1、Unit12 Life is full of the unexpected. Section B 1a-1e Teaching time: 40 minutes Objectives: At the end of this period, students will be able to acquire the new words and phrases: fool, costume, embarrassed, a costume party tell the nouns, verbs and phrases review the listening skills such as predic
2、ting, listening for key words etc consolidate the words and develop the ability of working together be encouraged to think critically and give their own opinions onApril Fools Day Teaching focus: have a good command of nouns, verbs and adjectives how to describe the unexpected experience how to prac
3、tice listening skills Teaching difficulties: have a good command of nouns, verbs and adjectives how to describe the unexpected experience how to practice listening skills Teaching Procedures Learning activitiesTeaching purpose Step 1. Lead-in 1. Greet. T: Do you think life is full of the unexpected?
4、 S:. T:Yeah, unexpectedly, Im your English teacher today. 2. Ss listen to the teachers experience and try to guess what happened. T: Now I want to share my unexpected experience with you. Several weeks ago, I friend invited to me a party. 3. Say something aboutApril Fools Day. T: When isApril Fools
5、Day? S:. T: What do people usually do on that day? S. To lead in the topic “April Fools Day” and present the new words (fool, costume, embarrassed) Step 2. Pair work 1. Finish exercise 1a. 2. Ss use the words and phrases in 1a to share their stories with the partner. To help students to learn the no
6、uns, verbs and adjectives. To consolidatethewordsand develop their ability of working together. To encourage them to practice their spoken English Step 3. Listening 1. Before listening, Ss learn to use the pictures to make a prediction. 2. Listen and figure out who they are. 3. Listen again and writ
7、e down the details. 4. Use the phrases theyve heard to make up the story. To guide students to pay attention to the pictures before listening. Toconsolidatetheirlistening skills, such as writing down the key words. Step 4. Group work Four students in a group and make a conversation to tell April Foo
8、ls Day stories in 1d. A: What happened to Dave On April Fools Day? B: Well, a friend invited him to a costume party. A: How about Nick? C:. A:And Joe? D:. To check whether students have a good command of the listening materials. Step 5. Debate Students are asked to consider whether it is necessary t
9、o have April Fools Day. T: If you were one of them, how would you feel? Ss: (They may have different answers.) T: Do you think it is necessary to have this festival? Divide them into two groups according to their own decisions. Ask them to write down the reasons. Invite the representatives to debate. To encourage students to think critically and express their own feelings. Step. Assignment LevelA: Retell the stories in1d to the partners. Level B: Write an article aboutApril Fools Day. To help students consolidate what they have learned in this class and widen their knowledge.
