Unit13Rainydaysmakemesad.

Ⅰ.AnalysisoftheTeachingMaterial

1.StatusandFunction

Inthisunit,studentslearntotalkabouthowthingsaffectthem.Thetopicismeaningfulandpracticaltostudents,Itisveryuseful.Itcanhelpstudentsexpresstheirownopinionsintheirdailylife.Itcontinuestotrainstudents’speakingabilityandintegratingskills.

Afterstudyingthisunit,studentswillbeinchargeoftheirattitudeandtheycandoeverythingbetter.

(1)ThefirstperiodmainlygivesstudentslisteningandoralpracticeusingthetargetlanguageI’drathergototheBlueLagoonRestaurantbecauseIliketolistentoquietmusicwhileI’meating.OK,really?Loudmusicmakesmeenergetic.Notme!Loudmusicmakesmestressedout.

(2)Theactivitiesinthesecondperiodgivestudentsmorelisteningandspeakingpracticeaswellasgrammarfocustopractisethetargetlanguage.Thepracticecanhelpstudentsimprovetheirlisteningandspeakingskills.

(3)Thethirdperiodprovidesanarticle.Studentslearntogetdetailedinformationfromthearticle.Itisabasicreadingskill,andalsoitisofgreathelpforstudentstoimprovetheirreadingskill.

(4)Thefourthperiodnotonlyintroducessomenewwordsbutalsoprovidesstudentswithmanydifferentkindsofactivities.Inthisclass,studentslearnhowtoexpresstheirownopinionsusingthetargetlanguage.

(5)Alotofpracticeisdesignedinthefifthperiodtotrainstudents’readingandwritingskills.Studentsalsolearnhowtotreattheadvertisementfromthereadingmaterial.

(6)Alltheactivitiesinthelastperiodinthisunitareusedtoprovidewritingpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.

2.TeachingAimsandDemands

(1)KnowledgeObjects

Inthisunit,studentslearntotalkabouthowthingsaffectthem,andhowtoexpresstheirownopinionsusingthetargetlanguage,

(2)Abilityobjects

Totrainstudents’listening,speaking,readingandwritingskillsusingthetargetlanguage,

(3)MoralObject

Theimpactofattitudeonlifeisobvious.Whengoshopping,weshouldremembernotalltheadsaregreat.

Wehavetobecareful.Inthisway,wecanbuynothingthatwedon’tneedatall.Soweshouldbeinchargeofourattitude.Thatway,wecanlivehappilyandwecandoeverythingbetter.

3.TeachingKeyPoint

Tomakestudentslearnandmasterthekeyvocabularywordsandthetargetlanguage.

4.TeachingDifficultPoints

Totrainstudents’listening,speaking,readingandwritingskills.

Totrainstudents’communicativecompetence.

5.StudyingWay

Teachstudentshowtoexpresstheirownopinionsfreely.

Ⅱ.LanguageFunction

Talkabouthowthingsaffectyou.

Ⅲ.TargetLanguage

I’drathergototheBlueLagoonRestaurantbecauseIliketolistentoquietmusicwhileI’meating.

Oh,really?Loudmusicmakesmeenergetic.

Notme!Loudmusicmakesmestressedout.

Ⅳ.Structure

Secondconditionalwithwish

Ⅴ.Vocabulary

lighting,mysterious,tense,silky,owner,product,knowledge,forinstance,shiny,

skin,cream,toothpaste,endangered,uncomfortable,useful

Ⅵ.Recycling

fastfood,make,cry,customer,happy,dance,sad,restaurant,red,pink,blue,relaxed,stressedout,awful,soft,energetic,keepout

Ⅶ.LearningStrategies

1.Personalizing

2.Matching

Ⅷ.TeachingTime

Sevenperiods

TheFirstPeriod

Ⅰ.TeachingAimsandDemands

1.KnowledgeObjects

(1)KeyVocabulary

sad,energetic,stressedout,soft

(2)TargetLanguage

I’drathergototheBlueLagoonRestaurantbecauseIliketolistentoquietmusicwhileI’meating.

Oh,really?Loudmusicmakesmeenergetic.

Notme!Loudmusicmakesmestressedout.

2.AbilityObjects

(1)Improvestudents’listeningability.

(2)Helpstudentstoexpresstheiropinionfreely.

3.Moralobjects

Itisimportanttochooseasuitableplace.Itisgoodforyourstudyandlife.

Ⅱ.TeachingKeyPoint

TargetLanguage

Ⅲ.TeachingDifficultPoints

1.Howtoimprovestudents’listeningability.

2.Howtohelpstudentstoexpresstheiropinionfreely.

Ⅳ.TeachingMethods

1.Listening-and-answeringactivitytohelpthestudentsgothroughwiththelisteningmaterial.

2.Pairworktomakeeverystudentworkinclass.

Ⅴ.TeachingAids

1.Ataperecorder

2.Theblackboard

Ⅵ.TeachingProcedures

StepⅠRevision

T:YesterdaywefinishedUnit12.Inthisunit,welearnedhowtotellwhatwearesupposedtodo.Nowtellmesomethingsthataregoodtodoinschoolandthatarenotgoodtodoinschool.

S1:We’resupposedtodoourhomeworkeveryday.

S2:We’resupposedtoraiseourhandsbeforewetalk.

S3:We’resupposedtocometoclassontime.

S4:Wearenotsupposedtobelateforclass.

S5:We’renotsupposedtoeatinclass.

T:Verygood.You’reright.Fromnowon,we’lllearnUnit13.Lookatthefollowinglistofactivitiesontheblackboard:parties,exams,schoolvacations,gymclass.Howdoyoufeelaboutparties?Happy?

Excited?Nervous?

S1:Nervous.

T:Oh,sopartiesmakeyounervous.

S1:Yes.

T:Classrepeat.Partiesmakemenervous.

Ss:Partiesmakemenervous.

T:Nowwhataboutschoolvacations?

Howdoyoufeelaboutthem?

S2:Happy.

T:So,schoolvacationsmakeyouhappy.

S2:Yes.

T:Classrepeat.Schoolvacationsmakemehappy.

Ss:Schoolvacationsmakemehappy.

T:Nowwhataboutgymclass?Howdoyoufeelaboutit?

S3:Excited.

T:Sogymclassmakesyouexcited.

S3:Yes.

StepⅡ1a

Thisactivityintroducesnewvocabularyandprovidesoralpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.

Gothroughtheinstructionsandlookatthetwopictures.Ask,Whocandescribetheinteriorofeachrestaurant?(RockinRestauranthasredwalls,uglypaintingsonthewalls,andloudmusic.TheBlueLagoonhasbluewalls,plants,flowers,andapianoplayer.)Say,Whichrestaurantwouldyourathergoto?Talkaboutitwithyourparter.

Letstudentsworkinpairs,andtelleachotherwhichrestauranttheywouldliketogotoandwhy.Whenstudentswork,goaroundtheclassroomofferinghelpasneeded.Whentheyhavefinishedtalkingtoeachother,calloutseveralpairstosaytheirconversationstotheclass.

Sampleconversation

SA:Whichrestaurantwouldyouliketogoto?

SB:I’dliketogototheBlueLagoon.

SA:Why?

SB:Becausethereareplantsandflowersthere.

StepⅢ1b

Thisactivitygivesstudentspracticeinunderstandingthetargetlanguageinspokenconversation.

Askstudentstoreadtheinstructions.

Lookatthechartandpointoutthetwoheadings:TheRockin’RestaurantandTheBlueLagoon.Lookatthesampleanswer.

Letastudentreadthecompletedsentence,andthensay,Youwillhearthemissingwordsontherecording.Fillintheblankswiththewordsyouhearonthetape.

Playtherecordingthefirsttime.Studentsonlylistencarefully.Playtherecordingagain.Thistimefillinthemissingwords.

Checktheanswerswiththewholeclass.

Answers

TheRockin’Restaurant:sad,tense

TheBlueLagoon:relaxed,sleepy

Tapescript

Girl1:I’mhungry,Amy.

Girl2:SoamI.Whydon’twegetsomethingtoeat?

Girl1:Yeah.Let’sgototheRockin’Restaurant.Ilovetheirhamburgers.

Girl2:Oh,Tina…IhatetheRockin’Restaurant.

Girl1:Why?Thefoodisgreat,isn’tit?

Girl2:Thefood’sfine.Ijustdon’tliketheatmosphere.Thoseawfulpicturesonthewallsmakemesad,andtheloudmusicmakesmetease.

Girl1:OK.Sowheredoyouwanttogo,Amy?

Girl2:Let’sgototheBlueLagoon.Thesoftmusicmakesmerelaxed.

Girl1:Notme.Itmakesmesleepy.

StepⅣ1c

Thisactivityprovidesguidedoralpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.Lookattheexampleinthebox.Inviteapairofstudentstoreadittotheclass.

SA:I’drathergototheBlueLagoonRestaurantbecauseIliketolistentoquietmusicwhileI’meating.

SB:Oh,really?Loudmusicmakesmeenergetic.

SA:Notme!Loudmusicmakesmestressedout.

Gothroughtheinstructionswiththeclass.

Tellstudentstheywillbetalkingabouttheirownopinionswithapartner.LookbackatthechartinActivity16.Makeupaconversationwithapartnerusingwordsfromthechart,suchasawfulpictures,loudmusicandsoftmusic.

Whilestudentsareworkinginpairs,walkaroundtheclassroom,andlistentosomepairs.Ifnecessary,offerlanguagesupport.Thenasksomepairstoactouttheirconversationsinfrontofthewholeclass.

Optionalactivity

Letstudentslookaroundtheclassroom,thinkaboutotherroomsintheschool,andtalkabouthowtheseplacesmakethestudentsfeel.Forexample,whatareyouropinionsaboutthis