The Seventh Period

Ⅰ.Teaching Aims and Demands

1.Knowledge Objects

Reading:Why don’t you learn to sing English songs?

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.

3.Sensibility and Value

To  be interested  in learning English by singing English songs.

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.

Show the new words on the screen.Ask students to read the words one by one.Correct any mistakes.Then read them to the class and ask students to repeat.

CStep Ⅱ

Section 1  Before You Read

Pairwork

1a

Ask students How many English songs can you think of?

Which are your favorites?

Let students work  in pairs.

1b

Get students to look at 1b and ask students How can singing English songs help your English?Discuss it with your partner and make a list.

Get students to complete it.Students do not look at the reading yet.Instead,they work in pairs and use their background knowledge to try to make a list of how can singing English songs help one’s English abilities.As students complete this task,move around the room and look at their progress.

Once most students finish,ask a few pairs of students to share their answers with the class.

Answers will vary.

CStep Ⅲ

Section 2  While You Read

Read the title Why don’t you learn to sing English songs?

Get students to predict what they think the article is about,based  on the title.Ask the students what English songs they like best.

Play the tape for students and ask students to read the text.

CStep Ⅳ

Section  3  After You Read

3a

Read the instructions with the students.Ask students to read the article again and complete the task.As they work,walk around the room and check their progress.Check the answers.Get students to explain from where in the story they got their answers.

3b

Ask students Have you ever tried improving your English using any of the ways mentioned in the reading?What other ways can you think of to improve your English?

Get students to work in pairs.A few minutes later,ask some pairs to say something about the two questions.

3c

Ask students to go through the reading again.Then close their books.Write a summary of the passage using no more than 100 words.Tell students they can start like this:Because China will be the host for the 2008 Olympics,....

When students work,walk around the room and  provide help when they need.

After they finish,ask several students to read their summary and help them correct any mistakes.

CStep Ⅴ

Section 4  Go for It!

First ask students Do you want to be a volunteer of the Olympics in 2008?

Ask students to write some ways that they want to be a volunteer of the Olympics in 2008.

Then ask students to give each other some suggestions to achieve this dream.

Let students finish this task.

CStep Ⅵ Summary

In this class we’ve learned the reading.And we knew something about singing English songs.We also knew singing English songs is a good way to improve our English.

CStep Ⅶ Homework

Review this unit.

Preview the next unit.Next class we’ll start Unit 9.

CStep Ⅷ Blackboard Design

Activity and Probe

Goal:Review comparisons

Materials:Paper and pencil

Procedure:

・Ask students to draw a nine-box grid,like a tic-tac-toe game.Then dictate the following nine sentences,asking students to write one in each square.Ask students NOT to write down the sentences in the correct order,but to write the sentences at random in the nine box grid.

Sentences:

1.That’s too boring.

2.It’s not big enough.

3.That’s too expensive.

4.That’s not tall enough.

5.That’s too personal.

6.That’s not long enough.

7.That’s too far.

8.That’s too dangerous.

9.That’s too cold.

・Write the adjectives on the board and ask students to check and correct their spelling.

・Then read the following sentences.Ask students to write the letters of the sentences in the squares that contain the correct response to the sentences.

a.I’m buying a $100 shirt.

b.Let’s  take a 20 mile bicycle ride.

c.Let’s swim in the ocean at night.

d.Let’s all sit in that chair.

e.How much did your shoes cost?

f.Let’s eat some ice cream.

g.I am going to practice the piano for three minutes.

h.Let’s read the dictionary.

i.My sister is five feet tall and she wants to play basketball.

・The first student to write three letters in a row(horizontally,vertically,or diagonally)calls out “Bingo!”

・Continue reading the lettered sentences until every student calls “Bingo!”