Unit 12 What did you do last weekend
Section A (1a-2c) (Go for it! Book 7B)
高桥中学 傅海燕
Learning objectives:
By the end of the class, students are expected to
● grasp the new words and phrases of past tense such as went to the beach, fed the sheep, camped by the lake, played badminton.
● improve listening abilities by using different listening strategies.
● develop abilities of talking about weekend activities.
● foster a sense of having colorful and meaningful weekends.
Teaching focus:
The teacher helps students to
● master the sentence patterns ① —What did you do last weekend
—I did my homework.
② Ask and answer more questions(when, who, where, how) about weekend activities.
● use simple past tense to talk about past events.
● adopt different listening strategies to understand the listening materials better.
Potential difficulty in learning:
Ask and answer wh-questions about last weekend activities.
Teaching procedures
Stages Learning activities Teaching purposes
Warming up Step 1. Enjoy a video Get students to enjoy a video about a boy’s weekend activities and lead them to talk about their weekends. To arouse students’ interest and elicit the topic.
Presentation Step 2. Play a guessing game Encourage students to guess what the teacher did last weekend. Guide the students to guess different activities by acting, describing, showing pictures and so on. To elicit new words, phrases and sentence patterns and get the students activated and familiar with the topic.
Drill Step 3: Talk about Lucy’s weekend activities (Picture in 1a) Show students the theme picture and talk about the picture. Ask the students to role play like this: A: What did you do last weekend, Lucy B: I did my homework. Tip1: Reading pictures can help us to get a lot of information. To develop students’ ability of reading pictures for specific information and practice the sentence patterns (“what” question).
Listening practice Step 4.Listening(1b) Lead students to think: how can we write long words while listening Tip2: Just write the first few letters of each word. Get the students to listen and write the day, morning, afternoon and night below each picture. Then the teacher guides the students to report the answers like this: Lucy did her homework on Sunday night. To enable students to finish listening tasks better by using listening strategies and practice the sentence patterns (“when” question).
Listening challenge Step 5. Listening challenge Play some sound clips and get students to guess what her students did last weekend. And encourage students to ask where they did the activities and who they did the activities with. To stimulate students’ curiosity to ask and answer more questions（“where” and “who” questions）.
Listening practice Step 6. Listening(2a&2b) Pre-listening Lead students to predict the information by reading the picture. While-listening Task 1: Listen and underline the words you hear. Tip3: Focus on the key words and phrases. Task 2: Listen again and write C for Carol, J for Jack and B for Becky. Tip4: Pay attention to the names of speakers and the voices of different genders. Encourage students to check the answers by making conversations like this: —Who visited his/her grandma —Becky did./Becky visited her grandma. /… Post-listening Imitate and role play Guide them to pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation, especially the incomplete plosion, assimilation and sense group. 1.To help students grasp some listening strategies. 2. To encourage students to predict information (“how” question) according to the picture. 3. To develop students’ speaking abilities by imitating and role playing.
Further task Step 7. Make an interview Show a model video of the interview and encourage students to do an interview in a group of four. Ask the other students to evaluate the interview with the peer-check list. To provide a situation in which students can apply what they have learned and cultivate their sense of enriching weekends.
Assignments Individual work: Listen to 2b and imitate. Group work: Polish the interview. To help students consolidate what they have learned.
Blackboard design Unit 12 What did you do last weekend —What did you do last weekend —I did my homework.(共24张PPT)
What did you do last weekend
Section A (1a-2c)
On Saturday morning, I played the piano.
On Saturday afternoon, I went swimming.
On Saturday night, I read books in the library.
On Sunday morning, I went to the beach.
Hawaii Beach
夏威夷海滩
The Gold Coast, Australia
澳大利亚黄金海岸
Treasure Beach, Jamaica
牙买加金银岛
On Sunday morning, I camped by the lake.
On Sunday morning…
On Sunday afternoon, I fed the sheep.
On Sunday afternoon…
On Sunday afternoon, I played badminton.
On Sunday afternoon…
On Sunday night, I chatted with my students on WeChat.
WeChat (微信)
On Sunday night…
Tip 1:
Reading pictures can help us get a lot of information.
A:What did you do last weekend, Lucy
B: I did my homework.
1b
Listen and write the day, morning, afternoon or night below each picture.
Sunday_____
Saturday _____
Saturday _____
______morning
______ night
Sunday ______
night
morning
afternoon
Saturday
Sunday
afternoon
Tip 2: Just write down the first few letters of the word.
Lucy did her homework on Sunday night.
Peter
Tony
Lisa
Julia
Listening challenge
He played ping-pong last weekend.
She played the piano last weekend.
He watched TV last weekend.
She fed the sheep last weekend.
1. I visited my (aunt / grandma).
2. I did my (homework / sports).
3. I studied for the (English / math)
test.
4. I went to a (farm / beach).
5. I fed some (sheep / cows).
________
_________
_______
Listen and underline the words you hear.
_____
_____
2a
Tip 3: Focus on（关注）the key words (关键词) and phrases.
A: Who visited his/her grandma
B: Becky did./Becky visited her grandma./…
1. ___ I visited my grandma.
2. ___ I did my homework.
3. ___ I studied for the English test.
4. ___ I went to a farm.
5. ___ I fed some cows.
B
J
J
B
C
Listen again. Write C for Carol, J for Jack or B for Becky next to the statements in 2a.
2b
Tip 4: Pay attention to the names of the speakers and the voices of different genders(性别).
Becky
Jack
Carol
Enjoy and imitate
Teacher: So, did everyone have a good weekend
Students: Yeah, we did, Ms. Clark! ( excited)
Teacher: Good. Wha(t) did you do last weekend, Becky
Becky: I visite(d) my grandma, and I di(d) my homework.
Teacher: Great. And how abou(t) you, Carol Did you go out
Carol: No, I stayed at home. I studie(d) for the English test.
Teacher: Wow, goo(d) for you.（ happy） Jack, how abou(t) you Where did you go
Jack: I wen(t) to a farm, and I fe(d) some cows.
Teacher: Sounds like /you ha(d) fun.
/d d u /
clear
loud
Natural
Emotive
Fluent
自然的
流利的
有感情的
响亮的
清晰的
Reporter: Hello, I am a reporter from Ningbo TV. I want to know something about your last weekend. May I ask you some questions
A:Sure.
Reporter: What did you do last weekend, Lucy
A: I played basketball on Saturday morning.
Reporter: Where/Who/When/How…
A: I …
Reporter: Hi, Jason! How was your last weekend
B:…
…
Reporter: Different students have different weekend activities. I hope all of you can enjoy your weekend. Thank you very much.
An interview
NBTV
Work in a group of four. One student is a reporter from Ningbo TV, and the reporter asks the other students about their weekend activities.
Greetings
Body
Ending
Peer-check List
Your interview has:
① greetings (问候语)
② a body (what, where, when, who & how questions)
③ an ending（结束语）
You have:
① clear and beautiful pronunciation (清晰优美的发音)
② good eye contact (适当的眼神交流)
③ proper body languages (合适的肢体语言)
Total _______
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Homework
Group work
Polish the interview.
Listen to 2b and imitate.
Individual work(
An interview
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NBTV
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Reporter:
Hello, I am a reporter from Ningbo TV. I want to know something about your last weekend. May I ask you some questions
A,B&C:
Sure.
Reporter:
What did you do last weekend,
Lucy
A:
I
played basketball on Saturday morning.
Reporter:
Where/Who/When/How…
A:
I …
Reporter:
Hi,
Jason
!
How was your last weekend
B:…
…
Reporter:
Different students have different weekend activities. I hope all of you can enjoy your weekend. Thank you very much.
)Work in a group of four. One student is the reporter from Ningbo TV, and the reporter asks the other students about their weekend activities.
Peer-check List
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Your interview has:
①
Greetings(
问候语
)
②
Body
(what, where, when, who & how questions)
③
Ending
（结束语）
You have:
①
Clear and beautiful pronunciation (
清晰优美的发音
)
② Good
eye contact (
适当的眼神交流
)
③ Proper
body languages (
合适的肢体语言
)
Total ________
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