Section B 1a—1d

Unit 9 My favorite subject is science.

Section B 1a-1d

Teaching aims：

At the end of the lesson, students can be able to:

1.

Be more familiar with expressions of describing attitudes: boring, difficult, busy, interesting, fun, cool, easy, free etc. 2.

Describe their favorite subjects to their partners and improve their listening and oral skills.

3.

Discover what they like most and tell the reasons.

Teaching key points: 1.

While listening, students can circle some key words which are required to be mastered. 2.

Students can be brave and confident enough to express their favor in a certain subject. Teaching difficult points: 1.

Students should know what a schedule means. 2.

Students should learn to understand what a schedule involves and how to make it clear. Teaching methods：Task-based teaching method, Communicative approach. Teaching procedures: Ⅰ. Warming- up and revision 1. Greet the Ss as usual. Check the homework.

2. Word Game：catch the stars Ⅱ.

Presentation

1.Present the using of

"on + 星期几",

T: When is your art class?

Ss: It's on Monday.

T: When is your music class?

Ss: It's on Thursday.

2. Present some new adjectives, free, cool

Show a picture of someone who is busy doing sth. Write the word "busy" on blackboard. Then show a picture of someone who is lying on the beach to rest. Write the word "free" on the blackboard. Then show a very cool boy with nice clothes. Write the word "cool" on the blackboard.

Let Ss read the words free, busy, cool loudly. Then review the words: boring, difficult, easy, interesting, fun

3. Work on 1a. Match the words on the left with their opposites on the right. Then check the answers. Ss read the words after teacher, then, try to remember the words.

Ⅲ.

Listening

1. T: David is talking about his classes and schedule.

Listen to the recording and check (√) the words you hear in 1a.

(Play the recording for the first time, Ss only listen. Play the recording again, Ss listen and check (√)the words in 1a. )

2. Check the answers with the class. Ⅳ. Listening

1. Read through the schedule.

T: Look at the schedule below. This is David's schedule. December 25th is Monday, December 26th is Tuesday…

T: What classes does David have on Monday?

S1: He has science, English, Chinese, P.E., geography and art.

T: Then what activity does David have on Saturday?

S1: He has a soccer game.

T: What activity does David have on Sunday?

S1: It's Bill's birthday party.

T: OK. Read through the schedule and find out what classes David have from Monday to Friday.

2. Now listen to the tape and circle the classes David talks about on this schedule.

(Play the recording for the Ss to listen and circle the classes David talks about. Then play the recording again for the Ss to check the answers.)

Ⅴ. Pair work

1. Look at the schedule above and complete the conversation in 1d.

Ss work in pairs to complete the conversation. Then let some read out the conversation to check the answers. 2. Ss practice the conversation with his or her partner.

3. Talk about your classmates' favorite subject using the conversation in 1d.

S1: What's Li Tao's favorite subject?

S2: His favorite subject is P.E.

S1: Why does he like P.E.?

S2: Because it's easy and relaxing.

S1: When is the class?

S2: It's on Wednesday.

4. Ss work in pairs to make their conversations.

Ⅵ. Pair work

1. T: What do you think of these subjects? Write a description for each one. First, let's review all the descriptions we know. Who can say the words you know?

S1: boring, difficult, easy, interesting, fun

S2: (add some more words) free, busy, cool …

2. Then, tell your partner what you think of these subjects. Your partner should write your descriptions down and report it to you. Then exchange roles. Your partner tells you about his or her description. You have to report to your partner. e.g.

You: I think music is relaxing. Art is easy. P.E. is fun. English is interesting. Chinese is fun. Math is difficult. …

Your partner:

In Xiao Fang's opinion, music is relaxing. Art is easy. P.E. is fun. English is interesting. Chinese is fun. Math is difficult. …

Summary Ask Ss to summarize the expressions and sentence structure. Moral education Study hard and make full use of the time. Homework

1. Review the new words and expressions.

2. Take 1c as an example, write down your schedule of a whole week in details. 板书设计：

Section B 1a-2c 1. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Friday and Sunday

2. on + 星期几

—When is your music class?

—It's on Thursday.

3. free, busy, cool

boring, difficult, easy, interesting, fun

4. You: I think music is relaxing. Art is easy. P.E. is fun. English is interesting.