Unit 2  How often do you exercise?

Period  1 (1a-2c)

学习内容：

1a 复习动词短语并学习help with housework，1b-1c 复习频率副词，学习hardly ever, 2a-2b学习“How often do you…?”及其答语。

Learning aims:

Words and phrases:

housework; hardly ever; once; twice; Internet; program.

Target language:

what do you usually do on weekends?               I usually go to the movies.

What does she /he do usually on weekends ?        She often goes to the movies .

How often do you does he /she go to the movies?   Twice a week.

Ability aims：

1. Can read the new words and phrases; can use the target language to talk about the things.

2. To improve students’ writing skill, listening skill and communicative competence.

Learning important and difficult points:

Words and phrases:

Target language:

 Moral Object 

Learn to express their daily activities, and love the life. 

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 . Lead in:

1. Listen to a song.

2. Talk about your last weekend’s activities.

Step 2 Presentation.

1. T：“What do you usually do on weekends ? ”

S: I usually …… on weekends.

2. Show the frequency words and read.

always (100%)      usually(80%)       often (30-50%)

sometimes (20%)    hardly ever(5%)     never (0%)

3. Pair work: -- What do you do on weekends?--I …(Use the frequency words.)

   --What does she/he do on weekends?

   -- She/He ___________  _________________.

Show some verb phrases: watch TV，read books，exercise，swim, play football、go shopping

4. Learn the new language.

 A: How often does he do sports?        

B: He always…in the morning. He often… , but sometimes he … And he hardly ever … He never ...

Step 3 . Work on 1a.   

1. Look at the picture. Discuss with your partners. Make a list of the weekend activities. 

2. Let some Ss read out their activities. Let other Ss add more activities.

Step 4 . Work on 1b.

1. Let a student read the words aloud. Make sure all the Ss know the meaning of the words.

2. Tell Ss to listen and write the letters from the picture above on the line below.

3. Play the tape for the first time. Ss listen and fill in the blanks.

4. Play the tape for the second time for the Ss to check the answers.

Step 5. Pair work.

1. Act out the conversation with a student.

2. Let Ss talk about the pictures in 1a in pairs.

3. Let some Ss act out their conversations. 

Step 6 Learn the new language.

 Show the pictures and ask and answer: How often do you exercise?--Twice a week.

Step 7. Work on 2a:

1. Let Ss read the phrases in the chart.

2. Tell Ss that Cheng Tao is taking about how often he does these activities. Play the recording for the first time. Ss listen and number the activities [1-5].

3. Play the recording for the second time for the Ss to check the answers.

Step 8.Work on 2b:

1. Tell Ss they will hear the recording again. This time, listen and match the activities in 2a with how often Cheng Tao does them.

2. Ss listen and math the activities with the phrases.

3. Check the answers.

Step 9. Pair work.

1. Ask one student how often he/she watch TV as a model.

  T: Hi, S1. How often do you watch TV?    S1: I watch TV every day.

T: What’s your favorite program?        S1: Animal world.

T: How often do you watch it?            S1: Twice a week.

2. Let one student read the activities in the chart. Tell them these new words:

  favorite website (最喜欢的网站)；favorite sport (最喜欢的运动)

3. Ss work with their partners. Then ask some pairs to act out their conversations. 

Step 10. Writing.

According to the conversation, write about how often your partner do the activities.

Example: ×× is a Middle School student. He reads English twice a week. He watches TV every day. He goes to the movies once a month, and he  exercises three times a week. But he hardly ever uses the Internet.

Step 11 Summarize.

I usually go to the movies.

                       What does she /he do usually on weekends ?

She often goes to the movies .

                       How often do you does he /she go to the movies?

Twice a week.

 

 

Period  2  (2d-3c)

Learning aims:

Words and phrases:

full, swing, swing dance, maybe, least, at least

Target language:

—How often do you /does he(she)….?  —He usually…

The use of the frequency words: always; usually ; often ; sometimes; hardly ever; never 

Ability aims：

1. Can read the new words and phrases; can use the target language to talk about the things.

2. To improve students’ writing skill, listening skill and communicative competence.

Learning important and difficult points:

Words and phrases and target language:

 Moral Object 

Learn to express their daily activities, and love the life. 

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Review:

1.    Show a subject schedule, ask and answer:

   How often do you have _________ class? --We have _________class ____________.

Step 2 Work on 2d.

1. Lead in: Show some pictures and practice:

A: What does she usually do?                   --B: She usually has piano lessons.

A: How often does she have piano lessons?      --B: She has piano lessons twice a week.

2. show a video, and ask : What dance? –swing dance.

Claire are having dance and piano lessons. Let’s listen to her and Jack’s conversation, listen and answer:

3. Read the conversation and match the activity with the right time.

4. Follow the tape and then Role-play the conversation.

Step 3 Grammar focus:

1. Practice: show the pictures and the pie charts, ask and answer:

    T: How often does he play soccer ?  The other Ss: He plays soccer twice a week

2. read grammar focus and give some explanations.

Step 4 Work on 3a.

    Complete the questions with do or does. Then match the questions and answers.

Step 5 Work on 3b.

1. Tell Ss to make questions.

2. Then try to ask and answer questions about the questions.

3. Ask some Ss to ask and answer with their partners in front of the class.

Step 6 Work on 3c.

1. Let Ss work in groups of six or eight.

2. Tell Ss discuss what activities they do to improve their English. Then write the activities in the chart.

3. Ask their group mates the questions and fill in the chart. 

4. Try to make a report about their partners.

Period 3 Section B (1a-1e)

Learning aims:

Words and phrases:

Learn to use “junk, junk food, coffee, health, drink coffee, be good for”

Target language:

what do you usually do on weekends?

I usually go to the movies.

What does she /he do usually on weekends ?

She often goes to the movies .

How often do you does he /she go to the movies?

Twice a week.

Ability aims：

1. Can read the new words and phrases;

2. can use the target language to talk about how often you do things.

3. ask people about their healthy habits and express themselves

4. To improve students’ writing skill, listening skill and communicative competence.

Learning important and difficult points:

Words and phrases and target language.

Moral Object 

Learn how to arrange the life, to develop good habits.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 .Warming up and leading in:

1. T: Hello, everyone! Do you like music? Now let’s listen to Do You Like….

If you can sing the song, you can sing it together. Listen carefully, then who can say the names of the food or drink ?Play the video.

2. Some foods are healthy foods, some are not. Write “healthy food ; unhealthy food(junk food)” Say the healthy food and junk food.

3. Students draw the pictures of the food that they like. Then students say“I like… because it/they”“I I like… although it/they…”

Step 2 Pair work.

1. Let’s ask about how often you eat food.

example: A: How often do you drink milk?

B: I drink milk every day.

A: Do you like it?

B: No. But my mother wants me to drink it. She says it’s good for my health.

   2. Students work.

Step 3 Work on 1a.

T：Now open your books and turn to page 12. Look at 1a, match the words with the pictures.( Students match them.)

Step 4 .Work on 1c.

   1. T: Eating healthy food can help us to keep healthy. It’s a good habit. What are the good habits for your health. Exercise; sleep

   2. Listen for the general idea of 1c.

T: Next we’ll listen to a conversation between Tina and Bill. First let’s listen for the general idea.

Students listen and give their answers.

3. Listen for the specific ideas of 1c .

T: Listen carefully again and Circle the answer to each question.

   4. Check the Ss’ answers.

Step 5. Work on 1d.

1. T: Now look at the questions in 1d . Fill in the blanks in the survey.

2. Play the first time, you can just listen.

Play the tape for the second time ,you can listen and find the answers.

   3. Check the answers.

   4. Listen and repeat. T: I’ll play the recording again. You’ll repeat it after the tape.

Step 6. Pair work.

Role play. Student A is the reporter. Student B is Tina or Bill. Try to act the conversation

out .They can use their own words.

Example: A: How often do you exercise?

 B: I exercise every day.

 A: And how often do you …?

Step 7. Take the health quiz.(p16)

Step 8. Summarize.       

T: And you know: Healthy lifestyle can help us get good grades. Good food and exercise help us to study better. Look at saying.

 

 

  

 

Period 4 section B (2a-2e)

Step 1 . Warming- up and revision

1. Daily greeting.

2. Let some Ss report what he/she does on weekends.

Step 2 Work on 2a.

1. Let Ss discuss the activities with their classmates and rank these activities according to how often you think your classmates do them.

2. Let some Ss tell their answers.

Step 3 . Work on 2b.

1. T: Here are the results of what the students in No. 5 High School do in their free time. Read the passage quickly and find the answers to the two questions:

  1) How many kinds of free time activities are mentioned in the passage?

     2) What is the best way to relax?  _________________________________

2. Read the passage carefully and complete the pie chart below.

      Ss read the passage and try to fill in the pie chart. Then check the answers together.

Step 4 Work on 2c.

1. T: Now let’s read through the five questions. Make sure the Ss know the meaning of the questions. Then let Ss read the passage again and try to find the answers to the questions.

2. Ss read carefully and try to find the answers to the questions.

3. Check the answers with the class.

Step 5 Work on 2d.

1. T: Now let’s make some sentences with the percentages using always, usually or sometimes.

2. Ss read the passage again and try to make some new sentences. Check the answers with each others.

Step 6 Work on 2e.

1. Let Ss read through the activities in the chart first. Select one activity from them. Then ask their classmates how often they do this activity and make a pie chart.

2. Ss work in groups. Ask and answer questions then fill in the chart.

3. Make a pie chart like those in 2b.

4. Then try to make a short report like the report in 2b. 

Step 7. Homework  

 

 

 

Period 5 Section B (3a-self check)

Step 1 . Warming- up and revision.

1. Have a dictation of the new words and expressions.

2. Let some Ss read the passage in 2b.

3. Check the homework.

Step 2 . Presentation.

1. Show some pictures of your daily activities. Tell Ss your good activities and bad activities.

2. Let some Ss tell about how often they do some activities and judge they are good habits and bad habits. 

Step 3. Practice –work on 3a.

 1. Look at the information in the chart and complete the report.  

2. Ss read the passage then fill in the blanks with the words in the box.

3. Check the answers.

Step 4. Writing--work on 3b.

1. Complete the chart with your own information. Then in the last column, use expressions like always, every day, twice a week and never.

2. Then let some Ss show their chart to the class.

Step 5 Work on 3c.

1. Let Ss write a report about their good habits and bad habits. Say how often they do things using the report in 3a as an example.

   2. Students write.

3. Check the compositions and let some Ss read their compositions. 

Step 6 Self Check 1 and 2.

1. Students discuss.

2. Let some Ss read aloud their chart. Then try to write five sentences using the information above.

3. Make sure they use the correct forms of the verbs. 

Step 7 Self check 3.

1. Tell Ss that they should read the conversation and then fill in the blanks with the right forms.

2. Ss read the conversations and try to fill in the blanks.

3. Check the answers:

  usually, How often, Hardly, How often, once a; never  

4. Let Ss practice the conversation with their partner. 

Step 8. Homework.

1. Review Section B.

2. Write a short passage your father or mother’s good habits or bad habits.