Unit 12 My favorite subject is science.
No. 110 Middle School of Chongqing By Cao Yi
Teaching Goal:
1. General aims:
A. Talk about preferences
B. Give reasons
2. Particular aims:
A. Language Focus.
Talk about your own favorite subjects and give reasons.
B. Language goals
(1). Master the weekdays and weekends with days.
(2). School subjects: math, science, history, geography, P.E. music, biology, art, computer
(3). Why….? Because …
C. Language structures:
(1). Special sentences: who, why, what, when
(2). I have ….
(3). I like …best means My favorite is …
D. Useful words and phrases:
Words: math, science, history, physical education (P.E), favorite, teacher, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Phrases: be strict with sb, be strict in sth, make sb adj. finish v-ing, play with, come /be from
E. Grammar language:
(1). Numbers 1-12
(2). Adjectives of quality such as interesting, relaxing
(3). Reasons of the adverbial clause
F. Learning strategies:
(1). Repeating
(2). Practicing
(3). Sequencing
G. Interdiscipinary:
(1). Thought the students must be good at all the subjects. They shouldn’t do well in some subject.
(2). Culture: My hobby …
H. Emotion and manner:
Teaching time: 6 periods Period One pp 71-72 Period Two p73 Period Three p74 Period Four p75 Period Five p76 Period Six test
Teaching procedures:
Period One (pp71-72)
Step 1 Read the words together.
Step 2 activity 1a Match the words with the pictures. Talk about some subjects you know.
Step 3 activity 1b Listen and circle the subjects.
Step 4 activity 1c Pairwork
Practice the conversation with What’s your favorite subject? My favorite subject is ….
Step 5 activity 2a Listen and put the conversation in order. Then read it together.
First ask the students to order the conversation and then listen to the tape and check their answer.
Step 6 activity 2b Listen again to the complete conversation. Match the subjects and the description words.
Step 7activity 2c What do you think? Match the subjects in the first column with the words in the second column.
Step 8 activity 2d Pairwork
Use the information in 2c to make a conversation.
Step 9 Favorite Talk about your hobbits and why. Then write them down according to the information in 2c.
Step 10. Read the passage you wrote just now to your classmates.
Step 11 Read the Grammar focus together.
Period Two (p73)
Step 1 Review the words about subjects according to the subjects about today’s timetable.
Step 2 activity 3a Complete the conversation with the words in the box.
Step 3 reading Read the conversation you completed just now.
Step 4 activity 3b Pairwork
Ask your partner about his or her favorite subject and the teacher. Complete the chart.
Task 1 Survey Ask the students why they like subjects and their subject teachers and then write down the words they talked about.
Step 5 report Report to the classmates the passage you talked about.
Step 6 activity 4 Survey
How well do you know your parents? Complete the chart with your parents’ favorite things. Then talk about your parents with your classmates.
Step 7 Classwork
Do ex. in workbook
Period Three (p74)
Step 1 review the months of year and write them down on the blackboard.
Step 2 Learning the words of week. Pay attention to the order of every day of the week.
Step 3 activity 1a Put these days into the correct order.
Step 4 activity 1b Talk about what subjects you study at school and circle the words in the box.
Step 5 activity 1c Pairwork
Ask and answer questions about the subjects you study at school. Use the correct time preposition.
Step 6 activity 2a Listen write down the school subjects you hear.
Step 7 activity 2b Listen again and complete the chart.
Step 8 activity 2c Pairwork
Make conversations using the information in the chart and write them down on the exercise book. Use the sentence structures with What’s ….? Why do …? Because …
Step 9 classwork
Do Ex. in workbook
Period Four (p75)
Step 1 Check the conversation of the last lesson and read it to classmates.
Step 2 activity 3a Read the following letter. Underline the things Lin Mei likes. Circle the things she dislikes.
Step 3 Teach and read after the tape and explain the passage.
be strict with sb or in sth
make sb or sth adj.
Step 4 Read the letter together.
Step 5 activity 3b Complete Lin Mei’s schedule with the information from 3a.
Step 6 activity 3c Write your schedule for that day in 3b.
Step 7 activity 4 Ask some students in your class about their favorite days. Then write a composition according the chart.
Step 8 classwork
Do Ex. in workbook
Step 9 homework
Make your schedule about some day of the weekdays.
Period Five (p76)
Step 1 Check the students’ schedule.
Step 2 activity 1 Read the words together and talk about their meaning.
Step 3 activity 3 Ask the students to correct the passage.
Step 4 written Write to Zhao Jie and point out his mistakes in the notebook.
Step 5 Classwork
Do Tests and games package
Period Six
Testing (Weekly paper and Nan’an paper)
Note: