Unit 5  Going shopping

Xinqiao Secondary School  Xie Jianmin

Comic strips ＆Welcome to the unit

Teaching aims and demands:

New words: go shopping, free, shopping mall, sticker, hair clip, teddy bear, Walkman (pl. Walkmans)

Teaching methods: task-based approach

Teaching task: 1. Write articles about students’ own favourite shopping malls.

2. Have a discussion in groups, and ask some Ss to report which presents are suitable for boys and which ones are suitable for girls.

Teaching aids: tape recorder

Teaching procedures:

Ⅰ. Warm-up (presentation)

   Ask the student on duty to give us a short report about the winter holiday or the Spring Festival.

Ⅱ. Listening

   Listen to the tape, answer my question, What does Hobo want Eddie to do? Help the Ss to answer.

   Listen again, Ss read after the tape recorder, then do some True or False exercises.  Check the answers with the whole class.

Language points:

1.     I want you to go shopping with me today.

   ① go shopping =do some shopping

e.g.  go swimming, go running, go jogging, go roller skating, go fishing…

② want sb to do sth=would like sb to do sth

    e.g.  Mr. Xie wants us to work hard on English.

   ask/tell/want sb to do sth

2.     I am not free today.=I have no time today.=I am busy today.

be free (adj.) ------be busy

3. I want to buy a lot of things…

      want/would like/hope/forget/start…to do sth

      e.g. She’d like to have some bread and an egg for her breakfast.

4. All right, here’s my money.

  ① all right=OK

That’s all right. (the answer to Thank you./I’m sorry.)

That’s right.=That’s not wrong.

      ② Here’s my wallet.

         e.g. Here’s a telephone call for you.

             Here comes the teacher.

             Here are the football socks.

5. I need you to carry all the bags.

  ① need to dosth

     e.g. He needs to go home at present.

  ② need do sth

     e.g. He need go home at present.

  ③ need sb/sth to do sth

     e.g. I need you to help me with my English.

Ⅲ. Main task

   Write articles about students’ own favourite shopping malls. Then ask some students to read their own articles in front of the class.

Ⅳ. Discussion (task)

   Have a discussion in groups of six, ask the Ss to report which presents are suitable for boys and which ones are suitable for girls. Each group will choose a student to tell us what kind of presents his/her group choose for boys or girls and tell us Why?

   Fill in the blanks on Page 72.

Language points:

Walkman------Walkmans (pl.)

   woman------women (pl.)

   policeman------policemen (pl.)

Ⅴ.Sum-up  

Go through the new words and the language points learnt during this lesson.

Ⅵ. Homework

Review the contents of this lesson.

教后记：

Reading

Teaching aims and demands:

New words: shopkeeper, minute, just a minute, over here, cost, expensive, discount, prefer, fancy, match, pretty, mind, Never mind, someone, go well with, cut, unusual, bright

Teaching difficulties:  the Present Continuous Tense,

How much do they cost?

Teaching methods: task-based approach

Teaching task: 1. Design a diet list for your school dining room.

2. Write a letter to a sick person and give him some advice to keep healthy.

Teaching aids: tape recorder, tapes, slide projector, slides

Teaching procedures:

Ⅰ. Warm-up

   Ask the student on duty to give a free talk.

Ⅱ. Presentation

    Ask the Ss Do you often go shopping with your mum? What do the shopkeeper say to you? What do you usually do in the shop? Look! Amy is shopping now.

Ⅲ.Listening

   Now, let’s listen to the 1^st part, after you listen to it, please answer my question, What does Amy buy from the 1^st shop? Help the Ss to answer.

   Listen to the 2^nd part and answer the question, What does Amy buy from the 2nd shop? Help the Ss to answer.

Listen again, then do some True or False exercises.  Check the answers with the whole class.

Ⅳ. Reading

Ss read the articles by yourselves. Match the English meanings with the new words. Explain the words. Do the Exx on Page 73 and 74. Ss ask and answer questions in pairs. Ask some pairs to practice in class.

Language points:

1.     Can I help you?= What can I do for you?

2.     What are you looking for?

3.     There are some cards and stickers over here.

(over) here-------(over) there

4.     How much do the cards cost?=How much are the cards?=What’s the price of the cards?

① cost:  Sth costs (sb) some money.

e.g. The pair of trainers costs (me)￥286.

② spend: Sb spends some money/time on sth/(in) doing sth

e.g. I spend ￥286 on the pair of trainers/(in) buying the pair of trainers.

       She spends half an hour swimming every day.

③ take: It takes sb some time to do sth.

e.g.  It takes her half an hour to swim every day.

    5. That’s quite expensive.

be expensive/dear------ be cheap

6.     There’s a discount on…

      e.g. There’s a discount on the air tickets.

7. I prefer to buy new cards.

   prefer to do sth

      e.g. Mr. Xie prefers to watch TV at home on Sundays.

8. They match her favourite T-shirt.

   match=go well with…

      e.g. The clothes don’t match her age.

   match…with…

      e.g. Match the words with their meanings.

9. Never mind.

Ⅴ.Discussion (task)

   Classify the class into two halves------boys and girs. Have a discussion and find out what presents the boys /girls in our class prefer. Each group will choose a student to tell us what presents they prefer Why?

Ⅵ.Sum-up  

Go through the new words and the language points learnt during this lesson.

Ⅶ. Homework

1.     Review the contents of this lesson.

2. Do the Exx of the workbook.

教后记：

Vocabulary ﹠ Grammer

Teaching aims and demands:

New words: bookshop, clothes shop, electrical shop, shoe shop, sports shop, e-friend, centre, pay, lie, at present, at the moment, right now, study, visit, wait, turn, tonight, stay, video, hear

Teaching difficulties:  there be

the Present Continuous Tense

Teaching methods: task-based approach

Teaching task: 1. Use ‘there is’ and ‘there are’ in questions and statements.

2. Recognize and use the Present Continuous Tense.

3. Introduce personal pronouns (object form) to refer to someone/something.

Teaching aids: tape recorder

Teaching procedures:

Ⅰ. Warm-up

   Ask the student on duty to give a free talk.

Ⅱ. Vocabulary

    Ask the students what shops they know, and list the names of the shops. e.g. bookshop, electrical shop, shoe shop, sports shop, clothes shop…Ask the students to write the names under the pictures(Page 75).

    Language points:

    shoe shop, girl student(s), banana tree(s)…

    a man/woman teacher------two men/women teachers

Ⅲ.Grammar

1.     there is/are + n.+ somewhere.

We use ‘there be’ to introduce new things.

e.g. ① There are 43 students in Class 2, Grade 7.

② There isn’t any homework to do today.

③ Are there any books on the shelf? Yes, there are.

2.     the Present Continuous Tense

We use the Present Continuous Tense to talk about things

that are happening now.

3. Personal pronouns (Object form)

We use Personal pronouns to replace nouns for people/things when it is clear who or what we are referring to.

Language points:

1. Millie is paying for her new shoes.

pay for sth

       2．lie---lying  e.g. The old man is lying in bed.

3．Are you studying at the moment?

at the moment=at present=right now=now

4．I am waiting for my turn.

①    wait for one’s turn

②    It’s one’s turn to do sth.

5．She plays with him every night.

play with sb/sth

Ⅳ. Discussion (task)

   Have a discussion and find out the differences between the Simple Present Tense and the Present Continuous Tense.

Ⅴ.Homework

2.     Review the contents of this lesson.

2. Do the Exx of the workbook.

教后记：

Integrated skills ＆ Study skills

Teaching aims and demands:

New words: poor, area, stationery, collect, notebook, writing paper, donate, advertisement, country, raise, pair, size, try on, fit, cheap, jeans, bank cards

Key points:  try it/them on

They fit very well.

That’s too expensive. Do you have a cheaper pair?

Teaching methods: task-based approach

Teaching task: 1. Have a discussion and find out what they can do for the Ss from poor areas in China.