Unit7 Abilities
Teaching aims:
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. Know the abilities to read the report card.
2. Know some phrases and sentences they can use when they talk about the abilities the
Students have.
Love to show the abilities the students have.
Work hard to have more abilities and try to be all-round students.
Teaching important points:
1. Words: term, hard, article, careless, better, violin, show
2. Phrases: this term, work hard on, play the piano
3. Sentences: She needs to read more and speak more.
He knows a lot about it.
Teaching difficult points:
To make students be able to talk about their abilities by using the words and phrases they
learn in this lesson.
Teaching aids:
Multi-media, blackboard, chalk
Teaching methods:
Task-based language teaching
Teaching procedures:
Step1:Lead-in
T: Watch a video and answer:
Q1: What do you think of the music
Who plays the music in the video
S: Li Yundi.
T: As we know, Li Yundi is famous pianist. He can play the piano well.
Why can he play the piano so well
S: be interested in; practise hard; try his best; ...
T: Maybe he is gifted in it.
Do you know when he started to learn it
S: ...
T: When he was 4 years old, he started to have music lessons.
At the age of 4, he started to have music lessons.
And he tried his best to practise hard.
What about you Can you play the piano
S: No. (找一个不会弹钢琴,会拉小提琴的同学)
T: Can you play the violin
S: Yes.
T: You can’t play the piano, but you can play the violin.
When did you start to learn it
S: ...
T: Can you show us how to play the violin
S: Sure.
T: Let’s enjoy. How wonderful the music is!
You did good work. You did a good job. (板书)
Step 2: Practise
T: Now please make a sentence to talk about your abilities.
For example: I can’t swim, but I can speak English.
Step2:Listen and answer.
T: Everyone has his own ability. Sandy and Daniel are talking about their abilities too.
Let’s listen and answer:
Q1: Can Daniel play the violin
Q2: When did he start to play the violin
Q3. What can Sandy do
Q4. How old was she when she began to do it
S: …
Step 3: Pair work
T: Read the dialogue and do pair work.
A: Hello, ...., can you ...
B: Yes, I can...well.
A: When did you start to...
B: I started to...at the age of....
A: Can you show me how to...
B: Sure, what about you
A: I can.... I started to...when I was....
B: That's great/wonderful/nice..!
T: Oh, I think you have some great abilities. To have more abilities, what can we do
S: We can work hard on/at all the subjects.
T: What subjects do we study this term
S: Chinese, Math, English, History …
T: Which subject do you do well in Which subject are you weak in
What do you plan to do
S: …
T: I invite some teachers to give you a report card about Chinese, Maths and English.
Here is the report card. Let’s look at it.
Kaiming Middle School
Chinese: Good work. Most of you write good articles(文章). (Miss Zhou thinks that)
Maths:Better this term, but sometimes some of you are careless(粗心的).(Mr Song thinks that)
English: Good, but you do not do your best this term. (I think that)
T: How to study better
S: … read more, write more, practise hard, be careful ...
T: To help you study better, sometimes the teachers need to talk to you even your parents.
When meeting your parents, the teachers usually talk about your study, your hobbies and your personality.
Step 4. Part A.
T: Mr Wu is going to meet the parents of Class I, Grade 7 soon. Mr Wu is making a report card for his student, Suzy. Listen and match.
T: Now, we can help Mr Wu finish the notes about Suzy. Before listening, we can finish some parts with the help of the information in A1.
Then we need to listen and finish the rest.
I have some tips for you when listening.
Let’s listen and finish it.
S:...
T: Now I want to know how much do you know about Suzy.
(Do the T or F)
1.Suzy is good at Geography.
2. Suzy loves Maths and works hard on the subject.
3. Suzy can write good articles.
4. Suzy practises volleyball every Monday and Thursday.
5. Suzy often plays the pianos at school shows.
T: Now, let’s help Mr Wu complete the report about Suzy.
Name: Suzy
Class: 1 Grade: 7
Class teacher: Wu Bing
Suzy is good at Maths. She does well in __________, __________ and _________too. But she needs to do better in _____________.
She likes music, and she is a _______ of the Music Club. She often plays the piano at ______. She also likes sports, and she plays _____well. She practises hard on _________ and ________ after school. I think she will get into the school team next term.
Suzy is nice and __________. All the teachers and her classmates like her very much.
T: In the report, Mr Wu talks about Suzy’s study, hobbies and personality.
Can you show me your report
Step5. Group Work
T: Work in a group of six. Give a report about one of your group members.
(his or her study, hobby and personality.) One student reads it, then the others guess his /her name.
Study:
He/She is good at… She also does well in…but she needs to do better in…
Hobby:
He/She likes, and she is… She also likes…She practices hard on…
Personality:
He/She is… All our teachers and classmates…
T: Excellent.How can we be all-round (全面发展的) students
S: We can(should).....
T: Nothing is impossible to a willing mind!
Homework:
1. Recite the two dialogues;
2. Finish the exercise paper;
3. Preview Reading.
Blackboard design:
Unit 7 Integrated skills
good work when sb was ... years old
a good job at the age of ...
Teaching reflection:
本节课主要锻炼学生们通过听获取信息的能力,在听的过程中学生们能够积极运用所教方法来提高正确率,本节课的另一个重点是鼓励学生们主动表达,在互动合作中交流自己和同学的能力。整个过程互动较好,学生们积极参与。部分学生能将听说结合起来,大胆表达是个很大的进步,最后的小组活动比预期效果要好很多,孩子们比较感兴趣,表达地比较流畅,并能准确抓住同学的特点进行表述,其中一个学生进行自我描述,让同学们去猜测,想法比较新颖,将活动推向高潮,效果很不错。
Chinese:
Maths:
English:
History:
Geography:
Class: 1 Grade: 7
Good this term. Suzy she needs to read more and speak more.
Suzy loves it and works hard on the subject. She knows a lot about it.
Good work. Suzy writes good articles.
She does not do her best this term.
Good, but sometimes she is careless.