Unit 1 Can you come to my party

Unit 1 Can you come to my party? I. Analysis of the Teaching Material 1. Status and Function The topic of this unit is about invitation. It teaches the students how to give or receive an invitation. It’s close to the everyday life. So we’d better raise the students learning interest first. 2. Teaching aids and demands (1) Knowledge Objects Students must learn to make invitation. They must learn to say yes and say no to an invitation and give their reasons. (2) Ability Objects To improve the students’ ability of listening, speaking, reading, writing. (3) Moral Objects We teach this lesson in order to learn how to accept or refuse an invitation of foreign countries politely. It will teach the students good manners. If he or she holds a party at home, He or she will feel happy when they can do something for others. (4) Teaching Key Points The key vocabulary and the key phrases of this unit (5) Teaching Difficulties Using the target language to improve the abilities of the students II. Target language Can you come to birthday party? Yes, I’d love to. Sorry, I can’t. I have to look after my mother. When is the party? It’s at six on Monday. III. Vocabulary Tomorrow, weekday, invitation, match, whole, whom, another, concert, pity, free, American, Chemistry, training… IV. Learning Strategies Inducting Cooperating V. Teaching procedures. It includes five periods. (5个课时) The First Period I. Teaching Aims and Demands Key vocabulary and phrases Target language To improve the students ability of Listening and speaking II. Teaching Key Points (1) Key Phrases Study for a test, have a piano lesson, go to the doctor, visit my aunt (2) Target language _ Can you come to my party on Sunday? _ Sure, I’d love to.

_ Can you come to my party on Sunday? _ Sorry, I have too much homework this weekend. I have to help my mum. I have to go to the doctor. III. Teaching Difficulties Using the target language to practice the oral English in pairs IV. Teaching Methods Communicative methods Pairwork V. Teaching Aids 多媒体 VI. Teaching Procedures Step 1 Before the class, let the students listen to the music, this can guide to the new lesson. After this, ask the students to watch the movie, this can guide to the target language. Step 2 (1a) Learn the phrases and do the exercise in 1a. The answer is: b, d, a, c, e Step 3 (1b and 1c ) First let the students read the dialogue in the picture. Then listen to it. (This activity provides guided oral practice using the target language). After the listening practice, ask the student to practice some invitations and refusals. Step 4 ( culture notes ) When you are in foreign countries, you should know whether an invitation is a real invitation. If you are invited, but not given a specific time, this is not a real invitation. For example, “Why not have dinner some day?” You mustn’t ask when you can come. It’s not polite. This is a real invitation: “ Can you come to my birthday party on Saturday night? When you are asked this way, you should only say: “Yes, I’d love to”. Or “sorry, I can’t. I have to …” and give him or her your reason. Step 5 (summary and homework) Today we have learnt some key vocabulary and the target language. That is how to invite somebody and how to refuse an invitation politely. After class write the phrases in 1a in the exercise book. Step 6 (Blackboard design) Unit 5 How about…? polite What about…? impolite

The second period I Teaching aims and demands 1. Knowledge Objects Key vocabulary Target language Grammar focus 2. Ability Objects_ Listening II. Teaching key points 1. key vocabulary hey, baseball game, too much homework 2. Target language A: Hey, Dave! Can you come to the movies on Saturday? B: I’m sorry, I can’t I have too much homework. I have to help my mum. I have to go to my guitar lesson. I have to visit my aunt. III Teaching difficulties Grammar focus IV Teaching methods Listening and speaking methods. Communicative approach Pairwork. VI Teaching procedure Step I Greet the class and check the homework Step II (2a) First, make the preparation for listening. Read the sentences twice to the class. The first time you can read “can”, the second time you can read “can”. Then let the students listen . The answers for activity 2a are : 1. can’t , 2.can 3. can’t 4. can’t 5.can Step III (2b) Ask a student to read the sentences in the box.. Tell the students these are the reason why people can’t go to the party. Listen to the recording again and number the reasons 1~3 why they can’t go to the party . The answers are : a . 2 d . 3 e . 1 Step IV (2c) This is an oral practice about the target the language . You can ask the student if they can give other reasons besides the ones in 2a . If they can, make a dialogue in pair . ( First , ask two who can do it well to make a model dialogue , then let them do it in pairs . Step V . ( Grammar focus) First , let the students read the sentences in the grammar box . Then write “ have to , has to ” on the blackboard , and tell them they are used to say no to an invitation . And then write “ be going to do something ” on the blackboard , tell the students we can say no to an invitation by talking about the future plan . After that , let them do exercises in order to master to the grammar . Step V. Blackboard design