Unit 7 Days and Months
9. february is the second month. (同義句)
the ______ ______ of the year is ______.
10. how is the weather? (同義句)
______the weather ______ ?
suggested answers:
1. rainy; 2. snowy; 3. january; 4. may; 5. cold, snowy; 6. warm, rainy; 7. how do, feel; 8. how, weather; 9. second month, february; 10. what’s, like.
period 2 grammar
target language 目標語言
1. words and phrases 生詞和短語
date, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, yesterday, tomorrow, race, first, second, third, was
2. key sentences 重點句子
what’s the date?
it’s october 19th.
the boy in red shorts is third.
ability goals 能力目標
enable students to say and write dates correctly.
learning ability goals 學能目標
help students learn ordinal numbers.
teaching important and difficult points 教學重難點
the use of ordinal numbers.
teaching methods 教學方法
speaking and game.
teaching aids 教具準備
cards about dates, calendar and pictures of stars.
teaching procedures & ways 教學過程與方式
step i revision
(1) ss talk about the pictures which were used in the last period in pairs:
s1: what can you see in the picture?
s2: i can see …
s1: what season is it?
s2: it’s …
s1: how is the weather in …?
s2: it’s …
(2) an activity.
this game works for as many as twenty to twenty-five ss. repeat the game so everyone has a turn. prepare a set of vocabulary cards you want to review (the twelve months, the four seasons and different weather). give each student a card. do not let ss stand beside each other. spread them out in the classroom. when you say go! the ss all begin saying the word on their vocabulary card over and over again.
a. they must move to find the other ss in the classroom who are saying the same type of word over and over.
b. or they may form groups like this: spring — march, april, may — warm, windy.
step ii lead-in
point to the twelve ss with the month cards at the front of the classroom:
t：how many months are there in a year?
ss: there’re twelve months in a year.
t: let’s say them together.
ss: january, february, march, april, …
t: good. january is the first month of the year. the second month is february. the third month is march. … (show the cards with ordinal numbers. have ss repeat them a few times.)
step iii grammar focus