冀教版七年级下册英语《Lesson 20 Let’s Write Home》精品教案

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Lesson 20  Let’s Write Home

Teaching content: 1. mastery words: letter, dear, dad, soon, bottom, address, stamp
               2. a text about writing a letter
               3. some useful expressions
Teaching goals: 1. understand the meaning of the text
             2. remember the mastery words
Key points: learn how to write a postcard
          Learn how to write an envelope
Difficult points: write a letter
Preparations: postcards, letters, envelopes
Teaching aids: audiotape, postcards, envelopes, letters
Type: text
Teaching procedure
1.      Opening class
1)      Greet the students in English and make sure they can response correctly.
2)      Everyday report in English
3)      Check the homework and explain something when necessary.

2.      Key Concepts
Step 1 Presentation
Ask the following questions: Have you ever write a letter in Chinese?
Do you know how to write a letter in English?
Where do you put the address?    Where do you put the stamp?

Today we will learn how to write an English letter.

Step 2 Listen and think
Listen to the tape of a letter. Then look through the text together with the students. Show the students some letters and envelopes and let them know how to write a letter. Learn the words: top, bottom, left and right. Show a letter to the students when explaining.

Step 4 Demonstration
Use objects in the classroom—such as the blackboard, a door or a window—to demonstrate top, left, right, bottom and corner. Ask the volunteers to show you the top, left, right and corner of objects in the classroom.

Step 5 practice
Divide the class into small groups. Ask each group to make up a dialogue about buying postcards.
Why are they buying postcards? Who do they buy them for？What pictures do the postcards have？

Step 6 Play a game
Play “Opposites” with the new words and the words they know.

Step 7 Deal with “LET’S DO IT”
Make a postcard. Draw a picture on it including a place for writing a note, a place for the address and a place for the stamp. Write to a classmate. Do you know his or her address? Ask！

Step 8 If time permits, do some exercises in the activity book.

3.      Homework
1)      Finish the remaining exercises in the activity book
2)      Preview the next lesson in the student book