1、Language goal: In this unit students learn to talk about recent past events. New languages: 1. Master the new vocabulary words. 2. Master the past forms of the regular and irregular verbs. 3. New target language: Where did you go on vacation? We went to New York City. Did you go to Central Park? Yes
2、, I did. How was the weather? It was humid. 4. Be able to talk about the recent past events. Difficult points: 1. Master the past forms of the regular and irregular verbs. 2. Use the new language to talk about recent past events. Teaching aids: recorder some pictures of activities and places Teachin
3、g periods: Period 1: Section A 1aGrammar focus Period 2: Section A 3a4 Period 3: Section B 1a2c Period 4: Section B 3aSelf-check Period 1 Teaching aims: 1. Learn the new vocabulary words: 2. Target language: Where did you go on vacation? We went to summer camp. Where did he go on vacation? He stayed
4、 at home. Where did they go on vacation? They visited the museum. Did you/he/she/they go to Central Park? Yes, I/he/she/they did. No, I/he/she/they didnt. 3. Master the past forms of the regular and irregular verbs. 4. Learn to talk about recent past events. Teaching procedures: Step 1. Warm-up 2 Ta
5、lk about the past activities: A: How was your weekend? B: It was great. A: What did you do last weekend? B: I A: How was his/her weekend? B: It was awful. A: What did he/she do last weekend? B: He/she Ask and answer more activities. Step 2. Learn the new vocabulary words 1. Teacher asks one student
6、to read the new words. And see if he or she can read the new words correctly. 2. Practice reading the new words: repeat after the teacher; read together/in parts/one by one. Then read and remember the words. 3. Explain some words: go to a summer camp; a Central Park; have a math exam Step 3. Present
7、ation 1. Show a picture of New York City. Ask “Where did you go on vacation last summer?” Present students to say: “I went to New York City.” Then ask more students to answer the question. Their answers may be varied. (summer camp; went to the beach; visited museums.) 2. Ask some students to ask and
8、 answer the questions in pairs. A: Where did you go on vacation? B: I went to the beach. Practice asking and answering the conversation. Step 4. 1a Look and match 1. The teacher reads the instructions to the students. 2. Students read the activities in the box first. Teacher can get one student to e
9、xplain them in Chinese. Then get students to complete by themselves. 3. Check up the answers. Step 5. 1b Listening practice 1.The teacher reads the instructions to the students. 2. Get the students to read the names in the box after teacher. 3. Tell students to look at the pictures and say what the
10、person did in each picture. For example: She went to the mountains. 4. Tell students they will hear three conversations. People talk about what they did on vacations. Then play the recording. Students listen the first time. Students only listen. 5. Play the recording again and try to fill in the bla
11、nks with the numbers. 6. Check up the answers. Play the recording, let the students repeat after the recording. Then practice reading the conversation. Step 6. 1cPair work 1. The teacher explains the instructions to the students. 2. The students practice reading the conversation below inactivity1c.
12、3. Make their own conversations with the activities in activity 1a. Ask “Where did Brad/Sally/Tom go on vacation? ”Then work it in class. Step 7. 2a Listening practice 1. Get students to read the names and the activities in the box. Tell students: they will hear three conversations about three peopl
13、es vacations. Match the people with the activities. 2. Play the recording the first time, students only listen. 3. Replay the recording and try to match. 4. Check up the answers. Step 8. 2b Listening practice 1. Students look at the chart and read the names and the activities. Say, listen to the con
14、versations and check “Yes, I did.” Or “No, I didnt.” 2. Play the recording the first time. Students only listen. 3. Play the recording again. Students try to fill the blanks. 4. Check up the answers. 5. Get the students to repeat after the recording. Step 9. 2cGroup work 1. The teacher explains the
15、instructions to the students. Students read the example in the speech bubbles. 2. Work in groups to role play the conversation. You can talk about the activities from the chart in 2b or other activities. The teacher move around and give help if students need. 3.Ask one or two groups to work in class. Step 10.Grammar focus The students read the sentences. And find if there are some questions. If have, explain them. Step 11. Summary 1. The new vocabulary words. 2. The new target language. Step 12.Homework 1. Revise the vocabulary words. 2. Make a conversation about your last vacation.
