Lesson 18 Tian’anmen Square
Teaching content : 1. Mastery words: laugh, fly, hard, quietly, worry, put
2. Learn a dialogue about flying a kite
3. Some words such as quiet and quietly, loud and loudly
Teaching goals: 1. Understand the meaning of the text
2. Remember the mastery words
3. Learn some words of adj. and adv.
Key points: 1. there be…
2. the usage of adj. and adv.
3. some useful words and phrases
Difficult points: the usage of adj. and adv.
Teaching aids: audiotape, word cards, slide projector, a picture of Tian’anmen Square, a kite
Type: text
Teaching procedure
1. Opening class
1) Greet the students in everyday English. Make sure they can response in correct way.
2) Duty report.
3) Check the homework.
2. Key Concepts
Step 1 Presentation
Ask the students some questions :
Have you ever visited Tian’anmen Square? If yes, when? If no, why not?
Do you want to visit Tian’anmen Square? Why or why not?
You may give them some words to help them.
Step 2 Listen, answer and analyze
Listen to the tape with the following questions:
What happens to Danny?
Can Jenny fly a kite? Can Danny fly a kite?
Answer the questions together with the students and then discuss the text again. If they have any question, explain to them. Deal with the language points at the same time. Pay attention to the usage of loud and loudly, quiet and quietly.
Step 3 Listen, read and act
Listen to the audiotape again and let the students read after it. Give them a few minutes to practice the text. Correct the pronunciation when necessary. Then have them act out the text in roles.
Step 4 Practice
Divide the class into small groups. Ask each group to make up a dialogue about walking on Tian’anmen Square. Encourage the students to use as much vocabulary as possible from this unit (easy, hard, loudly, quietly, many, men, women, children, people). Encourage the students to be active and praise them for talking risks with English! The more they experiment, the more they learn.
Step 5 Deal with “LET’S DO IT”
Work with a partner. Draw a map of Tian’anmen Square. Describe your maps to each other. What are the people doing? Try to use loudly, quietly, slowly and quickly.
Step 6 Consolidation
1. Translation
1) 放风筝 _____________ 2) 玩得痛快 __________ 3) 天安门 __________
4) 看见某人放风筝 _________ 4) hurt one’s arm _________
5) Let’s do sth. ___________ 6) laugh at _________
2. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words given.
1)We often see boys ________ football. (play)
2) Tom is a ____ boy. He doesn’t like to talk with others. (quietly)
3) The street is so busy, but the people walk ______ (happy)
4) I can’t hear your words, will you please speak ________ (loud)?
5) Let’s _______ the basket on the table. (put)
Step 7 If there is enough time, do the exercises in activity book.
Step 8 Summary
Today we learn a text about Li Ming and his friends. They are flying kites. There are so many people on Tian’anmen Square. Some people are loud and some are quiet. After class you should understand the meaning of the text and try to use loud, loudly, quiet, quietly correctly.
3. Homework
1) Understand the meaning of the text
2) Remember the mastery words
3) Finish the activity book in lesson 18
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