Unit 1 Can you play the guitar?（Section B 1a-Self check）

Unit 1 Can you play the guitar?9(2)
The Third Period (Section B 1a—2c)
Teaching Aims
1. Knowledge Objects
(1) Function: Talk about abilities with the word “can”.
(2) Key Vocabulary: drum, piano, violin, also, people, help, center, home, today, be good with, make, make friends, on the weekend, teach
(3) Target Language: ① We need help at the old people’s home.
② Are you good with old people?
③ They can tell you stories and you can make friends.
(4) Structure: Use the model verb “can”. Yes/No questions and short answers. “What” questions.
2. Ability Objects
Students can develop their abilities of working in pairs and communication by learning the useful structures.
3. Moral Objects
Train students’ communicative competence.
Teaching Key Points
Use the model verb “can” to talk about abilities with others correctly.
Teaching Difficult Points
Use the new sentence structure to collect information about abilities and clubs at schools.
Teaching methods
Task-based teaching method. Comparing teaching methods.
Teaching Aids
Flash cards, a tape recorder and test papers.
Teaching Procedures
Step 1 Revision (about 8 minutes)
1. T: There are many clubs at our school, what club do you want to join? Now ask and answer with your partner.
Get students to ask and answer:
--What club do you want to join?
--I want to join the…
--Can you …?
--Yes, I can. I can also…
--So you can join the…
2. Do 1c: Ask and answer questions about the instruments of 1a.
Step 2 New words learning (about 8 minutes.)
1. Let students learn the words by themselves in groups. Let them use the information that they have.
2. When students learn the words, the teacher gives them some help.
Step 3 Listening and practice (about 12 minutes)
1. Do 1a: Draw lines to match the words with the pictures.
2. Do 1b: Listen and number the words in the order you hear.
3. Do 1d: Listen and circle the words and phrases you hear.
4. Do 1e: Listen and fill in the chart with the words in 1d.
5. Do 1f: Check the answer and practice the dialogue to talk about what Bill, Cindy and Frank can and can’t do, like this:
Bill can play the guitar, but he can’t sing.
Step 4 Activities: Club interviewing. (about 8 minutes)
1. T: In west countries, many students often take part in activities to help others after class or on weekends. Read the three descriptions about Peter, Alan and Ma Huan and underline what they can do.
2. After they finish reading and underlining the texts, ask students to read the ads of 2b. Firstly they must match the titles with the ads, then choose the right person in 2a for 2b, and then finish 2c.
3. Pay attention to the phrase: be good with, make friends, help…with, call…at…
Step 5 Summary (about 8 minutes)
In this class, we have learnt:
1. the phrase: help…with…,be good with, make friends, on the weekend, teach sb. sth.
2. the drills (1) like to play basketball.
(2) We need help at…
(3) They can tell you stories.
(4) Call me at…
(5) Can you play the piano or the violin?
Step 6 Homework (about 1 minute)
1. Take time to discuss western culture in helping others. For example, in America, students are encouraged to be volunteers in some activities to help others.
2. Say the sample conversations. Let students repeat the conversations.
Conversation 1
Girl: I want to join the English club.
Boy: Oh, can you speak English?
Girl: Yes, I can.
Conversation 2
Girl: Can you clean your bedroom?
Boy: No, I can’t.
Conversation 3
Girl: I want to join the art club.
Boy: Can you draw?
Girl: Yes, I can.
The Four Period (Section B 3a—Self Check)
Teaching Aims
1. Knowledge Objects
(1) Function: Students learn to talk about abilities.
(2) Key Vocabulary: musician
(3) Target Language: Review the sentence pattern:
① Can you swim? Yes, I can. No, I can’t.
② Can he/she swim? Yes, he/she can. No, he/she can’t.
③ What can you do? I can do Chinese kung fu.
(4) Structure: Use the model verb “can”. Yes/No questions and short answers. What questions.
2. Ability Objects
(1) Train students’ listening skill.
(2) Train students’ communicative competence.
3. Moral Objects
Write posters and ads.
Teaching Key Points
Learn to read the poster for some events from some magazines.
Teaching Difficult Points
1. Learn to get the information they need from some magazines.
2. Learn how to write the poster for some activities at school correctly.
Teaching Methods
Situation teaching method. Task-based teaching method.
Teaching Aids
Flash cards and test papers.
Teaching Procedures
Step 1 Leading in (about 9 minutes)
1. Enjoy a section of video.
T: Who are they? Can they play the guitar/drums/…? What do we call them? (Rock band)
2. The rock band will join the music festival. (Show a picture of a music festival.)
T: What is it? Look! Some people sing and dance.
Get students to say: They are musicians.
T: What can we see in the festival?
Students answers.
T: Yes, singing show, dancing show. Anything else? Also kung fu show.
Step 2 3a (about 9 minutes)
T: Our School Music Festival wants musicians. Complete the ad with the words in the box. Then answer me some questions. “How can you be in our school music festival?” “What can you do if you want to join the School Music Festival?”
Let the students have a discussion in groups: How to write a poster? After finishing discussing, ask them to complete the ad with the words in the box. Then correct the answers.
Step 3 Group—work 3b (about 9 minutes)
T: From 3a, we have learnt how to write a poster, now it’s your time to show yourself, make a poster for our school’s talent show. Imagine when and where the show will be held and what you can do for the show and find out who can show in the show.
Let students talk about it and make a list of shows, then make a report to the others.
Step 4 Self Check (about 9 minutes)
1. Let students to add more words and phrases in each box, then check the answers.
2. Let students to add as many words as they can to make phrases.
3. Let students to write a passage about their abilities and their friends.
After they finish this part, let them say out their sentences and articles and find the best one.
Step 5 Summary (about 8 minutes)
1. In this class, we have learnt words: musician, guitar, swim, sing, chess, speak, play, draw, join, music, art, club, piano, drum, violin, can, can’t…
2. Sentences: Can you play the guitar? Yes, I can./No, I can’t.
Step 6 Homework (about 1 minute)
Write a passage about what you can do and what you want to do, and also your plan.