Unit 1 A trip to BeijingLesson 1 May I Go to Beijing?Lesson ObjectivesAt the end of this lesson, students will be able to:1. understand the meaning of the text2. remember the mastery vocabulary3. find and use the list of mastery vocabulary in Lesson 8Class OpeningGREETINGThis is a new term. Greet the students by saying Hello, class. How is your vacation?New ConceptsDEMONSTRATEDemonstrate the word trip. Explain it in English like this:Li Ming is going to Beijing.Li Ming wants to go to Beijng.That is a trip.Li Ming is going on a trip to Beijing.Then point to the picture in No. 1 of the student book and ask the class: Where is he going? If you wanted too to on a trip, what would you do next?Look at the picture in No. 2 of the student book with your class. What does Li Ming do next?DRILLUse word cards in a pocket panel to show the students how to substitute words in May I…? Y es / No. Point to the words as you say them.STUDENT BOOK L1Play the tape of the text in the student book. Ask the students to listen carefully as they follow along in their student books.PLAY “MOTHER, MAY I”Play it in a simple form, with numbers and big or little steps. You could also play variation 1 of the game with phrases such as read a book, sing a song, write a story, draw a picture and eat an apple. If you do this, brainstorm possible phrases before you start the game.ACTIVITY BOOKFinish Exercise 2.Class ClosingRetrospect of the lessonLesson 2 May I Invite Danny and Jenny?Lesson ObjectivesAt the end of this lesson, students will be able to:1. understand the meaning of the text2. get familiar with the oral vocabularyClass OpeningGREETINGRemember to greet the students with phrases they have learned.PLAY “MOTHER, MAY I?”This is a good game to review May I…? Yes/ No, you may / may not.New ConceptsDEMONSTRATERole-play come and go with students in the class. Use gestures to make your meaning clear. For example, ask individual students to come and then go.Lead the class through a dialogue such as this:Teacher: I want to go on a trip to Beijing! (Pick up your suitcase, point ahead and start walking.) Here I go! (Stop and point to a student.) You come, too. You come with me. (Start walking again, with the student.) Let’s go.PRACTICEPlay “The Trip Game.” Refer to the “Games” section at the back of this guide.DEMONSTRATENote that this lesson uses leave and arrive. The students know most of the words in the sentences that use leave and arrive. Can they guess what the words mean? Remember to praise any student who tries to answer. STUDENT BOOK L2Play the tape of the text in the student book. They follow the text in their book and pay special attention to come on our trip and go on a trip. ACTIVITY BOOKFinish Exercise 2.PRACTICEDiscuss the story in the student book. What does Li Ming want? (He want s Danny and Jenny to come.)How does Mrs. Li talk to Mrs. Smith? (On the telephone.) where is Mrs. Smith? (In Canada.) Can Jenny come on thetrip? Can Danny come?Class ClosingRetrospect of the lessonLesson 3 How Far Is Beijing?Lesson ObjectivesAt the end of this lesson, students will be able to:1. understand the meaning of the text2. remember the mastery vocabulary3. find and use the list of mastery vocabulary in Lesson 8Class OpeningGREETINGPLAY “THE TRIP GAME”New ConceptsDEMONSTRATENumbers are very regular in English. Once you know how to count to 100, you can count to 1000. Teach them how to read the numbers between 100 and 1000.E.g. 101: one hundred and one426: four hundred and twenty-six917: nine hundred and seventeenDemonstrate about with examples. Draw two quick stick people on the blackboard, a very tall boy and very short girl. Draw a tape measure beside each with an exact height marker off(such as 1.8 metres and 1.2 metres ) Lead a dialogue such as:Teacher: (Point to ech stick person in turn.) He is one-point-eight metres tall. How tall is she?Class: One point two metres tall.Teacher: Yes, he is one point eight etres tall and she is one point two metres tall. He is about two metres tall and she is about one metre tall. PRACTICECall out any number and ask the students in any row to count sequentially from that number. Stop and start the game several times with different numbers and different rows of students.DEMONSTRATE1. Explain from…to…. Write the names of cities in China on the blackboard. Write the distances from our city to these cities on the blackboard. Work these out before class and use exact numbers. Then lead the dialogue like this:—How far is…? Or How far is it from…to …? It’s about…—About …kilometers.2. Teach near and far. Lead a dialogue like this:—(Standing next to the volunteer.) He / She is near. (Take the volunteer to a far corner of the room and walk back to my original position. Point to the volunteer.) Is he / she near or far?—Far.ACTIVITY BOOKClass ClosingRetrospect of the lessonLesson 4 How Can We Go to Beijing?Lesson ObjectivesAt the end of this lesson, students will be able to:1. understand the meaning of the text2. remember the mastery vocabulary3. understand and sing the song “A plane is fast. A bus is slow.”Class OpeningGREETINGPLAY “SPELL IT”Play “Spell it”to revew modes of transportation the students have mastered (bicycle, car, cab, truck). See the directions for this game in “Games” at the back of this guide. Leave the words on the blackboard. Then ask for volunteers to draw pictures to match the words.New ConceptsDEMONSTRATETeach: airplane, train, fast, faster, slow, slowerDemonstrate fast and slow by talking fast and slowly, or walking fast and slowly, as you make up appropriate sentences.Demonstrate faster than and slower than with two balls of the same size, but different colours.Roll them at different speeds. Construct a sentence that describes their relative speed. As for volunteers to roll the balls and each construct a correct sentence that describes the relative speed of their ball. Demonstrate train and airplane with your large vocabulary cards. Then lead a dialogue such as:—（Hold up a vocabulary card.）What’s this?—A train/ An airplane.—Is a train faster than an airplane? (Use gestures to make your meaning clear.)—No…—No! A train is slower than an airplane. Is an airplane faster than a train?—Yes.—Yes, an airplane is…—…faster than a train.Note that plane is short of airplane.STUDENT BOOK L4Review the story so far. Li Ming wants to go on a trip to Beijing. Hismother is coming. Jenny and Danny are coming, too. Look at the pictures in No. 1 of the student book. What’s it about?DEMONSTRATELet’s take…Show the meaning of take first by doing some actions and at the same time holding your word cards of transportation vehicles. And then ask your students to join in your actions, and say: Let’s take a bicycle or Let’s take a bus.STUDENT BOOK L4Teach “The Trip Song” in No. 3 of the student book with the tape.Then sing the song.ACTIVITY BOOKFinish Exercise 2.Class ClosingRetrospect of the lessonLesson 5 Leaving and ArrivingLesson ObjectivesAt the end of this lesson, students will be able to:1. understand the meaning of the text2. remember the mastery vocabulary3. understand and learn “The leave arrive chant”Class OpeningGREETINGPLAY “WHAT DAY IS IT?” AND SING “THE TRIP SONG”New ConceptsDEMONSTRATEarrive, leaveDraw a circle at each end of the blackboard. Label one circle with the name of your home city. Label the other with the name of another city. Ask for a volunteer. You and the volunteer stand next to your home city. Lead the dialogue such as this:—Please go to…(the other circle)—(start walking to the other circle.)—Goodbye. He/ She is leaving…Please come to…(the first circle.) Now, he/she is arriving inSTUDENT BOOK L 5Play the tape.PRACTICEDivide the class into small groups: Ask each group to plan a trip to Beijing the way Li Ming planned a trip in the student book. DEMONSTRATEStudy the course plan of your students. Find out what classes they have on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.CHANTTeach “The leave arrive Chant”ACTIVITY BOOKFinish Exercise 2.Class ClosingRetrospect of the lessonLesson 6 Li Ming Packs His SuitcaseLesson ObjectivesAt the end of this lesson, students will be able to:1. understand the meaning of the text2. remember the mastery vocabulary3. understand and chant “The This That”Class OpeningGREETINGREVIEW “NEAR”AND”F AR”Review near and far. Ask two volunteers to stand on close to you and one in a far corner of the room. Lead a dialogue such as:—（Indicate the volunteer close to you.）…is near. (Point to the other volunteers and talk to first volunteer.) Is…near or far?—…is far.(Repeat with other volunteers and eventually allow students to lead the dialogue.)DRILLReview regular plurals with an object-prompt drill..You show a book, and say “I have a book.” Then you add another book and say, “Now I have two books.” and so on.New ConceptsDEMONSTRATEThis, that, these, thoseUse objects around the room and model the following structures: Teacher: (Hold up one object.) The …is near. This is near. (Point to an object far away) The…is far. That is far. (Hold up two objects.) The…s are near. These are near. (Point to two objects far away.) The …s are far. Those are far.Remind the students about some special plurals in English. Brainstorm a chart like this on the blackboard.This, that ——these, those；sweater——sweaters；pencil——pencils; pant——pantsDRILLUse word cards in a pocket panel to show the students how to substitute words in the phrase I like this/that/these/those…（colour or other adjective）them.DEMONSTRATEPacking my / your / his / her suitcaseDo this with a real suitcase and real clothes. Use demonstrative pronouns to make choices anbout the clothes you pack.STUDENT BOOK L6Review the story so far. Jenny, Danny and Li Ming are going on a trip to Beijing. Look at the pictures in the student book with the class. What is Li Ming doing in this lesson? What is Jenny doing?Jenny and Li Ming use the words a pair of. The students have heard these words before. Does anyone remember what they mean?Play the tape.PRACTICE IN P AIRSDivide the class into pairs. Ask each pair of students to make up a dialogue about packing a suitcase. One student packs and one student helps. They can use their flashcards for clothes to prompt conversation about clothing choices, or they can draw and cut out clothes on paper. They can use a pencil case as a pretend suitcase for packing the clothes. Yes, please / No, thanks.Do you like this/ that/ these/ those…？A pair ofHow many…do you have?DEMONSTRATEClothes, jacketTeach jacket with the real clothes.CHANTTeach “The This Tat Chant” in No. 2 of the student ook.ACTIVITY BOOKFinish Exercise 1.Class ClosingRetrospect of the lessonLesson 7 Buying Train TicketLesson ObjectivesAt the end of this lesson, students will be able to:1. understand the meaning of the text2. remember the mastery vocabulary3. find and use the list of mastery vocabulary in Lesson 8Class OpeningGREETINGCHANT “THE LEAVE ARRIVE CHANT”TELL THE TIMEReview how to read time. Draw clocks on the blackboard and ask the class to recite the time.New ConceptsDEMONSTRATEJump / run / walk from…to…Sit down. Stand up.Act out jump, run and walk. Then do these actions from one object to another. Ask for a volunteer to do the actions from one object to another with you . Then ask for volunteers to do them without you. But as you direct, sometimes change your directions while your volunteers are still moving between objects.PLAY “TIC-TAC-TOE”Play “Tic-Tac-Toe”Give the students directions such as those below. Note that, in English, you can say from…to… or to…from… Both arecorrect. The students must listen carefully to the construction of each sentence you say.Please walk to the clock from the door.Please don’t run from the chair to the window.Please jump.PRACTICEPlay “Mother, May I?” with sit, stand and other vocabulary from this unit.ACTIVITY BOOKFinish Exercise 2.Class ClosingRetrospect of the lesson。
