牛津版八年级英语Unit 3 A Day Out(10)CHECKOUT.doc

Unit 3 A Day Out
PERIOD 10 CHECKOUT
Teaching Goals
● To go through the whole unit to check if they know the topic very well
● To know how to write letters of invitation
● To assess students’ use of Grammar in this unit, including the use of joining words ‘and’, ‘but ’and ‘or’, reflexive pronouns and verbs+ ‘to’-infinitives
Teaching Procedures
STEP 1 Recalling the places that we have covered in the unit
Remind of the students of the topic of this unit ‘A day out’. Help them to recall the places that we have covered in the unit. Put the places into two columns on the board:
PLACES IN THE WORLD
PLACES IN BEIJING
the White House (Washington,USA)
The Word Park
the Effiel Tower & the River Seine (Paris, France)
The Great Wall
the Opera House & the Harbour Bridge(Syd., Aus.)
The Palace Museum
The Pyramids
The Summer Palace
There are much more place to be mentioned, but I’d like to focus on the place that we have come across recently.
Tian’anmen Square
Wangfujing Street
Laoshe Tea House
Beihai Park
Get the students to talk about these places. Encourage them to talk about what they can do there.
STEP 2 Talking about Linda’s trip to the world park
Elicit the World Park, and then get them to talk about Linda’s trip to the world park.
Get the students to retell the text by following the route (on the city road, on the high way, at the gate of the Park, inside the park). Students should focus on the following questions:
What do they do?
What do they see?
How do they feel?
STEP 3 Talking about Daniel and Kitty’s plan
Get them to talk about Daniel and Kitty’s plan for a day out. (Please refer to Main Task part in this unit.)
STEP 4 Using as many verbs as possible
Ask the students where they plan to go this Sunday. Elicit the use of ‘to’- infinitives. Encourage the students to use as many verbs as possible.
I plan to go to Zhong Shan Ling.
I want to go to ….
I decide to go to….
I would like to go to….
I prefer to go to…
Encourage the students to give their reasons. Encourage them to use ‘and’, ‘but’ and ‘or’ to join sentences.
Do some additional exercises.
1. My mother agreed me ___________(go) to the party in the park..
2. I hope _________ (have) a toy plane at Christmas.
3. He always wants __________(be) the best student in class.
4. Linda planned ______________ (travel) by bike.
5. I’m alone here Will you choose ____________(stay) and play with me?
6. He tells funny jokes and makes me ____________(laugh).
7. He decided _________(work) harder.
8. You are not a kid any more, you should learn ____________(take) care of yourself.
9. Judy prepares __________(join) the match. He does lots of practice every day.
10. Let him _________(go) first. He has something important to do.
Keys: 1. to go 2. to have 3. to be 4. to travel 5. to stay 6. laugh 7. to work 8. to take 9. to join 10. go
STEP 5 Revising the use of Reflexive Pronouns
Remind the students that if they go out for a trip, they should take good care of themselves. In this way, get the student to revise the use of Reflexive Pronouns.
We should take good care of ourselves.
They should be careful and won’t hurt themselves.
He is enjoying himself visiting the palace museum.
Linda is hiding herself behind the rocks.
You go and see yourself.
Do some additional exercises.
1. Help _________ to some fish, Lily and Lucy.
2. The family didn’t hurt _________. Thank goodness.
3. ---Open the door for the dog.
---No, it can open it by ________.
4. ---Shall I help you with the heavy work?
-No, thanks. I can do it ________.
5. Did you enjoy __________ at the party last night?
6. The child is not old enough to dress__________.
7. The problem is easy. You can do it all by _________.
8. Who taught ________ to write? He learned all by_________.
9. Who helped _______ to read? Nobody. She taught_________.
10. John fell off _______ bike. Did he hurt________
STEP 6 Completing the conversation
Tell the students that Simon is talking to Linda on the phone about the basket final. And then get them to complete the conversation.
Let the students check the answers in pairs. And then check in the class.
Get the students to read the dialogue aloud together or in roles.
STEP 7 Finishing the words puzzle part
Get the students to finish the words puzzle part. Then check it in the class. For weaker classes, the teacher better reads the English explanations one by one and helps them to think of the words. For stronger classes, just let the students do it by themselves.
STEP 8 Homework
Finish off the exercises in the books and get ready for the test.
a. Finish off the exercises in the Evaluation Handbook and Learning English.
b. Read through the whole unit and get ready for the test.