Unit 5 My Future
Lesson 33: Maybe You’ll Be a Teacher
Teaching Content:
Mastery words and expressions: future, might, doctor, carefully, sick, should, in the future
Known words and expressions: scary, So is…
Teaching Aims:
1. Talk about the future;
2. Learn about the differences between the Chinese and the westerns.
Teaching Important Points:
1. Hope and wish.
2. The Simple Future Tense.
Teaching Difficult Points:
The vocabulary is to include more sophisticated statements about plans and goals.
Teaching Preparation: flashcards
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards
Type of lesson: new lesson
Teaching Procedure:
Step1. Discuss the topic of Unit 5 with the students. “Future” is an exciting topic to the students. The brainstorm will be very exciting. Lead the students to talk about the following ways:
1. What will you want to be when you grow up
2. Do you want to be a teacher when you are older Why
3. What do you think your partner will be when he is older Why
Step2. Come to “ THINK ABOUT IT!
1. What are you good at
2. What do you want to do in the future
Let the students write what you are thinking on the paper. Then exchange their ideas with the partners.
Step3. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions:
1. What do Li Ming and Wang Mei do in the future
2. Why do they suit those jobs
Step4. Read the text silently and check the answers. Then read it aloud in the class in roles in pairs.
Step5. Let some volunteers to act it out in front of the class.
e to “LET’S DO IT”.
Think about your life in the future. Share your ideas in a small group. Where will you live What will your job be Will you be happy Why
Write your answers down first. Then report it to the class.
Step7. Finish off the activity book.
Summary:
Some students may think this text is easy. Learn to use the words and expressions in the text to describe their feelings about the future. Use the patterns correctly.
Lesson 34: What Do You Hope
Teaching Content:
Mastery words and expressions: stay, someday
Known words and expressions: prediction, yearbook, ambition, predict
Teaching Aims:
1. Communicate in English with the words and expressions that we learned.
2. Cultivate the ability of learning by oneself.
Teaching Important Points:
1. Make a yearbook.
2. Predict your future.
Teaching Difficult Points:
Some words and expressions that used in their prediction.
Teaching Preparation: pictures of the students
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures
Type of lesson: new lesson
Teaching Procedure:
Step1. 1. Greet your students and help them to respond in an appropriate way.
2. Talk about the weather. Pay attention the words, such as: windy, sunny, cloudy, rainy…
Step2. A riddle: What is always in front of you, yet you can never see (Your future) Then ask the students: “ What do you want to be in the future Why ”
Let the students discuss the question in pairs.
e to “ THINK ABOUT IT”. Answer the question:“Do you want to be an English teacher Why ”
Ask the students to give their reasons.
Step4. Listen to the tape with the following questions.
1. Why does Li Ming want to be an English teacher
2. Where does Li Ming live when he is older
3. How many children does Li Ming want to have
4. Does Li Ming hope some of his classmates will be his friends when they are older
Step5. Read the text silently and check the answers. Then read the text aloud in class. After several times, let some students read in front of the class.
Step6. Listen to the tape again and imitate after it until the students have correct pronunciation and intonation.
e to “PROJECT”. MAKE A YEARBOOK! PROJECT YOUR FUTURE!
Do as the “PROJECT” says. Make a group with three or four other students.
Tour the classroom as the students talk. If many groups are having trouble expressing themselves in English, stop the class and brainstorm useful vocabulary with students. You may wish to make a list on the blackboard. For your reference, here is a list of useful words.
Might, maybe, hope, want, wrong, going to (not going to), may (may not), will (will not), would(wouldn’t), but, sometimes, usually, surprise
I want to______. I hope to______. I think _______ /I don’t think______
Step8. 1. Finish off the activity book.
2. The first read in the reader.
Summary:
Let the students take a picture of them or draw a picture to predict what they are going to be in the future. Write their predictions under the picture. Then keep the pictures in the English corner of the classroom.
Lesson 35: What’s Your Advice
Teaching Content:
Mastery words and expressions: advice, choose, spell, reply, as, nobody, be nice to
Known words and expressions: diamond, advice diamond, opposite, Fast is the opposite of slow. too many/ much
Teaching Aids:
1 Build the connection with the new knowledge and the old
3. Have a good ambition, and study had now, then you will have a good future.
Teaching Important Points:
1. Hope and wish.
2. Positive/ Negative Sentences.
3. Interrogative Sentences.
Teaching Difficult Points:
The Simple Present Tense
Teaching Preparation: flashcards
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards
Type of lesson: new lesson
Teaching Procedure:
Step1. Review unit project1 again.
Divide the class into small groups. Each group then chooses a partner group. Be sure that every group has a partner group. Students in each group make predictions for the future about students in the partner group.
Step2. Come to “PROJECT” in this lesson.
Help the students to make advice diamond. Work in pairs and finish the project. Then exchange the ideas with other pairs. Write other good advice in your advice diamond.
Step3. Listen to the tape with the following questions:
1. What colour does Danny choose from Jenny’s advice diamond
2. What’s Jenny’s advice
3. Are all of Danny’s diamonds green
4. Does Jenny have a piece of advice from Danny
Step4. Read the text silently and check the answers. Then read the text aloud in class in roles.
Step5. Listen to the tape again and imitate after it several until they can read it fluently.
Step6. Finish the task.
Do as what Danny and Jenny do in the text. Work in groups and make their advice diamond. Tour the class as the students talk. Help them when they have trouble in expressing themselves.
Step7. 1. Finish off the activity book.
3. The third reading in the reader.
Summary:
The subject of the text is making advice diamond. So teach the students to make diamond. Before the class, the teacher must work hard to learn it well.
Lesson 36: No Matter What
Teaching Content:
Mastery words and expressions: rich, poor, between, in ten more years
Known words and expressions: somewhere, become, if, no matter what… I know for sure
Teaching Aims:
1. Read the text by students themselves and catch the main meaning of the text.
2. Express one’s feeling in English.
Teaching Important Points:
1. Hope and wish;
2. Cause and effect;
3. Positive/Negative Sentences and Interrogative Sentences.
Teaching Difficult Points:
Positive/Negative Sentences and Interrogative Sentences
Teaching Preparation: paper
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, paper
Type of lesson: new lesson
Teaching Procedure:
Step1. Play the game in Lesson 36 again. Remember to listen carefully and know if they make any mistakes. Can they still make an advice diamond Help them if they meet trouble.
Step2. Play the tape with the books open and the students imitate after it. Play the tape once again. Let them to catch the rhythm.
Step3. Read and translate the lyrics aloud. Then divide the class into several groups and check their answers.
Step4. Explain the common English expressions.
Step5. Read and translate the first verse of the song, line by line. After the students know the first verse, they also know the others.
Step6. Listen to the song with the book open. Then close the books and let them listen again.
Step7. Ask the class to sing together. Then the boys sing together and the girls sing together.
Step8. 1. Finish off the activity book.
3. If you have time, let some volunteers act in front of the class.
Summary:
It is the key to catch the rhythm of the song. After that, let the students master the main meaning of it. Thus, they can learn it quickly.
Lesson 37: Rich or Poor It doesn’t matter!
Teaching Content:
Mastery words and expressions: lawyer, building, goal, wife, kid
Known words and expressions: at the very top, It’s hard to…
Teaching Aims:
1. Cultivate the students’ ability of teamwork and finish the tasks well.
2. Learn about the westerns’ goals and their different opinions about jobs.
Teaching Important Points:
1. Cause and effect.
2. Positive / Negative Sentences and Interrogative Sentences
Teaching Difficult Points:
Positive / Negative Sentences and Interrogative Sentences
Teaching Preparation: flashcards
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards
Type of lesson: new lesson
Teaching Procedure:
Step1. Sing the song “No Matter What”
Step2. Come to “ THINK ABOUT IT”.
What makes you happy What makes you sad
Let the students work in pairs and discuss the questions in pairs. Then exchange their opinions with the students in front of or behind you.
Step3. Listen to the tape with the following questions:
1. Why does Lucas want to be a doctor
2. Why does Lucas want to be a lawyer
3. Why does Lucas want to be a teacher
Step4. Read the text silently and check the answers. Then read the text aloud.
Step5. Listen to the tape again and imitate after it for several times until they can read it fluently.
Let some student the text in front of the class. Choose who reads the best.
Step6. Ask the students to work in pairs and talk about their ambition. Tour the classroom as the students. Help them if they meet any trouble.
e to “LET’S DO IT!”
Is Luca’s ambition the same as yours Work in a small group and compare your classmates’ ambitions with Lucas’.
Tour the class as the students talk. If many groups are having trouble expressing themselves in English, stop the class and brainstorm useful vocabulary with students. You may wish to make a list on the blackboard. For your reference, here is a list of useful words.
librarian, president, assistant, officer, captain, boss, cleaner, runner, player, nurse, worker, waiter, farmer, driver, waitress, writer.
Step8. 1. Finish off the activity book.
3. Go on the next reading in the student book.
Summary:
When the students are talking about the ambition, they may think their limited words can’t express their feelings sometimes. So the teacher must tour the class as the students talk. Remember to brainstorm useful vocabulary with the students.
Lesson 38: Dear Diary
Teaching Content:
Mastery words and expressions: lock, key, but, improve
Known words and expressions: nobody…but… be the opposite
Teaching Aims:
1. Review how to write a diary.
2. Know about the differences of the opinions of jobs between Chinese and western.
Teaching Important Points:
1. The ways of writing diaries.
2. The Object Clause.
Teaching Difficult Points:
How to state an event clearly
Teaching Preparation: flashcards
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards
Type of lesson: new lesson
Teaching Procedure:
Step1. Ask, “Who’s on duty ” and listen to the student’s report. Make sure the next student who is on duty next time.
Step2. Introduce how to write an English diary. Encourage students to get used to keeping a diary in daily life. This is an important component of the Learning English program.
e to “THINK ABOUT IT”.
Do you have an ambition
Let the students work in pairs. Talk about their ambitions. They can use the patterns: I hope…
I want to … They can guess the other’s ambition using the next patterns: Do you want be a boss I think you have the ability of making friends with others.
Step4. Listen to the tape with the following questions:
1. What’s the weather like on November 1
2. Who has the key of the lock to the diary
3. How old is Wang Mei
4. What does Li Ming think Wang Mei will be in the future
Step5. Read the text silently and check the answers. Then read it loudly in class. At the same time, the teacher tours the class to see if they need any help.
Step6. Listen to the tape again. Let the students imitate after it until they can read it correctly and they have good pronunciation and intonation.
e to “LET’S DO IT”.
Write a letter to your partner. Tell them about your ambition and tell them how you will teach your goal. You may use these expressions: My ambition is to_______. I hope to ________. I want to ______.
Divide the class into several groups and discuss the passages the students write. Choose the best ones to read in front of the class.
Step8. 1. Finish off the activity book.
2.Go on the next reading in the students’ book.
Summary:
Keeping a diary is a good way to note and to reflect in events of the day. Encourage your students to share parts of their diaries as a way to improve their English writing. Try to set aside some time, preferably towards the end of the last two lessons in each unit, for students to volunteers to share their writing with the class.
Lesson 39: A Famous Friend
Teaching Content:
Matery words and expressions: newspaper, star, famous, actor, give advice to…
Teaching Aims:
1. Express the wish and hope.
2. Build the correct ideas of jobs.
Teaching Important Points:
1. How to write an e-mail.
2. the using of different tenses.
Teaching Difficult Points:
The Object Clause
Teaching Preparation: flashcards
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards
Teaching Procedure:
Step1. Share some students’ diaries with the students in the class. Of cause, the teacher should find the volunteers.
Step2. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions.
1. What will Li Ming be when he grows up
2. What does Danny want to be when he is older
Step3. Read the text silently and check the answers. Read it aloud in the class.
Step4. Listen to the tape again until they have correct pronunciation and intonation.
Step5. Let some students read the text in front of the class. Let’s see who can read the best.
Step6. Find the sentences that use the object clause. Such as:
1. Some students didn’t know what they are going to be.
2. Do you know what you are going to be when you’re older
3. Jenny tells me that you’re a very good player this year.
Step7. Practice the object clause.
Make sentences with the object clause. Let some students write their sentences on the blackboard.
The others check their answers.
Step8. 1. Finish off the activity book.
3. Go on the next reading in the student book
Summary:
Practice is the key to master what we learn. Write e-mails. The content is about your ambition. The students can send it to their friends or parents.
Lesson 40: Unit Review
Teaching Content:
Mastery words and expressions from Lesson33-40.
Known words and expressions from Lesson33-40.
Teaching Aims:
1. Express one’s feelings correctly.
2. Learn about the different ideas about jobs between the Chinese and westerns.
Teaching Important Points;
1. Hope and wish.
2. Cause and effect.
3. Positive / Negative Sentences and Interrogative Sentences.
Teaching Difficult Points:
Write a-mails and diaries
Teaching Preparation: flashcards
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards
Type of lesson: Review lesson
Teaching Procedure:
Step1. Let some volunteers read their e-mails to the class. The others listen carefully and check their passages. After listening, the teacher asks the questions:
1. Whose e-mail is the best Why
2. Is his /hers better than yours Why
3. Which one do you like best Why
Let the students answer the questions. The important is to state their reasons.
Step2. Work in pairs. Talk about one’s ambition in the future. It contents the following ways:
1. What do you think your future will be like
2. What do you want to be when you grow up
3. Do you like to live with your parents
4. Will your classmates be your old friends when you’re older
Step3. Let the students do the exercises on Page 49.
Step4. Ask them to discuss the trouble they meet in the exercises. They can read the books or look up the dictionary in order to solve the problems.
e to the activity book.
Step6. If we have time, we can arrange some games. Such as:
1. Do word puzzles to build students’ vocabulary.
2.Make sentences with the Simple Future Tense.
4. Write a passage with the object clause.
Summary:
Do the exercises and review the main points in this unit. The teacher must prepare the lesson carefully. Arrange the class according to the actual situation in the class.
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