Uint 1 how do you study for a test
The First Period Section A (1a~ 2c)
Teaching goals:
Knowledge aims:
Learn : Verb + by with gerund
Vocabulary: flashcard , take notes ,frustrating ,memorize ,aloud ,pronunciation
3. Target languages: How do you study for a test
Well .I study by working with my classmates .
Have you ever studied with a group
Yes , I have .I’ve learned a lot that way .
Ability aims:
(1) Practice students' listening skill.
(2) Practice students' communicative competence.
Emotion aims：To behave learning environment of communication with others
Important and difficult points :
Functions: Talk about how to study .
Structures: Verb + by with gerund
Teaching method:
Listening and practicing
Pairwork
Teaching aids:
CAI, A tape and tape recorder
Teaching procedures:
Teaching steps:
Step 1 Leading in
Greetings .
Ask some students about their summer holidays:
Did you have a good holiday
Where did you go during the summer holidays
What did you do during the summer holidays
Step 2 Presentation
Show students some pictures and ask them to tell you how they learn Chinese Read the answers on the screen.
Explain something about the structures “verb + by with gerund ”
Then ask several students to tell you why they learn/study English and how they learn/study English
Step 2 Presentation
Show students some pictures and ask them to tell you how they learn Chinese Read the answers on the screen.
Explain something about the structures “verb + by with gerund ”
Then ask several students to tell you why they learn/study English and how they learn/study English
Ask several students to tell you how they study for a test
Read the answers on the screen.
Step 3 Practice
1. Work on 1a. Check ( ) the ways you study for an English test.
Add other ways you sometimes use.
Pairwork: A: How do you study English
B: I study by reading the textbook..
A: Do you learn English by listening to the tape
B: Yes, I do./No, I don’t .
Step 4 Pairwork
Show some pictures to the students and practice:
A: How does she/he learn English
B: She/He learns English by…
Step 5 Listening
(1)Work on 1b. Read the instructions to the students and make sure students know what to do. Then play recording and check the answers .
(2) Work on 2a & 2b.
Read the instructions to students and ask some volunteers to read after you if necessary.
Play the recording, students finish the work. Check the answers .Ask some students to read the questions and answers in pairs .
Step 6 Pairwork
SB Page 3, 2c.Get students work in pairs .Ask a few pairs to present their conversations.
A: Have you ever studied with a group
B: Yes, I have. I’ve learned a lot that way.
Step 7 Task
Please interview 3 classmates about their ways of learning English. Then report like:
I study English by…. She/He learns English by…. We learn English by….
Name Ways of learning English
Step 8 Exercises
1. I study English . （看英语杂志）.
2. I study English . (听英语歌曲).
3. I study English .（加入英语俱乐部）
4.He learns English____________________.(向老师请教)
5.Do they learn English ___________________(仔细记笔记)
6. you , learn , by , do , English , aloud , reading
7. can’t , new , words , lots of , I , memorize .
Step 9 Homework
Revise new words and phrases in this period.
Finish exercises in this period.
Blackboard Design
Unit 1 How do you study for a test
Period 1 ( the first period )
How do you study/learn Chinese/English
How do you study for a test
by listening to the tapes/the radios/songs
by speaking/reading it every day
The Second Period Section A (3a~ 4)
Teaching aims and demands:
1. Knowledge aims:
1）Key vocabulary:
specific, memorizing, grammar, differently, frustrating, quickly, add, not…at all, excited, end up.
2）Target language:
I think studying grammar is a great way to learn a language because…
2. Ability aims:
1）Improve students’ ability of reading comprehension.
2）Improve students’ ability of speaking.
Emotion aims:
Ss learn more ways to study English.
Teaching key points and difficult points
Talk about the best way to learn English.
How to talk about and use the best way to learn English.
Teaching Aids
A recorder and a projector
Teaching Method
Task-based teaching method
Teaching procedure:
Teaching steps:
Step1. Task 1: Interview
Interview 3 classmates about their ways of learning English.
Step 2 Task 2 :Pairwork.
Ss look at the form, then check（√）what they do to learn English. Then interview their partner. They should ask and answer in pairs like this:
A : Do you write vocabulary lists
B: Oh, yes.I do it often
Step 3 Task 3 :Discuss
Ask: According to the form, what do you think of these ways Are they successful, OK or not successful
Ss discuss and then fill in the form.
Step 4 Task4:Reading
Have Ss read through the passage one or two times and find out “How do Lillian Li ,Wei Ming and Liu Chang study English ” .Get Ss to complete the chart.
Step 5 Task 5
Ss read the passage carefully again and do true or false questions. Then check the answers.
Step 6 Task 6: Pair work
Role play. Student A pretend to be one of the people in 3a. Student B interview Student A about learning English.
Step 7 Make a conclusion
Show some sentences to Ss. Get Ss to read them Tell Ss they are the ways of learning.
Step 8 Task 7:Speaking
Say: The three students have different ways of learning English Please discuss:
①How do they think of these ways Why
②What is the best way to learn English or to improve your English And why
Then Ss should discuss which is the best way of learning English.
Homework.
Write a report about the chart in 4 Page 4.
You can begin with :
Hello! I often write vocabulary lists and
sometimes I…..My partner often reads…
Blackboard Design
How do you study for a test
specific, memorizing, grammar, differently, frustrating,
I think studying English by working with
a group is a good way because you can
ask others when you have questions.
The Third Period Section B（1a—2c）
Teaching aims and demands:
1. Knowledge aims:
1）Key vocabulary:
pronounce, spoken, slowly, make mistakes, comma, challenge, solution. Why don’t you…？
2）Target language:
I don’t have a partner to practice English with.
Maybe you should join an English language club.
2. Ability aims:
1）Improve students’ ability of speaking.
2）Improve students’ ability of listening.
3. Moral object.
When you have difficulty in doing something, you must make up your mind to overcome it.
Important and difficult points:
Tell the others about their problems in learning English and discuss how to solve the problems.
Teaching Aids:
A recorder and a projector
Teaching methods:
Listening and speaking .
Practice in group.
Teaching procedures:
Teaching steps:
Step1. Revision
How do you learn English
I learn English by……
Do you learn English by listening to tapes
Yes, I do./ No, I don’t.
Step 2 Lead—in
Studying English is very important.
But I have some difficulties in learning English.
I can’t ……
What about you What things are difficult for you Check（√）the statements that are true for you.（1a）
Step 3 Group work
What other things are difficult for you Make a list.
Step 4 Listening
Here is a boy. His name is Paul.
He is learning English. He has some problems in learning English. Please listen and check the learning challenges he talks about.
Listen again. Here are some solutions.
Please match the challenges in 2a with the solutions.
Step 5 Pair work
Role play conversations using the information from 2a and 2b.
Step 6 Task
Learning English can be difficult. What things are difficult for you Then ask for some advices from the consultants（顾问）about your difficulties. Group work. Divide the whole class into four groups. Then discuss. Ask one student to write down the good ideas that the students said.
Homework.
Please write out the good ways you learned in this class. Then write to your pen pal to help him / her with English study.
Bb Design:
Unit 1 How do you study for test
Period Three
pronounce the words
understand spoken English
read slowly
make mistakes
use commas
match the challenges with the solutions.
﹙The 4th period Section B 3a—Self check﹚
Teaching Aims and demands.
1. Knowledge aims:
1）Key vocabulary:
realize, complete, sentence, learner, secret, trouble, term, impressed, it doesn’t matter, take
lots of grammar notes.
2）Target language:
What isn’t easy about learning English .
Listening is sometimes difficult if people speak too fast.
What do you do about this
I think that doing lots of listening practice is the best way.
What is your favorite way to learn more English
2. Ability aims:
1）Improve students’ ability of reading comprehension.
2）Improve students’ ability of writing.
Teaching key points and difficult points
Practice reading and writing using the target language.
Teaching Aids
A recorder and a projector
Teaching methods:
Reading and writing.
Teaching procedures:
Teaching steps:
Step1. Revision and Lead in
Ask: Yesterday. We talked about the problems that we may have when we learn English. Can you tell me what the problems are （Get Ss say as many problems as they can）
Step 2 Presentation
Show some sentences to Ss and ask:
①If you can’t pronounce some of the words or can’t understand spoken English, What will happen to you when your teacher speaks fast.
Show a picture and teach a sentence:
②It’s not easy for me to understand the teacher.
③If you read slowly or you can’t spell some words, what may happen to you when you answer the teacher’s question Get Ss to say“I can’t speak in class.”
④What will you be afraid to do then
（teach“laugh at”and“be afraid to”）
Show a sentence like“I stressed out”.
Ask: What’s wrong with it If you make mistakes in grammar.
⑤Can you make complete sentences
（teach the new phrase）
⑥If you have trouble learning English, will you be a good learner in a new term
（Teach“trouble”“learner”and“term”）
Step 3 Pre—reading
Say: Here is a good English learner, what are his secrets of becoming a good learner
Please read the passage quickly and find out her three problems.
Step 4 Reading
Get Ss to read it carefully and finish the form
problems What causesthe problems how tosolve them the results
Step 5 Task 1:A match
Give Ss two minutes to read it themselves.
Divide whole class into two groups
Show some sentences to them and get Ss to tell“T”or“F”
See which group can do better without books.
Step 6 Task 2: Discuss
Ask: The writer gave you some advice about learning English. Do you have more advice
You can discuss with others, then tell the others.
Step 7 Task 3: Writing
Maybe you have more learning methods.
But which is your favorite way
Please write an article about the way
Step 8 Task 4: Interview.
Ask: Do you want to know more about the others’ best learning ways Please make an interview , ask three classmates about learning English Take notes. Then tell the class about their answers
Step 9 Task 5: Writing
Say: Now you have more good learning ways.
Can you write a letter to help your friend become a better language learner.
Get Ss to write a letter.
Step 10 Self check
Get Ss to do ① . Then check the answers together.
Step 11 Home work.
Xu Zheng won a prize for his essay about the importance of English. Later, a reporter from the school magazine interviewed him. Use the reporter’s notes to write an article about Xu Zheng.
Blackboard Design
It wasn’t easy for me to……←realize /It doesn’t matter
I was afraid to……←laugh at / make complete sentences
Another thing that I found very difficult was…
←take notes.
The Fifth Period — reading
Language aims and demands
1. To master the following new word and sentences.
Vocabularies: deal unless unfair affect solve challenge regard smart duty instead
Sentences: Worrying about our problems can affect how we do at school.
We can solve a problem by learning to forget.
As young adults it is our duty to try our best to deal with each challenge in our education with help of our teachers.
Ability aims: Enable the students to deal with problems by learning new ways.
Emotion aims: Enable the students to learn to deal with problems themselves.
Important points:
1. Master new words and sentences.
2. Learn to how to deal with problems themselves.
Difficulty point
How to deal with problems using different ways.
Teaching Aids
CAI
Teaching methods:
Reading and proticing.
Teaching procetures:
Teaching steps:
Step1. Revision and Lead-in
Let Ss think of some problems they have had recently. Then work in pairs, tell their partner how they dealt with them.
T: I have had some problems recently. For example I have had a cold. and now I feel better. Can you guess how I dealt with this problem
S: See a doctor / take some medicine …
T: Do you have any problems recently
S: Yes. I …
T:I think you can deal with it by…
The teacher asks two or three of the Ss in the same way and then work in pairs. Tell their partner how they dealt with them….
T: Good, you did it very well. When we meet problems, we must use our heads and try our best to solve them by ourselves. Unless we deal with our problems, we become unhappy. Today we are going to learn more new ways to deal with problems.
Step 2 Before Reading
1. Teacher show a picture of Stephen Hawking and talk about the picture. and at the same time present some new words and expressions on the Bb.
T: Boys and girls. Let’s look at the picture. Do you know this man
S:No.
T: This is Stephen Hawking. He is a great scientist……
T: What’s wrong with him
S: He can’ t walk or even speak.
T: Oh, We think it’s a very big problem for him. But he thinks it’s not a problem. He regards his many physical problems as unimportant and …….
Step 3 While Reading
1. Ask the Ss to read the passage quickly.
T: Now read the passage quickly and try to list three ways to solve problems.
2. Read the passage carefully and show the following questions to the Ss. and then check them.
Q: What will affect us if we can’t deal with our problems
1).By learning to forget:
①Why have we probably been angry with our friends, parents or teachers
②Why may friendships be lost
③Give me an example about by learning to forget.
2).By regarding problems as challenges:
Many students often complain about:
①feel _______________________________
② think_______________________________
Fill in the chart
How to solve
reasons
3).By thinking of something worse:
Why
Because by comparing yourself to other people you will find_________________
So let’s_________________________.
let’s__________________________.
The teacher explains important new words and expressions and sentences when the Ss do the above questions. At the same time the teacher write down them on the Bb.
3.Help the Ss find the useful expressions in the reading .
T:Do you have any difficulties in reading the passage please find out some difficult sentences or phrases. and then explains them.
Then ask the Ss to read the new words and sentences aloud.
Step 4 Post-reading
1. Do T or F according to the reading.
1)Problems will make us become unhappy easily. This is the reason
why we should deal with the problems. F
Q: How will problems influence us
2).Poor people will have a lot of problems, but rich people won’t. F Q: Who will probably have problems
3). People will be influenced by big problems, but small problems will be forgotten easily. F
Q: Can you give an example from the passage
4). Education is helpful for our development. We can’t change our “problems” into “challenges” without it. T
2. According to the reading and Match problems with solutions.
3.Scan the reading, and check the ways of dealing with problems that are mentioned.(3cP9)
4.Look at the reading again. Which way of dealing with problems do you think is the best
Write about a time when you dealt with a problem that way.and then choose several Ss to say out them.
The following are sample answers.
sample answer
1. By learning to forget:
My friend and I often quarreled about some maths problems, and sometimes both of us decided not to talk to each other any more. But we will be friend again after a day or two. Both of us agree that we should learn to forget the unhappy moment.
2. By regarding problems as challenges:
When I was in the primary school, my maths was very poor. Whenever I met a difficult problem, I would ask my mother or my friends for help. Now as a middle school student, I decide to change my way of studying maths. I will try all my best to learn it well by changing problems into challenges.
3. By thinking of something worse:
You know, I’m a little fat and not very
tall. Once in a PE class, we were asked to do high jump. I was very afraid to do that. After several times’ efforts, I felt disappointed. But later, I found some others couldn’t finish the task, either. It encouraged me a lot and I finished my task eventually.
Step5 Homework
1.Do 3b in your English exercise books.
2.Think of another way of dealing with problems, and then write down five ways at least in your English exercise books.
Bb design
How do we deal with our problem
unless deal with
unfair try one’s best to do sth
affect be angry with
solve regard…as…
challenge It is our duty to do sth.
Thinking after the class:
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