Unit 13 Rainy days make me sad．
The First Period
Ⅰ． Teaching Aims and Demands
1． Knowledge Objects
（1） Key Vocabulary
sad, energetic, stressed out, soft
（2）Target Language
I’d rather go to the Blue Lagoon Restaurant because I like to listen to quiet music while I’m eating．
Oh, really? Loud music makes me energetic．
Not me! Loud music makes me stressed out．
2． Ability Objects
（1） Improve students’ listening ability．
（2） Help students to express their opinion freely．
3．Moral objects
It is important to choose a suitable place． It is good for your study and life．
Ⅱ． Teaching Key Point
Target Language
Ⅲ． Teaching Difficult Points
1． How to improve students’ listening ability．
2． How to help students to express their opinion freely．
Ⅳ． Teaching Methods
1． Listening-and-answering activity to help the students go through with the listening material．
2． Pairwork to make every student work in class．
Ⅴ． Teaching Aids
1． A tape recorder
2． The blackboard
Ⅵ．Teaching Procedures
Step Ⅰ Revision
T: Yesterday we finished Unit 12． In this unit, we learned how to tell what we are supposed to do． Now tell me some things that are good to do in school and that are not good to do in school．
S1: We’re supposed to do our homework every day．
S2: We’re supposed to raise our hands before we talk．
S3: We’re supposed to come to class on time．
S4: We are not supposed to be late for class．
S5: We’re not supposed to eat in class．
How do you feel about parties? Happy? Excited? Nervous?
S1: Nervous．
T: Oh, so parties make you nervous．
S1: Yes．
T: Class repeat． Parties make me nervous．
Ss: Parties make me nervous．
T: Now what about school vacations?
How do you feel about them?
S2: Happy．
T: So, school vacations make you happy．
S2: Yes．
StepⅡ 1a
This activity introduces new vocabulary and provides oral practice using the target language．
Step Ⅲ 1b
This activity gives students practice in understanding the target language in spoken conversation．
Ask students to read the instructions．
Look at the chart and point out the two headings: The Rockin’ Restaurant and The Blue Lagoon． Look at the sample answer．
Let a student read the completed sentence, and then say, You will hear the missing words on the recording． Fill in the blanks with the words you hear on the tape．
Play the recording the first time． Students only listen carefully． Play the recording again． This time fill in the missing words．
Check the answers with the whole class．
Answers
The Rockin’ Restaurant: sad, tense
The Blue Lagoon: relaxed, sleepy
Step Ⅴ Summary
In this class, we’ve learned some important words, such as sad, energetic, stressed out． We’ve also learned the target language I’d rather go to the Blue Lagoon Restaurant because I like to listen to quiet music while I’m eating． Oh, really?
Loud music makes me energetic． Not me!
Loud music makes me stressed out．
Step Ⅵ Homework
Review the target language．
Step Ⅶ Blackboard Design
Unit 13 Rainy days make me sad．
Section A
The First Period
Target language
A: I’d rather go to the Blue Lagoon Restaurant because I like to listen to quiet music while I’m eating．
B: Oh, really? Loud music makes me energetic．
A: Not me! Loud music makes me stressed out．