1、 Unit 1 Friendship Teaching goals *语言学问 1. to talk about friends and friendship, and interpersonal relationship 2. to practise expressing attitudes, agreement and disagreement, and certainty 3. to master some sentences about giving advice 4. to learn to use the Direct Speech and Indirect Spee
2、ch(1): statements and questions 5. to learn about communication skills *语言技能和学习策略 1. to develop listening skills by doing exercises in listening task 2. to develop speaking skills by finishing the speaking task and other activities like discussion and oral practice 3. to develop reading skill
3、s through the reading materials in this unit 4. to learn to write a letter of advice *文化意识 1. to know about friend and the real meaning of friend 2. to learn how to get along with others *情感态度 1. to arouse the interest in learning English 2. to learn to express their feeling of friends an
4、d friendship Teaching key points: 1. how to improve students’ speaking and cooperating abilities 2. learn to use the Direct Speech and Indirect Speech(1):statements and questions 3. master some words and expressions Teaching difficult points: 1. train the students’ speaking, listening, read
5、ing and writing abilities 2. how to improve students’ cooperating abilities Teaching methods: Student-focus approach and task-based approach Learning methods: Cooperative study Teaching aids: Computer The First Period (Warming up &Speaking) Teaching aims: 1. to know about different kin
6、ds of friendship 2. to learn some words of describing friend and friendship 3. to master some useful words and expressions Teaching methods: 1. discussing 2. cooperative learning Teaching materials: Warming up Teaching procedures: Step One: Leading-in 1. Free talk: Something about friend
7、 and friendship Ask the Ss to describe one of their friends----their appearance, personality, hobbies, etc. Qs: What’s your friend like? What does he/she like to do in his/her spare time? What personality does he/she have? Step Two: Discussion 1. Writing the following statement on the b
8、lackboard We all agree that to have a good friend , you need to be a good friend. 2. Ask the Ss: What do you think of this statement and how can you be a good friend? Let the Ss express their views 3. Have the Ss get into groups of four to list some qualities of a person they would like as a f
9、riend. Ss may list: honest, friendly, open-minded, generous, helpful, patient, good-tempered, trustworthy, careful, full of love, caring, responsible, interesting, brave, easygoing, outgoing, warm-hearted, kind, selfness, tolerant, intelligent… 4. Have a member of each group report on what their
10、lists have and list them on the blackboard 5. Ask the class whether or not they agree with all the qualities listed Step Three: Doing the survey and explanation 1. Have the Ss do the survey in the textbook and let them work out their score. 2. Teacher explain each item Question 1 deal with how
11、 thoughtful you are towards others. The scoring reflects your concern for others. So one point for A gets the lowest score because it is the most selfish response. B get the highest score because it show a concern for your friend as well as your wish to go to see a film. C gets a slightly lower scor
12、e because although it shows you want to go with your friend ( because you change the plan), you do not help your friend. Question 2 is concerned with fairness. A gets the lowest score because you are not giving your friend another chance to behave better this time. B gets a higher score because you
13、 let your friend borrow the camera again. This shows kindness and forgiveness or the trouble you had when it was returned broken. But you are not balancing his heeds against your own. That is why C gets the highest score. You are showing your friend that you will trust him/her with the camera again
14、but this time you are giving him / her rules in case it gets broken. Question 3 deals with your concern for others. A get the lowest score because you would put anything else that needed to be done aside and concentrate only on your friend. This is not responsible. You have things that you need to
15、do. Of course your friend is important but not more important than you responsibilities. B gets a higher score because it shows some concern for your friend and some understanding that you have important things to do too. But it does not show any real interest in his / her problem. C get the highest
16、 score because it not only shows concern for your friend but a recognition that you have responsibilities too. Question 4 is concerned with responsibilities to a friend. A provides the correct amount of responsibility to your friend. You recognize that it was your fault and will put it right and pa
17、y for the damage. So it gets the highest score. B provides some understanding that you are responsible. You put the situation right but you do not pay for the damage yourself. So it does not get the highest score. C gets the lowest score because you expect your friend to pay for your mistakes even t
18、hough you were doing your friend a favour. Question 5 is concerned with honesty. If you let your friend look at your paper or somebody else’s paper, you are helping them to cheat. That is not honest, so answers A and C get no marks. But it takes courage to tell your friend that they should have stu
19、died and that they cannot look at your paper. That is also the honest answer. So you get 6 points for B, which is more than any other in the quiz. Step Four: Language points Teacher explain language points with some slides 1. add v. 1) to put together with something else so as to increase the nu
20、mber, size, importance, etc. 增加, 添加 eg. Please add something to what I’ve said, John. 2) to join numbers, amount, etc so as to find the total eg. Add up these figure for me, please. 常用结构: add up / together sth. 把…加起来,合计 add sth. to sth. 把…加到/进 add to (=increase) 增加了… add up to 合计,共计 add
21、 in 包括…,算进 2. pay to get it repaired 花钱让人去修理 3. upset adj. worred; annoyed 担忧的;使心烦意乱的 v. cause to worry, to be sad, to be angry, not to be calm, etc. 使担忧;使心烦意乱 eg. He was upset when he heard the news. His cheating in the exam upset his teacher. 4.ignore vt. to pay no attention
22、to sth. 忽视;对…不予理睬 eg. Ignore the child if he misbehaves and he’ll stop soon. ignorant adj.无知的;不知的 ignorance n. 无知;愚昧 5. calm vt. to make sth./ sb. become quiet 使冷静;使安静 adj. not excited, nervous or upset 冷静的;冷静的 calm down 冷静;安静 calm down sb.=calm sb. Down 使某人冷静 sb. calm
23、 down(vi.) 某人安静下来 eg. The excited girl quickly calmed down. He took a few deep breaths to calm himself down. 6. have got to do sth.(口语)=have to do sth. 不得不做某事;必需做某事 eg. Since you’re no longer a child now, you have got to make money to support the family. *have got to在变疑问句或否定句时,不再另加助动词,而hav
24、e to则须加助动词do. have got to前不用情态动词,而have to前则可以。如: eg. Have you got to writ an assignment for your teacher? 7. be concerned about / for : be worried about eg. We’re all concerned about her safety. 8. cheat vt. 1) to act in a dishonest way in order to win 哄骗;作弊 eg. Any student caught cheati
25、ng will have to leave the classroom. 2) to take from (someone) in a dishonest way 骗;骗取 eg. They cheated the old woman (out) of her money by making her sign a document she didn’t understand. n. 1) an act of cheating 作弊行为 2) one who cheats 骗子 Step Five: Speaking 1. Get the Ss to work in gr
26、oups of 4. 2. Ask the Ss to use the questionnaire in Warming up as an example and discuss about designing questions. 3. Follow the steps in this part and start the discussion like this: A: Now let us design a questionnaire to find out what kind of friend one is. B: OK. First we must think of fou
27、r questions and three possible answers to each question. C: What about the first question? Have you got one in mind? D: Suppose your friend has taken away your book by mistake. What will you do or say to him / her? … 4. Teacher go around in the classroom and check their discussion. Step Six: A
28、ssignments 1.Ask Ss to consider the following question; What is / are the most important quality / qualities that a friend needs to have? 2. Prepare for Reading The Second and Third Period ( reading and language points) Teaching aims: 1. to know about the story
29、 of Anne’s Diary 2. to promote the Ss’ abilities of reading comprehension 3. to learn about the following words and expressions: readon; list; go through; hide away; set down; a series of; outdoors; crazy; spellbound; on purpose; dare; happen to do sth.; It’s the first time that… Teaching method
30、s: 1. reading and discussion 2. cooperative learning and speaking Teaching materials: Reading, Comprehending Teaching procedures: Step One: Leading-in Ask their opinions on the question mentioned in the assignment of last period. Step Two: Pre-reading Let the Ss think about the questions in
31、Pre-reading, and express their own views to the whole class. Step Three: Reading 1. Ask the Ss to look at the pictures and the heading, guess what the text might be about. 2. Get the Ss to skim the passage and answer the following questions: What’s Anne’s best friend? What does her diary mainl
32、y talk about? (1. Anne’s best friend is her diary. 2. It’s about Anne’s feeling of hiding away. She especially missed going outside and enjoying nature. 3. Let the Ss read the passage and discuss the following questions: 1) Imagine what it might be like if they had to stay in their bedroom for
33、 a whole year. You could not leave it even to go to the WC or get a cup of tea. How would they feel? 2) If you are only allowed to have five things with you in the hiding place because there is very little room, what would you choose? 3) Try to guess why the windows had to stay closed. 4) Guess t
34、he meanings of the word “crazy” and “spellbound” according to the context. Step Four: Discussing the style Ask the Ss: 1. What do you think is the purpose of this passage? Why did Anne write it? 2. Do you think it is successful? Do you understand Anne’s feelings? 3. What is Anne’s tone? In othe
35、r words, is the author angry, sad, happy or thrilled? 4. What is Anne’s point of view? Do you agree with it? If so, why? If not, why not? Step Five: Listen to the text and comprehend it Step Six: Language points 1. go through 1) to examine carefully 认真阅读或争辩 eg. I went through the students’
36、papers last night. 2) to experience 经受;患病或忍受 eg. You really don’t know what we went through while working on this project. 2. hide away 3) vi. to go somewhere where you hope you will not be seen or found 躲避;隐匿 hide away +地点 eg. The thief hid away in a friends’ house for several weeks after
37、the robbery. 4) to put or keep sth. /sb. in a place where they / it can’t be seen or found 藏;隐蔽 hide away sth. / hide sth. away eg. Why do you hide your thoughts away from me? 3. set down 5) write down 写下;登记 eg. I’ll set down the story as it was told to me. 6) put down 放下;搁下 set down st
38、h. /set sth. down eg. He set down a basket on the ground. 4. series n.(单复数同形) a series of 一连串的;一系列的 5 .crazy adj. 7) mad, foolish 疯狂的;愚蠢的 It is crazy of sb. to do sth. = sb be crazy to do sth. eg. It’s crazy to go out in such hot weather. 8) wildly excited; very interested 狂热的;着迷的 gr
39、ow / be crazy about sb. / sth. eg. The boys are crazy about the girl singer. 9) like crazy 发疯似的;舍命地 eg. He talked like crazy; I couldn’t understand what he said. 6. I wonder if it’s because I haven’tt been able to be outdoors for so long that …. *I wonder if / whether… eg. I wonder if you
40、 can help me? *It’s because … it is 后的表缘由的从句中,只能用because来引导, 不能用since或as. eg. Why did you go to school on foot? It is because my bike had broken. 7. spellbind v. to hold the complete attention of 吸引人,迷人;使入迷 eg. The children watched spellbound as the magician took rabbits from his hat
41、 9. stay v. to continue to be in a particular state or situatioin 系动词,表是状态。后跟名词或形容词,不能用于被动语态和进行时态。 eg. He stayed single all his life. 10. on purpose 1) 有意地 (反义:by chance / accident) eg. I think she lost the key on purpose. 2) on purpose to do sth. 为了要…而特地 eg. He went to town
42、on purpose to sell one of his paintings. 10. far adv. “过于;…得多” ,表示程度,经常与too或形容词、副词的比较级连用。 eg. She speaks English far better than I. This room is far too warm. cf. very, much, far 11. dare 1) modal. v. 多用于否定句、疑问句、条件状语从句、whether (if)等名词性从句或有否定意义的句中,后接动词原形。没有人称和数的变化,其时态只有现在时和过去时。否定式在其后加not. e
43、g. How dare he say such a word! If you dare do that again, you’ll be punished. 2) vt. 敢,胆敢。有人称、数和时态的变化。在否定句和疑问句中,dare后的to可保留也可省略。 eg. I wonder how he dare to day such words. 12.happen to do sth. It so (just) happened that… 不能用于进行时态。 eg. I happened to be out when he came. = It so happene
44、d that I was out when he came. 13.It’s the first time that… eg. It is the first time that I have seen the sea. Step Seven: Comprehending Get the Ss to do the exercises in this part. Step Eight: Consolidation Listen to the text again to appreciate it. Step Nine: Assignments 1. Read the ke
45、y sentences in the text 2. do the exercises on Wb (Page 41-42) The Fourth Period (Listening) Teaching aims: to train and develop listening skills by listening to the listening exercises in this unit Teaching methods: Listening and speaking Teaching materials: listening parts on Page 6 an
46、d Page 41 and Page 43 Teaching procedures: Step One: Revision Check the answers to the homework Step Two: Listening 1. Listen to the exercises on Page 6 2. Guess the words by listening to the tape and write them down Step Three: Listening to the passage Fill in the blanks on Page 41 Step
47、Four: Speaking Listen to the tape and discuss questions in groups of four, express your own views. Step Five: Listening task 1. Discuss with the Ss whether they always do what their parents tell them. 2. Have the Ss listen to the passage. 3. Fill in the table 4. Work in pairs to give some
48、advice to Anne Step Six: Assignments 1. Do the exercises on Page 42 ( Ex 1,2) 2. Revise the Object Clause The Fifth Period (Discovering Useful Structures) Teaching aims: Let the Ss use the Direct Speech and Indirect Speech Teaching methods: 1. discovery learning 2. cooperative learnin
49、g Teaching materials: Page 5 Teaching procedures: Step One: Revision 1. Check the homework with the Ss 2. Revise the Object clause Exercise: Rewrite the following sentences. 1. I go to school by bike . ( He said…) 2. Will you forget to do your homework? (Mary asked him…) 3. When did you c
50、ome here? (They asked me…) 4. What has he said? ( Do you know…) 5. Anne is watching TV now. ( Mother told me …) Step Two: discovering useful structures 1. Present some sentences for Ss 1) My friend says, “ I will come here tomorrow?” 假如此时此地,你来转述,应当说: My friend says she / he will come here t






