Unit13 Rainy days make me sad．
The Second Period
Ⅰ． Teaching Aims and Demands
1． Knowledge Objects
（1） Key Vocabulary
tense, have fun, angry, cry．
（2）Target Language
Loud music makes me tense．
Loud music makes me want to dance．
That movie made me sad．
2． Ability Objects
（1） Train students’ listening ability．
（2） Train students’ speaking ability．
3． Moral Objects
Enjoying yourself is very important． But no matter what hobbies you have, do remember they must be good for health and study．
Ⅱ． Teaching Key Points
1． Key Vocabulary
tense, angry, cry．
2． Target Language
Loud music makes me tense．
Loud music makes me want to dance．
That movie made me sad．
3． Structures
Loud music makes me tense．
Loud music makes me want to dance．
Ⅲ． Teaching Difficult Points
1． The target language
2． How to train students’ listening ability．
Ⅳ． Teaching Methods
1． Listening method to improve the students’ listening ability．
2． Pairwork．
Ⅴ． Teaching Aid
A tape recorder
Ⅵ． Teaching Procedures
Step Ⅰ Revision
Check homework． Invite a pair of students to read the conversation in Activity 1c．
Then let some pairs act out their conversations according to the pictures in Activity 1a and Activity 1c．
SA: I’d rather go to the Rockin’ Restaurant because I like to listen to loud music while I’m eating．
SB: Really? Soft music makes me relaxed．
SA: Not me． Soft music makes me sleepy．
Step Ⅱ 2a
This activity gives students practice in understanding the target language in spoken conversation．
Look at the pictures． Ask, What are they doing? Please guess． （In Picture 1, two women are eating and smiling． Maybe the food is very delicious． In Picture 2, the two women are crying． Maybe they are seeing a sad movie． In Picture 3, one of the two women is very tense that because of the loud music． In Picture 4, one woman is waiting for the bus or someone． Waiting makes her angry． ）
Correct the answers with the class．
Answers
The pictures should be numbered in this order: （down）
3 2 4 1
Check the answers with the class．
Answers
√ Waiting for her made me angry．
√ She said that loud music made her tense．
Loud music makes me happy．
√ Loud music always makes me want to dance．
√ It was so sad it made us cry．
√ Sad movies don’t make me cry．
They just make me want to leave!
It made me sad．
Step Ⅳ 2c
This activity provides oral practice using the target language．
Look at the sample conversation between
Tina and John． Invite a pair of students to read it to the class．
John: Did you have fun with Amy last night?
Tina: Well… yes and no． She was really late．
lass．
SA: Did you have fun with Li Ping last night?
SB: Well…yes and no． She was late again as usual．
SA: So, waiting for her made you angry．
Where did you go?
SB: We went to a small restaurant． It was quiet and clean． The food was delicious． The soft music made me very happy．
SA: Did you go to see a movie?
SB: Yes． We saw Love Me Once More,
Mother． It was a very good movie． It was also moving and sad． It made us cry．
SA: Really? You sound just like my mother．
Step Ⅴ Grammar Focus
Look at the grammar box． Invite a student to read the sentences to the class．
Loud music makes me tense．
Loud music makes me want to dance．
That movie made me sad．
Write on the blackboard:
makes me ． Let students work alone． Then ask some students to read their sentences．
S1: A quiet place makes me sleepy．
S2: Loud noise makes me tense．
Pay attention to the sentence with wanting to dance at the end． Say, Sometimes there is a phrase like want to dance at the end instead of an adjective． For example,
Loud music makes me want to leave, Ask students to make up sentences with the following sentence starters: Long movies make me ． Hot weather makes me ．
Give students two minutes to finish the sentences． Then ask some students to read their sentences．
S1: Long movies make me want to leave．
S2: Long movies make me want to cry．
S3: Hot weather makes me want to go swimming．
S4: Hot weather makes me want to drink a lot of water．
Let students make up any other sentence using the verb make to talk about how things affect them．
Step Ⅵ Summary
In this class, we’ve learned key vocabulary tense and the target language Loud music makes me tense． Loud music makes me want to dance． That movie made me sad．
Step Ⅶ Homework
Get students to write some sentences according to the target language．
Step Ⅷ Blackboard Design
Unit 13 Rainy days make me sad．
Section A
The Second Period
1．Target language
Loud music makes me tense．
Loud music makes me want to dance．
That movie made me sad．
2．…makes me…
Long movies make me…
Hot weather makes me…