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Unit 5 Good manners
Study skills
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. know about English sayings;
2. use English sayings in proper situations.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phrases: successful, sometime, risk, pain, practice, candle, soon after
2. New structures: The early bird catches the worm.
It never rains but it pours.
Many hands make light work.
Every dog has its day.
Put all your eggs in one basket.
The grass is always greener on the other side.
Actions speak louder than words.
No pain, no gain.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Practice makes perfect.
You cannot burn the candle at both ends.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
To learn to use English sayings in proper situations.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Lead-in
1. Free talk
T: Daniel interviewed Jenny about manners in the UK. What did Jenny say in the end?
S: When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
T: It also shows that we should learn to use English sayings as the British do.
2. What is a saying?
T: A saying is a short wise statement that usually gives advice or expresses some truth about life.
Step 2 Presentation
1. Put all your eggs in one basket
It never rains but it pours
T: Let’s enjoy a short story, The donkey carrying salt.
T: Here we have two red sentences. Can you guess their meanings?
Put all your eggs in one basket: risk losing everything all at one time.
It never rains but it pours: when one bad thing happens to you, other bad things happen soon after.
T: Can you say something about the pictures?
2. Every dog has its day
The grass is always greener on the other side
T: Let’s enjoy a story about a dog who carried meat.
T: Pay attention to the red sentences.
Every dog has its day: everybody will be lucky or successful sometime in their life.
The grass is always greener on the other side: what other people have always seems better than your own.
T: Please look at the picture and add some sayings.
3. The early bird catches the worm
Many hands make light work.
T: The name of the third story is The farmer and his sons.
The early bird catches the worm: you have to do something before others in order to be successful.
Many hands make light work: if lots of people share the work, it will make a job easier to complete.
T: Can you complete the sentences with the proper sayings?
T: Let’s see what we have learnt.
4. More English sayings
Step 3 Practice
1. Choose the right sayings
2. Complete the sentences with the correct sayings
3. Use proverbs to make the article more interesting
4. Extended reading: guess the meanings of the sayings
Step 4 Summary
T: Sayings are a great help if you need some wise words to express your ideas. They make what you say or write simple and vivid (生动的). So find more sayings for yourself because the early bird catches the worm.
V. Homework
1. Remember all the sayings learnt today.
2. Search for more sayings on the Internet.
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