Unit 1 If I start after dinner I’ll finish
it before I go to bed.
Class Type Listening and speaking
Objectives To be able to understand the conversation of solving problems;To be able to understand the sentences with if-clause;To learn to talk about one’s problems in life.
Key structure If I start after dinner I’ll finish it before I go to bed.I want you to get into the habit of doing your homework as soon as you come home from school.That’s a shame.That’s not the point.
Difficulties To understand and use if-clause.To talk about one’s problems in life.
Vocabulary deal, exam, fail, guitar, musical, habit, volunteer, shame, instead, point, consider
get into the habit of, That’s a shame, no deal, instead of, That’s not the point.
Period 1
Procedure
Lead-in Enjoy a song by WESTLIFE.
Step 1 Free talkAsk Ss if they have ever met with anything unpleasant and how they deal with them. (Present some pictures)
Step 2 Learn new words by presenting pictures.
Step 3 Activity 1. Listen and decide what Tony’s problem is.
Step 4 Activity 2. Listen again and check the true sentences.
Step 5 Listen again and say what Tony’s mum suggests.
Step 6 Activity 3. Listen and choose the correct answer.
Step 7 Ask Ss to retell the conversation according to the words in the munity consider habit instead knowledge shame
Step 8 Free talkAsk Ss to express their own opinion according to the dialogue in Activity 3.If you were Tony, what would you do in this situation If you were Tony’s dad, how would you talk with Tony
Step 9 Everyday EnglishAsk Ss to read Everyday English and decide which two can only be used for disagreeing. Then ask Ss to choose one of the expressions in Everyday English and make a conversation.
Step 10 Complete Activity 5.
Step 12 Before listening to Pronunciation and Speaking, explain what sense groups and pause are. Let Ss read the sentences first and guess where the speaker may pause.
Step 13 1. Listen to Pronunciation and Speaking and mark the pauses.2. Ask some students to read how they pause.3. Listen again and repeat.
Step 14 Ask S to work in pairs. Talk about the problem they have.
Step 15 Language points: explain the key words and phrases in Unit 1.