Unit2MyfavouriteseasonTeachingaimsanddemands1.Knowlegdeaims:(?)which,best,playwithsnow,whichseasondoyoulikebest?likespringbest.It’ssunnyandwarm.2.AbilityaimsEnablestudentstousethelanguagelearnedtotalkaboutseasons,includingthefavouriteseasonandsimplereasons,e.g.weatherandactivities.3.MoralaimsInspirestudentsinterestofstudyingEnglish,strengthentheirconfidence.Advancestudentstopayattentiontothenaturalphenomenaandthinkaboutit.Teachingimportance:Enabletotalkabouttheirfavouriteseason.Teachingdifficulty:HowtoaskandansweraboutfavouriteseasonWhichseasondoyoulikebest?Ilikespringbest.Teachingmethods:ListeningandpairworktopractisespeakingTeachingaids:Arecorder,acomputer,somewordcards.Teachingprocedures:Step1Warm-up1.Lead-in,reviewthewordsofweather.T:Hello,everybody.Today‘sweatherisfine,isn’tit?Isitsunny?Isitwarm?Isithot?Isitcool?Isitcold?Havestudentsanswerthemwithyesorno,writethewordsofweatheronBb.Askstudentstoreadthemforsometimes.2.Showpicturesofweatheronthescene.Ask:Whatdoyouthinkofthepictures?Have4studentssaythe4words.Asksomemorestudentstoreadthewords.Whiletheyreadthewords,Tcorrectsthewrongpronunciations.3.Takethe4-seasonwordcards,askSstoputthemuponBb.HaveacompetitionandSswhoarethequickestarethewinners.4.Singthesong.“what’syourfavouriteseason?”Step2Presentation1.Aftersingingthesong“what’syourfavouriteseason?”,writethreenamesofSsonBb.Askthem:what’syourfavouriteseason?AskotherSstowritetheiranswers.(T-S)ThenhaveSspractiseinpairs.(S-S)2.Teach“like…best”Askonestudent:Doyoulikepears?Doyoulikeapples?Doyoulikeoranges?Thenask:Whatdoyoulikebest?Teach“best”.Thenaskthestudent:Whatdoyoulikebest?Helphim/hertoanswer“Ilike…best.”Askmorestudents“whichseasondoyoulikebest?”,helpthemtoanswer:“Ilikeapplesbest.”Thenask:Whichseasondoyoulikebest?Repeatthequestionafewtimes.HelpSstoansweritwithseasons.Teach“which”and“whichseason”Explain“whichseasondoyoulikebest?”,ithasthesamemeaningas“what’syourfavouriteseason?Wecanansweritwithseasons.”,thenreadthesentenses.Step3Listeningpractice1.Pre-listening(Let’stry)Mike,AmyandChenJiearetalkingabouttheirfavouriteseasons.Listencarefullyandmatchthenamesandtheirfavouriteseasons.2.Playtherecorderthefirsttime.HaveSsworkbythemselves,andaskafewSstosaytheiranswers.Playtherecorderthesecondtime.Checktheanswerstogether.Playtherecorderthethirdtime.Watchthematerialandreaditaftertherecorder.3.After-listeningHaveSsreaditinroles.(together–ingroups–inpairs)Step4Consolidationandassessment1.Activity:lookforfriends.Askyourclassmateswhichseasontheylikebest.Thosewhohavethesameanswerasyoursareyourfriends.Anddividetheclassinto4groupsastheabovemethod.Group1–spring;Group2–summer;Group3–fall;Group4–winter.2.AskonestudentfromG1:whichseasondoyoulikebest?S:Spring.(Thelpshim/hertosay)it’ssunnyandwarm.whichseasondoyoulikebest?T:Ilikewinterbest.Icanplaywithsnow.Thenteach“playwithsnow”.NexthaveSsdiscusswhytheyliketheseasoningroups.Givesomeadvice.E.g.theweather,activities,festivals,beautifulscenery.Whilediscussing,Twalksaroundandgiveshelp,atlast,haveSssayouttheirdiscussingresults,andwritedowntheusefulinformation.3.Showadialogueonthescene.HaveSsreaditsimply.Askthemmakeuptheirowndialoguelikethat.Thenhavesomepairsshowtheirdialogues.