A teaching plan for Unit 3，Module2
一、Teaching materials:
Unit 3 Language in use (Module 3 Spring Festival)
二、Targets for this period:
To consolidate Present continuous questions and short answers
To learn new words by using word map and pictures
To write a letter about the Spring Festival
三、Key points:
Key structures-Are you learning a dragon dance? No, I’m not. I’m making lanterns.
Is your mother cooking? Yes, she is.
四、Teaching methods:
Formal and interactive approach
五、Teaching aids
Blackboard, handouts
六、Teaching arrangements:
Step One Warming-up (Around the world)
1. Students find more information about Christmas by answering the questions
1) What is the most important festival in the western countries? Christmas.
2) What is it to celebrate? The birth of Jesus Christ
3) What is Father Christmas like? A fat man with a long white beard and wears a red suit
4) What does Father Christmas give to the children? Presents
2. Language points
1) celebrate
e.g. How does she celebrate her birthday?
2) be interested in
e.g. He isn’t interested in Mothers’ Day.
3) wear, put on, dress
Wear sth 穿著 / 戴著某物 （強(qiáng)調(diào)狀態(tài)）
Put on sth 穿上 / 戴上某物 （強(qiáng)調(diào)動(dòng)作）
Dress sb 給某人穿衣服
Step Two Vocabulary learning (Activity 4)
Students use the word map to write the words and phrases in Units 1&2 under the headings.
Getting ready: clean the house, sweep the floor, paint the doors and windows red, buy clothes, have a haircut, cook the meal, learn the dance, make the lanterns
Decorations: paper cut, lanterns
Food: cake, jiaozi(dumpling), niangao(sweet rice pudding), yuanxiao(rice dumpling)
Presents: new clothes
Traditions: watch fireworks at midnight, visit family and friend, watch dragon and lion dancing
Step Three To write short answers according to the example (Activity 1)
Step Four To write questions and short answers (Activity 2)
1. Is Lingling’s mother cleaning the house? Yes, she is.
2. Is Lingling’s father making lanterns? No, he isn’t.
3. Is Lingling’s aunt cooking the meal? No, she isn’t
4. Is Lingling’s grandmother sweeping the floor? No, she isn’t.
5. Are the boys learning a dragon dance? Yes, they are.
6. Are Lingling and her family getting ready for the spring Festival? Yes, they are.
Step Five Comparison: 一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)和現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)的幾點(diǎn)不同
一、基本用法不同
1. 一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)用來(lái)表示習(xí)慣性的動(dòng)作或狀態(tài)。
如： She goes to school by bike every day.
2. 現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)用來(lái)表示現(xiàn)在(說(shuō)話的瞬間)正在發(fā)生或進(jìn)行的動(dòng)作或者用來(lái)表示現(xiàn)階段正在進(jìn)行或存在的狀態(tài)。
如： Look ! She is reading under the tree.
二、謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的形式不同
1. 一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞：1) be動(dòng)詞用am/is/are這三種形式；2)實(shí)義動(dòng)詞用動(dòng)詞原形或第三人稱單數(shù)形式(根據(jù)主語(yǔ)數(shù)的變化而變化)。
如：We go to school at seven in the morning.
2. 現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的形式為： am / is / are+動(dòng)詞-ing 形式。
如： I am reading English now. 我現(xiàn)在正在讀英語(yǔ)
三、時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)不同
1. 一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)常與often, sometimes, always, usually等頻率副詞連用，還與 every morning /day / week..., on Wednesday, in the morning / afternoon / evening等時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)連用。
2. 現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)常與now, these days, these weeks等時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)連用。句首有 Look ! / Listen !等提示語(yǔ)時(shí)，后面的句子中動(dòng)詞一般用現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)。
四、特殊用法不同
1. 一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)的特殊用法： 表示客觀真理、自然現(xiàn)象往往要用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)表示。
如： The moon goes round the earth.月亮繞著地球轉(zhuǎn)。
2. 現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)的特殊用法： 現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)與always 連用時(shí)，往往含有贊揚(yáng)、厭惡、責(zé)備等感情色彩。
如： He is always working hard.他總是非常努力地工作。(表示贊揚(yáng))
come, go, begin, start, leave 等動(dòng)詞常用現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)表示將要發(fā)生的動(dòng)作。
如： I'm coming. 我就來(lái)。
Step Six 用所給詞的適當(dāng)形式填空。
1. It’s six o’clock in the morning. I am getting (get) dressed.
2. Look! Daming is lying (lie) in the sun.
3. Listen! Betty and Lily are singing (sing) an English song.
4. Tony isn’t reading. He is writing (write).
5. What is Wang Hui doing (do) at the moment?
6. Betty’s mother is visiting (visit) Hollywood now.
7. ---Where is Lucy?
---She is shopping (shop) with her mum.
8. We often have (have) lunch at home.
9. He goes (go) to the opera every Sunday.
10.Thank you for sending (send) me a post card.
11.Look! Tom with his classmates is playing (play) football over there.
12.It’s 8:30 in the morning. Is Jim having (have) a Chinese class?
13.Little Bob has (have) a toy boy now.
14.John doesn’t live (not live) with his parents. He shares a room with his friend.
15.Who usually does (do) shopping in your family?
16.-- Does Lily bring (bring) her dictionary every day? –Yes, she’s cooking (cook) now.
17.Don’t drink (drink) too much coke. It’s not good for you.
18.My grandma watches (watch) TV every day. But she isn’t watching (watch) now.
19.Does Betty write (write) to you very often? –No. But I think she is going to write to me soon.
20.-Where does Harry often buy (buy) his train tickets?
Step seven To translate into English
1. 你們正在為春節(jié)作準(zhǔn)備嗎？
Are you getting ready for the Spring Festival?
2. 我們經(jīng)常用剪紙來(lái)裝飾門窗。
We often decorate doors and windows with paper cuts.
3. 連續(xù)幾天，我們不打掃房間，因?yàn)槲覀儾幌氚押眠\(yùn)掃走。
We don’t clean the house for a few days, because we don’t want to sweep away good luck.
4. 在新年那一天，我們穿上新衣服去給親戚朋友拜年。
On New Year’s Day, we put on new clothes and visit our family and friends.
5. 他們給我們一年四季帶來(lái)好運(yùn)氣。
They bring us good luck all the year round.
6. 紅色代表幸運(yùn)，所以我們把門窗涂成紅色。
Red means good luck, so we paint our doors and windows red.
7. 他們經(jīng)常去購(gòu)買禮物和準(zhǔn)備大量的食物。
They usually go shopping for presents and get lots of food ready.
8. 在西方國(guó)家，圣誕節(jié)是最重要的節(jié)日。
Christmas is the most important festival in the western countries.
9. 圣誕老人是一個(gè)留著又白又長(zhǎng)的胡須，穿著紅外套的肥大的老人。
Father Christmas is an old fat man with long and white beard and wears a red suit.
10. 春節(jié)你們有什么傳統(tǒng)習(xí)俗？
What traditions do you have at the Spring Festival?
Homework:
1. To review Module 2 and copy all the words and expressions in P154-155
2. To finish Module2, 點(diǎn)中典 & 輕巧奪冠
Blackboard designing
Unit 3 Language in use
1) celebrate
e.g. How does she celebrate her birthday?
2) be interested in
e.g. He isn’t interested in Mothers’ Day.
3) wear, put on, dress
Wear sth 穿著 / 戴著某物 （強(qiáng)調(diào)狀態(tài)）
Put on sth 穿上 / 戴上某物 （強(qiáng)調(diào)動(dòng)作）
Dress sb 給某人穿衣服
Word map:
clean the house make the lanterns
paper cut
Decorations
sweep the floor
Getting ready buy clothes
have a haircut
learn the dance
paint the doors and windows red cook the meal lanterns
Presents new clothes
niangao(sweet rice pudding)
cake Food
jiaozi(dumpling)
yuanxiao(rice dumpling)
watch fireworks at midnight
visit family and friend
Tradition
watch dragon and lion dancing