刘继奎
贵州省赫章县可乐中学553204
Unit 1 Where did you go on vacation?
Section A(1a-2d)
Ⅰ.Teaching aims and demands
1. knowledge objects
(1) Key vocabulary
anyone , anywhere , wonderful, quite a few, most, something, nothing, everyone, of course, myself , yourself
(2) Target language
Where did you go on vacation?-I went to the mountains.
Where did Tina go on vacation? -She went to the beach.
Did you Tina go on vacation? -Yes, I Did./No, I didn´t.
2. Moral object
When we travel, don´t litter and spit in public places, don´t damage public property, don´t take other people´s photos without permission, don´t buy fakes, and at the same time, obey the traffic rules.
3. Ability objects
(1)Teach the students to use the new words.
(2)Teach the students to narrate past events with the past tense.
(3)Train the students´ listening and speaking skills with the target language.
Ⅱ. Teaching key points
1. Let the students master the usages of someone, anyone., something and anything.
2. Let the students master the usages of yourself and myself.
Ⅲ.Teaching difficult points
1. How to teach the usages of someone, anyone, something and anything.
2. Train the students to narrate past events with the past tense.
Ⅳ.Teaching methods
1. Thinking of examples from the students.
2. Practice the target language by listening , speaking, reading and writing.
3. Make conversations by looking at the pictures.
Ⅴ.Teaching procedures
Step 1Revision
Revise the past tense with some past events
Step 2Presentation
1. Show some pictures about travel and visits. Let the students watch, read and understand them.
2. Focus attention on the pictures. Ask the students what they see? Tell them that each picture shows something a person did in the past. Ask the student to read the phrases below.
stayed at home, went to New York City, visited my uncle, went to summer camp, went to mountains, went to the beach, visited museums
3. Ask the students match each phrase with one of the pictures next to the name of the activity.
4. Check the answers. Answers: 1. f2. b3. g4. e 5. c6. a7. d
5. Ask the students about their travel
T: Classmates, did you travel on vacation?
Ss: Yes, I did.
T: Where did you go on vacation?
S1: I went to mountains.
S2: I went to summer camp.
S3: I went to the beach.
T: Then, did you spit here and there?
Ss: No, I didn´t.
T: Did you have a great time?
Ss: Oh, yes.
T: So, did you throw rubbish everywhere?
Ss: No, I didn´t.
T: Very good! You did a great job. What good students you are! Classmates, now people that like going travelling become more and more. Although it is good for the society and the economy, it causes lots of problems at the same time. For example, some travelers throw rubbish everywhere and pollute the environment. Some spit here and there. Some make noise in public places. These make our environment worse and worse. Classmates, these behaviors are all against the law. In the future, when you go on a trip again, don´t litter and spit in order to protect our environment.
Step 31b
1. Ask the students to look at the pictures. Ask them where the persons went on vacation and What the persons in the pictures did.
2. Play the recording in 1b for the students to listen and judge. Let them write numbers of the names in the right boxes of the picture.
3. Check the answers with the students.
Step 41c
1. First play the recording in 1b again and let the students read after it. Do it at least twice. Let the students understand the conversations in 1b.Then read the instructions together with the whole class.
2. Let the students work with partners and make their own conversations using the conversations in 1b as an example. Move around the room offering language support as needed.
3. Let some pairs act out their conversations.
S1: Where did you go on vacation?
S2: I went to Beijing with my family.
S1: Did you have a good time?
S2: Oh, yes. Everything was wonderful. Where did you go?
S1: I went to Guiyang.
After the first pair finishes their conversation, the teacher asks the next pair to say their conversation to the class.
S3: Where did you go on vacation?
S4: I visited my uncle.
S3: And did you do anything interesting?
S4: Yes. We often went out for a walk. Sometimes we played chess.
After the second pair finishes their conversation, the teacher asks another pair to say their conversation to the class.
S5: Did you go anywhere on vacation?
S6: I went to summer camp.
S5: Did you go with anyone?
S6: Yes. I went with my friends. We had a great time. Where did you do on vacation?
S5: Nothing. I only stayed at home.