Content Unit 1 Writing a travel guide
Period The First Period
Time allocation 40 minutes
Date
Teaching objectives Knowledge objectives:1. To make students know some places of interest in Shanghai 2. To ask wh-questions to find out specific information3. To use modal verbs to make suggestionsAbility objectives:1.To maintain an interaction by replying to questions2.To develop written texts by presenting main and supporting ideas.Emotional objectives:To encourage students to love Shanghai
Language focus and difficult points Focus：They can go to … they can …
Difficulties：Where can tourists go in Shanghai
Teaching methods Task-based approach
Teaching aids Multi-media
Teaching Procedure
Teaching steps tasks Purposes
Pre-task preparation 1. Think and say T: Ask questions.“Which places do you usually visit in Shanghai Why do you visit it “S: Answer questions. “Yu Garden…’2. Look and learnT: Present pictures of scenic spots in Shanghai.S: Try to answer the name of these famous scenic spots in Shanghai. (To introduce the topic of this unit)(To introduce the place names one by one by asking the following question.)
While-task procedure Look and sayT: Teach the students the 2 important rivers in Shanghai and the basic nouns of locality.S: Learn the basic nouns of locality.2. Read and arrangeT: Present pictures of scenic spots in Shanghai and ask their directions.S: Answer the direction of these places.3. Listen and readT: Play the recordingS: Listen and judge whether these following statements are true or false.4. Listen and sayT: Play the recording of the text.S: Listen and read.5. Listen and sayT: Play the recording of the textS: Listen and read.6. Read and writeT: Present the table about the textS: Discuss in groups and complete the table. (To introduce the basic nouns of locality)(To practice how to express the direction of a place)(To practice the listening skill)(To have a deeper understanding of the listening material)(To have a main idea of the text)(To have a deeper understanding of the text)
Post-task activities PracticeT: Present some pictures of scenic places in Shanghai and dialogues to be filled in.S: Work in pairs to complete the dialogue. (To consolidate what have been learnt in class)
Summary：A: Where can tourists go in Shanghai B: They can go to______.They can see/find/eat/visit_____.
Assignment：
Writing on the blackboard：A: Where can tourists go in Shanghai B: They can go to______.They can see/find/eat/visit_____.Content Unit 1 Writing a travel guide
Period The Third Period
Time allocation 40 minutes
Date
Teaching objectives Knowledge objectives:To learn key phrases and key wordsTo use prepositions to indicate placeTo use proper nouns to refer to placesAbility objectivesTo maintain an interaction by replying to questionsEmotional objectives:To encourage students to love Shanghai
Language focus and difficult points Focus：Shanghai is in the east of China.If you go there, you will see…There are many new buildings around the square.Shanghai Grand Theatre
Difficulties：Prepositions, connectives, nouns
Teaching methods Task-based approach
Teaching aids Multi-media
Teaching Procedure
Teaching steps tasks Purposes
Pre-task preparationWhile-task procedure 1. Look and sayT: Present the language point learnt in Period TwoS: Read the sentences on PPT. Pair work：Complete the dialogue1. Look and sayT: Play the recording of the dialogue.S: Listen and read.2. Look and learnT: Ask questions and explain key phrases and key words.S: Answer questions.3. Look and readT: Play the recording of the text (paragraph 1).S: Listen and read.4. AnswerT: Ask some questions:S: answer the questions5. Watch and SayT: Present some videos.S: Watch and try to repeat key words. (To consolidate what students have learnt in Period Two)(To introduce key phrase: get on with)(To introduce key phrases and key words)(To have a main idea of the text)(To check whether the students have well understood the text)(To see examples about how to introduce a place)
Post-task activities Look, think and sayT: Present some clues to help students introduce Beijing.S: Work in pairs to talk about the places of interest in Beijing and Shanghai. (To have a main idea of the text)
Summary：Shanghai is in the east of China.If you go there, you will see…There are many new buildings around the square.Shanghai Grand Theatre
Assignment：Workbook 7B page 2,4,and 5
Writing on the blackboard：Shanghai is in the east of China.If you go there, you will see…There are many new buildings around the square.Shanghai Grand TheatreContent Unit 1 Writing a travel guide
Period The Second Period
Time allocation 40 minutes
Date
Teaching objectives Knowledge objectives:To use proper nouns to refer to placesTo ask wh-questions to find out specific informationTo use modal verbs to make suggestionsAbility objectives:To listen for specific informationTo develop written texts by expressing own ideasEmotional objectives:To encourage students to love ShanghaiTo make students know some places of interest in Shanghai
Language focus and difficult points Focus：Nouns, ‘Wh-‘ questions
Difficulties：some places in Shanghai
Teaching methods Task-based approach
Teaching aids Multi-media
Teaching Procedure
Teaching steps tasks Purposes
Pre-task preparation 1. Look and say T: Present the language point learnt in Period One.S: Read the sentences on PPT. Pair work：Complete the dialogue2. Read and guessT: Present quiz which will appear sentence by sentence,S: Try quizzes. (To consolidate what students have learnt in Period One)(To check whether students have known the famous scenic spots in Shanghai well)
While-task procedure 1.Look and sayT: Teach the students other nouns of locality.S: Learn other nouns of locality and answer the direction of the places in the picture.2.Practice T: Ask some questions:Where can tourists go in Shanghai Where is it What can tourists do there S: answer the questions3. Think and sayT: Present some pictures of scenic spots and a dialogue to be completed.S: Complete the dialogue (pair work). (To introduce other nouns of locality)( To check whether the students have grasp the sentence structure “where is … ” ) (To practice the oral ability)
Post-task activities PracticeIf you are the tourist guide, where would you suggest tourists go in Shanghai Make a dialogue like the following:A: Where can tourists go in Shanghai B: They can go to….A: Where is…B: It is in the centre of/south of Shanghai./on Chongming island.A: What can tourists go there B: They can see/visit/find/eat… （To consolidate what students learned）
Summary：A: Where can tourists go in Shanghai B: They can go to….A: Where is…B: It is in the centre of/south of Shanghai./on Chongming island.A: What can tourists go there B: They can see/visit/find/eat…
Assignment：Students’ work book page1,3
Writing on the blackboard：A: Where can tourists go in Shanghai B: They can go to….A: Where is…B: It is in the centre of/south of Shanghai./on Chongming island.A: What can tourists go there B: They can see/visit/find/eat…Content Unit 1 Writing a travel guide
Period The Fourth Period
Time allocation 40 minutes
Date
Teaching objectives Knowledge objectives:To use connectives to express conditionsTo use prepositions to indicate positionsTo use proper nouns to refer to placesAbility objectivesTo use connectives to express conditionsTo use prepositions to indicate positionsTo use proper nouns to refer to placesEmotional objectives:To encourage students to love ShanghaiTo make students know some places of interest in Shanghai
Language focus and difficult points Focus：If you… you can; … is in the east of…
Difficulties：connectives, prepositions, nouns
Teaching methods Task-based approach
Teaching aids Multi-media
Teaching Procedure
Teaching steps tasks Purposes
Pre-task preparation 1. Think and answerT: Present dialogues with key phrases and words to be filled in.S: Complete the dialogue. (To consolidate what students have learnt in Period Three)
While-task procedure 1. Look and learnT: Teach conditional sentences.S: Learn and practice.2. Look and writeS: Use clues given on PPT to produce a conditional sentence. 3. Look and learnT: Present pictures.S: Try to figure out “what’s it” 4. Think and write T: Give clues to help students finish a travel guide.S: Complete the table.5. Think, discuss and writeT: Show an example of a travel guide.S: Work in groups to make a travel guide. (To introduce conditional sentences)(To practice conditional sentences)T: Show pictures and clues.(To introduce key words)(To consolidate the structure of conditional sentences)(To practice students ability to use conditional sentences in writing a travel guide)
Post-task activities 1. Think and writeT: Present a table of suggested places to visit in Shanghai and give the information to the travel guide to be completed.S: Complete the travel guide. (To consolidate students ability to use conditional sentences in writing a travel guide)
Summary：If you… you can; … is in the east of…
Assignment：Write a travel guide
Writing on the blackboard：If you… you can; … is in the east of…
