Module 2 My neighbourhood
Unit 5 Choosing a new flat
Tasks in this unit:
Talking about accommodation; describing and drawing a plan for their ideal accommodation; comparing accommodation offered and stating preferences; reading about the arrangement of rooms and contents; drawing a plan of their room contents and writing about it.
Language focus:
Using adverbs of degree
e.g., It’s very untidy.
Using adjectives to make comparisons
e.g., My bedroom is the smallest…
Using the simple present tense to express needs
e.g., I need more shelves and wardrobes.
Language skills:
Listening:
Recognize the differences in intonation in questions and statements (including approval and disapproval)
Speaking:
Maintain an interaction by replying
Reading:
Use visual clues, context and knowledge of the world to work out the meaning of an unknown word and a complete expression
Writing:
Gather and share information and ideas by using strategies such as brainstorming
Episode one
Teaching procedure
Teaching procedure
Pre-task preparation:
Ask the students to draw a plan of their flat.
Ask: Is your flat small or big?
How many bedrooms does it have?
Is your bedroom big or small?
Would you like a bigger flat/bedroom?
While-task procedure
Ask and answer
1. Where do you live?
2. Is your flat big or small?
3. How many rooms does your flat have?
4. Which floor is your flat on?
5. Have you got a big room or a small room?
6. Would you like a big flat/bedroom?
Look and learn
New words and phrases: living room, bedroom,
bathroom, balcony, wardrobe, untidy, tidy up
Think and say
This is Ben’s bedroom. What can you see? What do you think of this bedroom? What does he need to do?
Read
Mrs Li: Look at your bedroom, Ben. It’s very untidy. Please tidy up your things.
Ben: Sorry, Mum. My bedroom is too small for all my things. I need more shelves and wardrobes. I also need a table for my computer.
Kitty: Ben’s right, Mum. Ben and I are much bigger now. My bedroom is the smallest and I need a bigger room for my things, too.
Mrs Li: Our flat has one living room, three bedrooms, one bathroom and one kitchen. Your bedroom and Ben’s bedroom are really small. Perhaps we need a bigger flat. Let’s talk to Dad when he comes home.
Answer true/false
Ben’s bedroom is not tidy.
Ben’s bedroom has enough space for all his things.
Ben and Kitty need bigger bedrooms.
Ben’s room is the biggest in the flat.
Kitty’s room is the smallest.
There are six rooms in the Li’s flat.
Write
This is the Lis’ flat in Rose Garden Estate. Label the rooms.
Think and answer
Why do you think Room 3 is Kitty’s bedroom.
Think and talk
Why do the Lis need a bigger flat?
要求学生掌握不同房间的名称,kitchen比较容易拼错
学生要掌握形容词的比较级和最高级
Post-task activity:
Think and say
Have you got a small flat or a big flat?
Have you got a tidy room or an untidy room?
In pairs, talk about your flat.
Consolidation:
Workbook 7A page 30
Episode Two
Language focus:
Asking Wh- questions to find out various kinds of specific information
e.g., What kind of flat would you like?
Using prepositions to indicate place
e.g., I’d like to live near an underground station.
Using adjectives to make comparisons
e.g., We need a bigger flat.
Language skills:
Listening:
Predict the likely development of a topic by recognizing key words
Speaking:
Open and maintain an interaction by asking and answering questions
Reading:
Skim a text to obtain a general impression and the main ideas
Writing:
Develop written texts by expressing own ideas and feelings
Teaching procedure
Teaching procedure
Pre-task preparation:
Talk about where the students live, i.e., in the city centre/suburbs.
Ask: Where do you live?
Would you like to live in the city
centre/suburbs/near an underground station?
While-task procedure
Look and write
Introduce the comparative degree and the
superlative degree
big---bigger---the biggest
tall---taller---the tallest
Draw and say
Draw a plan of your flat. Talk about your flat with
your classmates.
Think and say
Mr. Li has come back home. What do you think Mrs Li, Ben and Kitty will say to him? Discuss with your classmates and act it out.
Look and learn
New words and phrases: suburbs, an estate agency
Look and say
At home
Mr Li: Hi! What’s the matter?
Mrs Li: This flat is too small for us now! We need a bigger flat.
Mr Li: I agree. All the rooms in this flat are very small. We’ll look for a bigger flat. What kind of flat would you like?
Mrs Li: I’d like a flat with three big bedrooms, a big kitchen, two bathrooms and a balcony.
Ben: I’d like a bedroom with one big window.
Kitty: I’d like a bedroom with one big window, too.
Mr Li: Where would you like to live?
Mrs Li: I’d like to live in the suburbs.
Ben: I’d like to live near an underground station.
Kitty: I’d like to live far away from busy roads.
Mr Li: OK. I’ll go to the estate agency tomorrow.
At the estate agency
Good morning. Can I help you?
Yes. I’d like a new flat.
What kind of flat would you like? Where would you like to live?
I’d like a flat with… I’d like to live…
There’s a nice flat in Water Bay. It has three big bedrooms, one big kitchen, two bathrooms and one balcony. It’s near an underground station. It’s in the suburbs.
Act it out
With a classmate, play the roles of the estate agent and Mr Li and complete the conversation.
注意新老房子的对比
学生比较容易掌握a flat with…这个短语
Post-task activity:
Listen and tick
What does Anna want in her neighbourhood? Listen
and tick ‘?’ the correct boxes.
Consolidation:
Workbook 7A page 29
学生在表演方面表现不错。