Unit11 How was your school trip ?Period 1 (Section A:1a, 1b, 1c)Step I Lead-inRevise past forms of some verbs. Enable students to use them to make a list of their last school trip activities.T: Do you still remember your last school trip? When was it? Where did you go?Ss: ...T: What did you do on the trip? Now make a list of the things you did on the trip. Remember, use the simple past tense of verbs because we are talking about the past event. Is that clear?Help students to review the simple past of some verbs they have learned before. Show the following chart. Let students write down the simple past of the verbs. Ask a student to write the answers on the board. Then check the answer with the whole class.Then let them make their own lists. Ask some students to share their lists with the class and make sure they use the correct simple past tense of the verbs.The following chart shows the simple past of some irregular verbs. Students may find some useful while they are making the list.verb simple past verb simple past buy bought teach taughtthink thought catch caughtbring broughtride rode write wrotegrow grew throw threwdrink drank sing sangStep II Listening and Oral practice (Section A 1b)Play the recording. Students only listen and get a general idea of the conversation.Play the tape a second time. Students listen and circle the activities.Play the tape a third time, students listen and read after the tape.Correct their pronunciation and intonation mistakes.Step III Pairwork (Section A 1c)Point to the speech bubble in the picture of activity 1b. Let students practice the conversation between Bob and Carol in pairs.Call attention to the questions:Did you ...?What did you ...?And their answers:Yes, I did. No, I didn’t.I milked a cow.Step IV Summary and HomeworkT: This class we have learnt how to talk about school trips with “Did you...” We also learned the simple past form of some verbs. After class, please review the chart about the verbs. Don’t forget to preview the next part of Section A (2a, 2b, 2c,2d, Grammar focus).Period 2 (Section A:2a, 2b, 2c,2d)Step I Revision and Lead-inGreet the class as usual. Get students review what they have learned in the last period by asking some questions about their last summer vacation.T: Where did you go on your last summer vacation, Xiao Bin?S: I went to Qingdao with my parents.T: Wow, a cool place. What did you do there?S: We climbed Laoshan Mountain, swam in the sea and ate sea food.T: Did you visit an aquarium?S: Yes, we did. We took photos with dolphins and seals.T: Did you have a good time there?S: Yeah. We went to the beach and ate lots of seafood. I want to go there next vacation again.Step II Listening (Section A 2a, 2b)Ask a few questions about Carol’s school trip.T: Where did Tina go?S: She went to the farm.T: What did she do there?S: She hung out with her friends and took lots of photos.T: What else did she do there? Now let’s listen. First, open your books at page 62. Read the questions in activity 2a please.Point to the list of questions and have one student read the questions to the class. Explain some new words and stress the verb phrases.Play the tape. Students listen and check the questions they hear.T: Look at activity 2b. Read the sentences and get the meaning of each sentence. Then listen to the recording again and circle “T” or “F”.Play the recording again, students listen and circle the answers.Then play the recording again, pause where the right answers are. Check the answers with the whole class.Step III Pairwork (Section A 2c,)In this step, students will practice talking about Carol’s school trip according to the information in activity 2a,2b. This will help them to practice the use of “Did she ...”question and the affirmative and negative statements.Have students complete the task in pairs.Step IV Role-play(2d)Do2d:Ask students to role-play the conversation in pairs,then explain the conversation.Step V Homework1. Listen to the whole conversation between Tina and Kevin. Retell what Tina did on her school trip in your own words.2. Make a list of verb phrases you have learned so far in this unit and try to remember them.Period 3 (Section A:Grammar focus,3a, 3b)Step I Revision and Lead-inGreet the class as usual and check the homework.Ask several students to retell what Eric did on his trip.Step II GrammarRevise the grammar box.Let students do some drill practice with the grammar items.Drill:—Did you (A) go to the zoo (B)?Replace A with: he, she, they, Mary, Liu Li, Wang Fei, etc.Replace B with: take photos, hang out with friends, see some dolphins, go to the movies, buy a souvenir, have some ice cream—Yes, I (A) did.—No, I (A) didn’t. I (A) went to the aquarium (B).Replace A with: he, she, they and we.Replace B with: took photos, hung out with friends, etc.Step II Reading (Section A 3a)T: Read the letters and find answers to the following questions.1. Did Jim have a good time on the school trip?2. Where did Jim go for the day?3. What did Jim do after lunch?After they have finished, check the answers.Then ask the students to retell the letters with their own words.Now listen to the tape and repeat after it. Pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation.Step III PairworkAsk students to write down a list of places they visited (as column A), andthings they did there (as column B).Column A Column BTianlong Mountain ride horseBeidaihe go swimmingHongkong go shopping... ...Ask a pair of students to read the sample conversation. Explain that:T: “That sounds interesting”is B’s opinion on the things A did. We can also say: That sounds cool/fun/boring/exiting etc. Now work in pairs and make your own conversations. Give opinions on the things your partner did.Sample conversation:A: Where were you last Sunday?B: My family went to Tianlong Mountain.A: That sounds exciting. Did you climb the mountain?B: Yes, we did. We also had a picnic.Ask some pairs to act their conversations out for the class.Step IV Groupwork (Section A 3b)Get students sit in a circle and make up a story.T: Let’s play a game. Students in Group one, three, five, seven sit in the front. Students in Group two, four, six, eight sit in the back. Sit in a circle quickly. We are going to make up a story. Choose a member in your group to start the story. Then each of you add a sentence to keep the story going. Remember, the story happened in the past, so you should use the simple past tense. Let’s see which group’s story is more interesting.Step V Homework1. Write a short story about your school trip.2. Prepare for Section B.Period 4 (Section B:1a, 1b, 1c,1d,2a, 2b, 2c)Step I Revision and Lead-inGreet the class as usual and check the homework.Ask two students to read their school trip experiences.Step II Matching and listening (Section B 1a, 1b,1c,1d)Call attention to the pictures in activity 1a. Help students understand the meanings of the 6 phrases.T: Which of these activities did you do on your last day off? Rank them 1-6. Then ask students to listen to a conversation between Jane and Tony in activity 1b and 1c. Then check the answers.Get them work in pairs and discuss their last trip in 1d. Ask some pairs of students to say their conversations to the class.Step III Reading (Section B 2a, 2b,2c)T: Well, most of us have a busy weekend. We always do a lot of things during the weekends. Do you often feel tired after hard work? What do you most want to do?S: Sleep the whole day.S: Have delicious food.S: Play computer games.S: Listen to light music.T: How were Helen’s and Jim’s school trips? Did they do the same things as you do? Look at the chart in activity 2a to complete it.Look at activity 2b. Read 2b to answer the questions.Check the answers with the whole class.Then let them pick out other expressions in the conversation that show opinions or feelings.Ask students to complete the chart in 2c,then check the answer.Step IV PairworkT: From 2b, we know Helen’trip was interesting and exciting and Tony’trip was terrible . What was your last day off like? Was it a good day off or a terrible day off? Now work in pairs and talk about your last day off.Let students present their conversations in front of the class using the target language.HaStep V HomeworkWrite a short passage about what your father or mother did on his/her last day off.Period 5 Period 5 (Section B:3a, 3b, 3c, Self check)Step I Revision and Lead-inGreet the class as usual and check the homework.T: Do you remember Helen and Jim did on their school trip? Who can retell the story to us? Ladies, first!Show the pictures on the screen again. These will help the students to remember the main events.Step II Reading and writing (Section B 3a)Turn to page 66, activity 3a. Read the diary. Make a list of the things Bob did that day.Have students complete Bob’s diary,then get some students read it to the class. Then play the tape and let students read after it. Check their pronunciation and intonation.Step III Writing practice (Section B 3b, 3c)Read this diary and fill in the blanks.Then let students read the diary to their partners and check the answers with each other. .Then deal with activity 3c.T: Now write a diary and tell us what you did on your last school trip. First make a list of ideas before you begin to write the diary. In your diary you must include Activities, Places, Description words. Make a list of at least three things under each heading. You’d better write at least six or seven sentences.After they have finished, ask some students to read their diaries to the class. Step IV Self CheckDo Self Check1:Write more verbs and their past forms and remember them.Do Self Check2:Complete the conversations with the correct forms of the verbs in the box.Ask some pairs to act them out in class.Step V Homework1. Make a list of the verb phrases you have learned in this period and remember them.2. Finish the exercises in Self check.。
