1

Getting students ready for learning

(3-5 mins)

Class activity

1.Greeting.

2.Ask students to talk about what TV program they like best.

1.Greeting.

2.Students act out their own conversations about what TV program they often watch. Introduce what TV program they like best.

讨论学生喜爱的电视节目来激发学生进一步学习的兴趣。

2

Revision

(3 mins)

Pair work

Lead to the revision: ask them to ask and answer about the advantages and disadvantages of  TV.   

Ask and answer the advantages and disadvantages of TV.

Example:

A: Do you like TV? I think it’s very

useful.

B: I think so.

   I don’t think so. because... 

3

Pre-listening

(5 mins)

Class activity

Play two pieces of video about Journey to the West and Harry Potter, or show some pictures about them, then ask two students to introduce the two novels in brief.

Watch the video and know the main idea and characters in them. Try to introduce the two novels in English with several sentences.

鼓励学生用英语简短介绍这两部小说，一个词或句子都可以，目的是提高学生开口说英语的信心。

Individual work

Show the words and sentences of 1b, and ask students to read through the sentences.

Read through 1b before listening. And try to guess other words they will fill in.

做好听前预览是完成听力任务的保障。

4

While-listening

(5 mins)

Individual work

Play the record of the conversation. Guide students to listen and take notes. Organize students to check the answers.

Listen to the conversation and write down the answers or the capital letters of the words. Report the answers.

提醒学生做好记录。

5

Post-listening

(15 mins)

Group work

1.Play the flash of 1a.

2.Ask students to discuss the key and difficult points in groups.

1.Watch the flash of 1a, and mark something important and difficult.

2.Students discuss in groups to understand the conversation further in groups.

Class activity

1.Point out the key and difficult points.

2.Organize students to retell the main information of 1a based on the key words of 1b.

1.Note the key and difficult points.

2.Retell the main information of 1a based on the conversation of 1a.

Pair work

1.Ask students to note down five key words related to their favorite characters in literature.

2.Ask students to make a

conversation about their favorite characters with partners with the words in 1b.

1.Talk about their favorite characters with five key words and note them down. Finish 2.

2.Make a conversation about their favorite characters with partners based on the words in 1b.

6

Pre-listening

(3 mins)

Class activity

1.Show some pictures of J.K. Rowling and ask students to talk about her. Ask them to report it.

2.Ask students to read through the questions of 3a.

1.Talk about something about J.K. Rowling and report it to class.

2.Read through the questions before listening. And they may answer the questions according to their known knowledge.

7

While-listening

(3 mins)

Individual work

1. Let students listen to the passage.

2. Let the students listen again and get more information about J.K. Rowling. Ask them to find the answers of 3b.

1. Listen to the passage and answer the questions, then finish 3a.

2.Listen again and take some notes. Try to finish 3b.

8

Post-listening

(5 mins)

Pair work

1.Organize students to check the answers. 

2.Ask students to introduce the famous writer—J.K. Rowling.

1. Report the answers. 

2.Introduce the writer——J.K. Rowling according to 3b to their partners in pairs. And their partners listen carefully without books. Then change the roles.

听后做好复述是信息有效输出的好方法。

９

Summarizing and assigning homework

(3 mins)

Class activity

1.Ask students to sum up the key points.

2.Repeat the key points.

3.Ask them to find some more TV activities on TV or Internet after class and talk about it.

1.Sum up the main content of this lesson.

2.Read through what they have learnt after the teacher.

3.Search on TV or Internet for some poets and poems, then talk about it.

鼓励学生课后通过查找网络和电视了解更多的文学作品，在下节课前进行分享，学会用多种形式来表达自己喜好的文学作品和任务，并通过讨论来分享。