Unit 3 A day out
Integrated skills
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. read a poster and get useful information;
2. grab details when listening;
3. plan a trip.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phrases: final, support, take place, cheer, reach, half-time, get on, cost, rest, free,
2. New structure: Sunshine Middle School gets to the final.
With your support, we will win.
I don’t think that’s a good idea.
What about …?
Why don’t we …?
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
How to get information while listening.
How to plan a trip with your friends.
IV. Teaching procedures
A The basketball final
Step 1 Lead-in
Show some pictures of sports and ask a question.
T: Hello! Boys and girls! Do you like sports? Here I have some pictures of sports. (Show the ppt.)What sports are they? They are table tennis, tennis, badminton, football, volleyball and basketball. What’s your favourite sport? Wow, so many students like playing basketball.
Step 2 Presentation
1. Have a quick review of the new words
T: Do you know what the most exciting basketball match is? Yes, of course it is the final. If you want to watch a basketball final in a sports center, what do you need? Yes, you need a ticket. What’s the cost of the ticket? (It’s 880 yuan per person.) It’s not free. Where did the final take place? (At Wukesong Sports Centre.) Since you have got a ticket, you can get on a bus to watch the final. Now the bus with the players reaches the sports centre. (“Reach” means get to or arrive at.) A final will take place. (“Take place” means happen.) Look, what are the fans doing when they see their favorite players? They are cheering for their favourite team excitedly. The players are so happy to have their support. With the support, the players will try to win. Where are the players? Why can’t we see them now? Oh, they are in the resting room to have a rest because it’s half-time.
2. Listen and fill in the blanks
(1) Listen and answer two questions
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T: The NBA is in America. It’s not easy to watch a final there. So what about watching a final in our book? Here is a poster of the final. Please read it carefully and answer the following questions. Which school is in the final of the basketball match? (Sunshine Middle School.)
Where will the match take place? (In Moonlight Town.)
(2) Listen, finish A1 on P37 and offer the first listening tip
T: Here are two blanks and you can guess what information is missing. (What time? / What place?)
Show listening tip 1. Play the tape for the students to fill in the blanks of A1.
(3) Listen, finish A2 on P37 and offer the second and third listening tips
T: We have known that the match is on Sunday, 17 October, at the Sports Center. But we still don’t know the exact time and activities. Now the chairperson is giving more information about it. Let’s try to find it out.
T: Before listening, let’s take a look at the table. I’ll give you 30 seconds. to read it yourselves, and
try to find as much useful information as you can.
T: Twice as much can be achieved with half the effort, if we find a good and easy way to do something. So, I’d like to tell you how to get details easily while listening.
Show the students Listening tip 2 and tip 3.
3. Play the tape and check the answers
4. Exercise
Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Show the students Listening tip 4.
【设计意图】通过图片创设情境，呈现本课生词，扫除听力障碍。设计意图：让学生听之前先掌握科学高效的方法，使其事半功倍。
B Speak up: Where are we going tomorrow?
Step 1 Presentation
1. Listen to the conversation and answer the question
T: We went to enjoy a wonderful basketball final just now. Do you want to go somewhere else? Do you want to go on a trip to some famous places of interest? If you go travelling, do you want to invite some of you friends to come with you? Do you know how to make a trip plan with your friends?
Daniel and Kitty’s friend Linda will go back to the USA, and they are now planning a trip for her. Listen to the tape and find out where they are going tomorrow? (They are going to the China Science and Technology Museum.)
1. Listen again and try to find out the sentences about making suggestions
2. Have a discussion
How can we make suggestions?
How can we respond(应答) to the suggestions?
How can we make suggestions?
Shall we …?
Let’s ….
Would you like to …?
Why don’t you/we …?
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Why not …?
What about…?
How about …?
How can we respond(应答) to the suggestions?
All right.
OK. Let’s go!
I’d love to.
That’s a good idea.
What a great idea!
I’d love to, but …
I’m afraid that’s not a good idea.
【设计意图】通过复习如何提建议以及如何做出回应，来为学生能编出自己的对话做铺垫。
Step 2 Practice
1. Have a free talk
Show the students three pictures of the places of interest in Yangzhou: the Slender West Lake/
Dongguan Street/Ge Park.
T: One of your friends would like to visit some sights in your city, but he doesn’t know where to go. Can you give him some advice? What can we do here? Some people don’t like to go There. Why?
2. Make a dialogue
Make a dialogue, using Daniel and Kitty’s conversation as a model. Show the Sample conversation and students are given 2 minutes to prepare their dialogues.
3. Show time
Ask several pairs of students to make dialogues in front of the class.
4. Fill in the blanks to complete a passage based on the contents of this lesson
【设计意图】用the Slender West Lake/ Dongguang Street/ Ge Park这三个学生熟悉的景点来给学生创设情境，让学生可以学以致用，能够真正的通过语言交流来互相提建议。
V. Homework
1. Review Integrated skills；
2. Preview Study skills.
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