Unit6FoodGrammarTeachinggoals●Torecognizeandusecountableanduncountablenouns●Tomastertherulesofformingthepluralformsofcountablenouns●Torecognizeandusetheindefinitearticlestotalkaboutthingsthatarecountable●Tomasterhowtoshowtheamountsofuncountablenouns:a…of+UC●Tolearn‘Therebe’structureTeachingproceduresStep1:MakingarevisionShowpicturesofdifferentkindsofthingstothestudents.Askthem“Whatcanyouseeinthepicture?”Studentssaythenamesoffoodsonthetableandputthemintofivegroups.Step2:PresentingTeacherpointsatanapple,asking“What’sthis?”S:It’sanapple.T:Howmanyapplesarethere?S:Therearethreeapples.Presenttomato—tomatoes,strawberry—strawberries，inthesameway.Presentcountablenouns(Whatdoesacountablenounreferto?Howtouse‘a’/‘an’?Howtoformthepluralformsofcountablenouns?)AskstudentstolookatPartBonpage65.Teacherpointsatabowlofrice,asking“What’sthis?”S:It’srice.T:Howmanybowlsofricearethere?S:Thereisabowlofrice.Presentuncountablenouns(Whatdoesanuncountablenounreferto?Howtoshowtheamountsofuncountablenouns:a…of+UCe.g.apacketofsalt.twopacketsofsalt)Step3:PracticingCompletethedialogue‘Atthesupermarket’onpage62,puttingthethingstheyaregoingtobuyintothecorrectcategories(singularcountablenouns/pluralcountablenouns/uncountablenouns),andthenactitout.Step4:Playingagame·Writethissentenceontheblackboard:‘Iamgoingtothesupermarkettobuy…’.Startthegamebyaddinganitemattheendofthesentence.e.g.Iamgoingtothesupermarkettobuysomebread.Askthenextstudenttorepeatyoursentence,andaddanotheritem,e.g.Iamgoingtothesupermarkettobuysomebreadandsomeeggs.Goroundtheclass,askingeachstudenttoaddanotheritemtothelist.Thegameendswhenastudentcannotrememberalltheitems.·Bringtoclass10.15fooditemsthatwerealreadyintroducedintheunit.Placethemonyourdeskforeveryonetosee.Askstudentstolookattheitemscarefullyforoneminute,andthencovertheitemswithaclothoralargepieceofpaper.Askstudentstowritedownasmanyitemsastheycanrememberwiththecorrectarticle‘a’or‘an’.Step5:PresentingUsethepicturesinStep1againAsk:Howmanyapplesarethere?Isthereanorangeonthetable?Isthereany/muchCokeonthetable?Arethereany/manybananasonthetable?Present‘thereis’/‘thereare’Step6:PracticingCompletethedialogue‘Talkingaboutfood’onpage67,andthenactitoutinpairs.Step7:ExtensionactivityAskstudentstomakedialoguesabouttheirschool/classroom/stationery/drinksbyusing‘thereis’/‘thereare’.e.g.A:Is/Arethere…inyourclassroom?B:Yes,thereis./No,thereisn’t.Yes,thereare./No,therearen’t.A:Howmany…arethereinyourclassroom?B:Thereis/are…inmyclassroom.Step8:MakingasummaryT:Inthisperiod,wehavelearnedhowtousecountableanduncountablenouns,and‘therebe’structure.Step9:DoinghomeworkOralwork:Revisethisperiod.Writtenwork:Teacherscanassignthispartaccordingtotheirownconditions.
