Task: Helping each other第二课时教学实录

Unit 2 Neighbours I.Task I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. master the new words and expressions; 2. prepare notes before writing the articles; 3. write about how people help each other in their neighbourhood. II. Teaching contents New words and phrases: notice, information, below, better, anything, design, group, worry about; New Structures: They will make you feel better! Are you worrying about what to wear to a party or how to design your home? They will be happy to give you some ideas. III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty Write about how people help each other in their neighbourhood. IV. Teaching procedures Step 1 Lead-in Free talk. 1. Is there a community centre in your neighbourhood? 2. What do your neighbours do? 3. Do you think it’s helpful to have a community centre? 4. What kind of help do you want to get from the community centre? Step 2 Presentation 1. More about Simon’s neighbourhood. T: Today Simon wants to tell us something more about his neighbourhood. He is proud of his neighbourhood, because there are good neighbours and wonderful clubs. People always help each other. 2. Good neighbours. T: Guess what Simon’s neighbours do. 3. Community clubs. T: What community clubs does Simon’s community have? T: And these neighbours are volunteers. What clubs do they work for? 4. Helping each other. T: If you are sick, that is to say if you don’t feel well, don’t worry/don’

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t be worried because doctors can make you feel better. T: Look! The car is broken. That is to say “There’s something wrong with the car.” Or we can say “Something is wrong with the car.”Don’t worry. Engineers can help with your problems. T: If you worry about what to wear to a party, don’t worry. Some artists will help you. They know a lot about styles and colours. T: Simon tells us if they have some problems, they can put their problems on the noticeboard in the community. There are always many notices on the noticeboard. And we can find much information from the notices. Step 3 Practice 1. The first notice. T: Read the first notice. What information can you find? (1) What will happen? (2) When will they have the meeting? (3) Where will they have the meeting? 2. The rest three notices. T: Read the other three notices, and talk about where these people can solve their problems. T: Read the notices again and then complete this table. 3. Complete Simon’s article. T: Finish Simon’s blog according to the notices. T: Read and find out some good words and sentences. T: Read the article again. Let’s find what each paragraph is about. Step 4 Writing

1. Pair work. T: Suppose we are also going to have a “helping hands” meeting. What clubs do we have? We have Beautiful Hair Club, Computer Group and Delicious Kitchen. Now work in pairs and complete the table. 2. Make up a dialogue. T: Work in pairs and talk about people’s problems and these three clubs. The sample dialogue may help you. 3. Write notices. T: Work in groups of three and design your own notices. The useful expressions on the screen may help you.

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4. Write an article. T: Write about how people help each other in the community according to the following information. T: Work in pairs and read each other’s articles. Try to give him or her some advice. T: Let’s read this sample writing. T: A near neighbour is better than a distant cousin. Helping others is a great way to enjoy yourself. May you have a good community! V. Homework Write an article about your own neighbourhood.

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