Lesson 49: Hobbies are Fun
Lesson 49
Teaching Content:
Mastery words and expressions: hobby, guess, sell, wall
Oral words and expressions: frame, instruction, roll, a roll of film
Teaching Aims:
1. Understand the information about hobby in the dialogue and catch the key words.
2. Use what we learn to describe one’s own hobby.
Teaching Important Points:
1. Shopping in western countries.
2. Guess one’s hobby is according to his demonstrate.
Teaching Difficult Points:
What’s a hobby
Teaching Preparation: flashcards
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards
Type of Lesson: new lesson
Teaching Procedure:
Step1. Take some objects into the classroom, such as: a sweater, books, flowers, pictures…Show them to your class. The teacher asks: “What is a hobby ” Let the students explain “hobby” in English. Listen their answers and sum: A hobby is what you like to do in your spare time.
Step2. Come to the first question in “THINK ABOUT IT”. “What hobbies do you have ”
Let them discuss in pairs.
The teacher may say: “If you have a hobby, talk about it with your partner. If you don’t have a hobby, what hobby would you like to have ”
Step3. Listen to the tape with the following questions:
1. What is Danny buying things for
2. Where is Danny now
3. What would he like to buy
4. Did he buy a tree at last
5. What did he buy at last
Step4. Read the text silently and check the answers. Then read the text loudly in class. Let the students read the text in class in roles.
Step5. Ask some volunteers to act the dialogue out in front of the class. Have a further discussion about the text.
e to the second question in “THINK ABOUT IT”. “Look at the pictures. Can you guess what Danny’s hobby is ”
Work in pairs and discuss together. Then give a talk to the class. Let’s see whose guess is reasonable
e to “PROJECT”.
Divide the class into several groups and finish the project. When the students are discussing, the teacher walks around the classroom and help them if necessary.
Step8.1.Finish off the activity book.
2. Review the next lesson according to the activity book.
Summary:
Guessing the end of the story is a skill that the students must master. So give them chances to practice. Let the students use their imagination to think hard. Discuss in groups and ask the others to make the idea perfect.