Unit 8 I’ll help clean up the city parks.
ⅳ. teaching methods
1. teaching by providing sample sentences
2. teaching by providing sample article
ⅴ. teaching aid
a picture of a young woman who is singing.
ⅵ. teaching procedures
step i revision
1. check the homework by asking the children to show their sentences. ask some to share their sentences with the class.
2. dictate some new words on page 64.
step ⅱ part 1
this activity focuses or vocabulary introduced in the unit. ask a student to read the instructions.
we have two tasks now. first let’s fill in the blanks. look at the words given in the box. they are all phrasal verbs. do you know the meaning of each phrasal verb?
who has any problem? show me by raising your hands.
help solve the problems. do some explanation if necessary. for example, if someone is not sure about hang out, tell him or her, hang out means spend one’s time lazily.
let them do the work individually. tell them to choose a correct verb for each blank and note to use the correct forms of the verbs.
in some cases, you may need to use an other form of the word, for example adjusting for tense, subject or verb agreement. move around the room as they write, offering help as needed. try to remember the common mistakes they may make.
after they are finished, ask five different students to read their answers to the class. correct any mistakes they may have made, especially the verb forms. encourage the other students to point out their mistakes and help correct them. point out the common mistakes they may have made at last. after checking the answers together, ask the whole class to check the answers in pairs, exchanging their books and have a careful check. point out their partner’s mistakes and help correct them.
let the students read the five sentences loudly several times after making sure they all have got right answers.
then go on with the second task. use the first phrase, give away, as an example.
ask several students to make sentences with it orally.
such as, jimmy gives away old bikes.
then ask the children to make their own sentences with the phrasal verbs given.
each one writes the sentences on a piece of paper.
move around the classroom while they are writing, checking progress and offering help.
ask some students to share their sentences to the class by reading their sentences to the class. correct any mistakes they may have made.
ask all the children to hand in their papers.
step ⅲ part 2
we’ll have to write an article using the notes in the box. the article will tell what happens to sally. at first, let’s see the first sample sentence given in the book.