课型

fresh

课时

3 / 6

媒体

a tape recorder, CAI

课题

Unit 12  life is full of the unexpected.       Section A 3a ~ 4c

话题

Unexpected events

功能

Narrate past events

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技能

1. Target language:

Before I could join the others outside to see what was going on, the first plane had already hit my office building.

By the time I got to the airport, my plane to New Zealand had already taken off.

2. Grammar:

 Know about the past perfect tense: had +  v-ed

3. Words and expressions;

(1) Curriculum words:   block, worker, stare, disbelief, above, burn (burnt, burnt), burning, alive, airport, till, west, cream, workday, pie, bean, market

(2) Useful expressions:   be about to do sth., in line with,  show up,  by the end of, go off, take off

过程

方法

According to listening to train the students' reading skill with target language.

情感

态度

Have you ever done anything carelessly? Share your story with your friends.

学习策略

Using background knowledge: carefully reading the first sentence in each paragraph can active your own knowledge of the topic and help you guess what the whole text is about. 

重点

1．Guide the students to read the article in activity 3a.

2．Help the students do the oral practice with the target language.

难点

1．Help improve the students' reading skill by Activity 3a.

2．Help the students describe what has happened to them with the target language.

教学内容及问题情境

学生活动

设计意图

3a.  To provide Ss with reading practice using the target language.

Life-changing events

The two events mentioned in the article were devastating different ways but they changed many people’s lives.

3b. To give Ss practice in using the target  vocabulary.

Meaning and sentences

Once Ss have found the opposite words individually, they can share the meaning of this word with a partner. In their pairs, they can come up with sentences using both words.

3c. To give Ss an opportunity to practice speaking using the target language.

What happened to you?

In pairs, Ss will decide which event they would like to retell to their partner.

4c. To give Ss the opportunity to write using the target language.

Can you guess?

Each S should think about their three statements and write them down. Remind Ss that two should be true statements and one should be false.

Homework

Find out the two events and share with your  partner.

Come up with and write down sentences using both words.

In pairs.

To provide Ss with reading practice using the target language.

To give Ss practice in using the target  vocabulary.

To give Ss an opportunity to practice speaking using the target language.

To give Ss the opportunity to write using the target language.

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Unit 12  life is full of the unexpected.       Section A 3a ~ 4c

Before I could join the others outside to see what was going on, the first plane had already hit my office building.

By the time I got to the airport, my plane to New Zealand had already taken off.

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