1、Unit 9 My favorite subject is science. Part 1: Teaching design (第一部分：教学设计 ) Structures : What questions; Why questions; Who questions; Adjectives of quality Target language : Whats your favorite subject? My favorite subject is P.E. Why do you like P,E.? Because its fun. Who is your science teacher?
2、Mr Wang Vocabulary : math, science, history, physical education(P.E.), favorite, teacher days of the week Learning strategies : Repeating; Practicing; Sequencing SECTION A Goals To teach the students what questions, why questions To let the students talk about their favorite subjects Procedures Warm
3、ing up by learning about wh-questions What is a wh-question? Definition A wh-question is a question that contains an interrogative pro-form. Also known as: Content question, question word question, information question Examples (English) Here are some examples of words that begin wh-questions in Eng
4、lish. Most of them begin with wh-: who ; what ; when ; where ; why ; how Warming up by discussing T: Good morning, everyone! Were going to have our English class. You have many subjects everyday. Subject is the lesson you learn everyday, such as English, math, Chinese and so on. Maybe you think some
5、 of them are interesting and so you are good at them. But some are not. Right? S: Yes T: Now lets see how many subjects we have everyday. S: Math, English, Chinese, art, music, biology, P.E. T: And we have science. Science includes chemistry, physics and biology and so on. 1a Matching the words with
6、 the pictures Look at the picture on page 71, there are many subjects in the picture. Please match the words with picture. 1.P.E. c 2. art d 3. science b 4 music e 5. math a 6. Chinese f 1b Listening and circling the subjects in 1a you hear We have many different subjects everyday. Now lets listen t
7、o the tape and circle the subjects in 1a you hear. Tapescript A: What your favorite subject? B: My favorite subject is science. Whats yours? A: Hmm. Well, I like art and math. But my favorite subject is music. Answers: Science, art, math, music Read the tapescript to underline the wh-question. 1c.Do
8、ing pairwork I think you must have your favorite subjects. Please practice the conversation below. First read after me and practice it with your partner. I will ask some pair to act it out. A: Whats your favorite subject? B: My favorite subject is science. Then make your own conversations with your
9、partner like this: A: Whats your favorite subject? B: My favorite subject is music. 2a Listening and putting in order Listen to the tape and please put the conversation in order. First you just listen and then put them in order. Tapescript A: Whats your favorite subject? B: My favorite subject is P.
10、E. A: Why do you like P.E.? B: Because its fun. Can you try to place the sentences in right order? Because its fun _. Whats your favorite subject?_ My favorite subject is P.E._ Why do you like P.E._ The right order should be like this: Whats your favorite subject? 1 My favorite subject is P.E. 2 Why
11、 do you like P.E. 3 Because its fun. 4 2b Listening and matching You will hear the conversation. In the conversation, people talk about school subjects. Listen and matching the subjects you hear with the description words. Tapescript A: Whats your favorite subject? B: My favorite subject is P.E. A:
12、Why do you like P.E.? B: Because its fun. How about you? Whats your favorite subject? A: Hmm. My favorite subject is music. B: Really? Why? A: Because its relaxi ng. We can only match two items according to the tapescript. Subject Description word 1.art 2.science 3. music 4.P.E. 5.math a. fun (4) b.
13、 interesting c. boring d. difficult e. relaxing (3) 2cThinking and matching Now what do you think of your subjects? You can give your opinion. You can practice this conversation first. A: Whats your favorite subject? B: Science. A: why do you like science? B: Because its interesting. Then you can ma
14、ke up your conversation with your partners and match the subjects with the description words. The answers may be like this: Subject Description word 1. art 2. science 3. music 4. P.E. 5. math a. fun b. interesting c. boring d. relaxing e. difficult 2d Doing pairwork OK, stop! Now please make a conve
15、rsation using the information in 2c. A: Whats your favorite subject? B: Art. A: Why do you like art? B: Because its interesting and relaxing. 3a Completing the conversation Look at your book on page 73. Two students are talking about their subjects and teachers. teacher my subject your Please fill i
16、n the blanks w ith the words in the box. A: Whats your favorite subject? B: My favorite subject is art. A: Who is your art teacher? B: My art teacher is Mrs Jones. 3b Doing pairwork This time you can ask your partner about his or her favorite subject and the teacher. Complete the chart. Favorite sub
17、ject Teacher Example Art Mrs. Jones You Your partner You can practice the dialogue like this: A: Whats your favorite subject? B: Math. A: Who is your math teacher? B: My math teacher is Mrs. Li. Favorite subject Teacher Example A rt Mrs. Jones You Math Mrs. Li Your partner Science Mr. 4 Surveying OK
18、! We know a lot about our classmates and partners. But how well do you know your parents? Complete the chart with your parents favorite things then talk about your classmates. You can talk about it like this: A: Whats your mothers favorite color? B: Her favorite color is blue. Students answers may l
19、ike this: Favorite city Favorite food Favorite color Favorite TV show Favorite sport Mon Dalian rice blue TV play running Dad Taiyuan noodles orange news basketball Closing down by writing a short passage Just now we talk about your parents. Now please write a short passage about your parents hobby.
20、 My fathers favorite food is noodles. He likes sports very much. His favorite sport is basketball. His favorite color is orange. He lives in Taiyuan. His favorite city is Taiyuan. SECTION B Goals To go on talking about favorite subjects To learn the days of week and the expressions of dates Procedur
21、es Warming up by talking about the date T: Boys and girls! Today were going to learn a new part Section B. By the way, what day is it today? S: Its Tuesday. T: Whats the date today? S: Its October 9. T: Oh! I see. Lets open you book and turn to Page74, and learn 1a. 1a Putting in order Look at your
22、book and put the days into correct order. The correct order should be: An swers Tuesday Oct.2 3 Sunday Sept.30 1 Thursday Oct.4 5 Friday Oct.5 6 Saturday Oct.6 7 Monday Oct.1 2 Wednesday Oct.3 4 1b Checking the subjects What subject do you study at school? Check the subjects. You should pronounce th
23、em correctly and remember these words. a. art b. science c. music d. math e. PE f Chinese g. history h. biology 1c Doing pairwork Look at this teaching syllabus. Ask and answer questions about the subjects you study at school. For example: When do you have math? I have math on Monday, Wednesday and
24、Friday . Students dialogue may be like this: When do you have Chinese? I have Chinese on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. 2a Listening and writing Lets do a listening exercise. Listen and write the school subjects you hear. First you just listen and then you can write. Tapescript Boy 1: Are you OK, Min
25、g? Girl 1: No, Im not. Its Tuesday and I have biology. Girl 2: And you dont like biology? Girl 1: No, its so boring. Boy 1:So, whats your favorite subject? Girl 1:Oh, history! Its such fun. I like Friday because we have history in the morning. How about you, Selina? Girl 2: Art, I guess its really r
26、elaxing. Girl 1: When do you have art? Girl 2: On Monday and Wednesday. How about you, Ken? Whats your favorite subject? Boy 1: Science. Its really interesting. I have science class this afternoon. The answers are like these. You can check them. Answers 1 biology 2. history 3. art 4 science 2b Liste
27、ning and completing Listen again and complete the chart. Favorite subject Why? When? Ming history fun Friday Selina Ken When you hear, you should pay attention to the names and the subjects. Do not confuse them with ea ch other. Favorite subject Why? When? Ming history fun Friday Selina art relaxing
28、 Monday and Wednesday Ken science interesting This afternoon Read the words of the recording to underline the expressions. 2c Doing pairwork Make conversations using the information in the chart. First please read the conversation in the book. Try to read it correctly and fluently. A: Whats Kens fav
29、orite subject? B: Science. A: Why does he like science? B: Because its interesting. Then make up the similar conversation with your partners. A: Whats Mings favorite subject? B: History. A: Why does he like history? B: Because its fun. 3a Reading and circling Lets read the following letter. Underlin
30、e the things Lin Mei likes. Circle the things she doesnt like. While reading you should pay attentio n to the pronunciations and intonation and underline the expressions. Dear Jane, Its Tuesday, November 11. Im really busy! At 8:00 I have math. I dont like math. Then at 9:00 I have science. Its diff
31、icult, but interesting. Next, at 10:00, I have history. Its boring, but at 11:00 I have P.E. Thats my favorite subject! I eat lunch at12:00 After lunch, I have music. Music is relaxing. I like my music teacher, Mr. Cooper. Hes fun. My last class is at 2:00. After class I have volleyball for two hour
32、s. Our teacher is very strict and Im usually very tired after class. Then I have Chinese history club. Its really interesting! Love, Lin Mei These are the answers. These subjects should be underlined: science, P.E., music, Chinese History Club These subjects should be circled; math, history 3b Compl
33、eting schedule We have read Lin Meis letter in 3a. Here is Lin Meis schedule. Please complete it with the information from 3a. Then we have a clear look about what she does on that day. Time Subjects 8:00 to 9:00 9;00 to 10:00 science 10:00 to 11:00 11:00 to 12:00 12:00 to 1:00 1:00 to 2:00 2:00 to
34、4:00 4:00 to 5:00 According to the letter we can find this information. Answers Time Subjects 8:00 to 9:00 math 9;00 to 10:00 science 10:00 to 11:00 history 11:00 to 12:00 P.E. 12:00 to 1:00 lunch 1:00 to 2:00 music 2:00 to 4:00 gymnastics 4:00 to 5:00 Chinese History Club 3c Writing your schedule I
35、 know you all have busy days. What is your favo rite school day? Write your schedule for that day. Time Subjects 8:00 to 9:00 math 9;00 to 10:00 Chinese 10:00 to 11:00 English 11:00 to 12:00 P.E. 12:00 to 1:00 lunch 1:00 to 2:00 art 2:00 to 4:00 history 4:00 to 5:00 biology 4 Asking about favorite d
36、ays Please work in groups of four. Ask your partners about their favorite days. Later you will tell the class what you learned. Name Whats your favorite day? Why? Dave Monday Because I have music. Scott Friday Because I have art. Han Xiao Tuesday Because I play volleyball. These are some of the stud
37、ents reports. Scotts favorite day is Friday because he has art. He likes art. Another example: Han Xiaos favorite day is Tuesday because she plays volleyball. He likes volleyball. Closing down by playing a guessing game Lets play a guessing game. We can play it like this: One student does some actio
38、ns about one of subjects. And the others guess what subject it is. Lets see who can guess the most subjects. SELF CHECK 1 Checking the new words you know These are the words in this unit. Id like you check the words you know and circle any words that you dont know. math science favorite subject Mond
39、ay Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday why because teacher PE 2 Adding five new words to your Vocab-Builder Work in groups. This activity helps build vocabulary by providing a specific time and place for you to record the new words. Please share your list with other students. Volleybal
40、l physics geography gymnastics club 3 Writing a response Read Zhao Jies notebook. See whether you can find some problems and then write him a response. Tell Zhao Jie about what subj ects you like and why. “What is your favorite subject?” Miss Wang asks me. I dont like any subject. I like basketball
41、only. I like to play with my dog, Nick. His name is Nick, he is 2 years old. Nick doesnt like subjects. But his “subject” is only running around with me. Were good friends. The students response may be like this: Dear Zhao jie, Do you really not like school? My favor ite subject is math. I think its
42、 very interesting. It can teach me the way of thinking. I often d o well in math. I often do more exercises after school. Closing down by making a lecture I think everyone has a favorite subject and has his reasons too. Lets talk about “my favorite subject”. You have five minutes to prepare. Then st
43、and up to give your lecture to us. You can use body language when needed. My favorite subject My favorite subject is English. I can learn a lot in English class. I can learn English songs and learn much about foreign country. Sometimes I meet a foreigner or a foreign visitor in the street, and I can
44、 talk with them with what I learn in the class. I feel very happy. Just for fun! Lets learn some names of English songs. Honkey Pokey; How Is The Weather?（天气怎么样？）; I Love Little Pussy（我喜欢小猫）; IM A Little Teapot（我是一把小茶壶） ; If Youre Happy（如果你感到快乐）; Jimmy Crack Corn（撬开裂纹玉米）; Jingle Bells（铃儿响叮 当 ）; Jing
45、le Bells（铃儿响叮当 ）; Lazy Mary（懒惰的玛丽）; Let Everyone Clap Hands（让每一个人拍手）; Let Us Sing Together（让我们一起唱歌）; Little Cabin In The Wood（森林中的小木屋）; Little Goldfish（小金鱼）; Little Green Frog（绿色的小青蛙）; Little Peter Rabbit（小兔彼得）; Make New Friends（结识新朋友）; My Aunt Came Back（我的姑妈回来了）; My Brother And I（我的哥哥和我） ; Oh, Chri
46、stmas Tree（哦，圣诞树）; Oh, Susanna（噢，苏珊娜） ； Pat A Cake（做个面包） ; Pop!Goes The Weasel（砰！追逐鼹鼠！） ; Rain, Rain, Go Away（雨，雨，走开） ; Reuben Reuben（鲁宾）; Roll That Bal（滚动那个球）; Round The Clock（围着时钟转）; Sally, Go Round The Sun（萨利绕着太阳转）; Sea Shells（海洋贝壳） ; Shell Be Comin Round The Mountain（她将绕过这座山脉过来）; Simple Simon（头脑
47、简单 的西蒙）; Sing Together（一起歌唱） ; Six Little Ducks（六只小鸭子） ; Smile（微笑）; Ten Fat Sausages（十根肥香肠）; The Ants Go Marching（蚂蚁在行军）; The Bear Went Over The Mountain（小熊上了山） ; The Family（家庭）; The Farmer In The Dell（农夫在小山谷 中）; The Finger Family（手指家庭）; The Months（月份）; The More We Get Together（我 们在一起越多） Question: N
48、ame two things you can never eat for breakfast. Answer: Lunch and supper. Part 2: Teaching Resources (第二部分:教学资源) I. Background readings Time (美国人的时间观) What is time? Is it a thing to be saved or spent or wasted, like money? Or is it something we have no control over, like the weather? Is time the sam
49、e all over the world? Thats an easy question, you say. Wherever you go, a minute is 60 seconds, an hour is 60 minutes, a day is 24 hours, and so forth. Well, maybe. But in America, time is more than that. Americans see time as a valuable resource. Maybe thats why they are fond of the expression, “Time is money.“ Because Americans believe time is a limited resource, they tr
