step1.listening(10 mins)
complementary listening material: it is important to be able to recognize and understand numbers quickly when listening to spoken english.many sports listening tasks involve numbers.listen to the speakers and extract the numbers which are needed to complete these tables.(see postscript 3)
step2.speaking(10 mins)
imagine the world in the year 5,000. what will our life be like then? make a list of the things that you think will be done differently. try to use the passive voice as much as possible.
example sentences:
eating food i think all food will be turned into juice and chopsticks won’t be used.
drinking water
wearing clothes
building houses
driving cars
reading books
…
step3.reading(10 mins)
read a complementary reading material about sports and finish the relevant ex.(see postscript 4)
step4.writing(15 mins)
task 1: group work to talk about the sports as the sample. one member of the group write down what they have got during their discussion and another report what they have written down.
sport: table tennis
objective:
number of players:
sports field:
equipment:
basic rules:
sport:
objective:
number of players:
sports field:
equipment:
basic rules:
sport:
objective:
number of players:
sports field:
equipment:
basic rules:
task 2: write a short essay in which you compare two sports
step5.homework assignmenttask1: since ss have learned the whole unit, they must know more about sports. after class, ask ss to find some scenes which have make them moved and tell us the reasons.
purpose: this activity is designed to check what ss have learned from this unit.
task2: assessment
purpose: to help ss to reflect on how and what they have learned from this unit.
through the whole unit a good many different kinds of assessment have been presented in the form of listening,speaking,reading and writing.but as a whole unit, i design such two forms to let ss clearly know their own performances.
form 1: (total score 5)
listening
speaking
reading
writing
self assessment
peer assessment
teacher assessment
form 2: set improvement goal
your name date
what were your goals for this unit?
did you reach your goal?
what different ways of learning did you use?
which did you like best?
what your goals for the next unit?
how do you plan to reach them?
will you ask some of your classmates for ideas and try new ways of learning?