Unit14Haveyoupackedyet?Languagegoals:Inthisunitstudentslearntotalkaboutrecentevents.Newlanguages:Haveyoupackedthebeachtowelsyet?No,Ihaven’tpackedityet.Yes,I’vealreadyputitinmysuitcase.Newwords:suit,garage,wood,light,appear,turn,government,southern,villager,stronglyDifficultpoints:1.Learntouse“already”and“yet”.2.Howtoexpressandasktherecentevents.3.HowtouseThePresentPerfectTense.4.Howtoimprovethestudents’writingabilityaccordingtothereadingmaterials.Teachingaids:computer,video,recorderTeachingperiods:Period1:SectionA1a/1b/1c/2a/2b/2c/GrammarFocusPeriod2:SectionA3a/3b/4Period3:SectionB1a/1b/2a/2b/2cPeriod4:SectionB3a/3b/3c/4/SelfcheckPeriod5:SectionBReadingPeriod1Teachingaims:1.Teachvocabularywords.2.Targetlanguages:Haveyouwateredtheplantsyet?No,Ihaven’t.Haveyoupackedthecamerayet?Yes,I’vealreadyputitinmysuitcase.Haveyoufedthecat?No.Ihaven’tfedheryet.3.Trainthespeakingandlisteningabilities.4.Master“already,yet”anduseitfreely.5.Canaskortalkabouttherecentevents.Teachingprocedures:Step1.WarmingupUsethefollowingactivitytohelpstudentsunderstandtheconceptbehindthewordsalreadyandyet.Askonestudenttowritethenumber1to20ontheblackboard.(Writethenumbersslowlyandstopwhenevertheteachersaysstop.)Afterthestudenthaswrittenthenumbers1through5,starttalkingtotherestoftheclass.[T=Teacher,S=Student]T:Hashe(she)writtenthenumberyet?S:Hashe(she)writtenthenumberyet?T:(Pointingtonumber1.)Yes,hehasalreadywrittenthenumber1.S:Yes,hehasalreadywrittenthenumber1.T:(Writingthewordalreadyontheboard.)Thisisthewordalready.Thenaskquestionswiththewordyet.T:Hashe(she)writtenthenumber50yet?S:Hashe(she)writtenthenumber50yet?T:No,hehasn’twrittenthenumber50yet.S:No,hehasn’twrittenthenumber50yet.T:(Writingthewordyetontheboard.)Thisisthewordyet.Writethewordsalreadyandyetontheboardandaskstudentswhichoneisusedtotalkaboutthingsthathavehappenedinthepast(already)andthingsthatwillhappeninthefuture(yet).Step2.SectionA1aReadtheinstructionstotheclass.Askastudenttogiveanexampleofabeachvacationandsightseeinginacity.ThenaskstudentstoaddsomethingstothelistsunderthetwoheadingsabeachvacationandSightseeinginacity.Askstudentstodothisontheirown.Askstudentstotelltheclassthewordstheywrote.Step3.SectionA1bThisactivitygivesstudentspracticeinunderstandingthetargetlanguageinspokenconversation.1.Pointoutthepicture.Askstudentstosaywhattheyseeinthepicture.Pointoutthesixchoresonthelist.Readeachitemtotheclass.Askdifferentstudentstoexplainthemeaningofeachitemintheirownwords.2.Thenreadtheinstructions.Say:Youwillhearafamilytalkingastheygetreadytogoonvacation.3.Pointtotheblanklinesinfrontofeachiteminthelistandsay:Listentowhatthefamilytalksaboutandputacheckmarkinfrontofeachchorethatisalreadydone.4.Playtherecordingthefirsttime.Studentsonlylisten.Playthesecondtime.Say,nowlistenagainandthenputyouranswersonthecorrectblanks.5.Checktheanswers.6.Explanation.(Showthepicture.)Step4.SectionA1cPairworkThisactivityprovidesguidedoralpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.1.Readtheinstructions.2.Pointouttheexampleinthebox.Asktwostudentstoreadittotheclass.3.Say,Nowworkwithapartner.Lookbackatactivity1bandtalkaboutwhatthefamilymembershavealreadydoneandwhattheyhaven’tdoneyet.4.Askdifferentpairsofstudentstosaytheirconversationstotheclass.Step5.SectionA2a/2bThisactivityprovidesguidedlisteningpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.(1)Pointoutthepicture.(Showingthepicture.),a...
