作者：Daniel Tsai
Teaching Plan for Section A(1), Unit 12, SB1Y8
Teaching Goals:
l Learn to make comparisons.
l Learn to talk about preferences, using the Comparison Degree and the Supervision Degree: most important; better, best; worse, worst; more / most comfortable, etc.
l Finish off Activity 1a- 1c, P71.
Procedure:
PRE-TASK ACTIVITIES:
l Daily English.
l Talk about the Ss’ favourite activities on weekends:
What do you often do on your weekends?
What do you want most to do on your weekends? And why?
TASK CIRCLE
TASK ONE: Learn to talk about preferences
l Lead into the new learning task by asking the Ss: Do you often go to movies?
l Ss talk about movies:
What kind of movies do you like best?
Do you like thrillers or comedies? Why?
Which cinema do you often go to watch the movies, and why?
l Help the Ss learn to say:
* I like … most / best.
* I like … better than… because I think….
* I often go to… because it’s the best cinema in our town.
* Because it is closest to my house.
…
l PAIRWORK: Ss work in pairs to talk about what they think is most important or not important for them to choose one cinema ( movie theater ).
l Demonstration and evaluation.
TASK TWO: Listening practice
l Introduce the new task: 1b, P71. Now we’re going to listen to a conversation in which three children are talking about the movie theater they want to go. Listen and find out the characteristics of each theater: Town Cinema; Screen City; Movie Palace.
l Ss listen to the tape for info. Tell the Ss that they could use only one letter to stand for the tree movie theaters: T, S and M.
l Ss listen again for details:
Movie Theater
Qualities
Characters
Screen City
Most popular
The biggest screen
Town Cinema
Friendliest service
The closest to home
No new films often shown
The cheapest
It isn’t crowded
Movie Palace
The most comfortable seats
l Ss listen for repeating.
TASK THREE: SPEAKING AND WRITING PRACTICE
l PAIRWORK: talk about the three movie theaters.
A: What’s the most popular movie theater?
B: Screen City. Because it has the biggest screens.
l Demonstration and evaluations.
l Listen again and let the Ss write down the tape scripts on their books.
HOMEWORK:
l Try to think of more places to compare with after class.
l Preview Activity 2, on P72.
POST-TEACHING NOTES