Unit 10 Can you play the guitar？
Section A (1a-2c) Period 1 Listening speaking
Teaching Aims: 1. Knowledge aims: Words & expressions:
join, dance, swim, sing, play chess, paint, speak English, play the guitar
Key sentences:
Can you play the guitar? Yes, I can. / No, I can’t.
I want to join the music club.
2. Ability aims:
Enable the students to listen to and talk about abilities.
3. Emotional aims: Teaching important:
How to listen to and talk about abilities.
Help students learn how to listen to and talk about abilities.
Teaching difficulties:
How to encourage the students to speak out actively.
Teaching procedures & ways:
Step 1. Revision and lead-in
Before class, sing a song for students, and then ask about their abilities. Help them learn to ask and talk about abilities and joining clubs.
T: Hello, boys and girls. Nice to see you again. (Sing) “Good morning to you, good
morning to you, good morning, dear students, good morning to you.” Do you like singing? S: Yes, we do. T: Can you dance? S: Yes, we can.
T: What else can you do?
S: We can swim, play chess, paint...
Step 2. Matching (la: P59)
In 1a, students will learn to talk about different kinds of abilities and different kinds of clubs.
T: You are great. You can sing, dance and so on. So you can enjoy yourselves with these things.
That must be great fun. Now please open your books at P59. Look at the words on the left.
They are words about abilities. Please read them. And we have seven pictures marked with a, b, c, d, e, f and g. Try to match the words and pictures.
Encourage the students to say something about the picture and do the match work.
T: What can people do in picture a? S: They can dance.
T: Write “a” on the line next to the word “dance”.
Are you clear? Go on with the others in the same way. Then check the answers with the students. Step 3. Listening (Ib: P59)
First, ask students about their abilities and the clubs they want to join.
T: Can you sing?
S: Yes, I can. / No, I can’t.
T: I can paint. So I want to join the art club. How about you? S: I can swim. So I want to join the swimming club. S: I want to join the chess club. T: Can you play chess? S: Yes, I can.
T: Good, all of you are great.
Then ask students to listen to the recording and do Activity la. T: Next we’ll listen to a recording. In the recording, people are talking about abilities and joining clubs. Let’s listen and number the conversations. Play the recorder. Then check the answers. After this, ask students to read after the recording.
Step 4. Pair work (Ic: P59)
Ask students to practice the conversation and make their own conversations.
T: You can do many things. It’s great. Now please talk to you partners about your abilities and tell them what club you want to join. Work in pairs and practice asking and answering questions about your abilities. You can make your own conversations according to the dialogue you have learned.
Step 5. Sum up
Ask some students to sum up this lesson by overhead projector and then have a test for the aim.
Check the answers and correct the answers. Homework:
1. Ask students to learn the new words and phrases in this unit (on P103).
Period 2 Listening and speaking (II)
Teaching Aims: 1.Knowledge aims:
What club do you want to join? We want to join the chess club. 2.Ability goals:
Enable students to listen to and talk about what club they want to join. 3.Emotion & attitude goals:
Help students learn how to listen to and talk about what club they want to join.
Encourage students to take an active part in them, in order to find a good job in the future, we must have more activities.
Teaching important:
How to listen to and talk about what club they want to join.
Teaching procedures & ways:
Step 1. Revision and lead-in
Before class, ask students what clubs there are in their class, what club they want to join and about then abilities.
T: Good morning, class. Nice to see you again. I can sing. I want to join the music club. Do you have a music club in our class?
S: Yes, we have.
T: Do you have other clubs?
S: Yes, we do. We have English club, swimming club, art club… Step 2. Listening (2a,-2b: P60)
In 2a, 2b, students will listen to the recording and learn to talk about the clubs they want to join.
T: There are so many clubs. Now some students want to join our clubs. Will you welcome them in? S: Yes, we will.
T: OK. Let’s listen to the recording and find what clubs they
want to join. Open you books and turn to P60. Listen and circle the clubs you hear.
(Play the recorder, and check the answers. Ask students to
listen to the recording and learn to talk about joining the club.) T: Some students want to join the club. Look at the
conversation in Activity 2b. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box on the left. Then ask them to listen to the recording and check the answers.
Step 3. Practicing in group (2c: P60)
Have students to practice the conversation and make their own conversations.
T: You ask these students join your clubs. Maybe your classmates want to join your club, too. Now work in groups and practice asking and answering questions about the clubs they want to join and their abilities. You can make your own conversations.
A sample conversation:
S1: What club do you want to join? S2: We want to join the swimming club. S1: Can you swim? S2: Yes, I can.
S3: No, I can’t. Step 4. Sum up
Know about all kinds of clubs and encourage sb. take an active part in them, in order to find a good job in the future, we must have more activities. Homework:
1. Ask students to do Activities 1 and 2 on P38 in the Workbook. 2. Ask students to help their classmates to join the club.
