Period 3 Word power
整体设计
教材分析
This is the third period of this unit. The aim of this period is to enlarge the vocabulary of the students.
This period consists of a map, which is about school buildings and school facilities, as well as a gym in which there are a lot of pieces of equipment.
When the students come to a new school, it is natural that they should have an interest in knowing all the buildings and facilities in the school. So this is a good chance to get them to know some more English names of school facilities.
Body building and shaping are also popular nowadays, so the students are sure to be interested in the equipment in the gym. Besides, the 2008 Olympic Games is coming. It is time for the students to know some equipment and events in English, so that they will have no difficulty enjoying the games then.
Besides the exercises on page 6 and page 7, we can ask the students to describe how to get to a certain place in the school in English with the help of a map of the school. Of course, the school map should be made by themselves in groups before class.
三维目标
1. Enable the students to learn the words and expressions about school facilities.
2. Help the students learn how to master the words and expressions about school facilities and equipment in the gym.
重点难点
This period is dealing with the words and expressions about school facilities with the help of some activities. The students should be able to use these words and sentence patterns freely to talk about school facilities and have a good sense of direction, so that the students will be able to tell how to go to a certain place without difficulty if they have got the chance to go to an English-speaking country. Also, they will be able to tell a foreigner how to find his or her way if they want to.
教学方法
Discussion in pairs or in groups.
Students-involved class activities.
教具准备
A tape recorder and a multimedia classroom.
课前准备
Before the class, ask the students to work in groups to draw a map of their school in Chinese or in English if they can. They can use the map on page six as a guide. Of course, the Chinese maps should be put into English during this period.
教学过程
→Step 1 Greetings and deal with homework
Check the homework exercises.
→Step 2 Lead in
Vocabulary of this period is about facilities at school, therefore, teachers can begin this class with something they are familiar with in their daily lives.
1. Teachers can ask the students the following questions:
Did you get to our school by yourselves or with your parents?
Did you have any difficulty finding our school?
How did you get to our school?
Describe your trip to our school at the beginning of this term/on the first day of this term.
After you arrived at our school, can you get to each building without difficulty? Why or why not?
Who helped you find your dormitory?
If you lost your way, what would you do?
If you were asked how to get to a certain place, how would you show him or her the way?
2. Present the expressions or sentence patterns to ask the way if possible.
3. Sample answers:
Go straight ahead and you will find the teaching building.
Turn left at the first crossing and you will get to the teaching building.
Go down this road and turn left at the second corner, and then you will find the teaching building.
Go three blocks west and you can’t miss the high school.
Turn right at the traffic light and go 50 meters ahead.
If you don’t know the way, you can say:
Sorry, I’m a stranger here myself.
. . .
Expressions to show the way:
1)Walk towards/past. . . /and then walk between. . and. . . You will find. . . at the end of the road.
2)Turn left/right, and walk straight/right/directly on.
3)Take the second turning on the right. /Turn left at the second turning.
4)At the end of the first/second crossing, you will find it on your right/left. You can’t miss it.
5)Take No. 5 bus and get off at the second bus stop. It’s about half an hour’s walk/drive.
→Step 3 Read a map
After the warming up exercises, we will come to the topic of this period.
It is to read a map and think about the route to a certain place on the map. The students are supposed to tell the right direction and describe how to get there.
Meanwhile, they should be able to name the school buildings in English. If they are devoted to the exercise, they will learn some names of the school buildings by heart as these building are the ones they can find in their high school too.
To start the exercise, firstly, we can ask the students to read the thoughts of Wei Hua on page 6 and try to act it out on the map below.
Secondly, we can read the thoughts to the students and ask them to “walk” on the map meanwhile.
Thirdly, we can ask one of the students to read the thoughts and ask another one of them to come to the blackboard and act out Wei Hua’s thoughts.
After several practice, the students are able to name some of the buildings in English. Then we can ask them to finish part B on page 6.
First, we can ask the students to draw a route for Wei Hua and ask one of them to present it on the blackboard.
Show the route on the map.
Then, teachers can give the students several minutes to prepare for the description. They can be divided into several groups and talk about the route in groups. The students will be in the front before the map to present their work.
One sample answer:
Now I’m at the door of the canteen. First I should turn right, walk to the first crossing and turn left. After that, I have to walk straight on to the end of the road, get the book I want in the dormitory. Then I can return from the same way to the canteen, walk on until the end of the road and classroom four is on my left.
→Step 4 Consolidation
To strengthen the memory of the words and sense of direction, we can give the students more practice.
Ask the students to take out the maps they prepared before class. Let them discuss the map and put their maps into English first.
One sample map
Practice one On the first day you come to school, you want to get some hot water in the water room. You are at the gate of the dormitory. You ask a schoolmate for help. Make up a dialogue with your partner. One acts as your schoolmate, who knows the way.
One sample answer:
You: Excuse me, pal. I’m a new student here, and I’m not so familiar with the school buildings.
Schoolmate (S for short): What do you think I can do for you?
You: I want to go to the water room to get some hot water. But I don’t know how I can get there.
S: It’s easy. Now we are at the gate of the dormitory. And the room is just in the south of the dormitory beside the store.
You: But where is the store?
S: Go down the road in front of our dormitory and turn left at the first crossing and you will find the store on your left. The water room is next to it.
You: Thank you so much.
S: My pleasure.
Practice two Suppose you were Li Hua, and your classmate Yu Fang in your middle school wants to visit you this Saturday. You live in Room 302 of building 15. Write a letter and tell him/her how to get to your room.
One sample answer:
Dear Yu Fang,
Nice to hear from you again. I’m looking forward to your visit this Saturday. I’m writing this time to tell you how to get to my dormitory, so that you will have no difficulty finding my room here.
After you come to the gate of our school, you will find the Science and Technology building on your left, and on your right are the classroom buildings. Between these two buildings there is a road, and please go along the road until the first crossing, where there is the clock tower. Turn left at the first crossing. Go down the road near the river. After you get to the bridge, you will find the canteen in front of you. Turn right there. Go down the road again and you can’t miss the two dormitories on each side of the road, of which the one on your left is the boy’s dormitory, while the one on your right is the girl’s . Don’t go into the wrong building.
I’m living in Room 302 of building 15. I think you can’t miss it.
Looking forward to seeing you again.
Yours,
Li Hua
→Step 5 Practice
After all these exercises, the students are familiar with the words and expressions about school facilities. Here are some exercises for the students to practice these words.
1. Ask the students to finish part C on page seven.
2. Suppose you were the member of the Students’ Office in the school. You are to write a poster for the union to introduce the new comers to the school. Please write a similar introduction of your school to the one you read on page 7.
→Step 6 Equipment in the gym
This step will get the students to know some English words of equipment in a gym. These pieces of equipment also has something to do with the coming Olympic Games. So it is interesting to the students, and they will be willing to learn these words in English. To master these words the best way is learning during doing or experiencing. If possible, the teacher can lead the students to the gym in the school and learn the names of the equipment when exercising on them.
Practice one
Ask the students to finish part D on page 7.
One sample answer:
1. climbing bars 攀登架
2. rings 吊环
3. dumb-bell 哑铃
4. beam 平衡木
5. skipping rope 跳绳
6. basketball court 篮球场
7. barbell 杠铃
8. mat 垫子
Practice two
Divide the students into groups and ask them to think of as many pieces of equipment in the gym as possible and draw some on a piece of paper. After a few minutes, ask some groups to come to the front and draw their work on the blackboard. After the drawing, ask the students to name the pieces of equipment in English and meanwhile the teacher can hold a competition.
One sample answer:
Practice three
Revise the words and some more exercises by filling in the blanks.
1. Many students like exercise with a_____________ to keep warm in winter.
2. Liu Xuan is the first Chinese woman to win a gold medal in the 2000 Sydney Olympic women’s balance_____________ competition.
3. Weightlifting involves lifting a_____________ overhead. It requires quickness, flexibility and coordination.
4. Sport climbing has become very popular these days. It’s reported that kids’ exercise on_____________ is of great help to their brains.
5. To develop their muscles, many young people like to exercise using a pair of____________ held in both hands.
6. Our school has decided to build another_____________ , for so many boys choose basketball as their favorite sport.
7. Many small children have great fun in rolling and jumping on a soft_____________ .
8. Tampakos, a gymnast from Greece, brings an Olympic gold medal on men’s_____________ at 2004 Olympics.
Sample answers:
1. skipping rope; 2. beam; 3. barbell; 4. climbing bars; 5. dumb-bells; 6. basketball court; 7. mat; 8. rings
More activities in the class: (Enough exercises will help the students master the use of the words and expressions they have learned. This step is served as a flexible part. If time permits, the teacher can choose some of the following exercises. )
Read the map below and try to tell how to get to a certain place.
Suppose you are now at the West Gate, walk towards the dormitories and go between the library and the No. 1 Teaching Building. Then turn left when you come to a garden. In the front there is a lake. The Office Building is just to the north of it.
One sample answer:
When you enter the West Gate, go past the Gym and then turn left. After you walk between the library and the canteen, you can see the Science Building in front of you and the Office Building on your right, just next to the lake side. In the front you will find the Office Building next to the Moon Lake. You will not miss it!
The following route shows the correct way:
The teacher can ask the students to think of more situations according to the map.
Some sample situations:
1. Suppose you are now at the East Gate. You want to go to Dormitory One. Think of a possible route and present it orally.
One sample answer:
Now I’m at the East Gate, and I want to go to the Dormitory one. What is the quickest way to get there? If I walk towards the laboratory and go between the lake and the garden, I can then turn left, walk past the library and the second teaching building and go straight on. Dormitory one is just beside my left.
2. Suppose you are going to the school library and make up a dialogue with your partner.
One sample answer:
A: Are you going to the library too?
B: Yeah, I have to do some research for my science class.
A: That sounds tough. I need to check out some English literature books.
B: Haven’t you already borrowed a lot of books from the library?
A: No, I haven’t. I even don’t know how to get there and where our school library is. You know I’m a new comer.
B: I’m always using the reading room there to get my homework done. I can tell you how to get there.
A: That’s nice of you.
B: Go between these two buildings and go straight ahead.
A: Do you mean that I should go between the teaching building and the science building?
B: That’s right. Then go straight ahead.
A: OK. I should go straight ahead.
B: After you walk to the river of our school, turn left and go down the road by the river. You will find the library in front of you.
A: Oh, I’m confused.
B: OK. I’ll go there with you. I can go there and use the computer catalog or browse through the stacks and find some books I need.
A: That’s really nice of you.
B: Let’s go.
板书设计
expressions or sentence patterns to ask the way
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expressions or sentence patterns to show the way
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精彩片断
→Step 5 Practice
1. After all these exercises, the students are familiar with the words and expressions about school facilities. Here are some exercises for the students to practice these words.
2. Suppose you were the member of the Students’ Office in the school. Your are to write a poster for the union to introduce the new comers to the school. Please write a similar introduction of your school to the one you read on page 7.
One sample answer:
Taihu High School has much more than you expect. We have a car park for both our teachers and visitors who drive. We have over 90 classrooms for different grades and classes, and a library with over 100 000 books. In the library we also have got a e-book library where you can choose to read different books stored in the computer or select books on the internet. Twelve science laboratories are available for different experiments. Whether students want to exercise or just want to have some fun, they can use our gym. The gym is open all year round for students.
Students who live far away from home will be happy with our dormitories. Each room comes with its own bathroom and Internet access. We have a modern medical centre and experienced nurses. We make sure that we take good care of students on our campus. Hot water is also available at fixed time during the day.
School meals are delicious. Each day, we have different menu, and three meals are served in the two canteens in our school. Hamburgers and soft drinks are also available in the store.
We hope you will enjoy your life at Taihu High School. If you have any questions or need any help, you can call the students’ office or the students’ union any time during the day.
The Students’ Union
→Step 7 Homework
1. Finish part B on Page 93.
2. Preview Grammar and usage.
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