Introduction

(5 minutes)

1. The whole   class

work.

2.Group work.

1.Focus their   attention on the teacher.

2.Do duty report. Prepare some conversations about   ordering and having meals in the restaurant or at a friend’s home in groups.   Then some groups act out the conversations.

（S=saleswoman）

A:Would you   like to have dinner with me?

B: Yes, I’d   like to.

S: May I help   you, sir?

A: Yes. What   would you like to eat?

B: Let me   see.

A: Why not   have some ... and ...?

B: Good idea.

S: Help   yourself to

some ... Here   you are!

A&B:   Thanks.

A: Would you   like

something to   drink?

B: Yes, a   glass of apple juice, please.

...

1.Greet students   ready for learning.

2.Help the   students to revise the  words   and expressions in Unit 3.

Presentation

(10 minutes)

1.Individual   work.

2.The whole   class  work and pair work.

3.The whole   class work.

1. Play a game   like this:

T: In the shop,   I want to buy a skirt. It’s for my daughter. So I can say, “I want to buy   a skirt for my daughter.” Now, please choose the words from the   following columns to make new sentences.

e.g. “I   want to buy... for ...”

Column 1

Column 2

2. Look at the   pictures about clothes with price on it. Answer the teacher’s questions:

T:How much is   this dress?

Ss: It’s ...   yuan.

T:How much is   this coat?

Ss: It’s ...   yuan.

Then ask and   answer the questions about the price in pairs according to the pictures.

3.Do 1a. Look at the pictures of Section A, 1a and have a guess：

T:“Where are   Maria and her mother?”

Ss:“They are   in the shop.”

T: What do   they want to buy?

Ss:They want   to buy some clothes.

Listen to the   tape and check your answer.

1.Present the   new expression about wishing, “I want to buy... for...”

2. Show some

pictures of   clothes with price on it. Help the students learn the expressions of shopping   and asking the price.

3.Lead the   students to predict the conversation by looking at the pictures in 1a before listening. Play the tape.

Consolidation

(5 minutes)

1.Individual   work, pair work and the whole class work.

2.The whole   class work and group work.

1.Read the   sentences in 1b. Guess the answers from the pictures in 1a. Then listen to the tape and check the answers in 1b. Check the answers with your partner. Then the whole class check the answers.

2. Read after   the tape. Try to act out the conversation in groups. Then some groups act out   the conversation.

1.Play the tape.

Check the   answers.

2.Play the tape   again.

Practice

(10 minutes)

1.Individual   work and pair work.

2.Group work and   the whole class work.

3.Individual   work and pair work.

4.Group work and   the whole class work.

5.The whole   class work and individual work.

1.Do 1c. Complete the following 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 2a. Revise the words of numbers from 1 to 20, which the students have  learned before. Find the rules of word formation, twenty, thirty.... Then try to fill   in the blanks in 2a. Check the answers in groups. Then the whole class check the answers.

Play a number   game,

... 5 ... 10 ...   15...

... 7 ... 14 ...   21

3.Look at the   pictures in 2b. Guess the price of the different clothes. Then listen to the   tape and check the answers. The whole class check the answers together.

Ask and answer

questions about   price in 2b in pairs.

A:How much is   the skirt?

B: It’s 80   yuan.

...

4.Do 3a. Divide the class into seven groups. Every group reads one group of words in 3a. Discuss in groups and try to find the rules  of sounds about the letter(s) “al”, “au  ”, “c+e,i,y”, “c”, “ck” 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.

“al”: /5/, /5l/

“au”: /3/, /5/

“c+e/i/y”:/s/

“c”,”ck”: /k/

Find different   sounds from the words group.

e.g.

can cake center cat: center

aunt, august, because, autumn:   aunt

5.Do 3b. The   teacher reads the chant as example. The students read the chant after the   teacher and then read by themselves. Pay attention to the stress in the   sentences.

1.Ask students   to finish 1c and help them check the answers.

2.Help the   students find the rules of word formation. Organize a game to practice the numbers.

3.Play the tape   recorder. Check the answers. Make the students pay

attention to the   sounds of “ty” and “teen”.

4.Play the tape   recorder and help the students check the sounds. Correct their sounds while   they are reading.

5.Read the chant   in 3b as example. Correct the

students’   sentence stress while they are reading.

Production

(10 minutes)

1.Group work.

1.Sit in groups.   Suppose you are shopping now. Make new conversations about shopping in groups   and practice the conversations. Then some groups act out the conversations.   Remember to use the expressions of asking and giving help, asking the price   and so on.

1.Help the   students revise and consolidate the words and expressions about shopping 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-new words.

Teaching   reflection：

      这节课是本话题的第一个课时，学生刚接触关于购物和询问价格的对话，有些学生对于服装和鞋帽的词汇可能出现遗忘，因此在对话操练中会出现障碍。此外，这节课刚学习字母c和字母组合al, au,   ck等发音，部分学生可能无法当堂识记和掌握这些音标，因此教师应引导学生在平时养成读准每一个音素的习惯。