Unit6PlantsTaskobjectivesUnderstandmorecomplexoraseriesofinstructionsandactaccordinglyUnderstandsimplequestionsinclassDescribeobjectsincompletesentencesInteractmorefreelywithothersbyusingsimpleexpressionsandstructureslearnedLanguagefocusWewanttogrowsometomatoes.Whatwillhappen?Whatdoesourplantneed?Itwillgrowslowly/quickly.Itneedsalotof/alittlewaterWillthisplantgrow?Yes,itwill./No.itwon't.Itneedslight.Topicvocabularyalittlewater,alotofwater,soil,asmallpot,alargepot,alittlelight,alotoflight,growquickly,growslowly,die,happenAdditionallanguageIloveflowers.Iwanttolearnaboutflowers.Oh,therewillbeaTVshowaboutflowerstonight.First,seedsfallontheground.Theirrootsgointothesoil.Afterthat,beescometotheflower.Theflowermakesnewseeds.Thewindtakestheseedstonewsoil.Throw-awaywordsSoundandrhymewords:bright,right,nightRubrics:Lookattheplantsbelow.Whichplantwillgrow?Nowchooseoneofeach.Lookatyourchoicesin3.Nowplantyourseeds.Isyourplancorrect?Chantwords:garden,shower,roots,aroundPre-taskstageAThechildrenareinasciencelesson.Look,listenandsay.Presentation1Growplantsfromseedsorgetpicturesofthematdifferenttimessothatthepupilscanseethematdifferentstagesofgrowth.Bringinseeds,smallpotsandwaterinacontainer.2(Booksclosed.)Showthepupilstheplantsorpicturesofthem.Askthepupilstoguesswhatyouaregoingtodowiththeseeds,potsandwater.Teachandwriteontheboardthewordspot,seedsandrevisethewordwater.3Pretendtoputaplantinacupboard.AskCantheplantgrowinhere?Explainthatplantsalsoneedlight.Revisethewordlightandmakesurethatthepupilsknowthatthiscanrefertonaturalsourcesaswellasmanmadeonessuchaselectriclight.4Summarisehowtogrowplantsbyusingsentenceswithneed,.Seedsneedwaterandlight.5ShowTransparency.PlaythePupil'sBookCassetteandpointtothespeechbubbles.Askthepupilstorepeatafterthecassette.Practice(Booksopen.)ShowTransparency.Tellthepupils,thescienceteacher,MissLi,isgoingtoplantsometomatoes.AskthemWhatdoessheneed?Readtheconversationbetweentheteacherandthechildren.Askthepupilstorepeattheconversationafteryou.Dividetheclassintofourlargegroups.Telltwogroupstoworkouttheconversationbetweentheteacherandthechildreninpicture2andtheothertwotoworkouttheconversationbetweentheteacherandthechildreninpicture3.Givethemashortdeadlinetoworkoutwhattheyaregoingtosay.4Askthetwolargergroupstopresenttheirconversationstoeachother.MoretodoAskthepupilstobringinpicturesofplantsorpacketsofseedstheywouldliketoplant.Theyreadtheseedpacketsorlookupinformationinordertofindoutwhateachplantneedsinordertogrowandpresenttheirfindingswithingroups.Workbook(p.33)Tellthepupilstolookatthepicturesandreadthesentences.Thenaskthepupilstocompletethesentencesbychoosingthecorrectwordsfromthebox.Answers:1grow2do3need4light5water6soil7pots8seedsB1ThechildrenaregoingtodoanexperimentListenandact.Presentation1Drawatableontheboardwiththreecolumns.Writeadifferentexperimentineach:alittlewateronceaday,alotofwateronceaweek,alittlewateronceamonth.Bringinthreeplantpotswithsoilinthem.2(Booksclosed.)Tellthepupilsanexperimentiswhenwechangesomethingtoseewhathappens.Askthepupilstolookattheboardandtellyouwhatischangedineachofthethreeexperiments.(Thefrequencyischanged,.fromonceadaytoonceaweekandtheamountofwaterischanged).3Tellthepupilstoguesswhatwillhappen.Puttoday'sdateandadateonemonthlaterthantoday'sdateontheboard.Pointingtothefuturedateaskthem,Afteronemonthwhatwilltheplantsbelike?Willtheybebigandtall?Orwilltheybeshortandsmall?Getthepupilstodrawinthecolumnsontheboardhowtheythinktheplantswilllookafteronemonth.Donotrubtheseoffyet.4RevisetheadjectivequickandteachtheadverbquicklybywalkingquicklyandsayingIamwalkingquickly.Teachtheadverbslowlyinthesameway.AskHowquicklywilltheplantsgrow?PointtothedifferentplantsdrawnontheboardandaskWillthisonegrowquickly?Willitgrowslowly?Forthethirdexperimentteachtheworddie.Tellthepupilstheplantwillbebrownanditwillnotbeabletogrow.Practice(Booksopen.)ShowTransparency.PlaythePupil'sBookCassette.Pointtothethreetomatoplants.Readwhattheteachersaysaboutthethreeexperiments.Readtheconversationandasktheclasstoreaditafteryou.3.Pointtothedrawingsontheboardofhowtheplantswillbeafteronemonth.Askthepupilstomaketheappropriatesentencesusinggrowquickly,growslowlyanddie.B2Nowthechildrenaregoingtodoanotherexperiment.Listen,writeandact.(p.39)Presentation1Bringinsmallbagofsoilandjugofwater.2(Booksclosed.)AskthepupilsCanyourememberwhatplantsneedtogrow?3Writethethreethingsplantsneedinalistontheboard,.soil,water,light.Ruboneoffandsay,forexample,Wewillgiveaplantonlysoilandwater.Willitgrow?Whatwillhappen?Getthepupilstomakesentencesabouteachofthethreepossiblecombinationsanddemonstratebyrubbingofftheappropriateword.Practice1(Booksopen.)ShowTransparency.Readtheconversationandaskthepupilstocompletethesentences.2Askthepupilstoreadtheanswersaloudforthewholeclasstocheck.B3Listenandcircle.(p.39)1Ensurethatthepupilsknowthattheyhavetocircleeitherthegrowingtomatoplantorthedyingplantforeachofthesentencesthattheywillhear,accordingtowhattheythinkwillhappen.PlaythePupil'sBookCassette.Tapescript:1Thisplanthasnowater.Itwon'tgrow.2Thisplantneedslight.Itwon'tgrow.Wewaterthisplanttwiceaweek.Wegiveitalotoflightandalargepot.Itwillgrowquickly.4Wewaterthisplantthreetimesaweekbutitneedslight.Itwon'tgrow.5Thisplanthasgoodsoil.It'sinasmallpot.Wegiveitalittlewateronceaday.Itwillgrow.6Thisplanthasalotoflight.Itonlyhasalittlesoilandwater.Itwon'tgrow.2Askthepupilstolistentothecassetteoncemoreandtochecktheiranswers.Workbook(p.34)1AskthepupilstolookatthepicturesandlistentotheWorkbookCassette.Tapescript:1Teacher:OK,whatwillyoudo?Josh,youfirst.Josh:I'llgrowtomatoes.I'llgivethemalittlelight.Teacher:Howoftenwillyouwaterit?Josh:I'llwateritonceaweek.Teacher:Whatwillhappen?Ben:It'llgrowslowly.Teacher:Ithinkyou'reright.Ben.2Teacher:Yourturn.Ben.Ben:I'llgrowcarrots.I'llgivethemalotoflight.Teacher:Howoftenwillyouwaterit?Ben:I'llwaterittwiceaweek.Teacher:Whatwillhappen?Ben:It'llgrowquickly.Teacher:Ithinkso,too.3Teacher:OK,whatwillyoudo.Ken?Ken:I'llgrowcarrots,too.I'llgivethemalittlelight.Teacher:Howoftenwillyouwaterit?Ken:I'llwateritonceamonth.Teacher:Hhmmm.Onceamonth?It'lldie.Howabouttwiceaweek?Ken:Whatwillhappen?Teacher:It'llgrowslowly.Ken:OK.I'llwaterittwiceaweek.4Teacher:OK,Peggy,it'syourturn.Peggy:I'llgrowthat.Whatisit?It'snotatomato.It'snotapotatoandit'snotacarrot.Teacher:Oh,that'sacactus.Peggy:Yes.I'llgrowacactus.Teacher:Howoftenwillyouwaterit?Peggy:I'llwateritonceamonth.I'llgiveitalotoflight.Teacher:Whatwillhappen?Ben:It'lldie.Josh:No.itwon't.It'llgrowslowly.Teacher:You'reright.Josh.It'llgrowslowly.2Askthepupilstocirclethecorrectanswersaccordingtowhattheyhearonthetape.Answers:1tomatoes,alittle,onceaweek,willgrowslowly2carrots,alotof,twiceaweek,willgrowquickly3carrots,alittle,twiceaweek,willgrowslowly4cactus,alotof,onceamonth,willgrowslowlyCATVshow.(p.40)1Pointtothecharactersinthepictureandreadtheirspeechbubblesaloud.ReadthedescriptionofhowaplantgrowsfromtheTVsets.2PlaythePupil'sBookCassetteforthepupilsandaskthemtosaythesentencesafterthecassette.3AskthepupilsWhatwillhappenafteraplantgrows?Whatwillcometotheflower?Whatwilltheflowermake?Whatwillhappentotheseed?MoretodoMakeSentencecardsforeachofthestagesinthelifecycleofaplantusingtheinformationinthepassage.Dividetheclassintogroupsofsixandgiveeachgrouponesetofsentencecards.Telltheclasstheyaregoingtohavearacetostandinalineholdingthesentencecardsinthecorrectorder.Thefirstgrouptocompletethetaskisthewinner.DReadCagain.Numberthesentences.(p.41)1Askthepupilstoreadthepassageagain.Showthemwheretowritenumberstoshowtheorderofthingsthathappenwhenaplantgrows.Remindthemtocheckbackwiththepassage.2Checktheanswerswiththepupils.Workbook(p.35)1AskthepupilstolookatthepicturesandlistentotheWorkbookCassette.Tapescript:1Candy:Iwanttogrowsomeflowers.WhatdoIneed?Mother:Youneedsomeseeds.2Candy:WhatelsedoIneed?Mother:Youneedalargepot.3Mother:Youneedsomesoil,too.4Mother:Theflowersneedlight.Let'sputitbesidethewindow.Candy:OK.5Candy:Whatelsedotheflowersneed?Mother:Theyneedalotofwater.Youshouldwaterthemthreetimesaweek.Theywillgrowquickly.6Candy:Whatwillhappenthen?Mother:Theflowerswillmakeseeds.2Askthepupilstonumberthepicturesaccordingtothesequenceofthelanguagetheyhearonthetape.Answers:a:2b:lc:5d:6e:3f:4ESaythesoundandthewords.(p.41)1PlaythePupil'sBookCassetteandaskthepupilstolistentothesoundandthewords.2Saythewordsslowlyandclearly.Checkthatthepupilsaresayingthesoundcorrectly.3Pointtothepicturesandcheckthatthepupilscansaythewordswithoutyourmodel.4PlaythePupil'sBookCassetteagain.Askthepupilstolistentoandsaytherhyme.5Askthemtolistentothefourwordsatthebottomofthepageandtocirclethewordswiththesamelettersandsoundasthekeywords.Getthepupilstorepeattherhyme.Workbook(p.36)1AskthepupilstolookatthefirstpartofthepageandlistentotheWorkbookneedtocirclethewordswiththesamesoundandthesamelettersaccordingtowhattheyhearonthetape.Tapescript:i-g-h,/aI/,big,bright,five,night,laugh,tigerAnswers：bright,night2Askthepupilstolookatthesecondpart:ofthepage.Tellthemtolookatthepicturesandfillintheblanks.Answers:Whatdoplantsneed?Theyneedwaterandlight.Willthisplantgrow?No,itwon't.Itneedsapotandsomesoil.While-taskstageFGrowplantsinyourclassroom.(pp.42-43)1Askthepupilstocirclewhattheywillneedtogrowaplant.Askthemtomakesentencesaboutthethingstheywillneedinordertochecktheirpartnerhascircledthesamethingsastheyhave.2Explainthatthethreelistsshowthreedifferentexperiments.Eachplantwillgetdifferentthings.Thethingstheplantwillgetareticked.Thethingstheplantwillnotgetarecrossed.Askthepupilstodiscussthethreeliststopredictwhichoftheplantswillgrowandwhattheotherplantsneed.3Whatwilltheyneedandwhatwilltheygivetheseeds?Askthepupilstotickoneoftheoptionsforeachnumberatthetopofpage43.4Askthepupilsinpairstolookatwhattheyhavetickedandtosay