unit 2 one how do you study for a test 教案（鲁教版初二下）(7)Teaching methodsTask-based teaching method, the Situational Communicative Approach, etc. Teaching aidsTape recorder, pictures, objects, slide projector etc.Teaching aims(1) Knowledge Objects In this unit, students learn to talk about how to study for a test and give advice to those who have diffi-culty in studying. (2) Ability Objects To train students' listening, speak-ing, reading and writing skills using the target language. To train students' communicative com-petence. (3) Moral Objects Everyone learns a different way. The best one is to do. That is, no pains, no gains.Language FunctionTalk about how to study. Teach students how to be successful language learners. Difficulties & focusTo make students learn and grasp the key words and the target language. V ocabulary 1. flashcard, take notes, frustrating, mem-orize, aloud, make mistakes, pronuncia-tion, be afraid to, deal with, unless, go by2. What about... ?3. Why don't you... ?Target Language1. How do you study for tests?Well, I study by working with my classmates.2. Have you ever studied with a group?Yes, I have. I've learned a lot that way.3. I don't have a partner to practise Eng-lish with.Maybe you should join an English club.Structureverb + by with gerundPeriod 1 Teaching procedures: Step 1 Leading inWelcome the students back to school and ask them if they had a good time during the summer holidays. Invite different students to describe what they did in the summer vacation.Step 2 Activity laRead the list of ways of studying to the class. Please check the ways you usually study for an English test. Then discuss which are the most popular and least popular ways of studying.Say, now please add other ways you use sometimes. Invite several students to read their ways to the class.Sample answers1. by joining a study group2. by practising conversations with my friends3. by reading aloud every morning4. by watching English-language TVStep 3 Activity 1bSay. You will hear one conversation. You are asked to write the letter of each picture in front of the name of the person who studies that way. Play the recording. Check the answers with the whole class. Answers l.a 2.c 3.b Step 4 Activity 1cInvite a pair of students to read it to the class.Say, Now work with a partner. Ask pairs to come to the front of the room and act out their conversations.Step 5 Activity 2aCall students' attention to the picture. They are members of an English club that meets after school once a week. They are talking about the ways to learn English. Get different students to read them to the class.Say, Listen to a conversation among the members of the English club. Check the questions you hear. Play the recording. Check the answers with the whole class.Answers: checked questions: 1,2,4,5Step 6 Activity 2bPoint to the list of answers in the box. Get different students to read the answers to the class. Point to the checked questions in Activity 2a. Say, You are to listen to the same conversation again. This time write the letter of the correct answer after each question you checked in Activity 2a. Play the recording again. Students write the letters in the blanks. Check the answers with the whole class.(Answers: l.d 2.b 3.c 4. a)Step 7 Activity 2cInvite a pair of students to read the sample conversation to the class. Say, Make conversations using information from Activities 2a and 2b with a partner. Ask pairs to come to the front of the room and act out their conversations. Step 8 Grammar FocusWrite the three sentences containing by doing on the blackboard. Underline the words by listening, by studying and by reading aloud. Say, When you ask how to do something or to tell how you do something, you often use the word "by" followed by an -ing word.Write the following on the blackboard: learn new words, make a list, study for a test, ask the teacher for help. Ask students to practice asking and answering questions using each pair of expressions.Step 9 SummaryIn this class, we've learned some key vocabulary words, such as flashcard, cassette. And we've also learned the target language How do you study for a test? I study by working with a group. Have you ever studied with a group? Yes, I have. I've learned a lot that way. key vocabulary what about... ? and the structure verb+by with gerund. Step 10 Homework1. Go over the words, pharaes and sentences we’ve learnt today.2. Interview students in other classes, family members, and friends to try to discover some new ways of studying that haven't been introduced in the book or in class.3. Ask the students to write two sentences with what about... ? and two sentences with verb+by with gerund.4. Preview the rest of Section A. Blackboard DesignUnit 1 How do you study for a test?Section APeriod 11. Ways of studying!by working with friendsby making flashcardsby reading the textbookby making vocabulary listsby listening to cassettesby asking the teacher for help2. A; How do you study for a test?B:I study by working with a group.A: Have you ever studied with a group? B:Yes, I have. I've learned a lot that way.3. make a list study for a test, ask the teacher for help.Period 2 Teaching procedures : Step 1 Leading in 1) Revise the target language presented in previous classes by making up conversations. 2) Check homework. Get several students to read their sentences aloud to the class. Then collect the writing and write a comment on each paper before returning them. 3) Show the key words on the screen by a projector. Say the words and have the students repeat again and again until they can pronounce the words fluently and accurately.Step 2 Activity 3aCall attention to the article. Explain to the students that they will read the article and then write in the chart the ways of learning English that are unsuccessful, OK and successful for the students Lillian Li, Wei Ming and Liu Chang. Help the students find the information in the reading. Say, Read the article again and complete the chart on your own. Write the correct answers on the blackboard so that students can check the spelling and other details of their answers.Step 3 Activity 3bRead the instructions to the class. Ask students to find partners and decide who isstudent A and who is student B. Point out the uncompleted sample conversation. Invite two more advanced students to say and complete the sample conversation. Ask students to make up conversations using information from Activity 3 a. A few minutes later, change them round so that both students have the opportunity to interview the other. Ask several pairs of students to say their conversations to the class. Step 4 Part 4 Interview Read the instructions to the class. Get students to check what they do to learn English. Remind the students of the differences among often, sometimes and never. Invite a pair of students to say the sample conversation to the class. Write the conversation on the blackboard. Say, Work in pairs. Interview your partner and fill in the chart.Step 5 SummaryIn this class, we've learned some key vocabulary words and the target language. We've also done a lot of listening, speaking, reading and writing practice using the target language. Step 6 Homework 1. Review Section A. 2. Ask students to collect information and write an article about how to learn to do something new. The article may be about how to learn to swim, how to learn to play soccer and so forth. 3. Finish off the exercises on pages 1-2 of the workbook. 4. Preview Section B. Blackboard DesignUnit 1 How do you study for a test?Section APeriod 21. Answers to Activity 3a:2. A: Do you write vocabulary lists?B: Oh, yes. I do it often.Period 3 Teaching procedures: Step 1 Leading in1. Check homework. Get some students to read out their writings about how to do something new. Collect their writings and help correct any errors. Display the writings on the back wall of the classroom.2. Brainstorm ways of learning English. Ask, How do you study for a test? Collect answers from students.S1: I study by working with a group.S2: I study by listening to cassettes.S3: ...Step 2 Activity laRead the list of problems students have when learning English . Show students the meaning of each item. Say, please check the statements that are true for you. Write the list of problems on the blackboard. After they have finished checking the ways, discuss which gives students the most trouble.Step 3 Activity 1bInvite a student to read out the sample answer to the class. Say, And now please add other problems you sometimes have when learning English. Ask one or two students to write their answers on the blackboard. Choose the problems that many students have.Step 4 Activity 2aPoint to the list of challenges in the box. Set a time limit of one minute. Students read them through silently. Say, Some of the things are difficult for Paul. Listen to the conversation and check the learning challenges that Paul talks about. Play therecording. Students listen and check the learning challenges Paul talks about. Check the answers with the whole class. (Answers Checked items; 1,2,3,5)Step 5 Activity 2bPoint to the list of solutions in the box. Set a time limit of one minute. Students read them through silently. Point to the checked challenges in Activity 2a. Say, You will listen to the conversation again and write the number of each challenge in Activity 2 a in front of the correct solution in Activity 2b. Play the recording again. Students write the numbers in the blanks. Check the answers (Answers a. 2 b.5 c.l d.3)Step 6 Activity 2cInvite a pair of students to read the sample conversation to the class. Write the sample conversation on the blackboard. Say, Please make conversations using information from the earlier activities in pairs. Ask pairs to come to the front of the classroom and say their conversations to the class.Step 7 SummarySay, In this class, we've mainly talked about how to solve problems you meet with while learning English.Step 8 Homework1. Review what we’ve learnt today.2. Each student chooses a way of learning English he/she thinks the most helpful. Then find a partner who is not successful in this method and teach him/her how to use the method effectively.3. Preview the rest of Section B.Blackboard DesignUnit 1 How do you study for a test?Section BPeriod 31. Learning problems: I can't pronounce some of the words. 13 I can't understand spoken English. 28 I read very slowly. 10 I can't spell some English words. 11 I make mistakes in Grammar. 252. A: I don't have a partner to practice English with.B: Maybe you should join an English language club.Period 4 Teaching procedures: Step 1 Leading in1. Check homework. See if students have taught their partners how to learn English effectively. Say, Check your partner's progress regularly and offer as much help as you can.2. Show the key vocabulary words on the screen by a projector. Say the words and have students repeat again and again until they can pronounce the words fluently and accurately.Step 2 Activity 3a Explain to the class that they will read the article and then write T or F after each statement. Ask students to do the activity individually. Check the answers(1. F 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F 6. T 7.T) Ask, Why are the false sentences false? Help students find relevant information in the reading.1. .... she ( the teacher) spoke too quickly,...2. ... I thought my classmates might laugh at me.3. I think that doing lots of listening practice is...Step 3 Activity 3bSay, Please complete the letter on your own. Say, you should look back at Activity 2b. Check the answers by having a student write his/her work on the blackboard.Step 4 Activity 3cRead the instructions to the class. Ask students to take turns suggesting things that have been the most helpful. Make a list of ideas on the blackboard. Say, Write an article about the things that have helped you the most. Use these suggestions on the blackboard with your own ideas to write your article. You may also use the article in Activity 3a as a model. Ask students to read their letters to a partner.Step 5 Part 4 InterviewRead the instructions to the class. Demonstrate how to fill in the information in the chart.T: Wei Ming, what isn't easy about learning English?W: Grammar.T: What do you do about this?W: I take lots of grammar notes in class.T: What is your favourite way to learn more English?W: Listening to English songs.Wei Ming Name NameQuestion 1 grammerQuestion 2 take lots of grammar notes in classQuestion 3 listening English songsAsk students to interview three students and fill in the chart. Get a couple of students to tell the class about one of the people they interviewed.Step 6 SummaryIn this class, we've mainly done much reading and writing practice.Step 7 Homework1. Review Section B2. Finish off the article in Activity 3c.3. Write about one of the people interviewed in Activity4.4. Prewiew Selfcheck in this unit.Blackboard DesignUnit 1 How do you study for a test?Section BPeriod 41. A sample letter to Activity 3b:Dear Wei Ming. I know it isn't easy to Learn English, but I have... , not every word. You also said that you often forgot a lot of new words. Well, try writing the new words in your note book and studying at home. That helps a lot. If you keep on doing this, you will get good grades in English.Yours,Liu Chang2. The most helpful ideas:listening to English songs, reading English newspaperPeriod 5 Teaching procedures: Step 1 Leading in 1. Check homework. 2. Ask some students to read their writings about one of the people interviewed in Activity 4. Collect their writings and help correct any errors before returning them. Step 2 Part 1 Invite a student to read the vocabulary words at the top. Say, You are to fill in the blanks with the words. In some cases, you may need to use another form of the word. Check the answers. Five students each reads a sentence, filling in the blanks. The rest of students check their work. Answers: 1. write down 2. spell 3. join 4. found 5. feels Ask students to make their own sentences with the words. Step 3 Part 2 Ask students to look at the Notes on Xu Zheng and Notes on Xu Zheng's essay. Elicit how to convert the notes into sentences in an article. E.g. Xu Zheng likes writing notes, watching movies and listening to pop songs. He thinks most people speak English as a second language. Ask students to complete the work individually. Say, the order of information will vary but should contain all the' points in the notes. Step 4 Just for Fun!Ask all the students to read the conversation. Ask, What is funny about this cartoon story? Help students to answer. The alien thinks he can learn English by eating an English book. Invite pairs of students to present this conversation to the rest of the class.Step 5 SummaryWe've reviewed some vocabulary words presented in the unit. And we've also made up sentences using some words.Step 6 Homework1. Review all the language points presented in this unit.2. Finish off the exercises on pages 3-4 of the workbook.3. Preview the words of Unit 2Period 6Reading: How do we deal with our problems?Teaching Procedures Step 1 Key V ocabulary Show the following vocabulary on the screen by a projector. Say the words and have students repeat several times until theycan pronounce them fluently and accurately. Step 2 Section 1 1. For 1a, say, My son had a fever the other day. After taking some medicine, he went to bed early. The teacher criticized him for not doing his homework the next day. Could you give him some ways to deal with his problem? Encourage the students to give advice. Can you think of any problems you have had recently? Please work in pairs and tell your partner how you dealt with them. . 2. For 1b, tell the students to have a quick look at the words in the box. Say, Please look up the meaning of each word in the box in a dictionary. Step 3 Section 2 1. Read the title of the reading along with the class and ask the students to look at the picture. Ask, What do you think the text is about? (The reading is about some ways of dealing with our problems.) 2. Say, Please read the text silently and find out the answers to the questions. How many ways of dealing with our problems are mentioned in the text? What are they? Check the answers. Step 4 Section 3 1. For 3a, let the students look at the words from 1b again. Check the words that were used differently from the definition they found in the dictionary. Say, Dictionaries are useful learning tools, but many English words have different meanings and usages. We need to make sure that the definitions we find in dictionaries match the context. 2. For 3b, ask the students to look up the words in the box in a dictionary and write out the example given for the context used in the reading.Write the sample answers on the blackboard.3. For 3c, invite a student to read the sentences in the box to the class. Say, Please scan the reading, and check the ways of dealing with problems that are mentioned. Check the answers.Step 5 Section 4 Allow them some time to discuss which way of dealing with problems is the best. Later, tell them to write about a time when they dealt with a problem this way. Invite a couple of students to read their passages to the class.Step 6 SummaryThis class provides us with a lot of reading as well as writing practice. And we know how to deal with our problems positively.Step 7 Homework1. Review Unit 1.2. Think of another way of dealing with problems. And tell a partner about this.3. Preview the new words of Unit 2.Blackboard DesignUnit 2 How do you study for a test?Period 6Reading; How do we deal with ourproblems?Sample answers to 3b smart (adj.) The dolphin is a smart animal. solve (v.) He finally solved the difficulty of transportation. regard (v.) I regard you as a friend. instead (adv.) He is tired. Let me go instead.。
