Chapter 1 Making friends
1. ask students to think about the components of a letter
2. answers checking
3. show the ss a letter, teach the format of an english letter
4. instant exercise: read the letter on p3 and fill the blanks above.
step5: task-based learning ii:
1. groupwork: what can you tell your new friends in a letter?
2. answer checking
3. listen to the tape , answer ” what does simon mention in his letter?”
step6: task-based learning iii:
groupwork: ss read the letter again very carefully, each group has a different task. after finishing reading, the leader collect all the members’ answers and show them to all.
step7: word, phrases and sentences
1. teacher show them on the screen, teach students the meaning ,the use, the differences between the similary ones…and so on
2. excercises to consolidation
step8: homework
1. according to the format, write an english letter( key words given.)
2. exercises on exercises book.
the third period: reading
teaching aims:
1. to know about the format of a letter
2. to learn how the writer introduced himself as a penfriend by reading the letter.
3. to learn some useful patterns and use these patterns to do some practice.
teaching difficulties:
design general reading tasks and specific reading tasks to help students to fully understand the text and improve their reading skills.
teaching focuses:
1. help students to introduce themselves to their penfriends by designing three topics: talk about yourself (include your name, age, height, hobby…), your family and your school.
2. introduce some sentence patterns about each topic, divide the whole class into groups to practice introducing themselves to their penfriends
teaching aids: some paper, a tape recorder and multi-media, an envelope and a letter.
teaching procedures:
step1: greetings
step2: lead-in:introduce a scene
the teacher designed a scene: may is a girl who lives in shenzhen. one day she receives a letter from her penfriend—simon.
step3:listening (class work & individual work)
the teacher lists the questions on the powerpoint and then plays the tape recorder.
questions: 1.how old is simon?
2. where does simon live?
3. which school does he study at?
step4: reading tasks
1) pre-reading task: teaching the format of a letter