Unit 3 Buying and Selling

oral words and expressions: elementary, elementary school, storybook, junior high school
teaching aims:
1.review and learn more words and expressions about the commercial world.
2.some knowledge of shopping in foreign countries.
teaching important points:
1.write a passage in simple past tense.
2.talk about shopping.
teaching difficult shopping:
the adverbial clause and object clause
teaching preparation: pictures
teaching aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures
type of lesson: new lesson
teaching procedure:
step1. come to “think about it”.
let the students work in pairs and discuss the following questions. then report it to the class. they can express their ideas freely.
s1: i don’t want to give money to those who begs in the street. sometimes they are very strong and they are able to support themselves. i think he’s just too lazy. he doesn’t want to work.
s2: i have helped those children or old men. i think they are very poor. they don’t even have enough food to eat.
s3: i give money to those who can’t go to school. i like them. i hope they all can go to school happily.
the teacher can help them if necessary.
step2. listen to the tape and answer the following questions:
1.when did brian and his classmates sell the cookies?
2.what did they do with the money?
listening is a difficult part in english learning. if some students can’t find the answers, don’t worry. let’s open our books and then read the text.
step3. read the text and check the answers in listening part.
encourage the students to ask more questions. they can ask any students to answer. let’s discuss the text in details.
what did the cookies look like?
who helped me make them?
how much is one cookie cost?
how much did we make?
step4. brainstorm
discuss the following questions: if you have much money, what do you want to do? they can express their ideas freely.
when the students are speaking, the teacher should lead their ideas in right directions. let them not fall in playing and waste.
step5. do with language points
make sentences with some language points: cost, deal with, it is fun…to do…
how much does the book cost?
how did we deal with the old clothes?
it is fun to play with you.
step6. come to “l(fā)et’s do it”.
it is difficult for parents to work hard to support our family. now if you are david. what would you do to sell more cookies?
let the students work in pairs and finish the work. after five minutes, ask them to give a report in the class.
step7.homework
1.finish off the activity book.
2.go on the next reading in the student book.