Teaching Plan
1. Background information：
A: Students：38 Junior high school students, Grade 1
B: Lesson duration: 40 mins
2. Teaching content：Unit9 My favorite subject is science? Section A (1a-2d).
3. Teaching Methods: Video-audio method, Task-based approach, Communicative-based approach
4. Teaching Aims:
[Knowledge Aims]
A: New words: P.E., art, science, music, math, Chinese, geography, history, fun, interesting, boring, difficult, relaxing etc.
B: New language: “What’s your favorite…?” “My favorite …is….” “Why do you like…?” “Because it’s….”
C: Learn to use descriptive adjective to talk about preference: fun, interesting, boring, difficult, relaxing etc.
[Ability Aims]
A: Communicative function: to talk about preferences and give reasons
B: Language skills: listening and oral skills
C: Learning strategies: cooperative learning
[Emotion Aims]
A: Set up the right view on how to be a good student
B: Cultivate their team sprit in the pair work
5. Teaching important points：
A：Learn the pronunciation of the important words.
B: Communicate with others with the new sentence patterns
B: Learn to talk about preferences and give reasons
6. Teaching difficult points:
A: how to accurately modify one people’s preference with the adjectives
B: Students’ speaking ability
7. Teaching Procedure：
Teaching steps Name of activity/task Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
Step-1 Lead-in
Warming up and
lead in Lead in to the topic of this lesson with a video about Harry Potter. Later, ask Ss that “Do you like the film?” And After then tell Ss, “I like this film best. It’s my favorite movie. I like Harry Potter, because he is a good student. He works very hard and does so well. Let’s see how he works, ok?” Show Ss pictures about Harry Potter in PPT. Ss are required to guess the name of the movie through a video.
Free talk 1. Raise a question: What’s your favorite movie and why?
2. Ask Ss to find a partner and share their own opinion. Talk about their favorite movie and tell the reasons.
Purpose 1、用電影Harry Potter預告片作為本課熱身，順利引入本單元的重點話題“What’s your favorite…? My favorite…is….”讓學生習得詢問他人最喜愛的東西、以及表達自己意見的句型，為完成下一步的語言目標提供語言支持，同時激活課堂氣氛
2、用學生本身比較感興趣的人物電影來切實感受本單元的話題，并談論自身喜好，有助于所學語言和生活實踐的結合。
Step-2
Language
Points
teaching
Vocabulary teaching 1. Show Ss some subjects of Harry Potter in magic school and ask Ss “What subject do we have?”
2. Lead in new words which will be taught and learnt with pictures in PPT. (words: P.E., art, science, music, math, Chinese, geography, history, fun, interesting, boring, difficult, relaxing etc.)
3. Practice(1a,1b P49) 1. Learn the new words.
2. Finish the exercise 1a, 1b in P49
Sentence patterns learning Teach the usage of the target language, “talk about preferences” and “give reasons”. The sentence patterns are “What’s your favorite…?” “My favorite …is….” “Why do you like…?” “Because it’s….”The descriptions are “fun, interesting, boring, difficult, relaxing etc.” After then, practice( 1c.2a.2b) Learn the target language and practice it.
Purpose 1、通過介紹Harry Potter在魔法學校的課程，牢牢抓住學生的興趣，從而引出學生平時的課程，使話題貼近生活，也使學生比較容易接受。在掌握新單詞的前提下，進行必要的拓展，有利于擴大學生的視野。
2、通過有效的示范提問，以及不斷的操練，來加強對目標語言學習，有利于開展下面活動的順利開展。
Step-3 Oral task
Oral practice
1. Divide Ss into groups. Ask Ss to discuss the topic of 2c
2. Role-play the conversation in 2d. 1. Make their own conversations using the words in 2b.
2. Find a partner and role play.
Purpose 通過前面對本課時的語言學習，進行口頭綜合練習，對學生的語言輸出進行評價。
Step-4 Summary
Survey Ask the students to do a survey and finish the table:
Name
Favorite
subject
Why
Dislike
subject
Why
Give them examples:
Name: Harry Potter
Favorite
subject Broomstick subject
Why Because it’s interesting and exciting
Dislike subject Potion subject
Why because it’s boring
After then, ask some students to report before the class. Do a survey and finish a table:
Name
Favorite
subject
Why
Dislike
subject
Why
Make a report before the class.
Purpose 在做調查的過程中必須綜合運用本節課的重點詞匯和句型，這一活動能幫助學生系統歸納本節課所學的知識。
Step-5 Homework
Homework Write a passage about your favorite stars. Write a passage about your favorite stars.
Purpose 運用目標語言進行簡單的書面表達，檢測學生對本節課的掌握程度
板書設計
1.New words: P.E., art, science, music, math, Chinese, geography, history
2.Sentence patterns:
What’s your favorite…?
My favorite …is….
Why do you like…?
Because it’s….
8.Teaching Reflection：
1. Whether the students’ reaction is consistent with my expected effect.
2. What are the points that students find difficult/easy to comprehend
3. What should I improve in teaching this class?
4. How to make the whole teaching procedure more effective?