Unit 4 My day
Integrated skills
Teaching aims1. To get useful information about a volleyball match from the listening material;
2. To complete a notice about the match with the useful information they’ve got;
3. To talk about their weekend activities.
Teaching contents
1. Phrases：once a week, twice a month, visit the museum, go on picnics,
2. Structures：That’s great!
Wish our team good luck!
Important points
1. Grasp the usage of the useful phrases and sentence structures (esp. once\ twice\wish).
2. Get useful information from the listening material.
3. Use proper phrases and sentence structures to describe their weekend activities (esp. adverbials of frequency).
Teaching procedures
A A volleyball match
Step 1 Presentation
1. Useful phrases and sentence structures
(1) Focus on two of the pictures above and teach the new phrases and sentence structures.
T: Well done! Now look at this picture. Try to answer these questions.
When does Millie’s mother go to Sunshine Middle School? (In September and March.)
Why does she go there? (To take part in the parents’ meeting.)
How many times do they have a parents’ meeting every year? (Twice)
How many times do they have a parents’ meeting every term? (Once)
How often do they have a parents’ meeting? (Twice a year. / Once a term.)
How often does Millie practice playing volleyball? (Once a week.)
What does Millie dream about? (She wants to win the cup in a volleyball match.)
Will her dream come true? Let’s wish her good luck.
(2) Exercise.
T: How do you say “Sandy两次赢了比赛，真是太幸运了!” in English?
Sandy won the match .
What it is!
What girl she is!
How she is!
(Students are expected to grasp the new words, “once”, “twice”, “wish” and “luck”.)
2. Listen to the conversation and do some exercises
(1) Finish Part A1 on P49.
T: Millie wants to win the cup in a volleyball match. Do you want to know more about the match? Now, Millie is talking about it with Simon. Let’s find out which two teams will play in the match, when and where the match is, and what time the match will start.
Open your books to page 49. Listen carefully and tick the correct answer in A1.
(Teacher plays the tape. Play one more time if necessary.) Have you found out the
answers? Can you answer these questions in complete sentences? Please ask and answer
with your partner. (Teacher invites pairs of students to share the answer.)
(2) Finish Part A2 on P49.
T: You’ve got some useful information about the volleyball match. Simon wants to make notes about the match. Would you please help him complete it?
Please complete A2. Attention! We only need to write down the key words.
(Teacher shows one student’s notes on the screen and check with the others’.)
(3) Finish Part A4 on P50.
T: Well, we help Simon complete his notes. You are really helpful. Now, Simon wants to invite more classmates to watch the match. He wants to write a notice to tell them about it. Please read through A3 on Page50 very quickly and check if whether you’ve got enough information from the notes. (Students do fast reading for about 20 seconds.)
