Unit5GoingShoppingPeriodFiveTeachingObjectves1.Touse‘thereis’/‘thereare’inquestionsandstatements.2.Torecognizeandusethepresentcontinuoustensetotalkaboutthingsthatarehappeningnow.BackgroundinformationTheuseof‘thereis’/‘thereare’inquestionsandstatementsisintroducedwithinthecontextofdescribinganeshoppingmall.Studentsshouldbeencouragedtousethisstructuretodescribeotherplaces.Thisisacommonlyusedstructureandstudentsshouldbeabletoproduceitautomatically.Thefunctionof‘thereis/‘thereare’istoshowtheideathatsomethingexists.Linguistically,itreplacesthesubjectatthestartofasentence.Therealsubjectcomesaftertheverb‘tobe’.TeachingProcedures1.Gothroughthetablewiththestudents.Makesurethattheyuse‘thereis’foruncountableandsingularcountablenounsand‘thereare’forpluralnouns.Alsopointoutthatinquestions,theverbcomesfirst.2.Askstudentstocompletethesentencesinthee-mailontheirownandthencheckanswersinpairs.Askstudentstoreadthee-mailtoeachotherinpairs.Iftwostudentshavedifferentanswers,askthemtodeducethecorrectanswersfromtheruleoutlinedatthetopofthepage.3.Presentcontinuoustense(1)Weusethepresentcontinuoustensetotalkaboutthingsthatarehappeningnow.(2)Askstudentstostudythetableonpage77.Gothroughthetablewiththem.Pointoutthatwecanmakenegativesentencesbyadding‘not’aftertheverb‘tobe’.(3)Afterstudentshavecompletedtheactivity,askthemtoworkouttheruleatthebottomofthepage.(4)Explaintothestudentshowweformthe‘-ing’formofaverbwithreferencetothetableonpage78.(5)Askstudentstolookatthepictureatthebottomoftage78.TellthemthatSandyandAmyaretalkingonthephone.ThenstudentscompletePart2ontheirown.ExtensionactivityElicitfromstudentssomepossibletopicsofaphoneconversation.Devidetheclassintopairs.Askeachpairtopreparetheirownconversationusingthepresentcontinuoustense.Allowsometimeforstudentstopractisetheirconversations.Iftimeallows,askeachpairtopresenttheirconversationtotheclass.ExercisesA把下列改为一般疑问句，否定句和特殊疑问句。1.Thereissomemilkintheglass.2.Therearesomepeopleintheplayground.3.Thereisabookonmytable.4.Therearethreesmallshopsnearourschool.5.Thereisalotoffoodinmyhouse..B.Fillintheblankswiththewordsgiven.1._______they_______(play)basketballontheplaygroundnow.Yes,we________.2.Look,thechildren_________(swim)inthelake.3.Listen,who_________(read)Englishinthenextroom.4.What______you_______(do)?I_________(do)myhomework.5.Sandy__________(notplay)gamesnow.She________(study)Maths.6.Daniel________(wait)forthebusattheschoolgatenow.
