Unit1HereandNowSectionBThissectionofUnit1“HereandNow”inthe2024versionoftheEnglishtextbookforGrade7(LuJiaoBan,54system)mainlyfocusesonthepresentcontinuoustense.Throughaseriesoflistening,speaking,readingandwritingactivities,studentswillfurtherunderstandandmastertheusageofthepresentcontinuoustensetodescribeactionshappeningatthemoment.Thecontentincludesadialogueaboutpeople’sactivitiesinapark,apassageintroducingdifferentfestivalsaroundtheworld,andrelatedgrammarexplanationsandexercises.教學(xué)目標A.KnowledgeObjectivesStudentswillbeabletomasterthekeyvocabularyrelatedtodailyactivitiesandfestivals,suchas“flyakite”,“haveapicnic”,“DragonBoatFestival”,“MidAutumnFestival”etc.Studentswillunderstandandbeabletousethepresentcontinuoustensestructure:subject+be(am/is/are)+verbing.Theycancorrectlyformaffirmative,negativeandinterrogativesentencesinthepresentcontinuoustense.Studentswillknowaboutsomefamousfestivalsindifferentcountriesandtheircharacteristics.B.AbilityObjectivesStudentscanlistentodialoguesandpassagesaboutdailyactivitiesandfestivals,andcatchthekeyinformationtoanswerrelatedquestions.Studentscanusethepresentcontinuoustensetodescribepeople’scurrentactionsfluentlyandaccuratelyinoralmunication.TheycanalsointroducefestivalstheyknowinEnglish.Studentscanreadtextsaboutfestivalscarefully,understandthemainideaanddetails,andimprovetheirreadingprehensionability.Studentscanwriteshortparagraphsusingthepresentcontinuoustensetodescribeasceneoranactivity,andwriteabriefintroductiontoafestival,improvingtheirwritingskills.C.EmotionalObjectivesCultivatestudents’interestinlearningEnglishbydiscussinginterestingdailyactivitiesandcolorfulfestivals.Broadenstudents’horizons,enhancetheirunderstandingandrespectfordifferentculturesaroundtheworld,anddeveloptheircrossculturalmunicationawareness.教學(xué)重難點A.KeyPointsThecorrectusageofthepresentcontinuoustense,includingtheformationofsentencesandthepronunciationofverbingforms.Keyvocabularyrelatedtodailyactivitiesandfestivals.Understandingandgraspingthemainideaandkeyinformationinlistening,readingmaterialsaboutactivitiesandfestivals.B.DifficultPointsDifferentiatingthepresentcontinuoustensefromthesimplepresenttenseinpracticalusage,especiallyinoralexpression.Usingthepresentcontinuoustenseflexiblytodescribeplexscenesandexpresspersonalfeelings.HelpingstudentsunderstandtheculturalconnotationsbehinddifferentfestivalsandbeingabletoexpresstheminEnglish.A.VocabularyDailyactivities:flyakite,haveapicnic,playbasketball,drawpictures,readabook,listentomusic,etc.Festivals:DragonBoatFestival,MidAutumnFestival,SpringFestival,Christmas,ThanksgivingDay,etc.Others:park,lake,boat,mooncake,turkey,etc.B.GrammarPresentContinuousTenseStructureAffirmativesentence:Subject+am/is/are+verbing+otherelements.Forexample,“Iamreadingabook.”“Heisplayingbasketball.”“Theyarehavingapicnic.”Negativesentence:Subject+am/is/are+not+verbing+otherelements.Forexample,“IamnotwatchingTV.”“Sheisnotflyingakite.”“Theyarenotdrawingpictures.”Interrogativesentence:Am/Is/Are+subject+verbing+otherelements?Forexample,“Areyoureadingabook?”“Isheplayingbasketball?”“Aretheyhavingapicnic?”UsageTodescribeanactionthatishappeningatthemomentofspeaking.Forexample,“Look!Thebirdsareflyinginthesky.”Toexpressanactionthatisinprogressduringacertainperiodoftimenow.Forexample,“WearestudyingEnglishthisterm.”教學(xué)過程A.Warmingup(5minutes)Greetthestudentsasusual.ShowsomepicturesofpeopledoingdifferentactivitiesonthePPT,suchasflyingakite,playingfootball,readingabook.AskstudentstodescribewhattheyseeinChinesefirst,andthenguidethemtothinkabouthowtosayitinEnglish.Thiscanarousestudents’interestandactivatetheirpriorknowledge.B.Leadin(3minutes)Afterthewarmingup,directlyintroducethetopicofthisclassthepresentcontinuoustense.Say,“Today,wearegoingtolearnaveryimportanttenseinEnglishthepresentcontinuoustense.Itcanhelpusdescribewhatpeoplearedoingnow.”Showashortvideoclipofaparkwithpeopledoingvariousactivities.Whileplayingthevideo,saysomesentencesinthepresentcontinuoustense,like“Look,somepeoplearewalking,somearesittingonthebench,andaboyisfeedingthebirds.”Letstudentshaveapreliminaryimpressionofthepresentcontinuoustenseinreallifesituations.C.Presentation(12minutes)VocabularyteachingPresentthenewwordsaboutdailyactivitiesandfestivalsonthePPTonebyone.Foreachword,showavividpicturerelatedtoit.Forexample,whenteaching“flyakite”,showapictureofachildflyingakiteinthepark.Readthewordclearlyandaskstudentstorepeatafteryouseveraltimes.Payattentiontothepronunciationofdifficultwords.Afterteachingallthewords,playawordguessinggame.DescribeanactivityorafestivalinEnglish,andaskstudentstoguesswhichworditis.Forexample,say“ItisatraditionalChinesefestival.Peopleeatmooncakesandenjoythefullmoononthatday.”Letstudentsguess“MidAutumnFestival”.Thiscanhelpstudentsbetterrememberthenewwords.GrammarteachingWritethestructureofthepresentcontinuoustenseontheblackboard:subject+be(am/is/are)+verbing.Explaintheusageof“am”,“is”and“are”accordingtodifferentsubjects.Forexample,“I”isfollowedby“am”,“he/she/it”isfollowedby“is”,and“you/we/they”arefollowedby“are”.Takesomesimpleexamplestoexplainhowtochangeaverbintotheingform.Regularverbsusuallyadd“ing”directly,suchas“playplaying”,“readreading”.Forverbsendingwithasilent“e”,removethe“e”andthenadd“ing”,like“makemaking”,“writewriting”.Foronesyllableverbswithaconsonantvowelconsonantstructure,doublethelastconsonantandthenadd“ing”,forexample,“runrunning”,“swimswimming”.Writeseveralsentencesontheblackboard,someintheaffirmativeform,someinthenegativeformandsomeintheinterrogativeform.LetstudentsanalyzethestructureandtranslatethemintoChinesetofurtherunderstandtheusageofthepresentcontinuoustense.D.Listening(7minutes)LetstudentsopentheirbookstothelisteningpartinSectionB.Tellthemthattheywilllistentoadialoguebetweentwofriendsinapark.Beforelistening,askthemtolookatthepicturesandthequestionsrelatedtothelisteningmaterialbriefly,sothattheyknowwhatkeyinformationtocatch.Playtherecordingforthefirsttime.Studentsjustlistenandgetageneralideaofthedialogue.Playtherecordingforthesecondtime.Thistime,askstudentstolistencarefullyandanswerthequestionsintheirbooks.Afterthat,checktheanswerstogether.Explainsomedifficultpointsinthedialogueifnecessary.E.Speaking(8minutes)Dividestudentsintopairs.Askeachpairtocreateanewdialoguebasedonthepicturesinthebookortheirownimagination.Theyshouldusethepresentcontinuoustensetodescribewhatpeoplearedoingintheparkorotherplaces.Forexample,“A:Whatareyoudoingnow?B:Iamflyingakite.Look!Howhighitis!A:Wow,it’ssobeautiful.AndIseesomepeopleareboatingonthelake.B:Yes,theyarehavingagreattime.”Walkaroundtheclassroomtomonitorstudents’conversations.Offerhelpwhentheyhaveproblemswithgrammarorvocabulary.Inviteseveralpairstoetothefrontoftheclassandactouttheirdialogues.Givethempositivefeedbackandpraisetheirgoodperformance.F.Reading(5minutes)PresentashortpassageaboutdifferentfestivalsaroundtheworldonthePPT.Letstudentsreadthepassagequicklyandfindoutthemainideaofeachparagraph.Aftertheyfinishreading,asksomestudentstosummarizethemainideaofeachparagraph.Then,askstudentstoreadthepassageagaincarefullyandanswersomedetailedquestionsonthePPT,suchas“WhatdopeopledoduringtheDragonBoatFestival?”“WhenisChristmas?”etc.Checktheanswersandexplainsomenewwordsorphrasesinthepassagethatstudentsdon’tunderstand.G.Writing(3minutes)Givestudentsawritingtask.Askthemtowriteashortparagraphaboutwhattheirfamilymembersaredoingnow.Theyshoulduseatleast5sentencesinthepresentcontinuoustense.Whilestudentsarewriting,walkaroundtheclassroomtoobservetheirwritingprocess.Provideguidanceandcorrectmistakesifnecessary.Afterstudentsfinishwriting,asksomeofthemtoreadtheirparagraphsaloud.Givementsontheirwriting,includinggrammar,vocabulary,andorganization.H.SummaryandHomework(2minutes)SummarySummarizethekeypointsofthisclasswithstudents,includingthenewvocabularyaboutactivitiesandfestivals,andtheusageofthepresentcontinuoustense.Askstudentstorecallwhattheyhavelearnedinthisclass.HomeworkAskstudentstowriteashortpassageabouttheirfavoritefestival,introducingitstime,traditionalactivitiesandwhytheylikeit.Theyshoulduseatleast8sentences.Askstudentstolistentotherecordingofthissectionagainathometoimprovetheirlisteningskills.教學(xué)反思Inthisclass,theuseofpictures,videosandvariousgamesintheteachingprocesscaneffectivelyarousestudents’interestinlearning.However,inthefuture,morereallifematerialscanbeintroduc