Unit 13 Rainy days make me sad．
The Fifth Period
Ⅰ． Teaching Aims and Demands
1． Knowledge Objects
（1） Key Vocabulary
aim at, useful, for instance, product, careful, plane
（2） Practise reading an article．
（3） Practise writing something using the target language．
2． Ability Objects
（1） Improve students’ integrating skills—reading skill and writing skill．
（2） Improve students’ speaking ability by discussion．
3． Moral Object
We are in charge of our attitude and we can do everything well．
Ⅱ． Teaching Key Point
Practise reading and writing using the target language．
Ⅲ． Teaching Difficult Point
1． How to improve students’ reading ability．
2． How to improve students’ speaking ability by discussion．
Ⅳ． Teaching Methods
1． Reading method to improve students’ reading ability．
2． Discussion method to improve students’ speaking ability．
3． Pairwork to make every student work in class．
Ⅴ． Teaching Aids
1． A projetor
2． The blackboard
Ⅵ． Teaching Procedures
Step Ⅰ Revision
Revise the target language presented in this unit． Check homework． Get some pairs to read out their conversations．
（1）SA: Have you ever had a jacket?
SB: Yeah． And it made me beautiful．
（2）SA: Have you ever bad a science book?
SB: Yeah． And it made me tense．
Step Ⅱ 3a
This activity provides reading practice using the target language．
Teach the new words． Show the new words on the screen by a projector．
aim u．瞄准；打算 aim at瞄准；针对
specially adv．特别地； useful adj．有用的；有益的
instance n．例子；实例 for instance例如；比如
product n．产品；制品 confuse v．混淆；辨不清；使困惑
mislead v把……引错方向careful adj．小心的；
lead v引导；致使；领导 plane n．飞机
Read the words and ask students to repeat them again and again until they can pronounce them correctly and fluently．
Look at the article． Let a student read the article aloud to the class． Correct any pronunciation errors to make sure the student it providing a good model for the rest of the class．
Read the instructions to the class． What’s the article about? Do you agree with it?
Get students to read the article again and answer the two questions． Get students to do the work individually or in pairs．
While they are working, go around the classroom offering help as needed．
Check the answers with the whole class．
Elicit examples given in the article for the advantages and disadvantages．
Answers
The article is about advantages and disadvantages of ads．
Advantages of ads: help you compare different products; help you save money．
Disadvantages of ads: make our cities and countryside look ugly; ads can be confusing or misleading; can lead you to buy something you don’t need．
Notes
1． pros and cons-the arguments for and against
2． for instance-for example
3． sales-the offering of goods at low prices for a period
4． confuse-put into disorder; mix up in the mind
5． mislead-lead wrongly; cause to be or do wrong
6． at times-from time to time; now and then; occasionally
Step Ⅲ 3b
This activity provides reading and writing practice using the target language．
A sample article:
Some advertisements tell the truth and some don’t． For example, the Easy Care Shampoo says it will give you the shiniest hair ever． But my friend tried it and it didn’t work． It made my friend really mad． A few days ago, I tried Starshine Toothpaste． But it wasn’t whiter than white． It tasted terrible． I’d never use it．
Yesterday my sister tried Beauty Cream and it worked very well． She said it made her skin very soft． So I’ll try it tomorrow． Now, do you think it is right not to believe everything we read?
Now write the article on the blackboard as an example．
Step Ⅳ 3c
This activity provides writing practice using the target language． Go through the instructions with the class． Ask students,
Do you know what the word slogan means?
For example, for the shiniest hair ever is the slogan of Easy Care Shampoo． Help students answer the question． Tell them the Chinese meaning if necessary to make sure they understand the meaning．
Have students make a list of their favorite products, then try writing a slogan to go with each product． Tell students how to do this work． First ask a student to name a favorite product． Then let students suggest a variety of possible slogans to go with it． And then cross out the ones that don’t tell the truth．
Step Ⅴ Part 4
This activity provides listening and speaking practice using the target language．
Look at the three pictures． Ask, What can you see in the pictures?
（In Picture 1,we can see a man jumped out of a plane． In Picture 2,we can see a lot of smoke． The air is polluted． In Picture 3, some men are riding horses．）
Go through the instructions with the class． Look at the example in the box．
Get a pair of students to read the conversation to the class．
SA: I would love to jump out of a plane!
SB: Not me． This picture makes me feel tense!
Discuss the three pictures in pairs． As they work, go around the classroom offering help as needed． Have several pairs say their conversations to the class．
Sample conversations
SA: There is a lot of smoke in the picture．
SB: Yeah． It makes me feel uncomfortable．
SA: I would love to ride a horse．
SA: Not me． The picture makes me tense．
Step Ⅵ Summary
In this class, we’ve done much practice reading and writing as well as speaking．
Step Ⅶ Homework
1． Read the article in Activity 3a again．
2． Complete the article in Activity 3b．
Step Ⅷ Blackboard Design
Unit 13 Rainy days make me sad．
Section B
The Fifth Period
A sample answer to Activity 3b:
Some advertisements tell the truth and some don’t． For example, the Easy Care Shampoo says it will give you the shiniest hair ever． But my friend tried it and it didn’t work． It made my friend realty mad． A few days ago, I tried Starshine Toothpaste． But it wasn’t whiter than white． It tasted terrible． I’d never use it．
Yesterday my sister tried Beauty Cream and it worked very well． She said it made her skin very soft． So I’ll try it tomorrow．
Now,do you think it is tight not to believe everything we read?