Content Unit 5 What can we learn from others
Period The Second Period
Time allocation 40 minutes
Date
Teaching objectives Knowledge objectives:To check whether students have grasped the content of the text To practice the use of connectives to express conditionsAbility objectivesTo practice the ability to plan and organize information and ideas by deciding on the sequence of contentEmotional objectives: To encourage students to learn from others
Language focus and difficult points Focus：How to plan and organize information and ideas by deciding on the sequence of content
Difficulties：How to plan and organize information and ideas by deciding on the sequence of content
Teaching methods Task-based approach
Teaching aids Multi-media
Teaching Procedure
Teaching steps tasks Purposes
Pre-task preparation 1. Circle true or falseT: Present exercises.S: Circle true or false. (To check whether students have grasped the content of the text)
While-task procedure 1. Think and writeT: Present a script to be completed.S: Finish the script and act the parts.2. Read and writeT: Present a report to be completed.S: Read the story about the happy farmer and his wife again and finish a report to the king of the Fairies.Think and readT: Show a sentence in a wrong order.S: Think and read the sentence. (To practice students’ writing ability)(To practice the ability to plan and organize information and ideas by deciding on the sequence of content)(To practice the use of connectives to express conditions)
Post-task activities Think and sayT: Give specific directions of how to act the story out.S: Work in groups to tell the story “The happy farmer and his wife.” To practice students’ oral ability
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Assignment：Content Unit 5 What can we learn from others
Period The Fourth Period
Time allocation 40 minutes
Date
Teaching objectives Knowledge objectives:To write out a piece of work when a framework in providedAbility objectivesTo maintain an interaction by replyingTo practice the use of connectives to express conditionsEmotional objectives: To encourage students to learn from others
Language focus and difficult points Focus：How to write out a piece of work when a framework in provided
Difficulties：How to write out a piece of work when a framework in provided
Teaching methods Task-based approach
Teaching aids Multi-media
Teaching Procedure
Teaching steps tasks Purposes
Pre-task preparation 1. Look and completeT: Present a sentence in a wrong order.S: Read the sentence and complete the sentences. (To review what have been learnt before)
While-task procedure 1. Look and sayT: Play the recording of the listening material.S: Work in pairs to complete the dialogue.2. Look, listen and writeT: Play the recording of the listening material.S: Listen and complete the sentences.2. Look, listen and writeT: Play the recording of the listening material.S: Listen and complete the sentences.3. Think and answerT: Ask the question. “Who do you think is a model student ”S: Work in groups to answer the question.4. Think and writeT: Present a survey.S: Write at least 3 reports about the survey. (To practice students’ oral ability)(To practice students’ listening ability)(To practice students’ listening ability)(To practice the use of connectives to express conditions)(To practice students’ writing ability)
Post-task activities 1.Find out and writeT: Present a poster to be completed.S: Work in groups to make a poster of the model student in the class.2. Think, say and writeT: Ask questions. “Who do you think is a model person in our country ” “What can we learn from him/her ”S: Work in groups to make a poster of the model people in our country, (To practice students’ writing ability(To consolidate what we have learnt in class)
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Assignment：Content Unit 5 What can we learn from others
Period The Third Period
Time allocation 40 minutes
Date
Teaching objectives Knowledge objectives:To check whether students have grasped the content of the textAbility objectivesTo listen for specific informationTo practice the use of connectives to express conditionsEmotional objectives: To encourage students to learn from others
Language focus and difficult points Focus：How to listen for specific information
Difficulties：How to listen for specific information
Teaching methods Task-based approach
Teaching aids Multi-media
Teaching Procedure
Teaching steps tasks Purposes
Pre-task preparation 1. Think and sayT: Ask questions “what are qualities of a model student”S: Brainstorm (To introduce the topic of the text)
While-task procedure 1. Listen and sayT: Play the recording of the listening material.S: Listen who will be the model students.2. Think and readT: Present a table to be completed.S: Work in pairs to complete the dialogue.3. Look and sayT: Present key words and posters for pair works.S: Work in pairs to talk about the students on the poster.4. Look, read and matchT: Present two columns to be matched.S: Look and match the column A with column B. (To practice students’ listening ability)(To have a better understanding of the text)(To practice students’ oral ability)(To practice the use of connectives to express conditions)
Post-task activities Think and sayT: Ask questions. “Who do you think is a model person in our country ” “What can we learn from him/her ”S: Work in pairs to answer questions. (To practice students’ oral ability
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Writing on the blackboard：Content 7BUnit 5: The happy farmer and his wife
Period The First Period
Time allocation 40 minutes
Date March 7
Teaching objectives Knowledge objectives:1. To help students learn the new words in the text.2.To help students master how to use connectives “although” to express conditionsAbility objectives:To improve students’ reading comprehension by predicting, skimming, scanning and inferring.Emotional objectives:To inspire students to enjoy life
Focus and difficult points Focus：1. To help students use connectives “although” to express conditions. 2. To help students understand the text well.
Difficulty：To help students get the moral lesson from the text.
Teaching methods Task-based approach
Teaching aids Multi-media
Teaching Procedures
Stage Teaching Activity Learning Activity Purpose
Pre-reading Guide students getinformation from the title and the picture of the text.Help students learn some newwords and the usage of connectives “although” Read the title and look at thepicture, then answer the questions.Learn some new words and the usage of connectives “although” Predict sth. fromthe title and the picture.Get students familiar with thenew words and new structure “although”
While-reading Have students look through the story quickly.Guide the students to skim the beginning of the story Have students find out the threewishes, Fred and his wife’sanswers to them and draw conclusions.Have students identify each person’s words and have a role reading or a role play.Ask Ss to read the last paragraph of the story. Read the whole story quickly and match the pictures with paragraphs.Skim and understand the beginning of the story byusing “ who, when, where, what ”Read and find out the threewishes, Fred and his wife’sanswers to them and draw conclusions.(wishes--answers--conclusions)Group work: have jigsawreading , then have a rolereading or a role play.Listen and read the text and answer the questions. Grasp the main idea of the story.To help Ss getfamiliar with thebeginning of the story.Grasp the details ofthe story and practise “although” structure.Consolidate three wishes.Understand the ending of thestory.
Post-reading Guide students to find out Fred and his wife’s good qualities Ask the students to find out moral lessons from the text. Find out Fred and his wife’s good qualities. Find out moral lessons from the text. Further understandthe storyGet the morallesson of the story
Summarize Summarize the text consolidate what students’ have learned
Assignment Read the story again, finish the script on page 33 and act out the whole story in groups
