Reading 1: A video about Sunshine Town设计意图

江苏牛津7B Teaching Plan

江苏省苏州新区实验初中

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Unit 3

Welcome to Sunshine Town!

Reading (I) I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students are expected to be able to: 1. read the passage about Sunshine Town fluently; 2. get some detailed information about Sunshine Town; 3. learn to introduce a place to others. II. Teaching contents 1. New words and phrases: quiet, air, fresh, local, jogging, underground, famous, Western, opera, theatre, miss, forward, soon, a local theatre, Beijing opera, Western restaurants, look forward to 2. New structures: There are lots of things to do in Sunshine Town.

Would you like to stay in a quiet town? Sunshine Town is not far from the centre of Beijing. It takes only 40 minutes by underground. Why not visit our local theatre and enjoy Beijing opera?

We are looking forward to meeting you soon. III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty.

1. To sum up how to introduce one’s hometown. 2. To introduce a place to others using the passage as a model. IV. Teaching procedures Step 1 Lead-in (revision of the contents of the last period) The exchange students from the UK are coming to visit Sunshine Town. Where are the students in Sunshine Town going to take them and what are they going to do? target answer: take them to a cinema

take them to a shopping mall

take the boys to our school’s football field

take them to a restaurant and try some Chinese food

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江苏牛津7B Teaching Plan

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Step 2 Presentation （lead in the new words）

1. Look at the picture and what food is it?(Beijing duck). It’s a very famous Chinese food. Do you look forward to eating it?

2. Look at the picture and do you know where it is.(Suzhou Culture and Arts Center

) and it is a local theatre. What can you enjoy here?(concert, drama, ballet, films and Beijing Opera) The theatre is far away from our school. How can we get there?(take the underground) 3. Look at the picture. This is the place around our school. What do you think of the area?(a quiet area) and the air is very fresh here. Look at the picture, what are the three girls doing?(jogging) Local people like jogging

here. Don’t miss doing exercise .

4. Match the new words with the meanings famous

local

theatre

fresh

jogging

miss

look forward to

very clean or cool

not hear, see or have something

feel happy because you are going to enjoy something

known by many people

in the area near where you live

running slowly as a kind of exercise

Step 3. Scan the passage The Class 1, Grade 7 students are preparing a video presentation for the exchange students from the UK. Please read the script and answer the questions: 1. Is Sunshine Town quiet or not?

2. What can you do there?

Pay attention to the subtitles(小标题) at the beginning of each paragraph.

Would you like to... stay in a quiet town? go shopping? eat Chinese food? enjoy Beijing opera? There are lots of things to do in Sunshine Town. (topic sentence) Step 4 Read the article together and analyze the structure 2

江苏牛津7B Teaching Plan

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Part 1 Pa1 introduction Part2 Pa 2-5 main body There are a lot of things to do in Sunshine Town Part3 Pa 6 conclusion step 5Detailed reading: complete the table below.

things to do in Sunshine Town

things to buy

what where

wonderful presents for your in lots of nice shops

family and friends

at

Chinese restaurants or Western restaurants

things to eat

Chinese food (Beijing duck) Western food

Things to enjoy

Beijing opera ,the opera shows

at the local theatre

learn more about Chinese art

to stay in a quiet town

see many trees, lakes , green

hills and a beautiful park

step 6

Retelling: Can you help the exchange students from the UK to introduce Sunshine Town to their parents according to the key words.

Step 7 production

After visiting Sunshine Town, the exchange students will come so Suzhou. Can you make a presentation for the exchange students about Suzhou? 1. 4 Ss in a group and discuss what places you will take them to and what you will do there. 3

江苏牛津7B Teaching Plan

江苏省苏州新区实验初中

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Remember to write down your main points. for reference: gardens: enjoy the beautiful hills, lakes , stones and pavilions(亭子) in the gardens, learn more about Chinese history and culture

Shantang street: go shopping, buy souvenirs(纪念品) and nice presents, go boating, enjoy the beautiful scenery(风景) ,try some delicious Suzhou food

lakes: row a boat, go fishing with local fish men, see the sunrise or sunset, enjoy delicious food such as crabs, fish and shrimps

Suzhou Amusement Land :try some exciting games; enjoy themselves …

2. Every group chooses a reporter to present your introduction; You can use the following article as a model.

Hello, everyone. Welcome to Suzhou. There are lots of things to do in Suzhou. / There are many places of interest to visit. Where to go and why:

Things to see:

Things to do:

Things to eat:

Welcome to Suzhou. We are looking forward to meeting you soon. Useful expressions: 1.Would you like to...?

2. Why not...? 3. …is/are (not) far from...

4. It takes...by bus/ underground. 5. It is a wonderful…

6. It has…

7. There is/are…

8. Let’s…

9. Shall we…?

V. Homework

1. Write an article to introduce Suzhou to the exchange students . 2. Recite Welcome to Sunshine Town. 3. Do related exercises。

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