一、Teaching materials:

Unit 1 We’re having a great time! (Module 1 People and places)

二、Targets for this period:

To get to know the key vocabulary

To understand the dialogue 3and 10

To be able to describe what people are doing at the moment

三、Key points:

Key vocabulary-Key points: wait for, on a trip, have a good time, the others, take pictures,

lying (lie + ing), in the sun, a lot

Key structures-present continuous (affirmative)

四、Teaching methods:

Task-based approach and interactive approach

五、Teaching aids

Tape recorder, blackboard, listening material

六、Teaching arrangements:

Step One Lead-in

1. Ask the students who has been to the great wall and what he/ she is feeling, what they do, thus the unit is introduced.

2. Match the words with the pictures in Activity 1.

3. Listen and match these words in Activity 2.

Step Two Presentation

1. Students find out the meaning of the language points and then make sentences

1) wait for 2) on a trip 3) have a good time 4) the others

5) take pictures 6) lying (lie + ing) 7) in the sun 8) a lot = very much

2. Show the present continuous (affirmative)

I am standing on the Great wall.

We are having a great time.

Step Three Drilling

1. Make the students discuss what the sentence structures are like.

Present continuous (affirmative): be + v.-ing ( to express what people are doing now)

2. Ask students to work in pairs to practice the sentence structure by making sentences according to Activity 1.

Step Four Listening

1. Students listen to the tape and finish Activity 4.

2. Listen again and check the answers : b-d-a-e-f-g-c

3. Students write full sentences for their answers in Activity 4 (Activity 5)

1) Betty is talking to her mother.

2) Lingling is shopping for presents.

3) Daming is lying in the sun.

4) Tony is eating an ice cream.

5) Lingling and Betty are writing postcards.

6) Wang Hui is taking photos.

7) The children are enjoying the school trip.

4. Students practice reading the dialogue in groups

Step Five Text explanation (Activity 3)

1. another, the other, others, the others

1) another 同類人或事物中的“另一個(gè)”；the other 兩個(gè)人或事物中的“另一個(gè)”

e.g. This pair of shoes is too small. Please show me another pair.

I have two dogs. One is black and the other is white.

2) others 其他的人或事物；the others 剩余的人式事物

e.g. A few of them are red, others are white （另一些是白色的）.

A few of them are red, the others are white（剩下的是白色的）.

2. I’m standing on the Great Wall of China and (I’m) talking to you.

And 連接兩個(gè)并列成分，由于I’m相同，可以省略。

3. send sb. sth. = send sth to sb e.g. send me a postcard = send a postcard to me

4. anyway 表示結(jié)束一個(gè)話題又接另一個(gè)話題。

5. We’re going home now. = We’re going to go home now.

Step Six Pronunciation

1. Students read the dialogue together with the tape recorder.

2. Students read the pronunciation and words in Activity 7 & 8 with the tape recorder.

3. One student read the words to let the partner check if the words are pronounced in a correct way.

4. Students listen and check the words they hear with the tape recorder. (Activity 9)

Step Seven Group working: to say what people are doing at the moment. (Activity 10)

Homework:

1. To recite the dialogue of Unit1, Module 1

2. To finish Unit1, Module1, 點(diǎn)中典

3. To act out Activity 3

Blackboard designing

Unit 1 we’re having a great time!

Key points: wait for, on a trip, have a good time, the others,

take pictures, lying (lie + ing), in the sun, a lot

Key structure: present continuous(affirmative):.

I am standing on the Great wall.

We are having a great time.