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Unit 1 Module 6 Laughter is good for you

Vocabulary ( part 1)

Zou Qian Meicun Senior High School

Teaching objectives: At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to: 1. Get familiar with the new words and phrases in Unit 1, Module 6. 2. Apply what they’ve learnt to practical use, thus their knowledge is transferred into ability. 3. Learn the importance of laughter and form a positive attitude towards life.

Teaching steps: Step1 Show students some pictures about sports meeting and ask them why people take part in it. This way, a warming up is done, and meanwhile the topic of this section is also naturally presented. Step2

Help students to grasp some new words as well as their inflections through a competition and listening. Thus helping students to realize that words can be grasped through word formation.

Step3

Introduce some compound words and guess their meanings. Discuss in groups of four to think of more compound words by means of different minor tasks intended for students to complete, with the help of some pictures for inspiration for ideas. In this way, students’

creativity and their awareness of cooperation are more likely to be developed. Step4 Help students to grasp the pronunciations and meanings of the new words through reading, matching the words with their meanings and completing the sentences with proper words. This step helps cultivate students’ awareness that the pronunciation and the meaning are basic elements of English vocabulary, which shouldn’t be neglected.

Step5 Discuss some pictures and introduce some phrases together with their similar phrases students have learnt before. Meanwhile, help students to get familar with the usage of two phrases: take on and hold out. Then, get students to finish some exercises about these phrases, aimed at enhancng the usage of these phrases.

Step6

Review the words and phrases learnt today. Then, consolidate them by finishing a cloze test after enjoying a short video related to it. In this way, students can have a complete idea about what they have learnt today. Meanwhile, their reading ability can be improved. Step7

Emphasize the opinion that faced with difficulties, we’d better have a positive attitude towards life as a highlight. Then, share with students some sayings about laughter. In this case, a positive attitude towards life as a senior high school student is more likely to be strengthened. Step8 If time permits (optional), write a short passage about a funny story, using as many words or phrases that we learnt today as possible. In this case, students have the chance to use proper language in a specific situation. Then, assign homework. Thanks for your time and attention!