Unit 4 How do you get to school

1, Aims and demands :

1) Language skills :Ss learn to talk about kinds of transportation, and how long it takes to go places, and how far apart places are.

2) Target Language : Words : how far , get to , bicycle , subway , bus stop, train station , minute, kilometer, mile , transportation , calendar

Sentences: How do you get to school ? / How long does it take ? / How far is it ?

3) Moral object : Through learning this unit , Ss can enable them to care for each other whenever crossing the roads and pay attention to the sign of traffic.

2, Analysis of the material:

Students have learned the transportation before.. In this unit ,they need to learn more details about the transportation. At the same time ,they need to learn “How long and How far” and they can use them freely.

3. Teaching methods:

pairwork , groupwork ,listening and speaking, practicing

4, learning strategies :

Personalizing Inferring vocabulary

5.Teaching aids:

Tape recorder, a projector or a computer

6.Teaching period:

Four periods.

The First Period

Aims and Demands:

Key vocabulary, How do you get to school ? How does he get to school ?

Teaching methods :

Listening Writing Pairwork

Teaching Aids :

A tape recorder.

Step I Leading in

T: Good morning, everyone! You know I live far away ,so I go to school by bus every day. What about you? David, “How often do you go to school?”

S:--------

T: So we will talk about how to get to places in this unit.

Step II

Now I will show you pictures and let’s review the transportations we know. Then we will learn more about it .(take the subway) Please open your books and finish 1a.

Step III

1. There are five names in 1b.Now they are in the picture. We should find them.

2. Play the tape .They should listen carefully and find the persons .Write the numbers next to the correct students in the picture above. After listening , check the answers together .

Step IV

Point to the example in the box , ask two students to read it .then ask them to make up their conversations about how the people in the picture get to school .

Teacher choose some pairs to act their conversations.

Step V

Practicing the listening :T: I will play two conversations The people are talking about how students get to school and how long it takes .The first time check the kinds of transportation that you hear. The second time match the time with the kinds of transportation activity 2a.

Step VI

1. Pay attention to the picture and dialogue.

2. Make your own dialogue into pairs.

3. Act it in front of the students.

Step VII

Summary and homework: This class we have learnt some key vocabulary and the target language .I hope after class you can survey how does your friends get to school .and pre-revise the 3a,3b.

Step VIII Blackboard Design

Unit 4 How do you get to school ? do you How get to school ?does he How long does it take ?It takes about 10 minutes .

The Second Period

Aims and demonds:

Key vocabulary : minute hour second take some body some time to do sth. Kilometer

Teaching Methods :

Reading and writing Pairwork

Teaching Aids :

Recorder A projector

Step I Reading

1. Pay attention to these questions.

2. Read this text by yourself and try to answer the questions

3. Explain the text and check the answers.

Step II Pairwork

1. Pay attention to the conversation on the right.

2. Read this text in different roles.

3. Look at the picture and time on the left.

4. Make the other conversations in pairs.(Give them five minutes)

5. Ask some pairs to act the conversations.

Step III ( Info gap race)

Three students a group. A ,look at page 21.B, look at page 85.C, look at page 86.If they want to get the answers in the chart ,they should ask the others questions.

eg: 1. How often does John go to school?

2.How long does it take Maria to get to school?

3.How far is it from John’s home to school?

Get the answers from the conversations .At the same time ,they can practise the basic sentences in this unit.

Step V Workbook

Complete these questions and answers.

1. Q: How does she get to school? A: She takes the bus.

2. Q; How do ____get to school? A:I _____my bike.

3. Q:______ does he get to school? A: He ____ the subway.

4. Q: How do they get _____school? A:______ walk.

Step VI Summary

This class we’ve had reading and writing practice. And we’ve done a game.

Step VII Homework

Finish off the workbook exercise.

Step VIII Blackboard Design

Unit 4 How do you get to school?How How long How far_______ ________ ______________ ________ _______

The Third Period

Aims and Demands:

Key vocabulary: bus stop, bus station, train station, subway station.

Teaching Methods:

Listening methods. Reading methods. Pairwork. Groupwork. Practice.

Teaching Aids:

A tape recorder, a projector.

Step I

Section B 1a , Ss match the words with the pictures .Ask them to recognize the different stations.

Check the answers together .

1b, Role play . Teacher give some explanations about this activities.Then they do it.

Step II

Practicing listening : Play the tape twice , the first time please give out the general meaning . the second time check the things that Tomas wants to know. The third time listen how does Nina get to school? The forth check the answers together .

Step III

Practicing reading :T: class , Do you want to know the students around world how to get to school ? ok, please read silently the article. (1 minute later ) T: Who can tell me the main idea of the article .? Good ,look at the five sentences, write T or F. Ss check the answer each other.

Step IV 3b

Students look at the chart first. Make sure they know what to do. Ask them to finish the activity individually according to the chart. Then check the answers.

Step V Summary

Today we have learnt some more key words and done some reading and writing practice.

Step VI Home work

Preview the 3c and finish the self check.

Step VII Blackboard Design

Unit 4How do you get to school?First…… Next…… Then……175 most100 many50 some40 other 30 a small number

The Fourth Period

Aims and Demands:

Writing practice ,make a survey, exercises over the workbook.

Teaching Methods:

Writing method, speaking method, self check method.

Teaching Aids:

A projector.

Step 1 3c

Just now you filled in an article about how students get to Hillsville High School. How do students get to your school?

As a students say, list them on the board. Tell students to use the words on the board to write about how students at your school get to school.

Ask students to write individually.

Choose some students to read their work to the class.

Give them little present s if they do well.

Step II 4 Survey Find someone who…

Tell students we’ll do a survey. Please turn to page 92.First look at the chart. You want to know how far people live from school, how they get to school, and how long it takes them to get to school. Let me tell you how to do the survey. Go around the class and ask questions like this:

How far do you live from school?

How do you get to school?

How long does it take to get to school?

And find out these answers and write them names in the chart. The students with the most names in his or her chart wins the game.

Step III Self check 1

Tell them to use the words in the box to fill in the blanks. Ask them to do this exercise individually. After finishing, write some on the board .Underline any mistakes and ask students to tell how to correct each of them.

Step IV 2

Show the picture on the screen. Tell them imagine you meet an American who needs help. His friend is ill in hospital .He has got a map .But it’s a Chinese map. He doesn’t know Chinese. Can you tell him how to get to the hospital?

Students work in pairs to present their conversations to the class.

Step V Summary

Today we’ve reviewed key vocabulary in the unit and done writing and oral practice.

Step VI Homework

Finish off the exercise of the workbook and preview the next unit.