The First Period

The First Period Teaching goals 1. Target language：a. Key words and expressions：represent, include, capsule, be sent into b. Communicative patterns：Giving advice and making suggestions What shall we ...? Maybe we could ...? Shall we …? Can’t we ...? I’d like to ... Let’s ... What /How about ...? Why don’t you...? Why not...? 2. Ability goals Enable the students to decide what they should put in a culture capsule, which is a large box (2 X 2 meters). And it will be sent into space so that anyone who finds it will understand who they are. (Enable the Ss to master the patterns of asking for and giving advice) 3. Learning ability goals Help the Ss make a decision according to the conditions mentioned in the passage. Teaching important points Make Ss learn how to use the structures of giving advice and making suggestions. Teaching difficult points How to select five things that represent Chinese culture. Teaching methods Direct Approach of teaching, Communicative, and Elicitation-Inquiry Teaching aids a computer b projector Teaching procedures & ways Step I Lead-in or warming upUse a piece of music to lead in, in which there are many sceneries.Step II Pre-speakingStep III Speaking (Workbook P85)Step IV Patterns Practice SB Page 44. Speaking. Let the Ss read the passage and make sure they understand what they should do ( To select five things that represent Chinese culture.) Give them 2 m’ to read carefully.Step V Summary For consolidating the ways of giving advice and making suggestions, use a diagram to summerize the expressions. The teacher collects the phrases from the Ss, and then shows them on the screen.Step VI Homework (3mins) 1. Write a short passage with the title “Ms Zhang, Listen to Me”, practising ways of making suggestions. 2. Workbook p. 121 “Talking”