Unit12Wheredidyoudolastweekend.doc

Unit 12 Where did you do last weekend ?Teaching contents: Unit 12Teaching aims and demands:Let students grasp: new words and expressions.New York city camp summer museum guide central exam really rainy were fantastic unfriendly awful delicious expensive crowded cheap think of water cry corner make made feel walk back decide wallthe great wall palace the palace Museum square Hutong make classmate disuss report Where did you go on vacation? I went to summer camp .Where did they go on vacation ? They went to New York City .Where did he go on vacation ? He stayed at home .Where did she go on vacation ? She visited her uncle .Did you /he /she /they go to Central Park ? Yes,I/he /she /they did .No,I /he /she /they didn’t .Key and difficult points:Key points: new words and expressions.Difficult points: past forms and the past tenseAllocation for this unit: five periods.the First PeriodTeaching content: Section A 1a~2cTeaching objectives: The students should master the new dialogues and useful expressions.Language focus: New York city, camp, summer, Where did you go on vacation? I went to summer camp .Where did they go on vacation ? They went to New York City .Teaching aids and methods:Aids: A tape recorderMethods: Lecturing Teaching Steps:Step 1: Lead inAsk questions about what students did last Saturday.Write some past tense statements on the board. Ask,Who went to the movies last Saturday? Point to a student who raises his or her hand. Sara went to the movies last Saturday. Repeat. Write this sentence on the board.Underline the word went. Ask, Who visited a friend lastSaturday? Point to a student who raises his or her hand.Carlos visited a friend last Saturday. Repeat. Write this"sentence on the board. Underline the word visited.Point to the words went and visited in the sentences on the board. Say, We use these words to talk about things that happened in the past.Then write these pairs of words on the board: go-went,visit-visited. Ask a student to point out the words that talk about the past.Step 2: 1 a This activity introduces the key vocabulary.Focus attention on the picture. Ask students to tell what they see. Say, Each picture shows something a person didin the past. Name each activity and ask students to repeat:went to the mountains, went to New York City, went tosummer camp, visited my uncle, stayed at home, went to the beach, and visited museums.Point out the numbered list of activities. Say each one again and ask students to repeat.Then ask students to match each phrase with one of the pictures. Say, Write the letter of each picture next to the name of the activity. Point out the sample answer.Check the answers.Step 3: 1 b This activity gives students practice in understanding the target language in spoken conversation.Point to the picture. Ask students to tell what the person did in each scene. For example,Tina went to the mountains or She went to the mountains.Play the recording the first time. Students only listen.Play the recording a second time. This time say, There are three conversations. The people talk about what theydid on vacation. Listen to the recording and write numbers of the names in the white boxes in the picture. Please write only five numbers. Point out the sample answer next to the picture showing went to the mountains.Correct the answers.Step 4: 1 c This activity provides guided oral practice using the target language.Point out the example conversation. Ask two students to read the dialogue to the class.Say, Now work with a partner. Make your own conversations about the pictures.Say the dialogue in the picture with a student. Do a second example, if you wish.Then have students work in pairs. As they talk, move around the room monitoring their work.Offer language or pronunciation support as needed.Step 5: 2a This activity gives students practice in understanding the key vocabulary in spoken conversation.Point to the three people's names and read the names to the class. Point to the three vacation activities and ask a student to read the activities to the class.Say, This is a recording about three people's vacations. Please match the people with the places they went to on vacation.Play the recording the first time. Students only listen.Play the recording a second time. This time, ask students to write the letters of where people went on vacation next to their names. Point out the sample answer next to item 1.Correct the answers.Step 6: 2b This activity provides more listening practice using the target language.Call attention to the chart. Ask a student to read through the names and activities listed.Say, Now listen to the recording again. This time,please listen to the conversations and put a checkmark in the "Yes, I 。