Unit 1.About me (Six periods at least)
The first period
Teaching aims:
1.Gue the meaning of the new words through pictures.
2.Learn to talk about one’s identity.
3.Train the students’ listening and speaking skills.
Important and difficult points:
Topic vocabulary: boy, girl, student, Young Pioneer.
Basic sentence: I’m XXX.I’m a student.I’m a Young Pioneer…
Teaching aids:
Pictures, word cards, slide show, computer, tape recorder.
Teaching steps:
Step 1.Warm-up
1.Make a duty report: Hello, boys and girls.My name is ….I’m on duty today.Today is Mar, 11th.It’s Monday.It’s fine…and introduce themselves as well.
2.Greeting the Ss: Hello! I’m Mi Hou.How are you? Nice to meet you.etc.
Step 2.Revision
1.Let’s review words learned last semester: desk, chair, book, pencil, ruler, pen, bag, pencil-box and so on.
2.Let’s sing a song, OK?
Step 3.Presentation
1.Point to and introduce yourself.Say I\'m (your name).
2.Revise introducing yourself by asking individual pupils What\'s your
name? and encourage them to reply either My name’s ...or simply say
their names.
3.Draw and label a boy and a girl on the board.Ask some male pupils to stand up individually and say boy.Repeat the procedure for some female pupils, saying girl.Then ask a pupil to stand up.Point to the pupil asking with rising intonation boy? girl? The pupils should call out the correct answer.Encourage the pupil to say I’m a boy/girl.Write the sentence on the board.Repeat until the pupils who are named can say the sentence confidently.
4.Draw school uniforms on the boy and girl on the board.Under the labels
a boy and a girl, write a student.Draw a Young Pioneer scarf on one
figure.Write a Young Pioneer underneath it.Ask individuals to stand up
and say I’m a student.You may need to model the sentence for them.Put
the Young Pioneer scarf on a pupil and say a Young Pioneer.Encourage
the pupil to repeat I’m a Young Pioneer after you.Repeat with other
pupils.
5.Write the cla and grade numbers on the board.Model the sentence I\'m
in Cla…, Grade… and have the pupils repeat it after you.
6.Play the Pupil\'s Book Caette and point to the speech bubbles.Ask the pupils to repeat after the tape.
Step 4.Practice.
1.Show the title page of the Pupil’s Book, where the pupils should write their name and cla.Write the words from the title page on the board.Read Tim and girl’s speech bubbles.Ask the
pupils to act the girl and give the rest of the information about her shown in the pictures, e.g.I’m a student.I’m a Young Pioneer.
2.Ask a more able pupil to stand up.Point to the words on the board.Tell the pupil to give his/her own information for each sentence.Repeat with other pupils.
3.Prepare role-play cards with information about cla, grade, age, etc.Give the cards to the pupils and give them a few minutes to prepare what they are going to says.Then ask them to work in groups and introduce themselves to each other.
Step 5 Complete Workbook (p.1)
Tell the pupils to look at the pictures on the left and read the speech bubbles.Then ask the pupils to match the sentences on the right with the pictures on the left.
Step 6.Summary
Step 7.Homework
1.Listen to the tape and read the sentences three times by heart.
2.Practice the conversation in Part A with your parents.
3.Preview Part B.
The second period
Teaching aims:
1.Say simple words, phrases or sentences by looking at objects, pictures or actions.
2.Understand simple instructions and act accordingly.
3.Participant in role-plays.
Important points and difficult points:
Language focus:
I’m (name).
I’m a boy/girl/student/Young Pioneer
I’m (age).
I’m in Cla…Grade…
