Unit 3 Welcome to our school!
Comic strip and Welcome to the unit
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. know the names of the subjects they learn at school;
2. use the right words to talk about their school life.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phrases: which, best, so, geography, history, date, meeting, o’clock, gate.
2. New structures: Which of the subjects do you like best?
What’s the date today?
What time is it?
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
Learn the names of the subjects.
Use the right words to talk about the subjects they like.
Use the right words to talk about the school life.
IV. Teaching procedures
Comic strip
Step 1 Lead-in
Free talk
What’s your favourite sport?
Do you do the sport in your PE lessons?
Which is your favourite subject?
【设计意图】通过复习上一单元运动的话题,引入“体育课”科目的话题,能让学生迅速进入本课内容。
Step 2 Presentation
1. Listen and answer
T: Eddie and Hobo are also talking about their favourite subjects. Listen to the tape and find out what subjects they like.
2. Read aloud and answer
T: Read after the tape this time. And then answer another question. Why can Eddie learn Maths
well?
3. Act out
T: Read in roles and try to act out the dialogue.
【设计意图】通过提问,掌握学生对该对话的掌握情况,也能激发学生对该话题的兴趣。
Welcome to the unit
Step 1 Presentation
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1. Present pictures
T: What other subjects do you know? Do you like …? Why or why not?
T: What subject does the teacher teach in the picture?
2. Go over the subjects and learn more
T: What are the subjects? (Present pictures for revision.)
T: What other subjects do you have?
3. Ask and answer
T: Make a dialogue with your partner about your favourite subjects.
【设计意图】通过呈现图片,学习科目名字,比较直观。
Step 2 Practice
1. Free talk
T: Some of you like Maths. Do you have Maths lessons every day? So tomorrow, on October 11th, you will have a Math lesson. What’s the date today? / What’s the time now? / What day is it today?
T: On October 18th, we will have a parents’ meeting. That is our School Open Day. What do parents do on School Open Day?
2. Listen and find out
T: Listen to the tape. Find out what parents do on School Open Day.
3. Read and answer
T: Read after the tape. Answer more questions.
What else do parents do on School Open Day?
What’s the date of the Open Day in Millie’s school?
Can Millie’s mother go to her school?
What time does the parents’ meeting begin?
Where does Millie meet her mother?
4. Role play
【设计意图】从上一个话题引入,通过询问学生什么时候上数学课,呈现问时间的句型,过渡比较自然。再结合学校实际情况,介绍学校开放日。
Step 3 Activity
1. Design your own subject timetable
T: If you can design your own subjects, which day and what time do you want to have them? Can you work in groups of four and make your own subject timetables for the next week?
2. Introduce your timetable
T: Please use what’s learnt in the lesson to introduce the subject timetables. Tell us why you like the subjects you have chosen. Here are some useful expressions
【设计意图】通过合作设计并介绍自己喜欢的课程表,帮助学生运用本课所学。
V. Homework
1. Review the lesson and remember the key expressions learnt.
2. Try to recite the dialogue on P31.
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3. Finish the exercises in Period 1 of Unit 3 in the workbook.
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