The Seventh Period
Ⅰ.Teaching Aims and Demands
1.Knowledge Objects
Reading:Would you mind keeping your voice down?
Section 1:Before You Read
Section 2:While You Read
Section 3:After You Read
Section 4:Go for it!
2.Ability Objects
To train students’ reading comprehension.
To train students how to use the strategy of reading.
To train students’ ability of getting information.
3.Sensibility and Value
To enable Ss to behave politely in public places and in our daily life.
Ⅱ.Teaching Key Points
Key vocabulary
Section 1.
Section 2.
Ⅲ.Teaching Difficulties
Section 3.
Section 4.
Ⅳ.Teaching Methods
Pre-reading method.
Reading method.
Writing method.
Ⅴ.Teaching Aids
A projector.
A tape recorder.
Ⅵ.Teaching Procedures
CStep Ⅰ
Greet the class as usual and check the homework.Ask students to read the new words one by one.Correct any mistakes.Then read the new words and ask students to repeat.Make sure students know the meanings.
CStep Ⅱ
Section 1 Before You Read
Pairwork
First ask students Do you know the word “etiquette”?Then say If you don’t know,please look up the word in your dictionary.
Let students look at the picture below.Ask How many rules of etiquette can you see being broken?
Ask students to make a list with their partners.
CStep Ⅲ
Section 2 While You Read
Reading strategy
Look at the title and the picture,and predict what the text is about.
This helps you get ready to acquire new information.
Play the tape for students and ask students to read the text.
CStep Ⅳ
Section 3 After You Read
3a
Ask students to go through the reading again.Show the summaries on the screen.[HJ]
a.We have to be very careful how we criticize people.
b.The way people behave is different in different cultures and situations.
c.Sometimes,rules of etiquette are the same almost everywhere.
d.Etiquette is a very important idea to understand.
e.We might want to ask someone to behave more politely if we see them breaking a rule of etiquette.
f.People in China and Europe have different ideas about etiquette.
Ask students to match the paragraphs with the best summaries.
Check the answers.
Answers
Paragraph 1 d
Paragraph 2 b
Paragraph 3 a
Paragraph 4 c
3b
Ask students to think of polite suggestions they could make to each person who is breaking a rule of etiquette according to the picture.
Role play with a partner.
Ask some students to say their suggestions.
3c
Scan the reading quickly again and find examples of behavior from it.Ask students Are these things always wrong,or does it depend on situation or culture?
Then let students put them in the correct column.
Check the answers.
CStep Ⅴ
Section 4 Go for it!
First ask students Have you seen someone breaking a rule of etiquette?
Then ask them to write a letter of complaint to the local newspaper according to what they have seen.
Ask students to check their writing with their partners.
CStep Ⅵ Summary
This class we’ve practised some reading,speaking and writing.We’ve also learned something about the word “etiquette”.
CStep Ⅶ Homework
Try to find out some rules of etiquette that are different in foreign countries.
Preview the new words in Unit 8.Next time we’ll learn Unit 8.
CStep Ⅷ Blackboard Design
Reading:Would you mind keeping your voice down?
etiquette―normal and polite social behavior
Would you mind (not) doing this?
Excuse me.Could you please...？
Activity and Probe
Goal:Review requests and responses to requests
Materials:paper and pencils
Procedure:
・Divide the class into teams of three or four students each.Make sure each group has a pencil and paper.
・Write the following chart on the board.
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1.washing would mind car you the |
a.it move I’ll minute a in |
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2.chair moving mind you would your |
b.sorry I’m stop I’ll |
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3.mind you would closing windows the |
c.not all at call her I’ll now right |
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4.mind you not would talking |
d.all not at away right do I’ll it |
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5.calling mind you would doctor the |
e.sorry I’m library it do in the I’ll |
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6.studying not mind you would here |
f.now close right them I’ll |
・Each team unscrambles the requests on the left and the responses on the right.Then they match each response to a request using the numbers and letters.There is only one way to correctly match each request to an appropriate response.(The matches are 1 d,2 a,3 f,4 b,5 c,and 6 e.)
・Each team gives you their answers on a slip of paper.The first team with all the correct answers is the winner.