Unit 12 My favorite subject is science.

Part 1: Teaching design (第一部分：教学设计)

SECTION A

Goals

●     To teach the students what questions, why questions

●     To let the students talk about their favorite subjects

Procedures

Warming up by learning about wh-questions

What is a wh-question?

Definition

A wh-question is a question that contains an interrogative pro-form.

Also known as:  Content question, question word question, information question

Examples (English)

Here are some examples of words that begin wh-questions in English. Most of them begin with wh-: who ;  what ;  when ;  where ;  why ;  how

Warming up by discussing

T: Good morning, everyone! We’re going to have our English class. You have many subjects everyday. Subject is the lesson you learn everyday, such as English, math, Chinese and so on. Maybe you think some of them are interesting and so you are good at them. But some are not. Right?

S: Yes…

T: Now let’s see how many subjects we have everyday.

S: Math, English, Chinese, art, music, biology, P.E.… 

T: And we have science. Science includes chemistry, physics and biology and so on.

1a Matching the words with the pictures

Look at the picture on page 71, there are many subjects in the picture. Please match the words with picture.

1b Listening and circling the subjects in 1a you hear

We have many different subjects everyday. Now let’s listen to the tape and circle the subjects in 1a you hear.

Read the tapescript to underline the wh-question.

1c.Doing pairwork

I think you must have your favorite subjects. Please practice the conversation below. First read after me and practice it with your partner. I will ask some pair to act it out.

Then make your own conversations with your partner like this:

2a Listening and putting in order.

Listen to the tape and please put the conversation in order. First you just listen and then put them in order.

Can you try to place the sentences in right order?

The right order should be like this:

2b Listening and matching

You will hear the conversation. In the conversation, people talk about school subjects. Listen and matching the subjects you hear with the description words.

We can only match two items according to the tapescript.

2cThinking and matching

Now what do you think of your subjects? You can give your opinion. You can practice this conversation first.

Then you can make up your conversation with your partners and match the subjects with the description words.

The answers may be like this:

2d Doing pairwork

OK, stop! Now please make a conversation using the information in 2c.

3a Completing the conversation

Look at your book on page 73. Two students are talking about their subjects and teachers.

Please fill in the blanks with the words in the box.

3b Doing pairwork

This time you can ask your partner about his or her favorite subject and the teacher. Complete the chart.

You can practice the dialogue like this:

4 Surveying

OK! We know a lot about our classmates and partners. But how well do you know your parents? Complete the chart with your parents’ favorite things then talk about your classmates. You can talk about it like this:

Students’ answers may like this:

Closing down by writing a short passage

Just now we talk about your parents. Now please write a short passage about your parents’ hobby.

SECTION B

Goals

●     To go on talking about favorite subjects

●     To learn the days of week and the expressions of dates

Procedures   

Warming up by talking about the date

T: Boys and girls! Today we’re going to learn a new part Section B. By the way, what day is it today?

S: It’s Tuesday.

T: What’s the date today?

S: It’s October 9.

T: Oh! I see. Let’s open you book and turn to Page74, and learn 1a.

1a Putting in order

Look at your book and put the days into correct order. The correct order should be:

1b Checking the subjects

What subject do you study at school? Check the subjects. You should pronounce them correctly and remember these words.

1c Doing pairwork

Look at this teaching syllabus.

Ask and answer questions about the subjects you study at school. For example:

Students’ dialogue may be like this:

2a Listening and writing

Let’s do a listening exercise. Listen and write the school subjects you hear. First you just listen and then you can write.

The answers are like these. You can check them.

2b Listening and completing

Listen again and complete the chart.