Unit 5 Abilities(Integrated skills I)

2. practice the saying the route about the treasure for next per iod.

integrated skills (ii)
1. to develop fluency in using ‘can’ to exchange information about what people are able to do
2. to find out and give information about abilities
3. to transfer the conversation model to personal situations

focuses
to identify and note specific details from general context

difficulties:
to respond to information with people

step 1 presentation / listening
i. arouse ss’ interest in talking about thei r own abilities, e.g. talking with friends, sending e-mails, talking on the icq with  foreign friends. remind ss that there are all kinds of opportunities to use the structure in writing and conversation.

ii. play the tape for ss to listen and answer the following questions:
  1. why can’t sandy dance?
  2. can millie dance well?
  3. can sandy sing well?
  4. will sandy learn how to dance?
  5. how often wi ll they practice dancing?

step 2 reading and acting
1. ss practice reading the part in chorus and in pairs. encourage them to pay more attention to intonation linking of words.
2. get some pairs to act out the conversation in front of the class.

step 3 practice
1. give ss some time to create a situation about abilities in pairs.
2. get some pairs to act out their conversations in front of the class.

step 4 production
1. create a situation  for ss to make up a conversation.
 a: can’t play tennis, difficult
   can play pingpong well
   want to learn how to play tennis  
 b: can play tennis well
   can sing well
   can teach a how to play tennis
c: practise every afternoon after school

2. then ss work out their own conversations and act them out in pairs in front of  the class.

3. finish off the conversation together.
a: i ________ read the article at all. it’s too difficult  for me. can you read it?
b: yes, of course. but i  ________ read well.
a: that’s ok. i ________ do it at all.
b. oh, well, ________ mind. you can learn maths very well.
a: thank you, but ________ you teach me _________ to read englis h?
b: no ________. let’s ________ every friday after school.
a:  great! thank you very much.

step 5 homework
1. go over ‘study skills’ after class.
2. practice their conversations as written work.