1: Grammar: Past Tense
Definition: A verb ( http: / / grammar. / od / tz / g / verbterm.htm ) tense ( http: / / grammar. / od / tz / g / tenseterm.htm ) (the second principal part ( http: / / grammar. / od / pq / g / prinptsterm.htm ) of a verb) indicating action that occurred in the past and which does not extend into the present.
一般过去时表示过去某个时间或某一段时间内发生的动作或存在的状态。
II. Form: The simple past tense of regular verbs ( http: / / grammar. / od / rs / g / regverbterm.htm ) is marked ( http: / / grammar. / od / mo / g / Markedness.htm ) by the ending -d, -ed, or -t.Irregular verbs ( http: / / grammar. / od / il / g / irregularvterm.htm ) have a variety of endings.
e.g.
Regular Irregular
+ed+ d+ ied双写+ed work---workedsave---savedstudy---studiedstop---stopped is--- was; are---werehave--- haddo --- dideat --- ate
III.Sentence Structure:
The sentences using past tense usually have the following time phrases.
yesterday; the day before yesterday; yesterday morning
Last+….: last week; last month; last year
ago: five years ago; three days ago
in/during/on + 过去的时间: in 1890; during 1800s; yesterday morning; on that day
At that time; Once upon a time; then; in the past
IV. Exercises (refer to the exercise paper)
Period 2-3: Section A
Teaching material: section A
Lead in : the life in the countryside
Q1: Did you go on a trip in the countryside
Q2:What did people do when they worked on a farm
T: We are going to go on a trip in the countryside in two weeks. Let’s expect what you will do there.
T: Carol went on a school trip on a farm. Let’s see what she did.
1a Match the phrases with the picture.
Pay attention to the past tense (irregular):
Go---went; ride---rode; feed--- fed; take---took
3. 1b Listen and circle the three things Carol did on her school trip in 1a.
Pair Work: 1c
A: Did Carol take any photos
B: Yes, she did.
4. Listening and Oral practice.
a) 2a Listen and check the questions you hear.
b) 2b Listen again and circle T for true or F for false.
c) Pair-work. Ask and answer about Carol’s visit to the farm.
A: What did Carol do
B: She picked some strawberries.
A: Did she learn a lot about farming
B: Yes, she did. / No, she didn’t.
( The teacher can give the target language)
e.g. What/Carol/ do
What /farmer/ grow
Farmer/ grow/ apples
d) Key Points:
1. show sb. around 带领某人参观,
My friend showed me around the zoo.
2.learn a lot about 学会很多关于…
3.grow apples种植苹果 grow strawberries/crops
plant trees 种树
plant侧重种植动作,grow侧重培育的过程
花草:grow/plant
树木:plant
农作物:grow
4.pick v. 摘
pick up 捡,拾, 接
Notes
Farms: In the US, many children will never have visited a farm. This is especially true if they are from a large city. Although city farms are becoming more common, they usually just have a few animals such as chickens and pigs. There are many different types of farms across the US.
e.g. dairy farms where cows produce milk
grain farms where crops such as wheat are grown to make bread
fruit and vegetable farms where fruit such as apples and oranges are grown.
2d Conversation
Listen to the conversation and answer the following questions:
Where did Eric go last weekend
Why did he go there
What did he do
How was the weather there
What did he do at night
How did Eric feel about the trip
Listen and read along with the tape
Key Points:
1.countryside n. 农村,乡下
country n. 国家;农村
in the country = in the countryside
country 可用作形容词,country 则不行
e.g. country music/ road
2. go fishing
go doing: go fishing; go boating; go shopping; go skating…
3.so much fun 太好玩了
e.g. Look, Peter. The children are having so much fun.
4. lucky you= you are lucky
Lucky me/him!
c) Role- play the conversation of 2d and recite 2d.
Grammar Focus
Have students read the sentences. Pay attention to the past tense.
Review the regular verbs and irregular verbs.
More irregular verbs refer to P141
7. plete Jim;s letter on the left and Bill’s reply on the right.
8. Chain Story 3b
a) Have students work in groups. Make up a story. Each student adds a sentences.
b) The group finishes the story in the shortest time wins.
S1: Last week I visited my aunt’s house.
S2: The weather was beautiful.
S3: We went fishing
S4: …
8. Homework.
a) Copy the sentences from Grammar Focus.
b) Recite 2d.
Period 4-5 Section B
Teaching material: Section B
Teaching procedures
1. Review by checking recitation of 2d
2. Lead in.
T: Beside the countryside, we may also go to other places for our school trip.
1a. Match the activities with the pictures.
3. 1b. Listen and answer the question.
1c. Listen again. What did Jane and Tony do on their last school trip. Check Tony or Jane.
Pair work.
What was your last school trip like Discuss with your partner and make conversations
A: How was your last school trip
B: We went to ...
A: That sounds good. What did you do
B: I … What about you
A: I ...
5. 2a. Find the words to describe the good things and the words to describe the bad things.
6. Reading.
a) Read Helen’s and Jim’s diary entries and answer the questions.
1. Did Helen and Jim go on the same trip
2. How do they feel about the trip.
b) Read again and complete the chart.
Key points:
* along the way沿路
* play chess with sb.
* teach v.
teach sb. sth.
teach sb. to do sth.
teach sb. how to do sth.
E.g. Mr. Brown teaches us math.
He taught her to draw pictures.
The robots teach them how to play chess.
* take photos
* buy... for
e.g. I buy some lovely presents for my parents.
*all in all 总的来说
Similar phrases: in a word, in short, anyhow
E.g. All in all, it was an interesting movie.
* slow train 慢车
* be interested in
I am really interested in the trip.
*It was difficult (for me) to take photos
It was +adj.+ for sb. + to do
It was important for you to follow the rules.
* not... at all 一点也不
I don’t like the museum at all.
He didn’t know the news at all.
She is not at all good at soccer.
Group work: Interview
Have three students work in a group. They act as Interviewer, Helen and Jim. Make up dialogues.
Suggested Questions: Where did you go
How did you to there Is it good
What did you do there
What do you think of the trip
7. Writing.
a) 3a. Look at the three pictures and write down phrases about the pictures.
take a bus, take photos, buy gifts
Read Bob’s diary entry and complete it according to the pictures.
b) 3b Linda is Bob’s classmate. She has completely different opinion about the plete her diary entry.
c) 3c How to write a diary entry (The teacher can tell the students to read the four diary entries in 2b, 3a, 3c and draw a conclusion)
A diary entry may include following parts.
Q: What was the date
Where did you go
How was the trip
How did you go there
What did you see
Did you like it / Did you have a good time
d) Write a diary entry about your school trip
8. Self Check
9. Homework.
a) Write a diary entry about your school trip.
b) Prepare for a quiz.