Unit 1 FriendshipThe Fifth Period Speaking and WritingTeaching goals1. Target languagea. Important words and phrases:quiz, situation, accordingly, editor, communicate, decisionb. Important expressions：1) Talk about agreement and disagreementI think so. I don’t think so. I agree. I don’t agree. That’s correct.That’s exactly my opinion. You’re quite right. I don’t think you are right.I quite agree with you. I’m afraid I don’t agree/disagree with you.Of course not. I’m afraid not.2) Practise giving advice and making decisions:You’d better… I advise you to… I think/In my opinion, you should….How/What about…? Why don’t you? Why not…?2. Ability goalsa. Enable the students to talk about agreement and disagreement.b. Enable the students to give advice and make decisions.c. Design a questionnaire to find out what kind of friends your classmates are.3. Learning ability goalsa.Learn how to talk about agreement and disagreement.b. Help the students learn how to express their ideas and give their opinions.Teaching important pointsTeach the students how to express their ideas and give their opinions.Teaching methodsPair work and group work.Discussion and cooperative learning.Teaching aids:用心 爱心 专心 A computerIV. Teaching procedures:Step I Leading –in1. Greetings and free talk2. Play a song by Backstreet Boys to arouse the students’ interest. Step II Speaking taskYou promised your friend last Tuesday that you would go on a picnic with him/her on Saturday. On Friday night you are offered one ticket to the “Backstreet Boys” concert on Saturday. But there are no more tickets and this is your favorite band.Will you go to the concert or the picnic? Why?Give the following expressions to the students as a guide.I think so. I don’t think so. I agree. I don’t agree. That’s correct.That’s exactly my opinion. You’re quite right. I don’t think you are right.I quite agree with you. I’m afraid I don’t agree/disagree with you.Of course not. I’m afraid not.Get the students to have a discussion and to report the result of their discussion and then gives a brief sum-up of the discussion. Step III Preparing for the writing task用心 爱心 专心 A letter to the editor--- My best friend has stolen a book from the bookshop, should I tell the teacher or keep silent?Get the students to discuss and take notes of the discussion.Step IV. Writing task:Suppose you are the editor, write a letter to Xiaodong. Tell him what he should do and give your reasons.1.Get the students to learn the structure of the writing.2.Get them to learn some useful connecting words.3.Get them to discuss in groups and take notes.4.Get them to write the letters.5.Get one of them to read his /her letter.用心 爱心 专心
