Unit 6 Going to school 教案

Unit 6 Going to school
Tasks in this unit
Talking about means of transport; talking about distances and time taken travelling; talking about indefinite quantities.
Period One
Language focus:
Using prepositions to indicate place
e.g., Simon lives near school.
Using How questions to find out specific information
e.g., How do you go to school? How long does it take?
Language skills:
Listening
Listen for details that support a main idea
Speaking
Open and maintain an interaction by asking and answering questions
Reading
Identify details that support a main idea
Writing
write out a piece of work using appropriate layout an visual support including charts
Materials:
Student’s Book 6A page 39
Workbook 6A pages 35 and 38
Cassette 6A
Cassette player
Pre-task preparation
Review: near/far away from. Give an example in relation to your school: e.g., (place A) is near our school. (Place B) is far away from our school. Ask the students to produce further examples.
While-task procedure
1. Give the students time to look at the pictures in Look and read.
2. Play the cassette. The students follow in their books.
3. Give the students time to read the text silently. Ask individual students to read a sentence each.
4. Ask questions about each of the characters: e.g., Does Simon live near or far away from school? How does he go to school? How long does it take him?
5. Read A survey. In pairs, students practise the dialogue.
Select pairs to read their dialogue. Ask individual students the questions in the dialogue.
6. In groups of three, students complete the table. They then draw a chart of their travelling times.
7.Workbook 6A page 38
a Give the students time to read the page.
b Play the cassette. The students listen and write.
c Select individual students to read out their sentences.
Consolidation:
Workbook 6a page 35
Period Two
Language focus:
Asking How questions to find out the length of a period of time
e.g., Mum, how long does it take you to get to the supermarket?
Using noun phrases to indicate time
e.g. It takes me about ten minutes to get there.
Language skills:
Listening
Listen for specific information
Speaking
Open and maintain an interaction by asking and answering questions
Reading
Read written language in meaningful chunks
Writing
Gather and share information by using strategies such as questioning and interviewing.
Materials:
Student’s Book 6A page 40
Workbook 6A pages 36, 39, and 41
Cassette 6A
Cassette player
Pre-task preparation
Write some places known to the students on the board: e.g., park, supermarket, post office, library. Ask: e.g., How long does it take you to get to the park? to elicit: e.g., It takes me
10 minutes.
While-task procedure
1 Play the cassette for Listen and say. The students repeat.
2 In pairs, students practise the dialogues. Select pairs to read a dialogue.
3 Ask questions about the dialogues: e.g., How long does it take Kitty's mum to get to the supermarket? to elicit: It takes her about 10 minutes to get there.
4 In pairs, students practise Ask and answer with the places in the list. Select pairs to say a dialogue.
S Give the students time to look at Ask and report. Ask the students to calculate times for their family and relatives and complete the table. They then make a report in class.
Post-task activities
Workbook 6A page 41 (for more able students)
a The students complete the table about six family members.
b The students then write the report. Ask individual students to read a sentence from their report.
Consolidation
Workbook 6A page 36 and 39
Period Three
Language focus:
Using connectives to show the time relationship between two actions
e.g., I see… when I ‘m walking to school.
Using determiners to indicate indefinite quantities
e.g., I see some restaurants, a few shops and a lot of people when I’m on the bus.
Language skills:
Listening
Understand the connection between ideas by recognizing linking words.
Speaking
Open and maintain an interaction by asking and answering questions
Reading
Recognize format and language features when reading non-narrative texts
Writing
Identify details that support a main idea
Materials:
Student’s Book 6A page 41
Workbook 6A pages 37
Cassette 6A
Cassette player
Pre-task preparation
Review/Introduce: a lot of, some, a few. Demonstrate using examples in the classroom: e.g., There are a lot of books in the classroom. There are some posters. There are a few picture: Ask the students to produce further examples.
Play the cassette for Look and learn. The students repeat.
While-task procedure
1. Give the students time to look at the pictures in Look and read.
2. Play the cassette. The students listen. Ask individual students to read a sentence each.
3. Ask questions: e.g., How does Simon go to school? What does he see when he is on the bus/walking to school?
4. In pairs, students continue practising in Look, ask at answer.
5.Ask individual students: How do you go to school? What do you see when you are on the bus/walking to school?
Consolidation
Workbook 6A pages 37
Period Four
Language focus:
Using connectives to show the time relationship between two actions
e.g., What do you see when you are walking to school?
Language skills:
Listening
Listening for specific information
Speaking
Maintain an interaction by replying
Reading
Read written language in meaningful chunks
Writing
Gather and share information by using strategies such as questioning and interviewing.
Materials:
Student’s Book 6A page 42
Workbook 6A page 40
Pre-task preparation
Review transport. Say: How do you go to school? to elicit: I go by bus., etc. List the means of transport on the board.
While-task procedure
1 Give the students time to read Ask and answer. Ask the students to say the words. Go round the class.
2 Ask one or two students the questions in Ask and answer. In pairs, students continue the practice.
3 Ask other students the questions.
4 Read Draw and write. You may ask the students to write their answers on page 40 of the Workbook.
Post-task activities
Workbook 6A page 40
a In pairs, students discuss the questions and write some sentences about their journey to school.
b The students draw two pictures of the things they see on their way to school.
c Select individual students to show their pictures and read out the sentences.
Consolidation
Copy the new words
Recite the passage.