1、Unit 5 I’m watching TV Language goals: l In this unit students learn to talk about what people are doing New languages: l What are you doing? I’m doing my homework. l What is he / she doing? He / She is reading. l Is he / she writing a letter? Yes, he / she is. / No, he / she isn’t.
2、 l Are you / they playing football? Yes, we /they are. / No, we / they aren’t. l Do you want to go to the movies? l That sounds good. l When do you want to go? l At three o’clock. Difficult points: 1. Listen for what people are doing. Listen for the places and everyday activities.
3、Read a letter. Write what someone is doing. 2. Present progressive tense. Yes / No questions and short answers. Teaching aids: l A tape recorder l Some pictures Teaching periods: l Period 1:Section A1a, 1b, 1c l Period 2:Section A2a, 2b, 2c l Period 3:Section A3a, 3b, 4 l Per
4、iod 4:Section B 1a, 1b, 1c, 2a,2b, 2c l Period 5:SectionB 3a, 3b, 3c, 4 l Period 6:Self Check Period 1 Teaching aims: 1. Teach vocabulary words. 2. Target languages: What are you doing? I’m watching TV. What is he doing? He’s reading. 3. Enable the students to talk about wh
5、at people are doing. 4. Help the student learn how to listen to and talk about what people are doing. Teaching procedures: Step 1. Warming up and lead-in Perform some actions and make sentences. Say: Hello, boys and girls. Nice to see you here again. Today we’re going to learn Unit 5. W
6、e are going to talk about everyday activities. And now I'll act out some activities and you can guess what I’m doing. Ask the students to repeat the two sentences several times. Open a book and read it. Ask some students to do some simple actions and ask them the questions. Say: I will ask
7、 some students to do some simple actions and tell me what you are doing. Step 2.Match work (1a) Ask the students to read the words and the picture, and then match the activities with the pictures a–f. Encourage or help the students to say something about the picture and do the match work.
8、Line next to the words “watching TV.”(as shown below) Go on with the others in the same way. Then check the answers with the students. Step 3. Listening (1b) Ask the students to read the names in activity 1b and write the number from 1a. Play the recording. Let the students just listen.
9、Then point out the blank lines where students will write numbers from 1a. Play the recording for a second time. Ask the students to listen to and read after the recording. Step 4. Pair work (1c) Ask the students to practice: Where is…doing? Show the following: —What’s he / she doing?
10、 —He / She is reading / cleaning / doing homework / watching TV / eating dinner / talking on the phone. Homework 1. Ask the students to make conversations according to the model below. 2. Ask the students to learn the new words and expressions in this unit. (on page 117) Period 2 Teach
11、ing aims: 1. Learn the vocabulary words and useful expressions. 2. Target languages: Do you want to go to the movies? That sounds good. The TV show is boring. 3. Enable the students to talk about what people are doing. 4. Help the student learn how to listen to and talk about what people
12、 are doing. Teaching procedures: Step 1. Revision Check the homework. Ask some students to work in pairs and make conversations. Then ask some students to do actions and the others describe what he / she is doing. Ask a student to open the door. Ask a second student to write something o
13、n the blackboard. Do more activities and let the students answer the questions. Step 2. Listening (2a, 2b) Ask the students to read the two sentences in activity 2a. Then ask them to listen to the conversation and write the answers on the line. Check the answers in the following way. Ask
14、 the students to put the four sentences in activity 2b in order. Say: Now read the four sentences. They are in the wrong order. After reading you have to put them in good order. Then you can get a clear conversation. The first part of the conversation is “What are you doing?” Ask the students to
15、 listen and check their answers. Step 3. Pair work(2c) Ask three students to take turns doing an activity and others have to close their eyes. Ask questions when the first student is clean the board. Then go on with the second student who is writing on the blackboard. Call attention to t
16、he pictures in activity 2c. Say: Now look at the pictures in activity 2c. There are eight pictures here. The pictures show clearly what the students are doing. I give you three minutes to prepare. And then answer my questions. Ask them to work in pairs and take turns asking and answering quest
17、ions. Ask the students to pay attention to the pictures again. Ask some pairs to present their dialogues in class. Step 4.Grammar focus Ask the students to read the sentences in the grammar box and sum up the sentence structure. Say: Now read aloud the sentences in the grammar box. Then
18、write down the sentence structure in your exercise-books. Ask the students to pay attention to the bold type words in the above form and learn the following. Homework l Ask the students to do some exercises. Period 3 Teaching aims: 1. Teach vocabulary words. 2. Target languages:
19、 Sure, this video is boring. When do you want to go? Let’s go at six o’clock. 3. Enable the students to talk about what people are doing. 4. Help the students learn how to talk about what people are doing. Teaching procedures: Step 1. Warming up Check the homework by asking some stude
20、nts to read the sentences. Ask the students to read the following passage and underline the sentences using the present continuous tense. Step 2. Reading and speaking (3a, 3b) Ask the students to finish Activity 3a. Then ask the students to make conversations. Ask some pairs to present t
21、heir conversations in front. Step 3. Pair work (4) Ask the students to read the pictures in activity 4. Say: Look at the pictures. For each picture there are two questions under it. You have to answer the questions. Give the students a few minutes to prepare. The same goes with the other
22、 picture. Ask the students to work to cover the questions under each question. Work in pairs and ask and answer questions. Then ask some pairs to present their dialogues in front of the blackboard, looking at the pictures on the blackboard. Homework l Ask the students to finish the followi
23、ng exercises after class. Period 4 Teaching aims: 1. Teach vocabulary words. 2. Target languages: Where do people play basketball? At school. Hello! Is Tina there? No, she isn’t. She’s … 3. Enable the students to talk about the places where activities take place. 4. Help the
24、students learn how to talk about the places where activities take place. Teaching procedures: Step 1. Warming up Check the homework by asking some students to read the completed passage. Then show the following pictures and ask the students to describe the pictures using the present continu
25、ous tense. Step 2. Talk about the places where activities take place (1a) Ask the students to read the pictures. Say, Look at the six pictures. There are some words beneath each picture. I want a student to read the words aloud to the class. Ask the students to answer questions. Ask the
26、students to do the match work. Check the answers in the following way. Say: Which of these words are places? And which of these words are activities? Which of the places will you go to, if you want to borrow books? Step 3. Pair work(1b) Ask the students to read the conversations in pairs.
27、 Then ask the students to work in pairs and make similar dialogues about the chart in activity 1b. Ask the students to practice: Where do people…? Step 4. Listening (2a and 2b) Ask the students to listen to the conversations. Say, Now let’s listen to the tape. We are going to hear three c
28、onversations. And you have to write the places and the activities you hear. Play the first conversation. Play the first conversation again. Then ask the students to write down where Tina is and what she is doing. Then go on with the other two conversations in the same way. Further activity:
29、Ask the students to do some pair work in the following way if they can understand the listening material well. Then ask them to say the conversation without the help of the recording. Step 5. Pairwork (2b) Point out the example in the speech bubbles in 2c. Ask two students to read it. Then
30、 ask the students to work in pairs. Homework 1. Fill in the blanks according to the first letter given. 2. Ask the students to find some photos or draw some pictures of their own, their family or friends. Period 5 Teaching aims: 1. Teach vocabulary words. 2. Target languages: T
31、hanks for your letter and the photos. I’m playing basketball at school. He’s playing soccer. 3. Enable the students to read and write about what people are doing. 4. Help the students learn how to read and write about what people are doing. Teaching procedures: Step 1. Revision Ask t
32、he students to pay attention to the pictures on page 28. Say, Look at the pictures in activity 1b on page 28. You have to work in pairs. One of you asks the questions and the other answers. Ask the other students to practice about the other pictures. Step 2. Reading (3a) Ask the students t
33、o talk about the pictures in 3a. Ask and answer questions about the second photo. And then ask some pairs to present their conversations to the class. Ask students to read the letter. Answer any questions students may have about the letter. Then ask the students to pay attention to the let
34、ter again. Check the answers. And then ask the students to listen to the recording of the letter and read after the tape. Step 3. Reading and writing (3b) Ask the students to pay attention to the picture in activity 3b. Say: Look at the picture, please. What are the people doing? Ask and
35、 answer questions in pairs. Ask some students to present their dialogues in class. Ask the students to read the letter. Ask the students to read the letter again and fill in the blanks. Step 4.Writing (3c) Draw a sample picture on the blackboard, in which some people are doing something.
36、 Say, Look at the picture. I want you to say something about the picture. Ask students to take out their photos or pictures. Ask some students to present their writing to the class. Step 5.Group work(4) Ask the students to read the conversation and the picture and the picture in 4. Say
37、 Look at the picture in activity 4. There are some students in it. Who can tell me what they are doing? Ask them to share their pictures or photos. Say, Now show your pictures or photos to your classmates near you. Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions like the one in the picture in activit
38、y 4. Homework 1. Ask the students to do the following exercises. 2. Ask the students to write another composition about one of their photos. Period 6 Teaching aims: 1. Teach vocabulary words. 2. Enable the students to write something about some pictures. 3. Help the students lea
39、rn how to write a story by describing what happens in each picture. Teaching procedures: Step 1.Warming up Show some pictures to the students. Show the first picture in which some boys are playing football at school. Show the second picture in which a man is reading a newspaper at home.
40、Give more chances to let them practice. Ask the students to show their photos or pictures. Step 2.Key word check(1) Ask the students to read all the words in this part. Say: Now read and check the words you know in 1 on page 30. Then make a sentence with each of them. Ask the students to
41、 check all the words they know. Ask the students to find out the meaning of any words you don’t know. Say: If there are any words you don’t know, you can look them up in your dictionary and ask me or ask for help from your classmates. Step 3.Vocab-Builder (2) Ask students to write five new
42、 words in their Vocabulary-Builder on page 112. Say, Open your books and turn to page 112, please write five new words in your Vocabulary-Builder. You can ask for help from your Chinese-English dictionary. After they are finished, ask two students to write their words down on the blackboard. A
43、nd ask them to read the words and the whole class repeat. Step 4. Talking about the pictures (3) Ask the students to read the pictures. Say: Now look at the pictures in activity 3. What is happening in each picture? I want you to talk about the pictures. But I think you need some help. Look
44、at the blackboard. Move around the room, checking their progress and offering help if they need. And then ask some pairs to present their statements to the class. Homework 1. Ask the students to summarize what they have learned in this unit. 2. Ask the students to prepare for the next unit.






