Module 1 Garden City and its neighbours
iv. post-task activity:
workbook page 5.
v. consolidation:
grammar practice book 7a pages 9 and 10.
unit 3: the dragon boat festival (ii)
language focus:
asking “wh-” questions to find out the reason.
e.g. why do we celebrate the dragon boat festival?
using the simple past tense to talk about past activities and states.
e.g. qu-yuan was born around two thousand years ago in china.
using the simple present tense to talk about present states.
e.g. nowadays, people eat rice dumplings and have dragon boat races to ...
language skills:
listening:
identify the mean ideas of a new topic. listen for specific information.
speaking:
open an interaction by eliciting a response by asking questions on a topic.
reading:
read written language in meaningful chunks. recognize the presentation of ideas through paragraphing. re-read to establish and confirm meaning.
writing:
gather and share information, ideas and language by using strategies such as question. develop written texts by presenting main and supporting ideas.
materials:
1. student's book 7a page 11.
2. cassette 7a and a cassette player.
3. photocopiable page 8.
preparation:
make a copy of photocopiable page 8 for each student. cue the cassette.
warming-up:
ii. pre-task preparation:
language learning activity:
this section aims at providing students with opportunities to practise the language / vocabulary needed or become familiar with the background for the task that follows.
1. give students some time to read the story silently. then ask students: was qu-yuan sad? why? encourage volunteers to answer the questions.
2. play the recording: look and read. students listen and follow in their books.
3. play the recording again. students listen and repeat. ask students to pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation of the words.
4. remind students of the use of the past tense in the story. go over the verbs in the past tense with students. invite the more able students to speak out and spell, if possible, the corresponding verbs in their present tense form.
5. remind students to pay attention to the use of different tenses when talking about the past and the present in the story.
6. distribute a copy of photocopiable page 8 to each student. students read the text on page 11 of the student's book again individually. have them complete the list and write down the answers to the questions.