Period 9 Main task
Teaching aims and demands:
1. Learn how to finish the questionnaire with personal information.
2. Learn to make a timetable according to the questionnaire.
3. Learn to write ‘My ideal school’.
Teaching difficulties and importance:
1. How to know about what people like and dislike.
2. How to write ‘My ideal school’.
Teaching preparation:
recorder and computer
Teaching steps:
Step I. Lead-in
Revise how to show surprise while saying.
Revise the grammar of the whole unit.
Step II. Pre-task
Questions:
1. How many subjects do you learn? What are they?
Ss: Chinese, English, Math, History, PE, Geography, Science…
2. Are you a member of the Reading Club?
What other clubs do you want to join?
Ss: I want to join Swimming/Drawing/Chess/Drama Club…
3. What time does your school day start/finish?
Ss: It starts/finishes at…
T: Do you like it? Is it too early/late?
4. What kinds of sports do you know?
Ss: basketball, football, softball, volleyball…
T: Good. Look at the pictures and tell me what they are doing.
Teach: baseball/table tennis/ tennis.
5. Which sport do you like best? Why?
6. Do you like to wear uniforms at school? Why/Why not?
Ss: I like to wear them because they’re fashionable…
I don’t like to wear them because they are not nice…
7. Do you think your school is a good one? Why/Why not?
I think so/I don’t think so. Because it’s a famous school/…
Step III. While-task
Task 1 Finish the questionnaire.(Part A1 on Page 35)
Write down the answers.
Ask some students to read their questionnaires.
Solve the problems they have.
Point out: go on school trips.
Task 2 Prepare a timetable. (Part A2 on Page 36)
Fill in the form.
Work in pairs and check each other’s form.
Ask some students to say their favorite subjects/sports /activities.
Others listen to them and try to repeat a day of them.
Task 3 Reading
Read Paragraph 1 and try to answer:
1. What time does Daniel’s ideal school start? Why?
2. What time does Daniel’s ideal school finish? Why?
Point out: get up late, have lots time for sth, start/finish at...
Listen to the tape and read after it. Then try to repeat it.
Read Paragraph 2 and try to answer:
1. How long do they have for lunch?
2. What kind of dining hall is there?
3. What can they do there? (listen to pop music…)
4. What do they eat every day?
Listen to the tape and read after it. Then try to repeat it.
Read Paragraph 3 and try to answer:
1. What subject does he think is very interesting?
2. What subject does he love?
3. Does he want to wear the school uniform/tie?
4. What about the classes? How many students are there?(each)
Listen and read after the tape. Then try to repeat it.
Read Paragraph 4 and try to answer:
1. What does the school have on both sides?(one…the other…)
2. Does it have a big library? What’s in the library?
3. What does it also have?(A tennis court and a swimming pool)
Listen and read after the tape. Then try to repeat it.
Read Paragraph 5 and try to ask questions as many as possible.
Ss: How long do they need to finish the homework?
Do they have homework at weekends?
How often do they have a school trip to a museum or a theatre?
… …
Read the paragraph together.
Read the article by Ss themselves.
Step IV. Post-task
Have a discussion about the ideal school.(work in groups of four)
Recommend one of the group to sum up the discussion.
Eight minutes to write down their own ideal schools.
Read some Ss’ articles and check out their mistakes with others.
Step V. Homework
Fill in the blanks according to the reading.
Daniel’s ______school starts at 9 a.m. and ________ at 3 p.m., So
he has lots of time for after-school ___________. There is a big______
hall. The students can have lunch and chat there. They can also listen
to ___ music in the hall. They eat fruit and __________every day. He
wants to have Math and ________ studies every day. He would like to
wear the school _______, but not to wear a _____. His school has a park
on one side and a ________ mall on the other side. It has a big library
with lots of ______ books. It also has a ________ and a swimming pool.
There are lots of _____ and after-school activities. He only wants to
have __________ of homework every day and doesn’t have homework
at ________. He wants to go on a school trip to a ______ or a theatre.