A teaching plan for Unit 1，Module12
一、Teaching materials:
Unit 1 I went to Los Angeles two years ago (Module 12 A holiday journey)
二、Targets for this period:
To understand conversations about holiday journeys
To process main information of holiday experience
To talk about holiday journeys
三、Key points:
Key vocabulary-on holiday, be going to a place, take, spend, on the same day
Key structures -irregular past simple of verbs
We got there at 9:00 in the morning on the same day.
How long did it take to get there?
How long did you spend there?
四、Teaching methods:
Task-based approach and bottom-up approach
五、Teaching aids
Tape recorder, OHP, handouts
六、Teaching arrangements:
Step One Lead-in To show the pictures and a map of some places in the USA (Activity One)
1. To give a description of these places
California is a state in the west of the USA. It is on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean. Los Angeles, Hollywood, Disneyland and Santa Monica are in California. Los Angeles is a modern city with lots of tall buildings. Hollywood is famous for its movie. Disneyland is a place for people to enjoy themselves.
2. To pronounce the names of these places
Step Two To listen twice and follow Betty’s journey (Activity Two)
( Betty went on holiday in California. First, she went to Los Angeles, then she went to Disneyland. Next, she went to Hollywood. Finally, she went to Santa Monica and went swimming in the Pacific Ocean.) 1-6-2-4-3
Step Three Pre-listening
1. Students remember key phrases of the dialogue: on holiday, have a good time, at the airport, go swimming, two years ago, on the same day, be going to a place, how long does it take sb to so sth?
2. Students remember some irregular past simples of verbs: be-was/were buy-bought come-came do-did get-got go-went have-had leave-left meet-met read-read send-sent see-saw swim-swam spend-spent take-took write-wrote (Activity Five)
Step Four Students listen to the dialogue twice and answer the questions (Activity Four)
1. When did Betty go to Los Angeles in holiday? She went two years ago.
2. How long did it take her? It took her about nine hours.
3. Where did she go? She went to Disneyland, then Hollywood and finally Santa Monia.
4. Who met her at the airport? Her aunt and uncle met her at the airport.
5. How long did they spend in Los Angeles? They spent two days there.
6. What did they see? They saw the homes of the movie stars.
7. Where did they go swimming? They went swimming in the Pacific Ocean at Santa Mornia
Step Five Language points (Activity Three)
1. What are you going to do on holiday, Tony? 你假期打算做什么,托尼?
be on holiday 或 have a holiday 意為”在度假”
Eg. We visited many places on holiday. 我們假期參觀了許多地方。
2. We had a great time. 我們玩得很高興。= We enjoyed ourseleves a lot.
have a great/good time和enjoy oneself都是“玩得很高興”的意思。
3. How long did it take to get there? 去那兒花多長時間?
1) how long 多久，對一段時間進行詢問。
Eg. How long did you live there? Three months. 你在那兒住了多久了？三個月。
2) take 指”花費時間”; it為形式主語,而真正的主語為不定式,
常用句型it takes sb time / money to do sth
Eg. It took you three months to live there. 你花了三個月的時間住在那兒。
4. We got there at 9 o’clock in the morning on the same day! 我們在同一天的上午到那兒!
on the same day 在同一天
5. How long did you spend there? 你們在那兒呆了多長時間?
spend 的主語是人
1) spend time / money on sth.
Eg. She spends lots of money on new clothes. 她把許多錢花在新衣服上。
2) spend time / money (in) doing sth.
Eg. You spent three months living there. 你花了三個月的時間住在那兒。
Step Six Students practice reading the dialogue aloud
Step Seven Students listen and repeat the answers to Activity Five (Activity Six)
go-went get-got have-had leave-left meet-met
see-saw spend-spent swim-swam take-took
Step Eight Students listen and underline the stressed words (Activity Seven)
1. When did Betty go to Los Angeles?
2. How long did it take her?
3. Where did she go?
4. Who met her at the airport?
Step Nine To make a dialogue talking about a special holiday (Activity Eight)
1. Where are you go?
2. When did you go?
3. How did you get there?
4. How long did you spend there?
5. What did you do or see?
6. What was it like?
Homework:
1. To copy the words & expressions on M12 & Revision module B
2. To finish Module9(B巻), 輕巧奪冠
3. To recite A3, U1, M12.