It must belong to Carla教案1
The Sixth Period
Ⅰ.Teaching Aims and Demands
1.Knowledge Objects
(1) Key Vocabulary
finger, stone, ant, poor, dishonest, bark, wake, pretend, use up, attempt
(2) Fill in blanks and make sentences using vocabulary words.
(3) Learn some proverbs.
(4) Circle the word that doesn't belong.
2.Ability Objects
(1) Train students' writing skill.
(2) Train students' ability of reading comprehension.
(3) Train students' ability of clarifying.
3.Moral Object
We'll benefit a lot by learning proverbs.
Ⅱ.Teaching Key Points
1.Make sentences using vocabulary words.
2.Say the meanings of different proverbs in your own words.
3.Circle the word that doesn't belong.
Ⅲ.Teaching Difficult Points
1.Make sentences using vocabulary words.
2.Say the meanings of different proverbs in your own words.
Ⅳ.Teaching Method
Teaching by explanation
Ⅴ.Teaching Aid
A projector
Ⅵ.Teaching Procedures
Step Ⅰ Revision
Ask several students to read the newspaper article in Activity 3a to the class.
Step Ⅱ Part 1
This activity provides a comprehensive review of vocabulary presented in the unit. Focus attention on the box Invite a student to read the vocabulary words at the top.
anxious strange worried careful favourite
Say, You are to fill in the blanks with the words. In some cases, you may need to use another form of the word, for example adjusting for tense or subject/verb agreement.
Ask students to fill in the blanks on their own.
Check the answers. Five students each read a sentence, filling in the blanks. The rest of the students check their answers.
Answers
1.favourite 2.careful 3.anxious 4.worried 5.strange
Ask students to make their own sentences with the words, preferably sentences that are meaningful. Move around the room. Collect a few students' answers with mistakes on the blackboard.
Help correct the mistakes.
Sample answers
1.What's your favourite song?
2.Be careful while crossing a road.
3.We are anxious for his safety.
4.You don't have to be worried about me.
5.I had a strange dream last night.
Step Ⅲ Part 2
This activity provides reading, writing, listening and speaking practice using the target language.
Show the vocabulary words on the screen by a projector.
finger n. 手指
stone n. 石头;石块
ant n. 蚂蚁
poor adj. 贫穷的;贫困的
dishonest adj. 不诚实的
bark v. (狗等)吠声;叫声
wake v. 唤醒;弄醒
pretend v. 假装;佯若
use up 用完;用光;耗尽
attempt v. 试图;企图
Say the words and have students repeat them until they can pronounce them fluently and accurately.
Read the instructions to the class. Explain to the students that a proverb is a short well-known saying that states a general truth or gives advice.
Read the first proverb to the class. One finger cannot lift a small stone. Elicit the interpretation from the students (It's better to have help to do even small jobs) .
Say, Please read the proverbs. Discuss with your classmates what they might mean.
Get students to work in groups of four. As the groups work together, walk around the room to make sure that students are discussing the topic in English. Invite different students to say what they think each proverb means.
There can be more than one interpretation for each proverb. Check the answers by showing the sample answers on the screen by a projector.
Sample answers
1.It's better to have help to do even small jobs.
2.Different people have different perspectives on things,
3.It's better to be poor and honest than rich and dishonest.
4.Silent people and animal may be thinking about hurting you.
5.Don't try helping people if they don't want your help.
6.There are different ways of learning, but doing is best.
7.Forget about things that are over and done with.
8.A teacher helps to set a student's attitudes in life.
9.People should not be afraid of asking for help.
Culture note
Each culture has proverbs that are unique to it. The saying, "If you want to know a people, know their proverbs"illustrates this.
Step Ⅳ Part 3
This activity focuses on the new vocabulary introduced in this unit.
Ask students to read the five lines of words in the box.
1.escape owner chase run
2.picnic lunch dinner alien
3.land apple ice cream chicken
4.creature alien exercise visitor
5.lost grass tree flower
Point out the first line. In this line, escape, chase and run are all verbs. However, the word owner is a noun. So we circle it. Now please circle the word that doesn't belong in each line.
Get students to complete the task on their own. As they are doing this, move around the classroom checking their progress and offering help as needed.
Check the answers by asking a student to read. his or her circled words to the class.
Answers
1.owner
2.alien 3.land 4.exercise 5.lost
Step Ⅴ Just for Fun
This activity provides reading and speaking practice with the target language.
Ask all the students to read the cartoon story. Ask students why it is funny. Help students to answer. The boys think they are going to land on an island. Instead, they have landed on the back of a whale.
Optional activity
Show the cartoon pictures on the screen by a projector. Ask two students to read the speech bubbles to the class. Then all the students discuss why the cartoon is funny.
Step Ⅵ Summary
Say. In this class, we've practiced filling in blanks and making sentences with some vocabulary words introduced in this unit. And we've learned several proverbs.
Step Ⅶ Homework
(1) Read and remember the proverbs learned in Activity 2.
(2) Each student collects ten proverbs.
(3) Finish off the exercises on pages 16~ 17 of the workbook.
Step Ⅷ Blackboard Design
Unit 5 It must belong to Carla
Self check
The Sixth Period
Sample answers to Activity 1:
1.What's your favourite song?
2.Be careful while crossing a road.
3.We are anxious for his safety.
4.You don't have to be worried about me.
5.I had a strange dream last night.
