(Section A)
Ⅰ. Teaching Aims and Demands
1. Knowledge Objects
Names of some countries and cities. Where is your pen pal from?
Where does he/she live? What language do they speak? This is my
new pen pal?
What language does she speak? She speaks English.
2. Ability Objects
Listening skill. Writing skill. Practice skill. Communicative competence.
3. Moral skill
Be proud of being a China. Make pen friends. Know about more information about some countries.
Ⅱ.Teaching Key Point
The new words of this section. The language names
Ⅲ. Teaching Difficulties
Where is your pen pal from? She is from Japan. Where does he/she live? What language
does she speak? She speaks English.
Ⅳ.Teaching Methods
Listening and talking methods. Pairwork. Practice. Discovering and checking methods.
Ⅴ.Teaching Aids
a tape recorder. a world map. Computer.
Ⅵ.Teaching Procedures
StepⅠ
Greet the class as usual.
StepⅡ 1a
1. First show the pictures of some countries on the screen. Learn the names of
these countries.
2. Now open your books. Listen to the recording. Please repeat the names of the
countries.(play the recording twice)
Step Ⅲ 1b
Listen and circle the countries in 1a you hear.
Play the recording the first time. Students only listen. Then a second time. This
time ask students to circle the country names they hear.
Then check the answers.
StepⅣ 1c
Read the conversations in the picture.
Ask students to work in pairs, ask and answer questions about where they are from?
ask some pairs to present their conversations to the class.
StepⅤ. 2a
Point to the chart and ask the students to write the name of a country in the blank
after each city.
StepⅥ. 2b, 2c, 2d
1. 2b Listen and circle the cities and countries you hear on the recording.
2. 2c Listen again and complete the chart.
3. 2d Now use the information in the chart in 2c and make more conversations.
StepⅦ Grammar Focus
Review the grammar box. Ask students to say the questions and answers.
Step Ⅷ 3a, 3b,4
1. Finish the chart of 3a , then choose a country and make a conversation.
2. Quiz Name the place! play this game.
StepⅨ Summary
Summary the information in section A.
StepⅩ Homework
Have more practice after class.
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Unit 1 Where is your pen pal from?
Where is your pen pal from?
He’s from Canada.
Where does he live?
He lives in England.
What language does she speak?
She speaks English.
Unit 1 Where is your pen pal from?
(Section B)
StepⅠ. Teaching Aims and Demands
1. Knowledge Objects
New words in this section. Where is Simon from? What does he want? What
language does he speak? What does he want? Write an e-mail about yourself.
2. Ability Objects
Listening. reading and writing skills. Communicative competence. Practice skill.
3. Moral skill
Say something about your pen pal.
Learn to make a personal information card.
Ⅱ.Teaching Key Point
1. New words of this section.
2. Answer some questions to a letter.
3. What language do you speak?
Ⅲ. Teaching Difficulties
1. Does she have any brothers and sisters. What’s her favorite subject?
Does she speak English?
2. Make an information card.
3. Write an e-mail about oneself.
4. Use some words to describe someone.
Ⅳ.Teaching Methods
Listening and talking methods. Pairwork. Practice. Discovering and checking methods.
Ⅴ.Teaching Aids
Computer, a tape recorder.
Ⅵ.Teaching Procedures
StepⅠ
Greet the class as usual and check the homework.
StepⅡ 1
Look at section 1. First read the title of each book aloud. Then match the countries with the language and check the answers with the class.
Step Ⅲ 2a, 2b
1. First read the questions in 2a, listen carefully and number each question you hear on the tape. Then check the answers.
2. Now we’ll listen to the conversation again. Please write the short answers to the questions (1-4) in 2a.
StepⅣ 2c
1. Now work with your partner. One of you is the mother. The other is Lucy. Ask and answer questions about Lucy’s pen pal.
2. Ask a pair of students to perform the conversation for the class.
StepⅤ 3a
1. Look at 3a. First I’ll read it for you. Then answer the four questions.
2. When the students are finished, ask the students to answer.
StepⅥ 3b
1. Please write a word in each blank and you can find information to complete the letter on the ID cards.
2. Ask a student to read the letter aloud with all the answers in place.
StepⅦ 3c
1. Ask students to use 3b as an example .Write an e-mail about themselves.
2. Ask several students to read their letters to the class.
Step Ⅷ Self check
1. Check the new words you know.
2. Now please write five new words in your vocab-builder on Page 109.
3. There are four students in the picture. They are Sally, Jim and Julie. Imagine they are new students in our class. Everyone must write a description of them.
4. Read Just For Fun.
StepⅨ Summary
Summary the knowledge of this unit.
StepⅩ Homework
Write something about your pen pal. For example, age, language, nationalities, hobby…
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