Unit 7How do you make a banana smoothie ?
Period Two
I. Teaching aims and demands :
Students learn to describe a process and follow instructions by guided listening and writing practice .
II. Teaching key and difficult points:
A. Vocabulary
cinnamon ,yogurt ,teaspoon , ingredient, turn on, cut up, drink ,peel, pour, put, drink
blender, smoothie, yogurt, how much ,how many one teaspoon of cinnamon
B. Target language
How do you make a banana smoothie ? Peel the bananas, Cut up the bananas,
Put the bananas and the yogurt in the blender,
Pour the milk in the blender, Turn on the blender; Drink the smoothie.
How much yogurt do you need ? How many apples do we need ?
III. Teaching methods: Audio-lingual methods and PPP
IV. Teaching aids: a tape recorder
V.Teaching procedure
Step 1. Revision
Revise how to describe a process .
Step 2. Vocabulary
Introduce the new vocabulary using the picture in 2a .Ask the students to read and repeat the words .
Step 3. Listening and writing
Task 1 Point out the two columns in the chart and read the headings, How much and how many .Play the recording for the first time .Students only listen. Listen again and fill in the chart. Check the answers.
Task 2 Point to the chart and ask a student to read the amounts in the first column .Point to the measuring cup and a teaspoon in the picture above.Focus on the headings at the top of each column.Ask the students to say what these words mean using their own words.
Task 3 Listen to the recording again and write words in the correct spaces in the ingredient column. Then check the answers.
How many bananas do we need ?Three.( Countable nouns )
How much yogurt do we need ? One cup .( Uncountable )
Step 4.Pairwork
Task 1 Ask two students to read the conversation to the class.
Task 2 Have the students work in pairs.
Task 3. Check the answers by asking different pairs to do one question and answer each .
Step 5. Grammar Focus
Review the grammar box .Ask students to say the questions and answers.Pay attention to Uncountable nouns and Countable nouns. How many , How much .
Step 6.Homework
1. Revise the directions for making a banana smoothie in activity 1b.
2. Make a conversation on how to make a fruit salad.