Unit 1 Where’s your pen pal from?教案
ask some students to read aloud to the class. make the students talk about where people are from.
say: do you have a pen pal? where is your pen pal from?
ask the students to read the conversations in the picture.
step 3. listening (1b)
point to the numbered list of words and play the recording for a second time.
ask the students to listen to the recording and circle the countries in 1a.
ask students to listen to and repeat after the recording and then check the answers.
step 4. pair work (1c)
1. now work in pairs and read the conversations in 1a with your partner. you can talk about your own pen pal.
2. ask the students to look at their own clothes and the things in their
backpack. ask and answer questions about where they are from.
homework
1. ask the students to practice talking about where people are from and make up real dialogues.
2. learn the new words in this period by heart.
period 2
teaching aims:
1. learn the vocabulary words and useful expressions：sydney, new york, paris, toronto, tokyo, live
2. target languages: where does he/she live? he/she lives in toronto.
3. let the students learn to talk about where people live.
4. help the students learn how to talk about where people live.
teaching procedures:
step 1. revision
check the homework and ask several students to answer questions.
say: where are you from? do you have a pen pal? where is your pen pal from?
step 2. presentation (2a)
put a map of the world on the blackboard.
say: what’s the meaning of capital? can you guess? help them to answer.
write australia, the united states, canada, france, and japan on the left of the blackboard. and write sydney, new york, paris, toronto, and tokyo on the right of the blackboard. and the teacher reads them aloud and asks students to repeat.
then ask students to match the cities with the countries.
step 3. talk about countries and cities
ask the students to work in pairs, asking about the cities and the countries.
say: now work in pairs and ask where the city is. for example, the first student asks, “where is beijing?” the second student answers “it’s in china.”
then tell the students to ask question about chinese cities.
step 4. listening (2b, 2c)
tell the students to read the list of countries and cities in 2a.
say: now let’s look at the list of countries and cities in activity 2a. i will ask some students to read them aloud to the class.
call the students’ attention to the chart in 2c.tell the students to listen to the conversations in step 4 again to complete the chart.