Unit 7 Where would you like to visit?
i hope to go to france some day.
the third period
ⅰ. teaching aims and demands
1. knowledge objects
(1) key vocabulary
touristy, spotlight" singapore, beautiful, heavy, private, downtown, get around, pack, light
(2)target language
where would you like to go, kathy?
i’d like to visit kunming.
2. ability objects
(1) train students’ reading skill.
(2) train students’ skill of communication.
3. moral object
share your experience on travelling in a city with your classmates and tell them what they should bring if they decide to visit it.
ⅱ. teaching key points
1. guide students to read the passage in activity 3a.
2. the new vocabulary
ⅲ. teaching difficult point
help students to talk to their partners about the cities they know.
ⅳ. teaching methods
1. teaching by illumination.
2. teaching by asking questions.
ⅴ. teaching procedures
step ⅰ revision
1. revise the target language they learned last class by asking where would you like to go on vacation? get several children to answer i’d like to…because…
2. check the homework by asking some children to read the conversations they wrote to the class.
step ⅱ 3a
at first introduce the key vocabulary words.
teach students to read the vocabulary several times until they can read them out easily and correctly.
read the passage quickly and try to answer the questions on the blackboard.
write these questions on the blackboard:
1. what doesn’t singapore have?
2. what does singapore have?
3. is singapore also a wonderful place for shopping?
4. what don’t you plan on doing in singapore? why?
5. what is easiest to do in singapore?
6. what is suggested to bring if you decide to go there? why?
a few minutes later(maybe two or three minutes), ask different students to answer the questions.
play the video tape of singapore for students or show them some pictures.
next, read the instructions to students.
say, what things do you like about visiting singapore and what things don’t you like? read the passage again. circle the things you like about visiting singapore and underline the things you don’t like.
get them to finish the activity on their own.
check the answers.
step ⅲ 3b
read the instructions to students. make sure that they know what to do.
ask two students to read the sample conversation on the left in activity 3b,
note to correct any pronunciation errors to make sure the students are providing a good model for the rest of the class.
ask another pair to model a conversation with the first group of words on the right, the words in the first line. listen to them carefully with the whole class to see if they can put the words in the proper places. then let the whole class practice in pairs. each pair should make up four conversations with the information on the right. walk around the classroom as the students are working. listen to some pairs and see if they have met any problems. offer some help as needed. after all the students have finished practicing, ask some more pairs to share their conversations with their classmates.