Introduction (5 minutes) |
1.The whole class work. 2.Group work. |
1.Focus their attention on the teacher. 2.Do duty report. Some students act out the conversations about shopping. |
1.Greet students ready for learning. 2.Help the students to revise the expressions in this topic. The teacher is the leader, listener and controller of this activity. |
Presentation (10 minutes) |
1.Group work. |
1.Sit in groups. Talk about the rules of expressing the quantity of countable nouns and uncountable nouns in “Grammar”. Then fill in the blanks with the correct words. |
1.Make the students try to find the rules by themselves. |
Consolidation (5 minutes) |
1. Group work. 2.Individual work and pair work. 3.Pair work. |
1. Group competition. Look at the pictures about countable nouns and uncountable nouns. Try to say it in English. The group which can say the words the most quickly and correctly will be the winner in this group competition. e.g. three bags of rice six bottles of milk two bananas a pair of trousers two kilos of apples ... 2.Fill in the blanks in “Functions”. Check your answers with your partner. Then some students tell the answers to the whole class. 3. Prepare some conversation, using the expressions in “Functions”. |
1.Organize a group competition to revise the countable nouns and uncountable nouns. 2.Help the students revise the expressions in this topic by themselves. 3.Use the expressions in this topic orally. |
Practice (10 minutes) |
1.Individual work, pair work and the whole class work. 2.Individual work and group work. 3. Pair work. |
1.Do task 1. Look at the picture in Task 1. Answer the teacher’s questions: (1) What can you see in the picture? (2)What does the woman want to buy? Then listen to the tape twice. Complete the table about the conversation between the woman and the salesman. Check the answers with your partner first. Then the whole class check the answers together. Read after the tape. Pay attention to the intonation and pronunciation. 1. Do Task 2. Complete the conversation with some/any. Then discuss the answers in groups. Review the usage rules of some/any. 2. Do Task 3. Look at the picture in Task 3. Try to think about the words and expressions you can use in this picture, such as, tomatoes, rice, milk, how much, how many... Make a new conversation with your partner about shopping, Supposing one to be the customer and the other to be the saleswoman. Then practice it for several times and some pairs act out your conversations. |
1.Ask the students some questions about the picture in Task 1. Play the tape recorder. Check the answers. Make the students co-operate with others in group work. 3.Help the students to use the expressions they have learned in this topic in conversations. |
Production (10 minutes) |
1. Group work. |
1. Do Project. Bring at least one thing from your home. Make price tags for these things. Make conversations about real shopping in groups, one to be the saleswoman/salesman, the others to be the customers. Then some groups act out your conversations to the whole class. Find out who is the best saleswoman or salesman. |
1.Make sure the students practice their conversations in English only. 2. Assign homework: Revise the words and expressions in this topic; Practice the conversations about shopping in your real life; Preview Topic 2, Section A-1a. |
