Unit1 Dream homes
Welcome to the unit
Teaching methods: task-based approach
Teaching task: 1. To talk about cities and countries.
2. Have a discussion in groups, and talk about their dream homes.?
3. Write articles about students’ dream homes.
Teaching aids: tape recorder
Ⅰ. Warm-up (presentation)
1. Ask if any students have lived in another country. Elicit from students ideas about an ideal place to live.
2. Do a mini-survey. Ask students which is their favorite place to live.
Ⅱ. Listening
Listen to the tape, answer my question, Which is Eddie’s favorite place to live? Help the Ss to answer.
Listen again, Ss read after the tape recorder, then act it out.
Language points:
1. I’d like to live next to a restaurant.
① would like sth.= want sth
would like to do sth = want to do sth
e.g. Would you like some water?= Do you want some water?
② next to =beside
e.g. Tom’s house is next to mine.
1. Learn about homes in different countries.
① learn about
I want to learn more about the world.
② learn from
We should help each other and learn from each other.
Ⅲ. Countries and capitals
1. Ask students to study the pictures on page 3.
2. Say: The capital of China is Beijing . The Capital is the most important city in a country. Ask students to do Part B. Ask them to check with others.
Ⅳ. Discussion (task)
Have a discussion in groups of four to talk about their dream homes. Each group will choose a student to tell us about his / her dream home. Why?
Language points:
The capital of the USA is Washington D.C.
the capital of ……
e.g. Nanjing is the capital of Jiangsu Province.
The capital of China is Beijing.
Ⅴ.Sum-up
Go through the new words and the language points learnt during this lesson.
Ⅵ. Homework
1.Review the contents of this lesson.
2. Write articles about students’ dream homes.
Reading I
Lesson Plan
Class
Junior Middle School , Year 1
Materials
Oxford English for Junior Middle School , Book 7B, Unite 1 ,Reading
Lesson objectives
1. To read and learn about different types of homes and lifestyles.
2. To obtain details about homes in different countries.
3. To respond to the text by making statements about the foreign students’ activities.
4. Write an article to introduce their own homes, using the four home pages as a model.
Teaching aids
tape recorder, tapes, slide projector, slides
Stages
Activity
Objectives
Interaction
Time
Pre-reading
1 Quick revision of the previous lesson—refers back to the topic of dream homes. “The capital of the USA/UK/France/ Japan/Russia/Thailand is_____”
2 Use pictures to teach the new words: balcony beach ladder sea kitchen sitting room. Take more words as examples which are connected with topic to review the former knowledge.
3 Complete the following sentences using the new words.
⑴ There is a beautiful near the .
⑵ In most homes, people cook meals in the .
⑶ We usually put the sofa in the .
⑷ is a good place to chat with friends.
⑸We can climb the tall tree with a .
1 Revision of previous lesson arouses interest in topic, revise the knowledge already known.
2 Drawing the Ss’ interest and lead them to learn the new words from the pictures
3 Doing exercise in text, in order to help Ss to remember easily and understand the words dapperly
Plenary
individual
l
plenary
individual
4min
5min
5min
While-reading
4 Listen to the home pages of four foreign students. After you listen to them, please do some “T” or “F” exercises. Check the answers with the whole class.
(1). Stephen lives near the sea.
(2). There are more than ten rooms in Stephen’s house.
(3). Madee lives in a wooden house in the hills.
(4). Madee has a small family. (5). Neil has a TV in the kitchen.
(6). Neil’s dog sleeps in the sitting room.
(7). Anna’s flat is on a busy street.
(8). Anna shares a bedroom with her brother.
(9). Stephen’s favorite place is the balcony.
(10). Anna lives in a large flat.
5 Ask the Ss to read it by themselves in group of 4, and then invite several groups to read it loudly.
6 Analysis Language points and sentences in the reading.
(1). We sit on the big floor cushions and look out at the beach and the sea.
look out (of) …
look at / look around / look for / look like / look forward to / look after / look up
(2). My family and I often sit in the kitchen while my mother makes dinner.
She called while you were out.
(3).?share sth with sb ;be friendly to sb
(4). Simon wrote down the meaning of some of the words.
①write + n. +down=write down +n. write it /them down
②meaning (n.) → mean (v.)
（5）. Stephen is lying on his bunk beds.
lie → lying tie → tying die → dying
tell a lie
4 To train listening skills and give Ss some time to understand this topic in their own way.
To obtain details about homes in different countries.
5 To make sure that Ss being familiar with the reading and the new words in it.
6 To get a deep understanding of this reading and help Ss overcome the difficulties in the reading. To learn grammar and writing skills form the text.
Plenary
groups
plenary
6min
5min
8min
Post-reading
7 Discussion (task)
Divide the class into groups of six. Ask students to draw pictures of their homes.
Students look at their pictures and talk about their homes.
8 Sum-up
Go through the new words and the language points learnt during this lesson.
9 Homework :
(1).?Review the contents of this lesson. (2). Write an article to introduce their own homes, using the four home pages as a model.
7 Ss consolidate what they have learnt form the text. Use information from the text to organize their own words to present themselves.
8 Try to make Ss assure what have leant in this class and to remember them after class.
9 Ss consolidate the knowledge learnt. Put the knowledge into use in the writing.
Groups
Plenary
individual
7min
3min
2min
Grammar
Teaching aims and demands:
New words: zero num.零 hundred num.百 thousand num.千 million num.百万
foot n. 英尺 over prep.超过；越过；在…上方； all over... 遍及；在…期间
square adj.平方的；方形的 metre n.<英>米，公尺＝<美>
Teaching difficulties: cardinal numbers & ordinal numbers
Teaching methods: task-based approach
Teaching task:
1. To revise and use cardinal numbers in everyday situations , including phone numbers and amounts of money.
2. To understand the purpose of ordinal numbers in terms of ordering things and events.
3. To use ordinal and cardinal numbers to talk about schedules, dates, scores and results.
Teaching aids: tape recorder
Ⅰ. Warm-up
Ask the student on duty to give a free talk.
II.Grammar
1. Prepositions of place
We use prepositions of place to say where things are. Prepositions of place: above, at, behind, below, beside, between, in, in front of , inside, next to, on , opposite, over, under.
e.g. Millie sits in front of me.
Amy sits between Millie and Simon.
Kitty sits next to Sandy.
Sandy sits between Kitty and me.
Simon sits in front of Kitty.
The window is opposite the door.
The chalk is on the teacher’s desk.
Language points:
1.?Cardinal numbers
We use cardinal numbers almost every day. We use them for lots of different things.
1.基数词的读法：
⑴“几十几”十位和个位之间用“—”。e.g. 32 thirty-two
⑵101—999 百位和十位间加“and”.e.g. 928 nine hundred and twenty-eight
⑶1000以上的数，从后往前每三位一段，倒数第一个数读thousand，倒数第二个数读million，依次类推。e.g. 8,542,601 eight million, five hundred and forty-three thousand, six hundred and one
2 .基数词的运用：
hundred, thousand, million, billion等一般用单数，但以下情况用复数：
⑴表示不定数目：e.g. hundreds of millions of
⑵表示“几十”的数词，其复数形式可以表示年龄或年代。
e.g. in his twenties in the thirties
0
zero
10
ten
20
twenty
100
1
one
11
eleven
30
thirty
one hundred
2
two
12
twelve
40
forty
1,000
3
three
13
thirteen
50
fifty
one thousand
4
four
14
fourteen
60
sixty
10,000
5
five
15
fifteen
70
seventy
ten thousand
6
six
16
sixteen
80
eighty
100,000
7
seven
17
seventeen
90
ninety
one hundred thousand
8
eight
18
eighteen
1,000,000
9
nine
19
nineteen
one million
3. Ordinal numbers
We can use ordinal numbers to to order things and events. We use them to talk about dates, floors, results, etc.
e.g. Uncle Jim will arrive on the seventh of June.
The restaurant is on the sixth floor.
Millie came first in the English exam.
Cardinal numbers
Cardinal numbers
Ordinal numbers
Ordinal numbers
1=one
10=ten
1st=first
10th=tenth
2=two
11=eleven
2nd=second
11th=eleventh
3=three
12=twelve
3rd=third
12th=twelfth
4=four
13=thirteen
4th=fourth
13th=thirteen
5=five
20=twenty
5th=fifth
20th=twentieth
6=six
21=twenty-first
6th=sixth
21st=twenty-first
7=seven
22=twenty-second
7th=seventh
22nd=twenty-second
8=eight
23=twenty-three
8th=eighth
23rd=twenty-third
9=nine
30=thirty
9th=ninth
30th=thirtieth
Language points:
1. 序数词的运用：
⑴表示日期：e.g. 6月1日 on the first of June/ on June (the) first
⑵表示编号：e.g. lesson 5 the fifth lesson
⑶起副词作用，前无“the” e.g. Simon came first in the English exam.
⑷序数词前有限定词修饰时，不加“the”. e.g. This is my first lesson.
2 .I’ll arrive in Beijing on Sunday.
arrive (vi.) arrive in(大地点)/at (小地点）= get to = reach
e.g. The train arrived an hour ago.
He arrives at school on time every day.=He gets to school on time every day.= He reaches school on time every day.
arrive there/ here/home =get there/ here/ home= reach there/ here/ home
3.I can’t wait to see you.
can’t wait to do sth
e.g. The boy can’t wait to turn on T V when he gets home..
4.That sounds great.
sound (taste/ smell/ look/ feel/get/ turn/ become)+ adj.
5.Where else are we going?=What other places are we going?
where/what/who…+else something/anything/nothing/someone…+else
e.g. Do you want anything else?
We must find somebody else to do this job.
Ⅳ. Discussion (task)
Have a discussion and find out the differences between ?cardinal numbers and ordinal numbers.
Ⅴ.Homework
1.??Review the contents of this lesson.
2. Do the Exercises of the workbook.
Integrated skills and Study skills
Teaching aims and demands:
New words: dining room n.餐厅
fridge n.冰箱
fork n.叉，餐叉
knife n.刀
lamp n.灯，台灯
shower n.淋浴器；淋浴；阵雨
sofa n.沙发
video n.录像；视频
be full of vt.满足
of one’s own属于某人自己的
some day将来有一天，总有一天
message n.消息，音信
take a message 传个话，捎个口信
call sb. back回电话
double adj. & n.双（的）；两倍（的）
Key points: May I speak to…, please?
Who’s calling? Can I take a message?
Teaching methods: task-based approach
Teaching task:
1.To recognize words about homes, to identify items related to homes, to under
-stand the location of rooms and furniture, to identify specific information about furniture items and to show understanding of relevant information by completing an e-mail
2.To develop grammar learning strategies and to use a recording system to help memorize grammatical structures.
?Teaching aids: tape recorder, tapes, slide projector, slides
Ⅰ. Warm-up
Ask the student on duty to give a free talk.
Integrated skills
Ⅱ.At home in Britain
Ask the Ss to study the pictures in Part 1carefully. Encourage them to ask questions about the pictures. e.g. Where do Neil and his family watch TV? Where do you think the house is? Listen to the tape, and ask the Ss to order the pictures. Check the answers with the whole class.
Listen to the recording again. Do the “T” or “F” exercises.
1. Neil and his family don’t sit in the kitchen.
2. There is a garden behind the kitchen.
3. There is a large table in the dining room.
4. Neil’s family watches TV in the dinging room.
5. The bathroom is new.
6. There is a lamp and some posters in Neil’s bedroom.
Ask students to read the words in the box in Part A2 and use them to label the things in the pictures in Part A1.
In pair, students check their answers. Ask them to label as many of the other things as they can in the pictures.
Ask students to read Amy’s e-mail in PartA3 to obtain general understanding. Check their choice of words. Students take turns to read the completed e-mail to the class.
Ⅲ. Speak up
Listen to the tape recording and read after it.
Ask the Ss to work in pairs to make up new conversation for leaving a message with Neil’s mother using the conversation in Part B as a model. Ask a few pairs to present their conversations to the class.
Ⅶ. Study skills
Teach the students how to Stress in a word.
Ⅷ. Sum-up
Go through the new words and the language points learnt during this lesson.
Ⅸ. Homework
1.?Review the contents of this lesson.
2. Do the Exx of the workbook.
Task
Teaching aims and demands:
New words: study n.书房
machine n.机器
washing machine n.洗衣机
at the foot of在…脚下
hill n.小山
field n.地，田
football field n.足球场
TV set n.电视机
invite vt.邀请
stay vi.& n.停留，逗留
Teaching task:
1.Get the Ss to write an article about their dream home using Simon’s article as model.
2.To use prepositions of place to describe where things are
3. To use cardinal and ordinal numbers to talk about where people live.
Teaching aids: tape recorder, tapes, slide projector, slides
Ⅰ. Warm-up
Ask the student on duty to give a free talk.
Ⅱ. Task
Ask the Ss to read the questionnaires , then complete it with students’ own information.
Listen to Simon’s dream home. Then students read it after the recording.
Ask them some specific questions to check comprehension.
⑴ Would you like a large room?
⑵ How many rooms are there in your dream home?
⑶ Are 25 rooms too many?
⑷ What other things does Simon want to have in his dream home?
⑸ Simon doesn’t want a garden. What about you?
⑹ Simon’s wishes are quite unusual. What does he want instead of a garden?
Give students 5-10minutes to discuss Simon’s dream home in pairs. Encourage students to say what they like and what they do not like in his home.
Ⅲ. Writing (task)
Ask students to write about their own dream home . Ask them to write down everything that they can think of associated with their dream home. Ask some able students to read their drafts in front of the class.
Ⅸ. Homework
1.?Review the contents of this lesson.
2. Do the Exx of the workbook.
