Introduction (5 minutes) |
1.The whole class work. 2.Group work, individual work and the whole class work. |
1.Focus their attention on the teacher. 2.Do duty report. Some groups act out the conversations about shopping in Topic 1. Then the other students answer the teacher’s questions according to the conversations. e.g. A:Can I help you? B:I want to buy some rice. A:How much rice do you need? B:Three bags. And I also need ten oranges. A: OK. B:How heavy are the oranges? A: Three kilos. B: How much is it? A: 135 yuan in total. B: OK. Here you are! ... T:How much rice does B need? Ss: Three bags. T:How heavy are ten oranges? Ss:Three kilos. T:How much should B pay in total? Ss:135 yuan. T:I want to buy some things. So now I will make a phone call to one of you. Hello, John. This is ××× speaking. John: Hello, ×××. T:Are you free this Sunday? john: Yes. What’s up? T:Would you like to go shopping with me? I want to buy some food and drinks. John: Yes, I’d love to. T: OK. See you then. John: See you. ... |
1.Greet students ready for learning. 2.Help the students to revise the words and expressions in Topic 1. Then lead the students to learn the words and expressions of making a phone call to invite somebody. |
Presentation (10 minutes) |
1.The whole class work and individual work. 2.Individual work and pair work. |
1.Learn some new words by answering the teacher’s questions. T: OK, class. We have bought lots of food and drinks now. It will be sunny this Sunday. So we can go out for a picnic. S1: Are you free this Sunday? S1: Yes. What’s up? T: Would you like to go for a picnic? S1: Yes, I’d love to. T: S2, would you like to go for a picnic with us? S2: Yes, I’d love to. T: Let’s suppose S3 is not here today. S4, would you please make a phone call to S3 to invite him to go for a picnic with us? S4: Sure! Hello. This is S4. S3: Hello, S4. This is S3. S4: Are you free this Sunday? ... 2.Do 1a. Look at the picture in 1a. Guess what Kangkang and Jane are talking about. Read the following questions and then listen to the tape to find the answers. (1)When does Kangkang want to go for a picnic? (2)Is Jane free this Sunday? (3)Where will Kangkang and his friends go for a picnic? (4) Who will tell Maria about the picnic? Check the answers with your partner. Then ask and answer the four questions in pairs. |
1.Ask the students some questions to present the expressions of making a phone call to invite somebody and some new words, e.g. picnic, up, free, call, this is..., would you like to... 2.Prepare four questions before listening to help the students guess what the conversation may be. Play the tape recorder. |
Consolidation (5 minutes) |
1.Individual work, pair work and the whole class work. 2.Pair work. |
1.Do 1b. Read 1a again and fill in the blanks in 1b individually. Check the answers with your partner. Then the whole class check the answers together. 2.Read 1a after the tape. Pay attention to the liaison of “What’s up?” and “Would you like to...?”. Then practice the conversations in pairs. Some pairs act out the conversations. |
1.Check the answers. 2. Play the tape recorder. |
Practice (10 minutes) |
1. Individual work and pair work. 2.Group work, pair work and the whole class work. 3.Group work and the whole class work. Pair work. |
1.Do 1c. Complete the following telephone conversation in 1c individually. Then check the answers with your partner. Practice the conversation in pairs. Then some pairs act out the conversations. 2.Do 2. Read the statements in 2 before listening. Predict what the conversation in 2 may be. Then listen to the tape and mark T or F. Listen again and check the answers with your partner. Then the whole class check the answers together. 3.Do 4a. Divide the class into six groups. Every group reads one group of words in 4a. Discuss in groups and try to find the rules of sounds about the letters “air”, “are ”, “a+ble”, “a+nge” “augh”, “aw” by themselves. Then one student in each group reads out the sound and teaches the sound to the whole class. Then the whole class listen to the tape recorder and check the sounds. Read the sounds and words aloud after the tape. air, are: /? / augh, aw: /5/ a+ble, a+nge: /V / 4.Do 4b. Circle the letters with different sounds in each pair with your partner. Then listen and check the answers. Repeat after the tape. Put the following words into different groups according to different sounds. draw, table, care, fable, danger, hair, saw, strange, fair, taught, law, able, change, air, daughter, dare, caught /?/:________________ /5/:________________ /V/:________________ |
1.Help the students check the answers in 1c. 2.Play the tape recorder. Check the answers. 3.Play the tape recorder. Check the answers. Let the students find the rules of the letters by themselves. 4.Play the tape recorder and help the students check the sounds. Correct their sounds while they are reading. Check the answers. |
Production (10 minutes) |
1.Group work. |
1.Sit in groups. Suppose your class will have a picnic. Discuss in groups and make a picnic plan. Then share it with others. After that, make a conversation to call somebody to invite him/her to have a picnic with you. |
1.Help the students revise and consolidate the words and expressions about making a phone call to invite somebody in this section. 2. Assign homework: Read 1a fluently and practice it with your partner; Review the words, expressions and sounds in this section; Preview Section B-1a. |
