武進(jìn)高級中學(xué)
Period Two (Speaking)
Aims:1.Learn how to offer other people help, comfort and his particular opinions.
2.Describe people, things, events and people’s feelings.
3. Talk about past experiences.
Retell the story in their own words.
Teaching Design
A. Pre-dialogue
Task 1. Free talk
Task 2.Revision
Questions:
1. Do you remember the person who was caught in an earthquake?
2.What happened to him in the earthquake?
3. What difficulties does he have now in his life?
4. If you are his friend, how will you encourage him and what advice would you offer him?
e.g Don’t worry/ Don’t be afraid/ It will be OK/ You can do it/ Come on/ Keep trying….
Task 3 Make up a dialogue according to the situation
A is having some difficulty in learning English,
B is helping him.
B. While-dialogue
Task 1: Learn the dialogue
1. Listen to the dialogue.
2.Find out all the expressions about offering help, encouraging others and giving advice (Well done/ Just try/ That was a very good ball.)
Task 2: Mechanical Practice( pair work)
1.Act the dialogue out.
Task 3 Practice
The teacher presents three situations, and let some students act as Mother to encourage her child, using the above useful expressions.
Situation 1: A little child is learning to walk, his mother is ahead of him.
Situation 2: A schoolgirl is disappointed because she failed to pass the exam.
Situation 3: A young boy is very sad at his dead pet.
C. Post-dialogue
Task 1: Make dialogues according to the following situations (pair work):
Situation 1: You have just been saved from a terrible earthquake and you are worrying about your family.
Situation 2: Your neighbour will take care of your pet while your are on holiday.
Situation 3: Your house is on fire, but there is a little girl sleeping in bed on the second floor.
Task 2.Performance
Four students act as psychologists. They are good at dealing with the problems on life and study, such as having sports, making friends, getting along with parents and keeping healthy. Let students speak out freely and ask one of them to give them some advice.
Task 3. Homework:
Collect the information about natural disasters and describe them. (work in group of four)