9A Unit 2 Colours Comic Strip and Welcome to the unit Teaching Design
1、 Teaching Aims:
1. Introduce the topic of this unit and arouse Ss’ interest in it.
2. Introduce different colours and their rich denotations and cultural backgrounds.
3. Intense Ss’ abilities to use English to talk about their favourite colours and express reasons.
4. Introduce Object Clause.
2、 Teaching Contents:
Words: indigo violet
Phrases: try on sth. look good on sb. look good in sth.
Sen. Style: There is nothing wrong with…
I am not sure if blue looks good on you.
Do you know how many colours there are in a rainbow
3、 Difficult points:
1. Ss may not be confident enough to use English to communicate with others in class.
2. Object Clause may be too difficult for some students to understand.
3. The culture difference may lead to misunderstanding of some denotations of different colours.
4、 Teaching Aids: a multi-media computer, some clothes with different colours
5、 Teaching methods: task-based teaching method, group-cooperation teaching method
6、 Teaching Procedures:
Step One : Revision.
1. Verbs:
The book you look forward to ___________(sell) out already. It ____(sell) well.
Look! The rain ___________(stop). Shall we go out for a walk
Be quiet, please. I can’t hear what the teacher ________(say).
He fell off the tree while ______(pick) apples.
The house caught fire suddenly. Luckily, he ___________(work) in the field.
The two towns ____________(connect) by the high-speed railway.
Don’t worry. Your dog ____________(look) after well until you come back.
2. Sentences:
The man ________________________(旷工) for nearly a week.
_____________________(他们两个人没有完成) the task. What a pity!
His performances_____________(简直和…一样) the magic.
___________________________________________(学生们该注意些什么来提高) their English
Would you please _______________(为…多做些工作)the sports meeting
Lucy _________________________________(被推荐为新的班长) yesterday.
要么你要么米莉最适合这个职位。
This step is designed in order to practice Ss’ ability to use English to solve problems in drills.
Step Two: Lead-in (A Game)
Play a song named colour song and ask Ss to stand up if he/she wears colours mentioned in lyrics.
This step is designed here in order to introduce the topic of this class.
Step Three: Comic Strip
1. Pre-listening: Ask Ss to watch the picture and Guess:
Which one will Eddie choose
This step is designed to practice Ss’ ability to guess before listening.
2. While-listening: Play the flash of the dialogue and ask Ss to fill in the blanks
Eddie thinks ____ is better than ____, because pink is a _____ colour. Hobo believes there’s _______wrong with pink. Moreover, blue doesn’t look _____ on him.
This step is designed to practice Ss’ listening ability.
3. Post-listening:
1). Read and act out the dialogue.
2). Read again and explain useful words and phrases.
a. try it on(try out for)
b. there is nothing wrong with
c. look good on sb. look good in sth.
3). Discussion:
Does blue really look better on Eddie
Which colour should Eddie choose
Should we only think about colours while choosing clothes
Do you believe colours will influence(影响) people’s thinking and life
These steps are designed to intense Ss’ ability to understand English and use English to communicate with people around.
Step Four: Lead-in ( A Riddle)
What bow can never be tied (show first)
It has seven colours and only appears in the sky after the rain.(show second)
This step is designed here in order to introduce the topic of the following content.
Step Five: Welcome to the unit
1. Presentation: Colourful Rainbow
2. Fill in the blanks and check the answer
3. While-Listening: listen and choose:
Amy saw a _______ in the sky just now. A. bird B. rainbow C. plane
Shirley likes _______ best. A. indigo B. violet C. green
Amy’s favourite colour is ________. A. orange B. yellow C. red
This step is designed to practice Ss’ listening ability.
4. Post-listening:
1). Read and fill in the blanks:
Amy and Shirley saw a _______ in the sky just now. They know there are _____ colours in it. They’re ____, ______, _____, _____, ____, _____and _____. Shirley likes green best _____ Amy’s ________colour is orange. What _____ you
2). Group-work:
A: Do you know how many colours there are in a rainbow
B: There are…They are…
A: Yes, that’s right. Which is your favourite colour
B: I like …best. What about you
A: My favourite colour is…
These steps are designed to intense Ss’ ability to understand English and use English to communicate with people around.
Step Six: Object Clause
主句+if+主语+谓语(一般疑问句)
主句+特殊疑问词+主语+谓语(特殊疑问句)
1. Can you tell me Does blue represent sadness
Can you tell me ______________________.
2. The teacher asks. Have you been to Shanghai
The teacher asks _________________________.
3. I don’t know. Whose book is this
I don’t know________________.
4. I am not sure. Which girl is her friend
I am not sure_____________________.
5. I don’t know if he ______(go) to Japan tomorrow. If he ____(go) there, I will call you.
This step is designed to introduce object clause to Ss and get Ss familiar with Object Clause and its structure.
Step Seven: Expansion
1. Brainstorm: write down as many colours as Ss can.
2. Guessing: Match colours with their denotation
3. Imagination:(Guess the Chinese meanings of these phrases)
black tea/a white lie/the white coffee/a yellow dog/green-eyed/black and blue/green hand/be born in the purple
These steps are designed to cultivate Ss’ culture awareness and arouse their interest in learning English. Meanwhile, Ss can sense the rich cultural deposits of English.
七.Feedback:
Some steps may be too difficult for some students to join in.
red
violet
indigo
blue
green
yellow
orange
blue
white
orange
yellow
green
red
purple
black
nature
wisdom(智慧)
noble(贵族的;高贵的)
heat(热量)
purity(纯洁)
power
peace(和平)
joy