Sample Lesson Plan My name is Gina

Sample Lesson Plan
Teaching Plan for Lesson 1, Unit 3 in Go for it (1A)
My name’s Gina.
Learning Objectives
1. Review 26 English letters & related sounds through ABC Song and spelling English names;
2. Learn the English names:Gina, Mary, Jim Alan, Jenny from picture cards, and learn to introduce people (e.g., what’s your / his / her name? My / His / Her name is … / I am …) and greet each other (e.g., Nice to see you. How do y ou do?).
3. Practice listening and identifying English names by listening to Conversation (P: 1: 1b & 2a);
4. Practice the conversations (1b & 2a) with correct pronunciation & intonation.
Teaching Procedure
Stage 1 Warm-up & introduction (3 minutes)
Step 1 Students sing ABC Song (P. 17: pre-learning part) in chorus (before class).
Step 2 T. introduces a new friend “Gina” with a picture and get Ss to say: “Hello! I’m Gina. G-I-N-A, Gina.”/ “What’s your name? I’m Gina.” The new unit is introduced.
Stage 2 (Task 1) English names (5 minutes)
Step 1 Students listen to the tape (books closed) with picture flash cards and say English names in chorus: “Mary, Jim，Alan, Jenny, Gina” (1 minute);
Step 2 Students listen again to write down the names and revise them in groups (2 minutes); Step 3 Groups report & spell names and talk about the things in the picture (1a) (2 minutes). Stage3 (Task 2) Spell your name, please! (8 minutes)
Step 1 Students listen to (1b: Conversation 1-3) and number them one by one.
Step 2 Students listen once more with books open and say after the tape in chorus to practice pronunciation & intonation with the sentence stress (2 minutes);
Step 3 Students do role-play dialogue(1b) in pairs, then exchange the role with their real names, then, talk with another pair in groups of 4 (2 minutes);
Step 4 2 pairs from 2 big teams demonstrate how to greet, introduce and spell the English names in front of class, then the class vote for the best pair (2 minutes).
Stage 4 (Task 4) Spell your English name, please! (14 minutes)
Step 1 Teacher gives 10 learned English names orally:Tony, Jack, Tom, Bob, Eric, Lucy, Helen, Alice, Mary, and Cindy.Students choose the numbered name while listening
(each group choose a name for boys & a name for girls) and quickly remember how to
pronounce their group names (1 minute);
Step 2 Students dictate the name they have chosen and revise it if they make errors in groups
(3 minutes) then, group representatives (Numbered Head) write their names on Bb; Step 3 Students listen to (2a:Conversation 1-4) and number the conversations and then do role-play dialogue with the new English names. (10 minutes).
Stage 5 Summary & Drilling (8 minutes)
Step 1 Teacher&students summarize how to introduce & greet in English: (2 minutes).
●To introduce oneself (My name is.../ I’m …etc.);
●To greet each other (Hi!/ Hello!/ Good morning/ Good afternoon ...etc);
●To ask about the name (What’s your/ his/ her name? Excuse me. Are you ...?);
Volunteer students give the answers in chorus, and the teacher writes the answers up on the Bb (3 minutes);
Step 2 Students say the sentences on Bb in chorus, and pay attention to the pronunciation & intonation with the teachers’ instruction s (2 minutes).
Step 4 Teacher deletes the items on the Bb one by one and students speak out the sentences from memory with right pronunciation & intonation. (2 minutes).
Step 5 Homework: Complete writing of a dialogue with the new English name students learnt in this lesson:Gina, Mary, Jim Alan, and Jenny and the sentences: “What’s your name?
Hello! I’m Mary?”etc. Choose the right name for the boy or girl and be ready to report the name next lesson. (1 minute).
Teaching Aids:
●The blackboard;
●Set of flashcards with 26 letters and picture of the 5 boys & girls;
● A picture in 1b;
●The recording of conversations and tape player
Teaching Assessment:
●Teacher’s English language proficiency, esp. the accuracy/ fluency of language
and the acceptable pronunciation/ intonation;
●The design of the tasks for Ss to practice pronunciation & intonation by
imitation, repetition, and identification in the speech flow;
●Pronunciation practice through English songs or chants;
●Numbered heads in group work;
●The use of board including board planning the handwriting on Bb.
●Title & Topic：My name is Gina (making new friends)
●Language goal：Introduce yourself; greet people …；
●New words：English names：Gina, Mary, Jim Alan, Jenny, first name, last name,
numbers 1-9; phone number, 等共59个，其中人名19个，数词10个，重点词15个(name, nice, meet, my, your, his, her, question, answer, look, first, last, boy, girl clock, ), 复习词(hi, good, morning, I, am, you, are, it, is, what, spell,) 11个。

●Grammar items： Present tense to be; What question; possessive adjectives: my, your,
his, her
●Main sentence patterns：What’s your name? My name is Gina. I’m Gina. Nice to
meet you! What’s your phone number? It’s 284-2942.
●Main difficulties in pronunciation: G , J /dʒ/, name /ei/ and the stress of English
words & sentence.。