Grade 7 Unit 4 Having FunTopic 1 What can I do for you Section A
Teaching type:Listening and speaking
Period: Period 1 Teaching time: 50 min
The analysis of teaching material
The teaching material is Section A from Ren Ai Project English Grade 7 Unit 4 Topic 1 Section A. This topic is about shopping, including offering help about shopping and asking about the price. Also, students will learn numbers from 1 to 100 in this class. The key sentences are”What can I do for you May/Can I help you How much is….”
The analysis of the students
Subjects of learning: Grade 7 students in the Middle School They are the students in Grade 7. After being exposed to English for some time, students have some basic knowledge of English. At the same time, the students at this stage are energetic and active. So there are quite a lot of activities and games in my class for the purpose of stimulating their enthusiasm of learning and better participation in class. What’s more, the topic of shopping is close to their life, which makes it easier to arose their interest and apply it in their real life. .
Teaching aims
1. Knowledge aims:Students will be able tolearn some useful words and phrases:shop, madam, buy, try, try on, How much … (2) learn some new words about numbers:thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety, hundred. learn some expressions about shopping: —What can I do for you, madam —I want to buy some clothes for my daughter. —How much is … —It’s … yuan. —Can I try it on —Sure. —That’s fine. We’ll take it. respond to others’ thanks: —Thanks a lot. —Not at all. 2. Skill aims: Students will be able to (1) understand the passages by listening to the tape carefully. (2) use the words, phrases and sentence patterns to express how to shop and how to ask about the price. (3) enhance their listening ability including listening for specific information and extracting messages from the listening material. Emotional aims: Students will (1) develop their interest in English by participating in interesting activities and games. (2) develop their spirit of cooperation by performing 1a in groups. (3) have further understanding about how to shop reasonably.
The key points and difficult points
Key points:How to shop and ask about the price.Learn the numbers from 1 to 100. Difficult points: (1) Students will confuse the pronunciation of forty and fourteen and the like.
Teaching and learning methods
This teaching part is devised in accordance with student language cognition rule and English ( http: / / dict. / w / english / ) curriculum ( http: / / dict. / w / curriculum / ) standard ( http: / / dict. / w / standard / ). Teaching methods: the Task-based language Teaching, the Audio-visual Approach, the Communicative Approach, the Situational Approach.Learning methods: question-and-answer, pair work, group discussion.
Teaching aids
Teaching aids: 1. Computer multimedia projector 2. PowerPoint 3. Blackboard
Teaching procedures
Teaching Steps Teacher’s activity Students’ activity Teaching purpose
Step 1Warming up and lead-in (1 min) 1. Greeting.T:Class begins. Good morning, everyone. Sit down, please. 2. Play a game of “Catching the mouse” to review learnt numbers from 1 to 20. And then ask students how to read “30”. Greetings.Ss: Good morning, Miss Yao. 2. Students play the game happily. 1. Playing the game of “Catching the mouse” is a good way to grasp the attention of student and create a happy and relaxed atmosphere; it will get the students and the teacher nearer to each other.
Step 2 pre-listening and presentation(20 mins) 1. Present 30 to 100, and ask students to find out the rules of them. At the same time, teach them how to pronounce new numbers. 2. Present “thirteen” and “thirty” and the like. Ask students to find out the differences between them.Ask students to pay attention to two pairs of words “twelve twenty” And “fourteen and forty”. Lead students to read numbers above twenty and finally show the rules of it.Ask the whole class to play a game of “Having a try”. Read the numbers on PPT as quickly as possible. Next, have a competition to read the numbers as quickly as possible. Which group uses the least time is the winner. Present the key sentence pattern “How much is … ” “It’s …yuan. “ And ask students to make sentences according to the pictures.Ask students to listen and match the clothes with the right prices. Ask students to work in pairs to make sentences about “How much is … ” “It’s …yuan. “ using the objects around you in one minute. 9. Ask students to guess the price of the teacher’s bag.T: Look here, guess how much is my bag 10. Ask students the question:”Do you know where I can buy this bag ”And then teach the new word”shop”.11. Ask students another question:” In a shop, what do you want to buy ” and then ask them to use “I want to buy…for my friend.” through the way of playing the game of “The Wheel of Fortune”. Students find out the rules of them: -ty and -teen. And they follow the teacher to read the new numbers.Students look at PPT and find out the differences between “thirteen” and “thirty”.Students read numbers above twenty.Students play the game as a whole class. Students play the game again between groups. Students make sentences according to the pictures shown on PPT. Students listen and match the clothes with the right prices. Students work in pairs to make sentences about “How much is … ” “It’s …yuan. “ using the objects around you. One asks and one answers. Students guess the price and finally they got it. Students answer:In a shop.”Students play the game of “The Wheel of Fortune” to practice the key sentence pattern “I want to buy…for…”. Presenting the new key points one by one is an effective way for students to master the language. Contacting the old language to revealing the new lesson is very necessary for learning. By playing the game of “Having a try” to practice the new number can greatly arouse students’ interest. Having a competition between groups can stimulate their learning enthusiasm. Asking students to use objects around them to make sentences is good for them to apply target language. Asking students to guess the price of my bag can fully arouse the enthusiasm and initiative of students. 7. Playing the game of the “The Wheel of Fortune” embodies the principle of “combining education with recreation” and makes learning enjoyable.
Step 3 While-listening(13 mins) 1. Ask students to watch a video and think about the following questions. And finally check the answer. Q1:What does the salesman say A. Not at all. B. What can I do for you C. Thanks. D. May I help you Q2: How much is the coat T: My clothes are a little old. I want to buy a new coat for myself. Now my friend and I are in a shop. I want to show you a video. While watching, think about these two questions.Ask students to listen to 1a and check. T: Now Maria and her mother are also in a shop. Let’s listen and see what happens to them. At the same time, listen and check. And finally check the answer together. Ask students to listen to 1a again and number the sentences. And then check the answer . Ask students to turn to page 81 and follow the tape to read 1a sentence by sentence. Ask students to find out the important sentences. And then ask one student to share his idea with the whole class. 1. Students watch the video and think about the questions. After watching, students answer the questions. Students listen and check. Students listen to 1a again and number the sentences.Students turn to page 81 and follow the tape to read 1a sentence by sentence. Students find out the important sentences. Watching the video acted by the teacher and some students can attract students’ interest and therefore is helpful for learning. Asking students to go through the questions projected on the screen while watching can focus their attention and greatly improve their efficiency in class. Giving students several tasks while listening can help their listening comprehension, including numbering the sentences. Asking students to follow the tape is of significant importance in students’ pronunciation.
Step 4 Post-listening(13 mins) Ask students to role-play 1a in groups. Four students a group. Finally each group has a wonder performance reproducing 1a in the classroom. T: Now, practice 1a in groups. Four students a group. One will be the saleswoman; one will be the salesman; one will be Maria; and last one will Maria’s mother. If possible, you can make some change. Finally ask students to take out the paper and fill in the blanks.And check the answer together. 3. Ask students to take a challenge to test what we’ve learnt today. Students role-play 1a in groups. Each group performs very well. Students fill in the blanks and check the answer. 3. Students take the challenge. Letting students to role-play 1a in groups of four can help them to understand the passage better and help them to apply it more spontaneously in the real life.Filling the blanks focuses more in detail listening and reading. Giving students a challenge can test students what they’ve learn today. If they do it successful, they will feel a sense of achievement; if not, they can realize their blind spots.
Step 5 Summary Ask students to summarize what we’ve learnt today. And the teacher does some supplement when necessary. 1. Students summarize what they’ve learnt today. 1. Student-oriented teaching is well represented in letting students to summarize what they’ve learned today.