ThemeUnit2They’regoingtotheopera.Teachingobjectivesaboutpeople‘slifeindifferentplaces.Keyvocabulary:car,puton,atthemoment,thing,leave,work,athome,pub,restaurant,opera,ballet,midnight,goodnight,sleep,dress,midday,hotdog,coffee,see,greeting,lookat,soon,visit,agoodtime.Keystructures:Presentcontinuoustense.KeypointsTogetinformationfromthereadingmaterial.DifficultiesUnderstandpresentcontinuoustense.MethodsExplanation,practiceandreadingcomprehension.PropertiesPPTandteachingCD.WritingonblackboardModule1Unit2Module1peopleandplacesUnit2They’regoingtotheopera.TeachingproceduresTeacheractivitiesStudentsactivityMethodsPreparation:Letonestudentwritethethemeofthislesson.StepI.Organizingtheclass1.Askthestudentstogetreadyforclass.2.Greetingsbetweenthestudentsandtheteacher.StepII.RevisionShowsomepicturestoletstudentswritesentencesaboutBetty’smum,thegirls,Lingling,theywithpresentcontinuoustense.StepIII.ShowingaimsHavethestudentsknowwhattheywilllearninthislessonandwhattheywilldointhislesson:Learnthewordsandknowindifferentcountriespeoplehavedifferentlife.StepIV.Leading–inGiveaworld’smap,andsomecities.Tellthemthereare24timetonesintheworld,andatthesamemoment,peopleindifferentcountrieswillhavedifferenttimeandactivities.First,letthestudentslearnwordstheywilluseinthereadingmaterials.StepV.Reading(Activity1,3)Readthereadingmaterials,andfindoutthesentencesusingpresentcontinuoustenseandletthemunderstandthem.LetthemdoActivity3.Andthestudentsgivetheiranswers.Thewholeclasscheckstogether.Writesentencesontheblackboard.Knowtheaims.Practice.Learnthebackground.ReadanddoActivity3(b,b,b,a,b);thenfillintheblanks.TeachingproceduresTeacheractivitiesStudentsactivityMethodsTohelpthemunderstandthematerialsright,fillintheblanksaboutplace,timeandwhatpeoplearedoing.Explaintheirdifficulties.Useatabletocomparewhatpeoplearedoingindifferentplacesatthesamemoment.StepVI.CultureboxAskthemwhypeopleindifferentplaceshavedifferenttimes:London12:00=Beijing20:00=Moscow15:00=NewYork07:00=LosAngeles04:00.WorldtimeWorldtimeisstandardizedformGreenwichinLondon,atthe0°lineoflongitude.Theworld’ssurfaceisdividedinto24timezones,eachoneof15°longitude,oronehouroftime.Thetimeisthengivenasthenumberofhoursahead(+)orbehind(-)GreenwichMeanTime(GMT).SofarexampleBeijingisGMT+8hours.NewYorkisGMT-5hours.StepVII.Writing(Activity2,4)Elicitacoupleofexamplesforthefirstpicturesinawhole-classsetting.(E.g.They’rerunningforthetrain.)PairthestudentstowriteabouttheotherPractice.Learnsomegeographyknowledge.TeachingproceduresTeacheractivitiesStudentsactivityMethodsphotographs.EncouragethemtousethewordsintheboxinActivity2,notreadwhatiswritteninthetext.Findoutwhattimeitisnow.Writesentencessayingwhatpeoplearedoingoraren’tdoing.Joinsentenceswithand.ShowanexampleinActivity4(InLondonit’sfiveo’clockandpeoplearen’tgoinghome.They’rewalkingtopubs.)Andletthestudentswritesentenceswiththesamestructure.StepVIII.SummarizationThewords.Thereadingmaterials.StepIX.HomeworkPairworks.Writesentences.Imitate.
