Unit 4 How was your school trip教案

Unit 4 How was your school trip?
I．Teaching objectives
1．L earn the new words and useful expression
2．Past with did/were
Did you go to the zoo?
Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.
Were there any sharks? Yes, there were some. No, there weren’t any.
3. Regular and irregular verbs of the past tense
clean-cleaned work-worked go-went have-had
Affirmative and negative statements in the past tense
Her friend Grace bought a souvenir.
I didn’t have a very fun day.
4. Talk about past events
How was your school trip? Did Tina buy a souvenir? Did you go to the zoo? Were there any sharks? No, there weren’t any sharks.
There were some really clever seals.
What did you do on your school trip?
Where did you go?
How was the weather?
Period 1 Section A：1a, 1b, 1c
Step I Lead-in
Revise past forms of some verbs. Enable students to use them to make a list of their last school trip activities.
T: Do you still remember your last school trip? When was it? Where did you go? Ss: ...
T: What did you do on the trip? Now make a list of the things you did on the trip. Remember, use the simple past tense of verbs because we are talking about the past event. Is that clear?
Help students to review the simple past of some verbs they have learned before. Show the following chart. Let students write down the simple past of the verbs.
Ask a student to write the answers on the board. Then check the answer with the
Then let them make their own lists. Ask some students to share their lists with the class and make sure they use the correct simple past tense of the verbs.
The following chart shows the simple past of some irregular verbs. Students may find
Step II Listening and Oral practice (Section A 1b)
T: Now Tina is talking about her school trip. Do you want to know what she did? Before we listen to the tape, go through the expressions in activity 1b first.
Go through the expressions with students and make sure students understand their meanings. Then get them listen and circle the expressions in the box.
Play the recording. Students only listen and get a general idea of the conversation. Play the tape a second time. Students listen and circle the activities.
Play the tape a third time, students listen and read after the tape.
Correct their pronunciation and intonation mistakes.
Step III Pairwork (Section A 1c)
Point to the speech bubble in the picture of activity 1b. Let students practice the conversation between Tina and Kevin in pairs.
Call attention to the questions:
Did you ...?
Were there ...?
And their answers:
Yes, I did. No, I didn’t.
Yes, there were. No. there weren’t.
Then call attention to the picture at the top of the page. Ask:
T: Did Tina buy a souvenir?
S: No, she didn’t. Her friend Grace bought a souvenir.
T: Did Laura buy a souvenir?
S: No, she didn’t. She ate some ice cream.
Have students work in pairs and make more conversations about Joe, Toby and Grace.
Then divide the class into two groups (Group A and Group B), do some practice with the simple past tense.
A student from group A gives a sentence in present simple, and a student from group
B change it into simple past. For example:
A: We go to the zoo every week.
B: We went to the zoo yesterday.
Step IV Summary and Homework
T: This class we have learnt how to talk about school trips with “Did you...” and “Were there ...”. We also learned the simple past form of some verbs. After class, please review the chart about the verbs. Did you have a good time in this period? I hope yo u did. Don’t forget to preview the next part of Section A (2a, 2b, 2c, Grammar focus).
Period 2 Section A：2a, 2b, 2c, Grammar focus
Step I Revision and Lead-in
Greet the class as usual. Get students review what they have learned in the last period by asking some questions about their last summer vacation.
T: Where did you go on your last summer vacation, Xiao Bin?
S: I went to Qingdao with my parents.
T: Wow, a cool place. What did you do there?
S: We climbed Laoshan Mountain, swam in the sea and ate sea food.
T: Did you visit an aquarium?
S: Yes, we did. We took photos with dolphins and seals.
T: Did you have a good time there?
S: Yeah. We went to the beach and ate lots of seafood. I want to go there next vacation again.
Make similar conversations with two more students.
T: Yesterday, Tina talked about her school trip with Kevin. But their conversation is not over. Today we’ll continue listening to the conversation. We’ll learn more about her school trip.
Step II Listening (Section A 2a, 2b)
Ask a few questions about Tina’s school trip.
T: Where did Tina go?
S: She went to the aquarium.
T: What did she do there?
S: She hung out with her friends and took lots of photos.
T: What else did she do there? Now let’s listen. First, open your books at page 48. Read the questions in activity 2a please.
Point to the list of questions and have one student read the questions to the class. Explain some new words and stress the verb phrases.
Play the tape. Students listen and check the questions they hear.
T: Look at activity 2b. Read the sentences and get the meaning of each sentence. Then listen to the recording again a nd circle “T” or “F”.
Play the recording again, students listen and circle the answers.
Then play the recording again, pause where the right answers are. Check the answers with the whole class.
Step III Pairwork (Section A 2c)
In this step, students will practice talking about Tina’s school trip according to the information in activity 2b. This will help them to practice the use of “Did you ...”question and the affirmative and negative statements.
Sample conversation:
Sa: Did Tina meet a famous actor?
Sb: Yes, she did. She met Jake Dean.
Sa: Did Tina get Dean’s autograph?
Sb: No, she didn’t. She got his photo.
Sa: Who got his autograph?
Sb: Laura.
Sa: Did Tina win that hat?
Sb: No, she didn’t. She bought it.
Step IV Grammar
Revise the grammar box.
Let students do some drill practice with the grammar items.
Drill 1:
—Did you (A) go to the zoo (B)?
Replace A with: he, she, they, Mary, Liu Li, Wang Fei, etc.
Replace B with: take photos, hang out with friends, see some dolphins, go to the movies, buy a souvenir, have some ice cream
—Yes, I (A) did.
—No, I (A) didn’t. I (A) went to the aquarium (B).
Replace A with: he, she, they and we.
Replace B with: took photos, hung out with friends, saw some dolphins, went to the movies, bought a souvenir, had some ice cream, etc.
Drill 2:
—Were there any sharks?
—Yes, there were some sharks.
—No, there weren’t any sharks.
Replace the underlined part with:
seals, children, ships, buses, subways, lakes, fish, tourists, foods, horses, mountains Step V Homework
1. Listen to the whole conversation between Tina and Kevin. Retell what Tina did on her school trip in your own words.
2. Make a list of verb phrases you have learned so far in this unit and try to remember them.
Period 3 Section A：3a, 3b, 4)
Reading and Speaking
Step I Revision and Lead-in
Greet the class as usual and check the homework.
Ask several students to retell what Tina did on her last school trip.
S: I’m going to tell you something about Tina. On her last school trip, Tina first went to the aquarium and saw some seals there. After lunch she hung out with her best friends and took lots of photos. Then they met a famous movie star - Jake Dean. They took his photos. Then Tina bought a hat in the gift shop.
T: Good job! Class 9 also had a school trip. But they didn’t go to the aquarium. Where did they go? Let’s find it out. Turn to page 49 please. Step II Reading (Section A 3a)
T: Read the article and find answers to the following questions.
1. Did class 9 have a good time on the school trip?
2. Where did they go for the day?
3. What did they do after lunch?
3. How did they get back to school?
4. Who cleaned the bus after the trip?
After they have finished, check the answers.
T: Now underline the places visited and things done in sequence in the article.
Ask two students to the front and write the phrases on the blackboard.
Then ask the students to look at the chart above and the following pictures to retell the trip with their own words.
T: Now listen to the tape and repeat after it. Pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation.
Then get students correct the five statements below the article.
Step III Pairwork (Section A 3b)
Ask students to write down a list of places they visited (as column A), and things they did there (as column B).
Column A Column B
Tianlong Mountain ride horse
Beidaihe go swimming
Hongkong go shopping
... ...
Ask a pair of students to read the sample conversation. Explain that:
T: “That sounds interesting”is B’s opinion on the things A did. We can also say: That sounds cool/fun/boring/exiting etc. Now work in pairs and make your own conversations. Give opinions on the things your partner did. Sample conversation:
A: Where were you last Sunday?
B: My family went to Tianlong Mountain.
A: That sounds exciting. Did you climb the mountain?
B: Yes, we did. We also had a picnic.
Ask some pairs to act their conversations out for the class.
Step IV Groupwork (Section A 4)
Get students sit in a circle and make up a story.
T: Let’s play a game. Students in Group one, three, five, seven sit in the front. Students in Group two, four, six, eight sit in the back. Sit in a circle quickly. We are going to make up a story. Choose a member in your group to start the story. Then each of you add a sentence to keep the story going. Remember, the story happened in the past, so you should use the simple past tense. Let’s see which group’s story is more interesting.
Step V Homework
1. Write a short story about your school trip.
2. Prepare for Section B.
Period 4 (Section B：1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 2c)
Listening and Speaking
Step I Revision and Lead-in
Greet the class as usual and check the homework.
Ask two students to read their school trip experiences.
T: Tomorrow is Saturday. We won’t go to school. That is to say, we have a day off (on the Bb).
What do you most want to do on your day off?
S: I will take some exercise.
S: I am going to take piano lessons.
S: I’m going boating.
Ask more students to say what they want to do most on their day off.
T: You have so many things to do on your day off. But is there anything you don’t want to do in your day off? What are they?
Step II Vocabulary (Section B 1a, 1b)
Call attention to the pictures in activity 1a. Help students understand the meanings of the five phrases.
T: Which of these activities do you not want to do on your next day off? Rank them 1-5.
Make a survey and find out:
How many make “watch TV with friends” number 1.
How many s tudents make “help dad and mum” number 1.
...
Then ask two students to read the sample conversation in activity 1b. Then get them work in pairs and discuss their answers in the same way.
Ask some pairs of students to say their conversations to the class.
Language points:
★day off
a day when you do not go to work, school etc. because you have a holiday or because you are sick.
e.g.What are you going to do on your next day off?
★go for a drive 开车兜风
e.g. The Greens often go for a drive on Sundays.
Step III Listening (Section B 2a, 2b)
T: Well, most of us have a busy weekend. We always do a lot of things during the weekends. Do you often feel tired after hard work? What do you most want to do? S: Sleep the whole day.
S: Have delicious food.
S: Play computer games.
S: Listen to light music.
T: How were Tina’s and Tony’s days off? Did they do the same things as you do? Now let’s listen to the recording. Look at the chart in activity 2a. Listen and check Tony or Tina.
Play the recording twice. First students just listen for main idea.
Play it again. Students listen carefully and check what Tony and Tina did on their day off.
Then check the answers with the whole class.
T: Look at activity 2b. You will find four sentences. They are the opinions of the speakers. Who said these things about their day off? Listen and write Tony or Tina. Play the tape again. Students write Tony or Tina.
Check the answers with the whole class.
Then let them pick out other expressions in the conversation that show opinions or feelings.
Opinions and feelings:
It was really boring.
The weather was terrible.
Sounds like a busy day off!
Can you believe it?
It was awful!
That’s too bad.
Sounds terrible.
It was terrible.
Step IV Pairwork (Section B 2c)
T: From the conversation, we know Tina and Tony both had a terrible day off. What was your last day off like? Was it a good day off or a terrible day off? Now work in pairs and talk about your last day off.
Ask students to use the expressions above.
Let some pairs present their conversations in front of the class using the target language.
Step V Homework
1. Write a short passage about what your father or mother did on his/her last day off.
2. Prepare for Section A 3a.
Period 5 Period 5 (Section B：3a, 3b, 3c, 4, Self check) Reading and Writing
Step I Revision and Lead-in
Greet the class as usual and check the homework.
T: Do you remember what Class 9 did on their school trip? Who can retell the story to us? Ladies, first!
Show the pictures on the screen again. These will help the students to remember the main events.
Sample version:
On the last school trip the students from Class 9 had a wonderful time. They went to Blue Water Aquarium. They visited the Visitors’ Center and watched a movie about sharks. Then they watched a dolphin show. It was very interesting. Next they went to the Outdoor Pool and saw a big octopus. After lunch they went to the Gift Shop and bought lots of souvenirs. Finally they went back to school by bus. The class monitor cleaned the bus after the trip. The driver and the teacher were very happy.
T: Yesterday, we learned about what Tina and Tony did on their last day off. What was their last day off like? Was it a good day off?
Ss: No, it was awful. (It was terrible.)
T: Today, we will learn something about Nick and Tim’s day off. Did they have a good day off or a terrible day off? Make a guess.
Ss: ...
Step II Reading (Section B 3a)
T: Turn to page 51, activity 3a. Read the letter. Make a list of the things Nick and his uncle did that day.
Nick
1. visited his cousin
2. stayed in the house
3. watched DVDs
4. played computer games
5. read
Uncle Martin
1. put some of his old things out
2. had a yard sale
T: So did Nick have a good day off? What is your opinion about his day? Write it down.
Ask some students to read their opinions.
Then play the tape and let students read after it. Check their pronunciation and intonation.
Language points:
★have fun + doing 意为“做某事很快乐”
e.g. We are having fun playing on the playground.
★put ... out“把……拿出来”
e.g. Please put your English books out on the desk.
★all day“一整天”
It snowed all day. The field was all white.
Step III Writing practice (Section B 3b, 3c)
T: This is a letter from Tom to Nick. Tom told Nick about his day off. Read this letter and fill in the blanks. Use the words or phrases you have learned in this unit.
Then let students read the letter to their partners and check the answers with each other. Any answer that makes sense is right.
Ask a boy or a girl to the front and write down his/her answers on the blackboard. Dear Nick,
Thanks for your letter. I’m sorry you didn’t have fun on your day off. My day off was fun. I went to Jinci Park, and visited an aquarium. It was very beautiful. We saw many sharks and seals. I bought a small toy shark. It was a really great day. See you soon.
Yours,
Tom Read and check the letter with the whole class.
Then deal with activity 3c.
T: Now write a letter and tell us what you did on your last day off. First make a list of ideas before you begin to write the letter. In your letter you must include Activities, Places, Description words. Make a list of at least three things under each hea ding. You’d better write at least six or seven sentences.
After they have finished, ask some students to read their letters to the class.
Step IV Pairwork (Section B 4)
In this step, students will work in pairs and ask and answer questions about each other’s last vacation.
T: Work in pairs. Students A, look at this page. Student B, look at page 85. Try to find out about each other’s vacation. You can use the questions
above the pictures to ask your partner for information. And answer your partner’s questions according to t he pictures given. Clear?
Ask some pairs to act it out in class.
Step V Homework
1. Make a list of the verb phrases you have learned in this period and remember them. have fun + doing, visit sb, stay in the house, watch DVD, play computer games, put sth out, yard sale, get wet
2. Finish the exercises in Self check.
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