Leon 1: Poetry, Please Mastery words and expreions: poem, decide, nature, expre,
learn/know …by heart, pleased, happine, shut
Oral words and expreions: poetry, description, continue, beyond Teaching Aims: 1.Learn about the poems in foreign countries.2.Know the differences between Chinese and foreign poetry.Teaching Important Points: 1.How to make suggestions.2.The grammar: infinitives.3.Some words and expreions: learn/know …by heart Teaching Difficult Points: The grammar: infinitives Teaching Preparation: pictures Teaching Aids: audiotape, pictures Type of leon: new leon Teaching Procedure: Step1: Come to “THINK AOBUT IT”.
Let the students talk about the questions in groups. 1.Have you written a poem in Chinese? Is it hard? Why? 2.What kinds of poetry do you like best? After a while, let the students in each group present their ideas to the cla in front of the cla.Step2: Listen to the tape and find the answers to the questions: 1.Have Brian finished his poem? 2.What’s Danny’s poem about? Step3: Reading task: 1.Read the text and underline the new words in this leon.2.Present the meanings of the words with the help of the media computer.We can use our body language if neceary.3.Tell the main idea of this leon.Step4: Read the text again and decide the statements are true or false.1.Jenny wrote a Chinese poem.2.Brian wrote a poem about nature.3.Danny learned his poem by heart.Step5: Deal with the language points.How to make a suggestion: Maybe you could write a description of your favourite place.The infinitives: I haven’t decided what to write about.Would you like to hear my poem? I don’t need to read it.
Let the students sum the use of infinitives of this leon.Then encourage them to make more sentences with the grammar.Step6: Activities 1.Divide the cla into several groups.Then let them translate a Chinese poem written by Li Bai or other famous poets.Then compare the translations of the groups.Let’s see which is the best? 2.Each group writes an English poem about the familiar things around us.Then let them change the poems in groups.They may give their own advice to the poems written by others.Step7: Describe the picture in English.
Ask the students work in their formal groups.Then let them read their poems in cla loudly.Step8: Come to “LET’S DO IT”.
Work with a partner.Let the students talk about the question: which do you think is more difficult to understand, English poetry or Chinese poetry? Homework 1.Finish off the activity book.2.Get more information about the English poetry after cla.Feedback：
The students more little of the English, so that the teacher provides them more information about the English poetry is very neceary.We can use the Internet to help us.The teacher should stimulate the students’ interests about the English poetry.The students can have more time to search more information on the Internet after cla. Blackboard Design
Leon 2: Poems About Nature Teaching Content: Mastery words and expreions: hill, clear, brave, pale, golden, softly, ki, noisy Oral words and expreions: swiftly, tiny, warmth, scene, related, topic Teaching Aims: 1.Cultivate the students’ gueing ability of the whole text.2.Enjoy the charming of the English poetry.3.Compare the differences between the English and Chinese poetry.Teaching Important Points: 1.Learn the English poetry about nature by hearty.2.Know how to write an English poem.Teaching Difficult Points: Use what we learn to write an English poem.Teaching Aids: audiotape, pictures Type of leon: new leon Teaching Procedure: Step1: Come to “THINK ABOUT IT”.
Divide the cla into several groups.Talk about the next questions: Have you read any poems in English? Which one do you like best? Why? What should you do first if you want to write a poem about winter? Choose several best poems and let the students read them in front of the cla.Show some pictures of winter to the students.Help them to find more words to describe winter.Step2: Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks.1.Does the poem make you think of _______? 2.You can write a poem about _______, too.3.Before you start writing your poetry, think about your _______.Step3: Read the text and find the new words.1.Let the students gue the meanings of the new words.Most of the new words are related nature.So present some pictures to the students to help them understand the new words.2.Ask some students to tell the main idea of this text.Step4: Do with the language points.Make sentences with the new words we learn in this text.Ask if someone can tell a story with the words we learn today.Encourage them to stand in front of the cla and tell his story to us.Step5: Reading task Encourage the students to ask questions about this text.Finish the task in groups.Let the students design questions and exchange them in groups.They can ask questions like this: 1.What are your ideas for a nature poem? 2.What can you do to describe about something? Step6: Activities.Work in groups.
Write a poem about the two pictures.Finish a poem.Then each student in the group correct it before reading it to the cla.Step7: Come to “LET’S DO IT!”
The task is similar to the step6.Finish it in cla.Try to write a poem about one of the seasons.The teacher shows some pictures about the seasons to the students. Homework 1.Finish off the exercises in activity book.2.Go on the next reading in the student book.Feedback：
It is fun and interesting to write a poem in English.The teacher tries to write a poem and presents it to the cla.Let the students correct it if they have any good ideas.Some students are interested in English, and they are also interested in poems.So give them more chances to create their minds.Blackboard Design
Leon 3: Say It in Three Teaching Content: Mastery words and expreions: direction, form, poet, simply, a set number of, middle, clearly, dark, sleepy, unexpected, frog, feeling Oral words and expreions: petal, cherry, grebe, Matsuo Basho, Haiku, particular, pattern, set, syllable, interruption, plop, splash, limerick, Teaching Aims: 1.Cultivate the students’ reading comprehension.2.Know more about the foreign culture.3.Compare the differences between the Chinese and Japanese poems.Teaching Important Points: 1.Learn about an old style of Japanese poem: Haiku.2.Know some styles of poems: Haiku, Nature Poem and Limerick.Teaching Difficult Points: The old form of Japanese poetry: Haiku.Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures Type of leon: new leon Teaching Procedure: Step1: Show pictures of Japanese poets and poems.Then introduce Haiku to the students.The teacher can find some music to match the poem.Step2: Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks.Usually Haikus are about _______.Haiku always has ______ lines.The first line of a Haiku has _______ syllables.Check the answers in cla in oral.Step3: Read the text and gue the meanings of the new words.Sometimes some new words are too hard to understand, so the teacher can find some related pictures to help them.
If the students bring some pictures about nature to the cla, let them show them in front of the cla.Step4: Read the text and find the answers to the questions: 1.Do Haikus tell a story? 2.What’s a syllable? Step5: Come to “PROJECT”.
1.Divide the cla into groups to finish the task.2.Finish the three poems in the text.Use the sentence: I need a ______.Let the others give the answers, one student write the words down.3.After finishing the poems, read it to the cla.All the groups have different poems.Do they sound funny? 4.Decide a subject by each group.Then make a pattern according to the subject.Then finish the poem as the models in the text.5.Read the poem to the cla.Homework: 1.Finish off the exercises in activity book.2.Go on the next reading in the student book.Feedback:
Some students may think the foreign poems are funny and easy.The teacher may also think so.It is poible for the students to create poems like those we have learned in the cla.Give them more chances to create their minds.The teacher can try some poems, too.The cla and the teacher can find much fun in learning foreign poems.Blackboard Design：
Leon 4: The Wish Teaching Content: Mastery words and expreions: wish, in the middle of, stone, friendship, Teaching Aims: 1.Learn how to sing foreign songs.2.Know more about the foreign culture.3.Learn about the styles of all kinds of poems in other countries.Teaching Important Points: 1.Master the main idea of the song.2.Grasp the use of “without”.3.Make a similar song like this.Teaching Difficult Points: The use of “without”.
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures Type of leon: new leon Teaching Procedure: Step1: Listen to the tape for several times.At the same time, ask the students to sing after it.Test how long they grasp the rhythm of the song.Step2: Read the song as a poem.Let the students read the poem as a lyric line by line.Step3: Make a poem like this.
Divide the cla into several groups.Make the similar this.Every group makes a poem.Then present it to the cla.If the others have other better ideas, they can give their advice.Step4: Do with the language points.
Make sentences with the important phrases: in the middle, without.
S1: Danny sits in the middle of the claroom.
S2: There is a stone in the middle of the road.
S3: Fish can’t live without water.
S4: We can’t finish the work without your help.Step5: Come to “PROJECT”.
Finish the task in groups.
1.Everyone in the group chooses one pattern of these poems and writes one by yourself.
2.After writing the poem, show it to the others in the group.
3.Each exams the others’ poems and gives his advice.
4.After examine all of their poems, change them with the other group.Give their reasonable advice.
5.The teacher gives them chances to expre themselves.Homework：
1.Finish off the exercises in the activity book.2.Go on the next reading in the student book.Feedback: The students are familiar to the Chinese poetry, but the foreign ones are hard for them.When the students practice, the teacher should give them a hand if neceary.It is a challenge for the Chinese students to write foreign poems.Encourage them more in order to stimulate their interests of learning English.Blackboard Design:
Leon 5: That’s a Funny Limerick!
Teaching Content: Mastery words and expreions: both…and… Oral words and expreions: blank, motion Teaching Aims: 1.Cultivate the students’ ability of learning by themselves.2.Master one of the patterns of foreign poems.3.Compare the differences between the Chinese and foreign poetry.Teaching Important Points: 1.Know more about the limerick.2.Learn more words about describing weight, size, feeling and age.Teaching Difficult Points: Know how to write a limerick.Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures Type of leon: new leon Teaching Procedure: Step1: Come to “THINK ABOUT IT”.
Let the students answer the questions in cla in oral.1.Ask several students to say funny sayings in English.If they can’t expre themselves in English, they can say them in Chinese.
2.Let some students tell jokes.Encourage them to tell jokes in English.Step2: Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks.
1._______ and _______ help Jenny fill in the blanks in her limerick.2.They choose _______ to describe the weight.Step3: Read and get the main idea of the text.1.Let the students scan the text.Then tell the main idea of the text.2.Find the new words and gue their meanings according to the text.Step4: Do with some language points.Either…or…, both…and…
Let some students make sentences with the help of the pictures.S1: He eats either apples or oranges.S2: Either he or I am good at dancing.S3: Both his teachers and his parents love him.S4: Susan loves both reading and listening.Step5: Come to “LET’S DO IT”.
Limerick is a kind of poem that has a pattern.Study the “Limerick”.Get the results.1.There are five lines in the limerick.2.From Jenny’s limerick, we can see the first, second and fifth lines have rhyme.Look in the library or search on the Internet to find some information about limericks.Show them to the cla and let them find the patterns of “limerick”.
3.Let different groups act the dialogue out in front of the cla.Homework 1.Finish off the exercises in activity book.2.Go on the next reading in the student book.Feedback:
Limerick is fun.It’s interesting for the students.The students may like to practice it very much.Everyone writes a limerick.The cla will be full of laughter.Ask the students to begin the similar dialogue in cla to practice the limerick.Blackboard Design
Leon 6: Say It in Five Teaching Content: Mastery words and expreions: create, single, thought Oral words and expreions: fur, stretch, hum, adjective Teaching Aims: 1.Improve the students’ listening and reading abilities. 2.Know more about the foreign poetry.3.Learn the American five-line poems.Teaching Important Points: 1.Grasp the pattern of the five-line poem.2.Use the pattern to describe something.Teaching Difficult Points: Use the pattern to describe something.Teaching Preparation: pictures Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures Type of leon: new leon Teaching Procedure: Step1: Come to “THINK ABOUT IT”.
We all know Chinese poetry has different kinds of patterns.Let the students give some examples.Step2: Listen to the tape and answer the following questions: 1.Who created the five-line poem? 2.How many poems does the text show us? Finish the listening part in cla in oral.Step3: Reading task: Read and tell the main idea of the text.This is a game to practice the students’ memories.It can improve the students’ summary abilities.Step4: Read and decide the statements are true or false.1.Today we learn a pattern of French poetry.2.The second line has three words.3.The topic of the poem is a noun.Finish the questions in cla in oral.Step5: Activity: Show some pictures to the students.Let them the favourite one to describe.They can work in pairs.Then show their poems to the cla. It’s easy to finish the task, but it is hard to do it well.Step6: Come to “LET’S DO IT”.Work in groups of three or four students.1.Say the differences between a Haiku and a five-line poem.Say about their different forms and different patterns.A haiku is just a description of a scene.It is simply what is happening in this place, at this moment.Five-line poem has five lines.It is always about a single topic.Each line has a set number of words.The first line has one word.The second line has two words.The third, or middle, line has three words.The fourth line has four words.The last line has one word.2.Finish the task in groups.Choose one topic as they like.Then exchange the poems among the groups.Step7: Homework 1.Finish off the exercises in activity book.2.Ask the students to find more topics after cla.Summary:
We learn different kinds of foreign poetry.They are limericks, five-line poems and Haiku.The students may think they are very interesting.Some students have surprising poems that you didn’t think of.Give them more chances to practice so that they can create their minds.
Leon 7: Trading Poems Teaching Content: Mastery words and expreions: awake, riddle Oral words and expreions: avenue Teaching Aims: 1.Know more about the foreign culture.2.Create the student’s cooperation ability.Teaching Important Points: 1.Master the written style, letter.2.Learn the differences between Chinese and foreign poetry.Teaching Difficult Points: Write a letter with what we learn in this unit.Teaching Preparation: pictures Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures Type of leon: new leon Teaching Procedure: Step1: Show the type of the letter.Let the students sum how to write a letter.Pay attention to the written style of the envelope.Step2: Listening task Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks.1._______ is a beautiful way to expre thoughts and feelings.2.Danny’s teacher says Danny’s always saying _______ things.Let the students listen to the tape and finish the listening task in cla in oral.Step3: Read the text and answer the following questions: 1.Does Danny think it is hard to write a poem? 2.Did Li Ming write back to Danny? Ask the students scan the text and answer the questions.Step4: Practice Write a letter to your friends about what we learn in this unit.The teacher encourages them to write a poem to their friend, too.It’s hard, so they can choose any topic that they like.They only write for friends.We don’t need to demand too much.Step5: Come to “LET’S DO IT”.
Finish the task in groups of three or four students.In a small group, write a poem like the one in Li Ming’s postcard.
1.First, choose a word your group like.They can choose any word that they like.Because the task is to begin a poem with the letters in this word, everyone can write a word on a piece of paper.Then they can choose one from these.2.Use each letter in this word to begin a line of our poem.Everyone in the group can write different poem according to the word.Then they can exchange their poems and give advice to each other.3.Make a poster to display your poems on the wall.It takes some time to design the poster.
4.Which one do you think is the best? Give your reasons.
Let the students choose the best poem that they like best and give their reasons in front of the cla.Step6: Homework 1.Finish off the exercises in activity book.2.Go on the next reading in the student book.Summary:
The last poem that we learn in Li Ming’s postcard is very interest
Leon 8: Unit Review
Teaching Content: Mastery words and expreions from Leon1 to Leon7.Oral words and expreions from Leon1 to Leon7.Teaching Aims: 1.Improve the students’ ability of using what we learn in this unit.2.Stimulate the students’ mind of learning about Chinese and foreign poetry.3.Know the differences between Chinese and foreign poetry.Teaching Important Points: 1.Making suggestions.2.Master the use of infinitives.Teaching Difficult Points: The use of infinitives.Teaching Preparation: pictures Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures Type of leon: review leon Teaching Procedure: Step1: Listen to some beautiful poems in Chinese or in English.Music usually creates atmosphere for the students.
If anyone can recite some English poems, the teacher can give them chances to recite in front of the cla.Step2: Do the exercises in Leon8.At the same time, the teacher walks in the claroom and see if they have any trouble to solve.Step3: Let the students write some difficulties on the blackboard.Then let’s try to solve them together.
The most important grammar is the infinitive.For example: I haven’t decided what to write.
Li Ming has something important to do, so he can’t come to your party.My wish is to go to space.It’s not easy to walk against a strong wind.Step4: Practice the spoken English.Make a similar dialogue according to the Speaking the Language part.It’s how to make suggestions.
Ask the students work in pairs to make up dialogues like this.Then present it in front of the cla.Step5: Play “Story Game’.
Work in groups to finish the task.When the students play the game, the teacher walks around the claroom and see if any group needs help.At last, ask each group presents their stories to the others in front of the cla.Whose story is the funniest? Step6: Homework 1.Finish the exercises in activity book.2.Preview the next leon.Summary:
Poetry is an important part of culture.So it is useful to learn it well.This unit gives us opportunities to practice.Making suggestions is important, too.So let the students make dialogues to practice it.The teacher should pay attention to the infinitives in this unit.We should practice more in this cla.
Leon 9: What’s a “Horkey”?
Teaching Content: Mastery words and expreions: helpful, at the same time Oral words and expreions: DNA, combine, juicy, mule, donkey Teaching Aims: 1.Know more about cloning. 2.How to combine two different things.Teaching Important Points:
1.Talk about the ability and inability.2.The use of coordinating conjunctions.3.Combine two different things.Teaching Difficult Points: Talk about the ability and inability.Teaching Preparation: pictures Teaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, pictures Type of leon: new leon Teaching Procedure: Step1.Lead in the cla by showing some pictures about combining to the students.They may be about different things, such as food, fruit, animals and other things.
Step2.Listen to the tape and answer the following questions: 1.Can Danny combine a donut and a pizza? 2.Who wants to combine a cow and a chick? Let the students answer the questions with the help of the pictures.Finish the task in oral in cla.Step3.Read the text and fill in the blanks with the correct words. 1.We can combine two different ______ or two different ______.2.Brian would combine ______ and ______.Look through the whole text quickly and answer the questions in cla in oral.Step4.Encourage the students find the new words in this leon.Give more examples and let the students understand more about the words.I would combine a donut and a pizza.Then I could have breakfast and lunch together.Then I would have little, juicy bananas.Do you know what a mule is? It has a horse as mother and a donkey as a father.Step5.Read the text again and encourage them to find more questions about the text.One student stands up and asks a question.The others who want to answer can stand up and answer it as quickly as he can.For example: 1.What would you combine? 2.What about combining a duck and a deer? 3.Can we combine apples and bananas? Step6.Come to “PROJECT”.
Finish the task in groups of three or four students.Think about something that is combined by two different things.Each of the group writes his answer down and shows it to others.Then choose the most meaningful one to study.What will your group combine? What if you combine the two things? What can it do for us? What’s its advantage? Talk about the questions above, then sum their ideas.Give a report in front of the cla.Demonstrate your ideas.Describe the thing that you combine in detail.Describe its advantages and disadvantages.Step7.Homework 1.Finish off the exercises in activity book.2.Go on the next reading in the student book.Summary In this leon, we learn to combine two different things together.In order to get new living things, we must make full use of our imagination.What can the things that we combine are used for? It is important for us to discu.During the discuion, we practice our spoken English.
Leon 10: What is DNA? Teaching Content: Mastery words and expreions: generally, twin, clone, not only…but also Oral words and expreions: blueprint, identical, egg, identify Teaching Aims: 1.Know how to write a paage on science.2.Learn something about DNA.3.Know more about our body.Teaching Important Point: 1.Master the words and expreions of this leon.2.The ability and inability.3.The use of coordinating conjunctions.Teaching Difficult Point: The use of DNA.Teaching Preparation: pictures Teaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, pictures Type of leon: new leon Teaching Procedure: Step1.Lead in the text by discuing what DNA is.Divide the cla into several groups.Then talk about the subject for several minutes.Then one of the groups presents their opinions in front of the cla.Step2.Listening task:
Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks with the correct words you hear.1.Generally speaking, a ______ is a drawing.2.______ for identical twins, each living thing has its own unique DNA.Play the tape once.Then let the students try to finish the task in cla in oral.Step3.Reading task: Read the text quickly and answer the following questions: 1.Where does your DNA come from? 2.Is your DNA in every part of your body? Finish the reading task in cla in oral.Try to get more information about the text at the same time.Step4.Read the text again.Find the sentences with the new words.Try to create situation about the new words.Then make sentences with the new words.If someone can make a whole story with the new words that we learn in this leon, the teacher must encourage her. The sentences with the new words: Generally speaking, a blueprint is a drawing.Identical twins are two children that grew from the same egg.They are clones.From your DNA, scientists can identify not only you, but also people related to you.Step5.Let some students tell some details about the text. What is DNA?
Where is your DNA from? What is DNA used for? Step6.Come to “LET’S DO IT”.
Finish the task with a partner.Find the things about you that show your parents’ DNA.Talk about if for a while.Then let some volunteers come to the front to talk about the subject.Step7.Homework 1.Finish off the exercises in the activity book.2.Go on the next reading in the student book.Summary:
You look like your father or your mother.That identifies the DNA of your body from your parents.DNA is very fascinating.Each living thing has its own unique DNA.Try to find more ways to use the DNA in many fields.Discu the use of DNA in this cla.Make full use of it to help more people in the world in more fields
Leon 11: Cloning People? Teaching Content: Mastery words and expreions: exactly, divide, crazy Oral words and expreions: human being, original, adult, Dolly, insect Teaching Aims:
1.Know more about cloning.2.Create the students’ spirit of cooperation.Teaching Important Points: 1.The advantages and disadvantages of cloning.2.The expreion of ability and disability.3.The use of coordinating conjunctions.Teaching Difficult Points: The advantages and disadvantages of cloning.Teaching Preparation: pictures Teaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, pictures Type of leon: new leon Teaching Procedure:
Step1: Show a picture of Dolly.Then let the students discu what our life will be if we make a clone of ourselves.
Divide the cla into groups of three or four.Discu for five minutes.Then present their results to the cla.Step2.Listening task: Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks with the correct words you hear.1.The clones are the ______ height.2.There are ______ ways to clone people.Finish the task in cla in oral.Step3.Reading task: Read the text and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false(F).1.We can make clones from dead animals.2.Each clone would be a different person.3.We can combine the DNA of pigs and dogs.Finish the task in cla in oral.Step4.Pair work: Read the text again and find more details about the text.Try to solve the following problems.Talk about them with your partner.At the same time, encourage them to ask more questions about the text.How many ways are there to clone people? What are they? Do you want a clone of your self? Why? What is the use of cloning? Try to finish it in a limited time in order to improve their comprehension ability.Step5.Read the text by the students.Give the students time to listen to the tape again.Then make a chance for them to practice in front of the cla. Step6.A debate Divide the cla into two groups.One group is for the advantages of cloning.The other is for the disadvantages of cloning.The teacher designs the task in order to find out the meanings of cloning.Step 7.Come to “LET’S DO IT’.
This task is similar to the one is step6.This topic is about the food.The students can use their imaginations.Of course the best way is to search on the Internet for more information about the subject.Step8.Homework 1.Search more information about cloning on the Internet or in the newspaper.
2.Finish off the exercises in the activity book.Summary:
Cloning is a popular subject in the modern society.It is good for the students to know more about that.Encourage the students to find out more information on the Internet.They can use other tools to get more.Give them chances to present their results in the next leon.Leon 12: Did You Ever See a “Chorse”?
Teaching Content: There are no new words and expreions in this leon.Teaching Aims: 1.Know more about combining.2.Find the differences between the Chinese and foreign songs.Teaching Important Points: 1.The expreion of ability and disability.2.The use of coordinating conjunctions.3.Sing the song fluently.Teaching Difficult Points: Combine two different living things.Teaching Preparation: pictures Teaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, pictures Type of leon: new leon Teaching Procedure: Step1.Show some pictures of animals to the students.Let them imagine what animals what animals they would like to combine. What would they look like? What are they used for? Divide the cla into groups of three or four.Then discu the questions for five minutes.After a while, show their results to the cla in front of the cla.Step2.Listen to the song and repeat after it.Play the tape for several times.Let the students to be familiar to the rhythm of the song.Step3.Read the song as a lyric.Then let the students make up other similar songs according to their imagination. Let some volunteers present their song to the cla.
Step4.Let the students try to sing the song together.Play the tape again.Ask them to sing after it for several times again. Step5.Ask some volunteers to sing in front of the cla. Step6.Come to “LET’S DO IT”.Work in a small group to finish the task.
Use the pattern in the song to tell customers about your new animals.Describe the new animals in the following ways.What animals will you combine? What is the new animal look like? What are they used for? What will you name them? At last, they can present their result in words or in pictures.Let the students talk about the subject for five minutes.Then let one of the members come to the front and present their result.Step7.Homework 1.Finish off the exercises in activity book.2.Practice the song after cla. Summary:
This song is about combining.Combine two different things together by changing their DNA.It is a new technique.We must make full use of it in many ways.The students today are the future scientists and engineers.So let them know more about coming is good for them.Give them more chance to search after cla.Help them to use many tools to teach themselves.
Leon 13: Clones Are the Same Teaching Content: Oral words and expreions: laboratory Teaching Aims:
1.Practice the students’ spoken English.2.Create the students’ imaginations.Teaching Important Points: 1.Know more about cloning.2.The expreion of ability and inability.3.The use of coordinating conjunctions.Teaching Difficult Points: The expreion of ability and inability.Teaching Preparation: pictures Teaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, pictures Type of leon: new leon Teaching Procedure: Step1.Talk about the question “What would you like to clone?” in groups.They can use the following patterns: What would you like to clone? Why? Give the students five minutes.Then let them act their dialogues out in front of the cla.Step2.Listening task: Listen to the tape and answer the following questions: 1.Jenny would like to clone a dog.2.Danny would clone himself.Finish the task in cla in oral.Step3.Reading task: Scan the text and answer the following questions: 1.What would Jenny like to clone? 2.What would Brian like to clone? 3.Why would Danny like to clone himself? Finish the task in cla in oral.Step4.Read the text again and find the main idea of the text.Ask some students to say it in front of the cla.Step5.A Game Make up a similar dialogue according to the text.Finish the task in groups of three or four.Give them five minutes.And then ask the students to present their dialogues in front of the cla.Step6.Discuion Discu the use of the clones of yourself.If you have a clone of yourself, what would you like him to do for you? Do you think it is very useful? Step7.Come to “PROJECT”.
Divide the cla into groups of three or four.Talk about the subject “Have you heard of cloned animals?” The next is “If you are a scientist, what would you like to clone? Why?”
Talk about the subjects in groups.The students may have five minutes to finish the task.Then try to present your result to the cla in front of the cla.Step8.Homework 1.Finish off the exercises in activity book.2.Go on the next reading in the student book.Summary:
Cloning is new to some students.It is useful to give them more time to talk about the subject.They can find more information about cloning on the Internet or with other tools.Encourage them to know more after cla by themselves
Leon 14: A Clone of My Own Teaching Content:
Mastery words and expreions: secret, copy, doubt, stupid, che, robot Oral words and expreions: foolish, flute, closet, prefer, play che, prefer…to… Teaching Aims:
1.Improve the students’ written ability.2.Create the students’ imaginations.Teaching Important Points: 1.Imagine the use of cloning in our daily life.2.The expreion of ability and inability.3.The use of coordinating conjunctions. Teaching Difficult Points: The use of coordinating conjunctions.Teaching Preparation: pictures Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures Type of leon: new leon Teaching Procedure: Step1.Talk about the question: Would you like to have a clone of yourselves? Why? Finish the task in groups.Give the students five minutes to discu the subject.Then let the students present it in front of the cla.Step2.Listening task: Listen to the tape and answer the flowing questions: 1.How old is Kate? 2.What does “foolish” mean? Finish the task in cla in oral.
Step3.Scan the text and decide the following statements are True or False: 1.Katie would like a secret clone.2.Katie already has three sisters.3.Katie’s clone would live the living room with Katie.Finish the task in cla in oral.Step4.Read the text again and try to find the sentences with the new words.What does Katie mean by “a secret clone”? I doubt what she says! “Foolish” means “silly or stupid”.Also, she would play che with me.Maybe I need a robot! She would feed my tow cats, clean my room and practise my flute. Step5.Ask some students to tell the main idea of the text.Let some students say it in front of the cla.Step6.Group Work Talk about the subject in groups.Talk for about five minutes.If you have a clone of yourself, what would you like her or him to do for you? Write what you think of down on a piece of paper.Then exchange their ideas in groups.One of the members sum what they think of.Then present it in front of the cla.Step7.Come to “LET’S DO IT”.
Finish the task in pairs.Make up a dialogue with a partner and act it out in front of the cla.
Encourage them to make the story funny. Make the ending surprising.Step8.Homework 1.Finish off the exercises in activity book.2.Go on the next reading in the student book.Summary:
It is fun to give the students chances to speak in front of the cla.Sometimes they think they are not happy in their daily life.They don’t want to do something sometimes, so they want someone else to do it for him or her.Maybe some students think clones of themselves are useful to them.
Leon 15: Cloning Questions
Teaching Content: Mastery words and expreions: neither, nor, neither…nor…, dead Oral words and expreions: mammoth Teaching Aims:
1.Be familiar to the e-mail.2.Know more about cloning.Teaching Important Points: 1.The expreions of ability and inability.2.The use of coordinating conjunction.Teaching Difficult Points: The use of coordinating conjunction.Teaching Preparation: pictures Teaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, pictures Type of leon: new leon Teaching Procedure: Step1.Lead in by showing some pictures of cloning.Let the students talk about the use of cloning. What is cloning? What is cloning used for? What can we do with cloning? Step2.Listening task: Listen to the tape and answer the following questions: 1.What did Li Ming study this week in school? 2.What’s the name of the first cloned animal? Ask the students to answer the questions in cla in oral.Step3.Reading task: Read the text and decide the statements are True or False.1.Li Ming doesn’t think cloning is interesting.2.Li Ming knew how the sheep Dolly cloned.3.Jenny has ever studied cloning.Finish the task in cla in oral.Step4.Read the text again and find the sentences with the new words.Let the students gue the meanings of the new words.Give more examples with the new words.I knew that English scientists had cloned a sheep, but I knew neither how nor why.I chose mammoths.Ask the students to make sentences with neither…nor… He is neither a teacher nor a doctor.Neither he nor I am thirteen years old.Step5.Sum the main idea of the two e-mails.Let the students tell them in their own words, not word by word according to the content of the e-mails. Step6.Come to “LET’S DO IT”.
Divide the cla into groups of three or four.Use the Internet or other tools to find more information about cloning.
Talk about what, where, when, why and how cloning is taking place.Everyone writes down a short paage, then exchange it with the others.Next one of the members of the group gives a report in front of the cla.Step7.Homework 1.Finish off the exercises in the activity book.2.Ask your parents for some information about cloning.Summary:
Cloning is new to the students.Let them get more information on the Internet.That is helpful for them.It is helpful for them to use the Internet for some important information.On th the coordination conjunctions are important in this unit.So make more practice in cla.
Leon 16: Unit Review Teaching Content: Mastery words and expreions in this unit.Oral words and expreions in this unit.Teaching Aims: 1.Learn to use the Internet and other tools to search more information.2.Know more about cloning.Teaching Important Points: 1.The expreion of ability and inability.2.The use of coordinating conjunction.Teaching Difficult Points: The use of coordinating conjunction.Teaching Preparation: pictures Teaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, pictures Type of leon: review leon Teaching Procedure: Step1.Group work Talk about the question in groups.“What do you like to clone the most? Why?” Let the students write their opinions down on a piece of paper.Then exchange their opinions.At last, one of the members sums the opinions and gives a report in front of the cla.Step2.Finish the exercises in this leon.Find out the problems and write them down on the blackboard.
Discu the problem together and find out the correct way to solve the problems.Step3.Do with “Grammar in Use”.
Let the students finish the exercises.Then ask the students to make some sentences with neither…nor…, not only…but also….Not only he but also his father is handsome.Neither my mother nor my father likes this kind of fruit.Step4.Come to “Speaking the Language”.
Complete the dialogue.Then ask the students to make a similar dialogue with his partner.Then present it in front of the cla. Step5.Play the game “Stop-Go”
Play the game in front of the cla.Start the game with 10 volunteers from the cla.Play the game to practice the “ability and inability” expreions on this page.Change the students to play the game if the time is enough.Step6.Group work Divide the cla into several groups.Ask them to introduce themselves in the group.Then choose two best ones to present in front of the cla.Step7.Homework 1.Finish off the exercises in activity book.2.Find out more information about cloning on the Internet.Summary:
This unit is designed to review the main language points in this unit.It is used to build the vocabulary of the unit.Practice the grammars and spoken English in this unit.All those are put in a situation of cloning.Cloning is a new subject for the students.It is very interesting to discu.
Leon 17: Do Mistakes Matter? Teaching Content:
Mastery words and expreions: pardon, mention, pocket, double, mistake, make a mistake, depend, common Oral words and expreions: Bruce, confused, confusing, depend on, bargaining Teaching aims: 1.Know the cultural differences between China and western countries.2.Improve the students’ abilities of speaking English.Teaching Important Points:
1.Target language: I made a mistake.He looks confused.Buying things in China is confusing.2.Train the students’ focus abilities and cooperation spirit.Teaching Difficult Points: the difficult cultures of different countries Teaching Preparation: pictures Teaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, pictures Type of Leon: new leon Teaching procedures: Step1.Lead in The teacher shows some pictures to the students with the Multi-media computer.The pictures show the differences between China and Western countries. From the people’s appearance and the colour of the skin，We can tell the differences.The others show cultural differences.We use chopsticks but they use the fork and knives.Divide the cla into several groups and finish the task.Encourage the students to speak more.They can use their own pictures to help them. Step2.Listening task
Listen to the text and answer the following question: 1.Where is Bruce from? 2.What does Bruce’s father do?
3.How much does Li Ming pay for the two pops? 4.How much did Bruce pay for one pop?
Ask the students to listen carefully and answer the questions.We can arrange the students to listen to the part that is connected with the two questions.Step3.Read and find the new words: He looks confused.
Buying things in China is confusing. I made a mistake.
Let the students try to make sentences with the new words. Step4.Reading task:
Read the text again and answer the questions: What are Bruce and Li Ming doing? Is Bruce confusing?
Where don’t people try to change the price, in China or in North America?
Encourage the students to ask more questions by themselves. Step5.Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the words given. 1.My brother is _______(迷惑的). 2.It is so ______(迷惑的) a thing. 3.Does he often ______(犯错误)?
This part is used to check if they have grasped the new words. Step6.Activity
Suppose you and Bruce are shopping, you are bargaining with the clerk.Bruce can bargain, too.
Divide the cla into several groups and talks about the questions.After a while, let the students act their out in front of the cla.
Encourage the students to speak loudly in front of the cla.Choose the best group and praise them.Step7.Think about: What’s the difference between people in China and North America when they are shopping?
Use the formal group to finish the task.When the students discu, the teacher walks around the claroom to see if they need any help. Step8.Talk about: Where would you like to buy things, in shopping center or market? Let them debate the questions.As usual, the cla can be divided into two groups.One group thinks the shopping center is good.The other thinks the market is better.Let them debate for five minutes.Then let one student in each group to sum the opinions of his own group. Step9.Homework
Find more information about the differences between China and western countries. Summary:
This interesting text is about bargaining in China.It’s based on the different cultures between Chinese and Western countries.In some countries in North America, people don’t try to bargain, so some foreign friends feel confused when they buy things in China.Try to help them when you meet foreigners.Try to find more differences between Chinese and Western countries on the Internet.
Leon 18: Wait! Don’t Eat Yet!
Teaching Content:
Mastery words and expreions: society, politely, manner, especially, unle, polite, fork, serve, forever, act, compare, theirs Oral words and expreions: custom, tablecloth, rude, toothpick, Spaghetti, sauce Teaching Aims: 1.Find the differences between the Chinese and Western customs at table.2.Cultivate the students’ creation and cooperation spirit.Teaching Important Points: 1.The expreions of similarities and differences.2.Grasp the Past Future Tense. Teaching Difficult Points: The expreions of similarities and differences.Teaching Preparation: pictures Teaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, pictures Type of Leon: new leon Teaching Procedures: Step1.Lead in: a pair work.
The teacher asks the students the following question: Have you ever traveled to other places? Where have you been?
Show some pictures with the help of the multi-media.The pictures are from Australia, France, China, England, America and Japan.
Let the students discu for 2 or 3 minutes.Then let them say in front of the cla.When the student is speaking, the others can ask him or her questions about his subject. Step2.Listening task Listen and answer the following questions: 1.Table manners in China and Canada are quite ______.2.In China, if your guests have no food on their plates, putting food on their plates is ______.3.It’s ______ to use a toothpick at the table.Finish the task in cla in oral.
Step3.Read the text and find out the sentences with the new words.All societies have customs about how to eat politely.We call these customs “table manners”.
It’s okay to eat it, especially if it’s something dry, like a piece of bread.In Canada, if you drop something on the tablecloth, you pick it up and put it on your plate.Parents are forever telling their children: “Don’t talk with your moth full!”
Step4.Reading task: Read the text and decide the statements are true or false.1.In China, if you drop something on the tablecloth, you usually pick it up and eat it.2.In Canada, to finish the food in front of the cla in rude.In China, everybody has a knife at the table.Exercises: Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the words given.1.I think______(sing) loudly at table is not polite.
2.It’s rude ______ (point) to the others when you eat at table.3.His mother said he ______ (return) the fork to the restaurant tomorrow.4.Nobody ______(know) the secret except me.Step6.Activity:
Project: What’s the story? 1.Find pictures in magazines.
2.Make up a quick story about your picture.
3.Trade your picture with the students from another group.Practice:
Show some pictures to the students.Let the students picture them.Show some different pictures in different situations.Let them give vivid description.When they finish one picture, try to show them the whole story.If we don’t have enough time, show them the main idea. Step8.Consolidation
Suppose you have a foreign friend.He will come to China.Make a chart.Write down his/her name, his nationality, his language and his aims.Show it to your partner, then finish it in cla.
Leon 19：Sayings
Teaching Content: Mastery words and expreions: culture, several, action, fly, as soon as Oral words and expreions: saying, penny, earn, boil, hatch, judge, prevention, cure, worm, fence, spoil, broth, honey, vinegar, Nick, giggle Teaching Aims: 1.Know more about the differences between the Chinese and Western table manners.2.Train the students focus abilities.3.Cultivate the students’ cooperation abilities.Teaching Important Points:
1.Understanding the English saying.2.The expreions of similarities and differences. 3.The past future tense.Teaching Difficult Points: Learn the expreions of similarities and differences between Chinese and Western countries on table manners and sayings.Teaching Preparation: pictures Teaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, pictures Type of Leon: new leon Teaching Procedures: Step1.Lead in: The teacher begins the cla by discuing the question.It is a group activity.Ask the students to tell the manners at the table.
In the activity, the students will think of many funny stories.Give them chance to speak in front of the cla.Praise the groups that act well.Step2.Listening task: Listen and answer the following questions: 1.Who does Nick sit beside?
