Unit 3 Language in use教学内容

教学目标

Teaching objectives:

By the end of this session, most students will be better able to give directions around their town successfully. This will be achieved by talking about the living environment and tour around the town with prepositions of place and movement.

2新设计

The context in this Module is based on the town where the students live. The teacher made a map of the town to help the students get a clear view, and the students can learn what they have learnt to talk about their town authenticly. The teacher use task-based teaching approach to make English learning connect with the students daily life.

3学情分析

The students have learnt how to ask for directions and give directions in Unit 1 and Unit 2. They are eager to use what they have learnt to complete the tasks as 3-star tour guides for American students and show them around the town.

4重点难点

Learning and teaching focus:

1.the chunks about directions, places and ways of traveling around the town.

2. prepositions of place and movement.

Anticipated difficulties:

It will be difficult for students to give clear, correct and friendly directions with proper prepositions of place and movement. Also, students will find it hard to plan an one-day tour around town.

Solutions:

1.To set up different tasks with information gap and authentic context to help students ask for directions, give directions and follow directions in real situations.

2.At the same time, chunks and pictures are offered as scaffolds. Also ask students to collect the trunks and sentence patterns about asking for directions and give directions before class form the textbook.

5教学过程

5.1 Warm up

5.1.1

Greet the students and lead them to use prepositions of place to talk about their town.

There is/ are ... opposite/near/ between...and.../ ...

Students will say something about their town with the help of the given sentences.

Purpose: lead to the topic around town and help students use the prepositions of place. Revise some chunks of buildings and prepositions of place.

5.1.2教学活动

活动1【导入】Introductions of the main task

T: Mrs Smith will lead her students from America to visit our school and have an one-day trip with one of the classes. How can we be good tour guides?

The teacher inspire students to discuss and sum up the evaluation standard of the main task in this session--clear, friendly and fun.

Purpose:Inform the main task of the class to make the students turn passive acceptance to learn with the task spontaneously.

活动2【活动】Task 1 To be 1－star tour guides

Students look at the map and say something about the map with prepositions of place.

Ask students to complete the passage with the words and expressions from the box.

Let several students read the passage as tour guides to check the answers.

Let the other students evaluate if they are good tour guides after they read the passage.

Purpose : to help students use the prepositions of place in context.

活动3【活动】Task 2 To be 2－star tour guides

First, lead the students to summarize the structure of asking for directions and giving directions. Help them pay more attention to the polite expressions.

Then, show the conversation to the students. Ask them to read and label the map.

Ask questions to check their understanding:

Where does the woman want to go?

How can she get there?

Ask if the man is a good guide and why do they think he is good.

Is it a good idea to walk back to the starting point?

How can she get to the bookshop quickly after she get to the post office?

Purpose : to help students consolidate theexpressions about asking for directions and giving directions in context. After reading, help students think critically about the guide and try to design a better way.

Then, ask them to role play in pairs. One is a students from Mrs Smith’s class, the other give directions. Give enough demonstration if students meet problems here.

Ask some pairs to show. The other students give their comments according to the evaluation standard--clear and friendly.

Purpose : to help students use target language in real situations. At the same time, arouse their awareness of western etiquette culture.

活动4【活动】Task 3 To be 3－star tour guides

1. Discuss: Imagine you are Mrs Smith, what do you expect to read in the tour plan? What questions do you have before you read the plan?

Ss: Where/ How/ What/ Why/ ...

T: Look at the blackboard. Can we just put the questions in this way to make them a plan?

Ss: No.

T: How should we arrange the tour plan?

Place 1

Where

How

Why

What

Purpose: to help the students make a clear outline for their writing to make the e-mail more logical and persuasive.

2. Group work:

Students work in a group of 4. Mark out the important places to visit.

T: Where would you like to take them to visit? Why?

Where are these fun places? How can they get there?

Then students work together to design a tour line.

8minutes to work together and try to introduce their tour plan according to the line and the outline.

Purpose: It’s an open task for students to use the chunks to write and talk about the 1-day tour around town. It is helpful for students to think, design and express in English.

3. Assessment: Ask several group to show their 1-day tour plan and ask students to give comments according to the he evaluation standard of the main task in this session--clear, friendly and fun.

活动5【作业】Homework

Homework:

Must do:

1. Revise words and expressions about asking for directiosn and giving directions.

2. Polish the e-mail about the tour in our town to Mrs Smith and send it to 89735324@qq.com.

Choose to do:

Write an introduction about one or two important places in Wenzhou, including location, surrounding environment, transportation, etc.