Unit 9 Have you ever been to an amusement park
stepsteacher’s activities
students’ activities
step1
lead-in look at the picture, and ask the students, “what can you see from the picture?” look at the picture and brainstorm the words they can think of, such as space museum, amusement park, water park, zoo, aquarim
step 2 word study show some words about places in 1a. ask students to write some more words about places on the notebook. students write the places they have known.
step 3 pairwork let students tell each other what they think of these places. and finish 1a. students tell each other what they think of these places. finish 1a.
step 4
listening
1b point out the picture and the places in the picture. ask the students to guess what the two girls are talking about. ask the students to read the conversations in the picture to help them to understand the following listening. ask the students to listen and number the sentences from 1 to 4. check the answers. ask the students to practice the dialogue. just look at the picture and say the words of the places. guess what the two girls are talking about. read the conversations in the picture and understand. listen and check the boxes check the answers. practice the dialogue in pairs.
step5
listening
2a & 2b point out the chart. says, “you will hear three conversations. after each conversation, circle the places you hear check the answers. point out the sentences. ask the students to read them to the class. ask the students to listen again and finish 2a. correct the answers. read the chart before listening. listening to the saying of the teacher. circle the places read the sentences and listening again. listen again and finish the chart. correct the answers.
step 6
2c read the instructions point to the map and tell the students they can talk about any of the places on the map ask them talk about a place they have been to. think of a place they have been to. making a dialogue in pairs using the target language. such as: have you ever been to …? yes, i have. / no, i haven’t. when did you go there? i went there … how did you go there? i went there by … where are you going next week? i’m going to … how are you going there? who are you going with ?
step 7
grammar focus review the grammar box. ask students to say their statements and responses.