7A Unit 4 My Day
Grammar
教学目标
1. Learn how to use wh-questions to talk about the information.
2. Use wh-questions we have learned to talk with others.
3. Learn how to use English to ask questions more often.
教学内容
Wh-questions
重点难点
Learn how to use wh-questions.
教学准备
A computer
教学过程
Step 1. Free talk
1. First, teacher picks up some things from the students and asks:
A. What is it in English
B. Which pen is yours
C. Who often buys stationary for you
D. Whose eraser is white
E. When do you need to use a pencil
F. It’s such a long ruler, where can you put it, in the pencil case or in the schoolbag
G. Why is this pen so special It looks funny , where did you get it
H. How can I use this tap correctly Who can help me
2. Show these sentences with wh-question words. Ask students to talk about these question words’ meaning , then show the table on page 61. Lead Ss to read it and try to under the question words’ meaning and usage. Next , show the summary of usage of these wh-questions.
Step 2. Practice
1. The teacher says: Millie is a good girl. She loves to ask questions. Do you love to ask questions I think everyone should love to ask questions in English. Then you’ll be better at your English. Ask students to look at these pictures and help her fill the blank.
2. Show a picture of Part B and ask:
a. What is he eating Teach the new word “rice dumpling”.
b. Who can make rice dumplings in your family Teach the new word “grandparents”.
c. When do we eat rice dumplings
d. What other things do we do at Dragon Boat Festival Teach the new word “other”.
3. Teacher says: Millie also has some questions about festivals. What are they Let’s complete Part B.
Amy’s birthday is coming, Millie wants to go to the party. So she asks Amy about the birthday party. Ask Ss to complete Part C.
Check the answers and ask Ss to act the conversation.
Step 3. Activity
Show eight questions on the blackboard:
1. When is your birthday
2. How are you going to celebrate your birthday
3. What do you do for your birthday
4. What time is the birthday party going to start
5. Where are you going too have the party
6. Which is your favorite food
7. Who will sing at the party
8. Why don’t you ask your teacher to come to the party
Ask students to make dialogues in groups and use five questions of them at least.
Step4. Homework
1. Revise the usage of wh-questions .
2. Make dialogues with wh-questions.
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Grammar
What , which , who, whose, when, where, why, how How old , how long , how often , how much/ many, how far, how tall7A Unit 5 let’s celebrate
Task
教学目标
1. Write a passage about a festival and how to celebrate it.
2. Learn how to make posters.
3. Get Ss to learn how to write writing plan.
教学内容
1. New words and phrases and their pronunciation.
2. Write a passage about a festival.
3. Write posters.
重点难点
1. New words and phrases and their pronunciation.
2. Learn how to write posters.
教学准备
A tape recorder, a computer
教学过程
Step 1 . Warming- up
Sing an English song “ Merry Christmas ”.
Step 2 . Presentation
T: Nowadays an increasing number of Chinese people are fond of celebrating some western festivals. For example, they send chocolate and flowers to their beloved at Christmas. Can you tell me some western festivals
S: Yes. Thanksgiving Day, Mothers’ Day, Fathers’ Day.
T: any more Halloween
S: Yes. We also have learnt some information about Halloween in this unit.
T: Here are some questions for you to check how much you still remember.
1. What is Halloween
2. When is Halloween
3. How do people celebrate it
S: ....
T: Yes. Good. We Chinese also have our own traditional festivals such as Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Spring Festival is the most important in our culture. Just as important as Christmas Day in the west. Please think about these questions.
1. What is Spring Festival
2. When is Spring Festival
3. Who celebrates Spring Festival
4. How do people celebrate it
Step 3 . Doing exercise
T: Open your books and do Part B on page 67 according to Millie’s writing plan.
Step 4 . retelling the text
Ask some students to retell the story.
Step 5 . writing
Ask Ss to write about their favorite festivals.
Step 6 . Homework
Review the words, phrases and sentences of this unit.
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Task
What is Spring Festival When is Spring Festival Who celebrates Spring Festival How do people celebrate it Sentences: .... is an important holiday in /for .....It is in / on .....It is ..... but .....There is /are .... on TV ....We / They like to ...... Usually we get ......... have lots of fun......7A Unit 5 let’s celebrate
Welcome to the unit
教学目标
1. Learn some new words and useful expressions.
2. Learn how to celebrate the festivals in different countries.
3. Train the Ss’ to talk about the festivals.
教学内容
1. New words: celebrate , guess , dress, as, Christmas, festival....
2. Useful expressions: have a guess, dress up as, on that day, get together, enjoy the full moon....
重点难点
1. Grasp the new words.
2. Learn how to celebrate the festivals in different countries.
教学准备
A tape recorder, a computer
教学过程
Step 1 . Lead-in
Teacher asks these questions:
What is your name
How old are you
When is your birthday
Where do you live
Which sport do you like best
Do you like festival
Why do you like it
Let Ss talk about the questions and then present their answers in class.
Step 2 . Pair work
1. Let Ss make short dialogues to talk about the festival they like in pairs.
Eg:
A: What is your favourite festival
B: ......
A : Why do you like it
B: Because .....
A : How do you celebrate it
B : ....
2. Teacher choose some pairs and let them act the dialogue out.
Step 3 . Practice and exercises
1. Complete the exercise on page 57 A.
2. Read the dialogue on page 57 B and practise reading it fluently.
Step 4 . Activity
Complete the topic and make the dialogue in pairs.
1. Festivals
What festivals do you know / Which one do you like best / Why / What do you do on that day ....
2. Birthday
(1) How old are you
(2) When is your birthday
(3) How do you celebrate it
(4) Who will you invite
(5) What do you do on your party
3. Celebration
(1) Do you know how people celebrate Halloween
(2) Do you know why people celebrate it in that way
Step 5 . Homework
1. Master the name of the festivals.
2. Preview the next period.
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Welcome to the unit
have a guessdress up ason that day get togetherenjoy the full moon Dragon Boat FestivalMid- Autumn FestivalChristmas Halloween Thanksgiving Day7A Unit 5 let’s celebrate
Reading
教学目标
1. Get to know some information about Halloween.
2. Grasp the sentences which are used to talk about Halloween.
3. Know the form of a letter.
教学内容
1. Words: USA, paint , inside , know , shout , if , treat, special, mask, pumpkin lantern.
2. Phrases: tell about, the USA , have lots of fun, dress up, wear masks, play a game with, knock on, play a trick on, on the evening of October 31, like .... best.
3. Sentences: Thank you telling me about the Mid-Autumn Festival.
If they do not give us a treat, we play a trick on them.
...., and I like Halloween best.
重点难点
1. Help Ss grasp the basic words and expressions about Halloween and the basic information of Halloween.
2. How to get the main information with the different reading skills.
教学准备
A tape recorder, a computer
教学过程
Step 1 . Revision
Free talk: Ask Ss questions about the date and use the calendar (with a festival in it) to lead in the main topic -- festival.review the festivals in the last lesson.
T: What’s the date today Look at the numbers on the calendar, why are some red Because they are festivals. What festivals do you know
Step 2 . presentation
Show Ss a video or a picture of celebration and ask them to guess what festival it is.with the help of the video or the picture, try to teach the new words (pumpkin lantern, mask, treat, inside)
Step 3 . skimming
1. Read the letter and answer the questions:
Who is the writer and who is the receiver
When does Wendy write the letter
2. Teach the correct form of a letter.
Step 4. scanning
Read the text and find out the answer to this question” What do we do at Halloween ” give Ss several minutes to scan the text and discuss with their partners.
A. Play a game with the people inside.
B. Dress up and wear mask.
C. Make pumpkin lantern.
D. Have a special party.
Step 5. consolidation
Do T or F questions.
1. People in the USA celebrate Halloween in October.
2. Halloween is not much fun for children.
3. People make lanterns out of oranges.
4. Children play “trick or treat ” with their parents on Halloween .
5. People have a party on the evening of October 31.
6. People enjoy nice food and drinks on Halloween.
Step 6. Post-reading
T : Do you want to know Halloween very well Let’s read the passage paragraph by paragraph and then fill in the blanks. Please work in groups of four to see which group is the winner.
1. The people in the USA do not celebrate _____, but they celebrate _____.
2. The children ______ with the people inside . usually, people give them ______. if they don’t , the children can ____on them.
3. They ____ and ______. they also make ____.
4. They always have a ______ on the _____.
Step 7. have an interview
T: Now we’ve know a lot about Halloween. Let’s have an interview. If your deskmate is from the USA , ask him or her some questions about Halloween.
Step 8. discussion
What is your favorite festival Why
T: So much for Halloween . what do you think of it
S: It’s .....
T: Then is it your favorite festival If not , what is your favorite festival
Please work in pairs. I’ll choose several pairs to talk about it.
Step 9. Homework
Recite the passage.
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Reading
Words: USA, paint , inside , know , shout , if , treat, special, mask, pumpkin lantern.Phrases: tell about, the USA , have lots of fun, dress up, wear masks, play a game with, knock on, play a trick on, on the evening of October 31, like .... best. Sentences: Thank you telling me about the Mid-Autumn Festival.If they do not give us a treat, we play a trick on them. ...., and I like Halloween best.7A Unit 5 Let’s celebrate!
Integrated skills
教学目标
1. Get information from listening and learn the Chinese people in New York how to celebrate Chinese traditional festivals.
2. Train students’ ability of listening , speaking, reading and writing.
3. Find out the tips of the poster.
4. Learn to communicate with others properly.
教学内容
How to write a poster and a postcard.
重点难点
Learn how to obtain and consolidate information from listening.
教学准备
A tape recorder, a computer
教学过程
Step 1 . Warming up
T: please say sth about the pictures.
Eg: what festival is it
When do people celebrate it
How do people celebrate it
Do you know any other festivals
Of all the festivals you know , which do you like best
Which is the most important festival in the west
Which is the most important festival in China
Step 2 . Presentation
We do lots of interesting things for Chinese New Year. But do you know how American Chinese in New York celebrate Chinese New Year
Let’s watch a video on the screen.
New words teaching:
Talk about the video and teach new words.
lion dance, firework, Chinatown, show , radio, take photos, around, different
Tell Ss that in American people Chinese celebrate Chinese New Year in Chinatown . they celebrate it in traditional ways.
Some American people are also very interested in Chinese New Year.
I hear that a girl named Wendy is very interested in Chinese New Year.
T: look ! what is Wendy doing now (S: She is reading a poster.)
T: Where is she guess . ( S: She is in New York.)
Step 3 . Reading
Please read the poster and answer.
What are people going to do to celebrate the Chinese New Year
What are they going to eat
What can they watch on that day
Step 4 . Listening
Ask students to read the table and guess what time the celebration starts.
Listen to the second part of the radio programme. Help Wendy complete the table in A1 . Check the answers and make sure the students can express the time correctly.
We know when they will do the activities, but where they will have all the activities. Please listen to the second part of the radio programme, and write down the exact Places. Check the answers and make sure the students can write the names of places correctly.
Step 5 . Writing
T: Wendy is writing a postcard to Millie about Chinese New Year celebrations. Please help Wendy finish her postcard.
Get the students to discuss the answers in groups and get some students to read it.
Read the postcard together. Let students ask wh-questions by themselves and answer. Then let Ss read together. Observe the form of the postcard.
Step 6 . Speak up
T: do you have a nice day
Millie is talking to her mother about the “ Festival week” at her school. Get Ss to read the conversation and answer the questions:
Why does Millie seem happy
What do they do
Where do they have the show
Play the tape for Ss to repeat. Pay attention to the pronunciation.
Read the dialogue in role.
Act out the dialogue in pairs.
Let Ss talk about their nice days in pairs.
Show their conversations.
Step 7 . Making a poster
Make a poster in groups of four.
After finishing making posters, each group choose one student to show their poster and say how they will celebrate the festival in front of the classroom. See which group does the best job.
Step 8 . Homework
Write a letter back to Wendy about celebrating Chinese New Year in your family. (60 words)
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Integrated skills
Words:lion dance, firework, Chinatown, show , radio, take photos, around, different Sentences: What are people going to do to celebrate the Chinese New Year What are they going to eat What can they watch on that day 7A Unit 5 let’s celebrate
Study skills
教学目标
1. Learn eight vowels and try to pronounce them correctly.
2. Be able to write the eight vowels correctly.
教学内容
Eight vowels: [ e i ] [a i ] [ i ]、[ e ]、[ u ]、[ i ]、[ a u ]、[ u ]
重点难点
1. Learn eight vowels and try to pronounce them correctly.
2. Be able to write the eight vowels correctly.
教学准备
A tape recorder, a computer
教学过程
Step 1 . Greetings
1.teacher greets Ss and says some words with eight vowels. At the same time , teacher lets Ss pay attention to the pronunciation of them.
Step 2 . Presentation
1. In this class we’ll learn some vowels.
Now look at the screen.
My friends say we don’t play football now because it’s raining. Please wait for a moment.
How do you read the two underlined words
How do we pronounce “ ay ”
Read after me “play, say” [ei ]
2. Now look at the screen.
Kitty turns on the light at night.
How do you read the two underlined words
How do we pronounce “igh”
Read after me “night , light ” [ai ]
3. Now look at the screen.
The boy enjoys the toy near the toilet.
How do you read the three underlined words
How do we pronounce “oy”
Read after me “boy, enjoy,toy” [ i ]
4. Now look at the screen.
The man in a blue coat is in the boat.
How do you read the two underlined words
How do we pronounce “oa”
Read after me “boat , coat ” [ u ]
5. Now look at the screen .
The man with a big mouth came into the brown house.
How do you read the two underlined words
How do we Pronounce “ ou ”
Read after me “ house, mouth” [au ]
6. Now look at the screen.
This year I hear the interesting story near the village with my own ears.
How do you read the two underlined words
How do we pronounce “ear”
Read after me “ hear, near ” [ i ]
7. Now look at the screen.
The bear wearing a red coat and a girl with long hair sit on the chair.
How do you read the two underlined words
How do we pronounce “ ear ”
Read after me “bear, wear” [ e ].
8. Now look at the screen.
I ‘m sure the coming tour to Dongtai is very wonderful.
How do you read the two underlined words
How do we pronounce “ ure, our ”
Read after me “ sure, tour ” [ u ]
Step 3 . Practice
1. Listen to the tape , then read after me.
2. Part A. Match the following words with the sounds of their letters in bold.
3. Part B . Look at the pairs of words. Read the words on the left first. Then try to say the words on the right correctly.students read them in pairs. Then listen to the tape.
4. Compare the two words and judge the sounds in each group. If they have the same sound, say “yes”, if they don’t , say “no”.
(1) may night ( ) (5) house now ( )
(2) show toy ( ) (6) coat borrow ( )
(3) flower know ( ) (7) hear here ( )
(4) mouse mouth ( ) (8) air dear ( )
Step 4 . Part C
1. Practise saying the following sentences.
2. Read the sentences after me. Read them by yourselves.
Step 5 . Homework
1. Read vowels on page 65.
2. Find out three words with each sound.
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Study skills
[ e i ] [a i ] [ i ]、[ e ]、[ u ]、[ i ]、[ a u ]、[ u ] play say night light boy enjoy boat coat house mouth hear near bear wear sure tour
