Teaching plan
Unit one
Teaching aims:
1. 能力目標(biāo)：
�、� Listening: gain useful information and clear views from the listening material;
② Speaking: express one’s attitude or views about friends and friendship in appropriate words.
�、� Reading: let Ss summarize the main idea
�、� Writing: write a letter about how to make friends
2. 知識(shí)目標(biāo)：
�、� Talk about friends and friendship; how to BE friends; how to gain friendship
�、� Use the following expression:
so do I / neither do I
I think it is a good idea
All right
Yes，but…
�、� to get the Ss to master direct speech and indirect speech
④ vocabulary and phrases: upset, calm, concern, careless, loose, cheat, list, share, German, series, outdoors, crazy, purpose, thunder, entirely, power, trust, suffer, teenager, advice, quiz, editor, communicate, situation, add up, calm down, have got to, be concerned about, walk the dog, go through, hide away, set down, a series of, on purpose, so as to, face to face, according to, get along with, fall in love with, join in, be upset about, for once
3. 情感目標(biāo):
�、� To arise Ss’ interest in learning English;
�、� To encourage Ss to take part in the activities and make Ss confident;
③ To develop the ability to cooperate and communicate with others.
4. 策略目標(biāo)：
�、� To develop Ss’ cognitive strategy: making notes when listening carefully;
�、� To develop and improve Ss’ communicative strategies.
5. 文化目標(biāo)：
To enable the Ss to come to know different opinions about making friends from different countries.
6. 現(xiàn)實(shí)目標(biāo)
① To make Ss respect each other and friendship
�、� To make them get well with one another in society
Teaching steps:
Period one
Step 1. warming up
1. Ss listen to an English song AULD LANG SYNE.
2. Brainstorming: let Ss say some words about friendship：careful, warm-hearted, honest, friendly, brave, humorous, funny, smart, kind, open-minded, responsible….
3. To let Ss make a correct choice about their questions that they meet in warming up.
Step 2. practice speaking
1. Ss talk about their old friends in Junior Middle School, talk about their appearance, personality, hobbies, etc.
2. Self-introduction or work in pairs
3. Ss can ask some questions about life or learning
Step 3. Make new friends
1. Ss go around and ask their new friends some information and fill in the following form name age/hobbies/favorite sports, books …
2. Report to the class: who will probably be your friend why.
Step 4. Do a survey
Ss do the survey in the text on P1
Step 5. Listening and talking
Do Workbook on P41 (Talking). While Ss listen to the material, ask them to take notes about the speaker’s views of making friends.
When Ss make their conversation, ask them to try to use the following expressions.
I am afraid not exactly I agree I think that is a good idea of course not
Step 6. Discussion
Divide Ss four in one group and each group choose a topic to discuss. There are four topics.
Topic 1: Why do you need friends? Make a list of reasons why friends are important to you.
Topic 2: There is a saying “to have a good friend, you need to be a good friend.” What do you think of the saying and how can you be a good friend?
Topic 3: Does a friend always have to be a person? What else can be your friend? Why?
Topic 4: List some qualities of a person who does not make friend easily.
Step 7. Summary
1. Ask Ss themselves to summarize what is friendship and what is the most important in making friends.
2. T shows more information about friendship and a poem about friendship.
What is friendship?
I want to find the answer to the question
What is friendship?
When it rains, I think friendship is a small umbrella.
It can give me a piece of clear sky.
When I’m crying, I think friendship is a white handkerchief.
It can wipe my tears dry.
When I am sad, I think friendship is a warm word.
It can bring me happiness again.
When I am in trouble, I think friendship is a strong hand.
It can help me escape my troubles.
When I sit in a quiet place, I think friendship is a very wonderful feeling.
It can’t be pulled and torn, because it is in everyone’s heart.
It is there from the beginning to the end of our lives.
3. Tell Ss: make new friends and keep the old; one is silver and the other is gold.
Step 8. Evaluation
Ss finish the following evaluation form. Standard: A, B, C
Contents 自評(píng) 他評(píng)
1. I’m active in talking with others.
2. I’m active in cooperating with others.
3. I can express myself fluently, accurately and appropriately.
4. I know more about friendship after the lesson…
5. Do you think you need to improve yourself in some ways? Which ways?
Homework:
1. Look up the new words and expressions in warm-up and pre-reading in a dictionary.
2. Write a short passage about your best friend.
Period two