Unit 6 Food and lifestyle
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 more vocabulary about food;
2. talk about what food they like or dislike.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phrases: noon, hamburger, keep, lemon, watermelon, chocolate, beef, carrot,
sweet, meat, health, lifestyle, pork, snack, have a hamburger,
half past ten, be good at, keep … away
2. New structures: I like/hate …
I don’t like …
Do you like …?
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
What about you?
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
1. Know more vocabulary about food;
2. Talk about what food they like or dislike.
IV. Teaching procedures
A Welcome to the unit
Step 1 Lead-in
T: Boys and girls, my birthday is coming and I’d like to have a birthday party. Would you like to come to my birthday party?
T: Can you tell me what you would like to eat or drink at my birthday party?
S: I’d like to eat … and I’d like to drink …
Write down what the students say and get ready for the next step.
【设计意图:本环节通过创设情境,以free talk的形式来呈现主题,教师要注意记录学生想吃、想喝的食物,为下个环节的呈现及分类做铺垫。】
Step 2 Presentation
1. Show the five groups of food with pictures
T: Boys and girls, thank you for your information and I have written down what you want to eat and drink. Please give me one minute and I’ll divide all the food into five groups. Then you should check if I miss something you want, OK?
T: Look at the five groups. They are fruits, meat, vegetables, snacks and drinks. Which one would you like to check first?
(1) Vegetables: potatoes, tomatoes, carrots
(2) Fruits: orange, apple, banana, lemons, mangoes, watermelons
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(3) Meat: chicken, beef, fish, pork
(4) Drinks: coffee, milk, tea, Cola, juice
(5) Snacks: sweets, chocolate, cakes
2. Put the food into the correct groups
T: Boys and girls, thank you for helping me check all the food. Now Millie has collected some information about food. Would you like to help her put the food into the correct groups?
3. Listen and answer
T: Boys and girls, Millie and Daniel are talking about food they like or dislike. Now let’s listen to their conversation and answer the following questions.
(1) What food does Millie like?
(2) What food does Daniel like?
(3) What food does Millie dislike?
(4) What food does Daniel dislike?
(5) Why does Millie like fish?
4. Free talk: What food do you like or dislike?
T: Do you know what food I like or dislike? And why?
S1: Mr. Shen, I think you like …, and you dislike …
T: Why do you think so?
S1: Because you …
T: It sounds reasonable, but your answer is not right. What about other’s idea?
S2: Mr. Shen, I think you like …, and you dislike …
T: Why do you think so?
S2: Because you …
T: Yes, you are right.
5. Make up a new dialogue
T: Now let’s make up a new dialogue to talk about what food you like or dislike. You can make up a new dialogue according to the following pattern. Then I’d like to invite some pairs to act out the dialogue.
Pattern: A: I like … How about you?
B: I like …
A: Do you like …? They are/It is my favourite.
B: Yes, I like them/it, too./No, I don’t like them/it. What about …?
A: I like … It is/They are …
B: I don’t like … What about you?
A: …
B: …
6. Make a survey
T: Let’s make a survey about the food you like or dislike. Work in groups of four and choose a leader. The leader should interview the other members with the food they like or dislike. At the same time, the leader should write down some key words in the following table. In the end, I’ll invite some leaders to make a report about the topic.
members
the food you like
why you like
the food you
Why you
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dislike
dislike
Leader
Member 1
Member 2
Member 3
【设计意图:本部分的设计遵循从单词→语句→语篇输入到输出,环环相扣。通过食物分类呈现,为完成练习作铺垫,同时导入对话;再从课本对话,过渡至学生自创对话;最后的调查环节,将本节课的基本词汇和句型融入其中。】
B Comic strip
Step 1 Presentation
1. Listen and answer
T: Let’s listen to a conversation between Hobo and Eddie. Find out the answers to the following two questions.
(1) What does Eddie want to eat?
(2) Why does Hobo want to have apples?
2. Listen and fill in the blanks
T: Now, let’s listen and repeat what you hear emotionally. Then finish the following passage according to what you hear.
It’s _______. Hobo and Eddie are talking about what to eat. Eddie would like to have a _______. But Hobo thinks hamburgers are not _______ for their health, and that Eddie should have an _______, because an apple a day _______ the doctor away. Eddie agrees, but he needs _______. Do you think he can eat ten apples for just one meal?
3. Act out the dialogue
T: It’s time for us to act out the dialogue between Hobo and Eddie. You can add something new in your performance.
【设计意图:本环节通过听、读、填空、讨论和表演等多种形式来处理对话,在表演环节学生被鼓励根据情节适当丰富对话内容。】
V. Homework
1. Write down the food you like or dislike and explain your reason.
2. Preview the new words and expressions in Reading.
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