1、Unit 2 How often do you exercise? Section B (3a-3C)Teaching aims: I. Knowledge Objectivei. At the end of the class, my students are able to use the target words and sentences to describe their habits both good habits and bad habits fully and correctly.ii. My students are able to imitate the provided
2、 scaffold to write a short essay at the end of the class.II. Ability ObjectiveMy students could be able to write an essay by using the target words and sentences of this unit. III. Language focus:Words: dentist, how often, usually, always ,sometimes, hardly ever, never Sentences: I always exercise a
3、nd read books. I usually watch TV.Teaching difficulties:I. For students: My students may have difficulties to make a clear scaffold about the essay writing. Furthermore, some students could not be able to use the target sentences in the real communication context fully and correctly.II. For teacher:
4、 Time is the concentration. I should arrange the time fully and usefully without any hesitation. In the meanwhile, I also like to pay more attention to students reflection and feedback during the class. Respect their own ideas and encourage them to be more creative. I also like to handle the emergen
5、cies in the class immediately and approximately.Teaching methods: 1. Scene setting.2. Make scaffolds for students before writing the report.Teaching procedures:I. Greetings & PresentationGreet the whole class.T: Good afternoon, Guys. Ss: Good afternoon, Teacher.T: Please be seated. Ss: Thank you.T:
6、My name is Coco. I amvery happy to be here with you. Today we will have a writing class together. The topic is about habits.II. Warm-up1. Teacher leads in a question for students: “What do you want to be when you grow up?”2. Teacher displays some pictures of job to enable students free talk about th
7、eir future jobs. Moreover, encourage students write down what do they want to be in the future.III. Lead-in1. Introduce an American girl named Jane. She wants to be a lawyer when she grows up. 2. Lead in a question: “Could Jane become a lawyer?” Involve all of the students to join the prediction of
8、Janes future job.(Hint: according to the activities Jane does)ActivitiesDays a yearExercise365Read books365Watch TV for over 2 hours320Drink juice210Eat hamburgers95Help with housework20Stay up late15Go to the dentist0IV. Practicei. Mechanical practice T: Present the main sentences by using pictures
9、 and tables.Janes Activity 1:ActivitiesDays a yearExercise / Read books365She exercises and reads books365 days a year.She always exercises and reads books everyday.Prediction 1: Jane can be a lawyer.Janes Activities 2:ActivitiesDays a yearWatch TV for 2 hours320She watches TV 320 days a year.She us
10、ually watches TV for 2 hours. Prediction 2: Jane may be a lawyer. (uncertain)Janes Activities 3:ActivitiesDays a yearDrink juice210She drinks juice 210 days a year.She often drinks juice. Prediction 3: Jane can be a lawyer. Janes Activities 4:ActivitiesDays a yearEat hamburgers 95She eats hamburgers
11、 95 days a year.She sometimes eats hamburgers.Prediction4: Jane may be a lawyer (uncertain.). T: After presenting all of the sentences, there will be a discussion part about the prediction of Janes future. Conclusion: What makes Janes dream uncertain? Habits. Habits decide the future. ii. Meaningful
12、 practice T: present a half control practice which including some provided information. T: ask the students to turn to page 15 and read 3a. Then fill in the blanks according to the meaning of the text.Jane is a 16-year-old high school student in the United States. American Teenager magazine asked he
13、r about her habits. Jane has a lot of good habits. She _ exercises and she reads books _. Also, she _drinks juice and she _ stays up late. However, she has some bad habits, too. She _ watches TV for more than two hours a day, and she _ eats hamburgers. Her parents are not very happy because she _ he
14、lps with housework and she _ goes to the dentist for teeth cleaning. She says she is afraid.iii. Group-workT: Find out Janes habits.Good habits: always exercises; always reads books; often drinks juice; hardly ever stays up late.Bad habits: usually watches TV; sometimes eats hamburgers; hardly ever
15、helps with housework; never goes to the dentist. iv. Communicative practice T: What do you want to be in your future? Lets look at your habits and predict your future job. Can you be the person you want to be?3b Complete the chart with your own information. In the last column, use expressions like a
16、lways, every day, twice a week and never. ActivitiesHow often?Good habitsBad habitsActivities: Exercise; Read books; Play computer games; Drink milk; Eat fruit and vegetables ; Eat junk food; Stay up late . How often: always, every day, twice a week, never, hardly ever, usually,often.v. Summarize th
17、e writing structureHow to write a report?Topic sentenceGood habits However Bad habitsV. ProductionT: Write a report about your good and bad habits. Say how often you do things. Use the report in 3a as an example.T: After writing, share your report to your classmates.Tips: 1.Take notes about your cla
18、ssmates good habits and bad habits.2.Lets predict about his or her future.3.Give your own suggestions. 1. If students are in the English study high level, I would like to invite some students to make reports. Meanwhile, some other student will take notes about their classmates good habits and bad ha
19、bits. After the report, all of the students in the class predict the future job and provide suggestion.2. If students have problems to provide suggestion, the report will be ended just as reading the report. Teacher will lead students to provide the suggestion. VI. Homework.To-do homework(必做):Finish
20、 your report and write another one. Selective homework(选做): Search for some differences between Chinese and Americans in daily habits.VII. Board DesignHow often do you exercise? Section B (3a-3c)How to write a report?Topic sentenceGood habits However Bad habitsFrequency words:AlwaysUsuallyOftenSometimesHardly everNever
