示范教案Lesson 2
Lesson 2
Teaching Aims :
1. Learn and master the following :
1).Four skills :
well (n .) , dark (n .) result ,
state , the States .
2).Phrases :
go on doing , have sb , doing , as a result
2. Everyday English
Give my regards/best wishes/love to sb .
3. Improve the Ss′ability of reading comprehension.
4. Master how to write a letter in English correctly .
Teaching Important Points :
How to understand the Letter completely .
Teaching Difficult Points :
1. the difference between″go on doing sth ″,and
″go on to do sth . ″
2. the comparison between″have sb,doing″and ″
have sb,do″
3. the understanding of the sentence---…in the north where it is
colder they grow wheat
Teaching Methods :
1. Fast reading to find out the general information in
The text .
2. Question-and-answer activity to help the students
To understand the detailed information in the text.
3. Pair work or group work to make every student work
In class .
Teaching Aids :
1. a tape recorder . 2. a projector
Teaching Procedures :
Step I. Greeting
Greet the whole class as usual .
Step II. Revision and Lead-in
(Teacher asks two Ss to talk about their summer holidays to check
their homework .After that
teacher can say the following.)
T: Very good . Thank you for your performance. Just now we know
their life in the summer holidays
was very rich and colorful . Today we′re going to learn a letter
from Charlie . Charlie lives in
America . Let′s see how American students spend their summer
holidays . Before we learn the text ,
We should learn some new words.
Step III. Preparation for reading
1.Show the new words in this Lesson on the screen , then give brief
introduction to the students and then let Ss
read the new words after the tape .
Vacation [v′kein] n.
General [′dЗenl] adj.
General idea
Dawn [d:n] n.
Dark [da:k] n.
State [steit] n.
Wheat [wi:t] n.
Employ [im′pli] vt.
Result [ri′zΛlt] n.
Pump [pΛmp] vt.
Well [wel] n.
Channel [′tnl] n.
Beer [bi] n.
Area [′εri] n.
Regards [ri′ga:dz] n.
2.(After that ,teacher may ask Ss two simple questions.)
T: Now listen to me carefully .Iwant to ask you two simple questions
.
What do we call the time when the farmers collect the crops in the
fields?
SA: Harvest.
T: What do we call the machine that farmers use in the fields?
SB: Tractor.
Step IV . Reading
1. (Ask the Ss to read the letter as quickly as possible and try
to find the answer to the questions on the screen.
1.. What does Charlie talk about in his letter?
2. What ′s the difference between his home time area and
ours?
T: OK. Now open your books , please . I give you three minutes to
read the letter fast . Try to get the answers .
SA: Charlie talked about in his letter working on the farm , a party
at harvest time and the time areas of the states.
SB: There are five different time areas in the States . In Charlie's
state the time is fourteen hours behind Beijing time .
2. Let the Ss read the letter again , then answer some detailed
questions in the letter. Show the questionnaire on the screen , ask
them to read and discuss in pairs or groups to complete the task.
A Questionnaire
1. Is Charlie a city child or a country boy ?
2. Where does he write to Xinaojun?
3. He is the only child in the family , isn't he ?
4. What do Charlie and his family grow on the farm and
around their house ?
5. What do they usually do at weekends?
6. How many time areas are there in the States and how many
in China?
Answers:
1. I think /guess he is a country boy /child.
2. He writes the letter in the country /on a farm in America.
3. No , he isn't .He has a brother.
4. They grow rice on the farm and vegetables in their garden.
5. They usually hold parties and cook meat on an open fire
outside . And some of the young men drink beer together.
6. There are five time areas in the States and , in China ,
there are also five.
3. Check the answers with the whole class . And then deal with the
language points below shown on the screen .
1. go on doing sth.=go on with sth.
go on to do sth .=begin to do sth .else
eg .He went on studying till 11 o'clock . After finishing her
homework , she went on to preview the next lessons.
2. We grow rice in the south of the States ,but in the north where
it is colder they grow wheat .
" where it is colder "is an attributive clause to modify the north ,
So the sentence can be regarded as the following sentence:
------but it is colder in the north so people grow wheat .
3. have sb . doing sth .
have sb . do sth .
have sth . done
eg , He had Tom painting the fence the whole morning .
He had Tom paint the fence all by himself.
He had the fence painted (by Tom ).
CBb:1、go on doing
go on to do
2、--------in the north where it is colder they grow wheat .
3、have sb doing sth
have sb do sth
have sth done
Step V Listening and consolidation
Play the tape and let the Ss listen to the letter carefully and try
to remember something ,and then complete the article by filling in
each blank with one word .Show it on the screen .
Charlie is now on the farm for the summer vacation. _____is the
hottest month in America and it is time for the _____ harvest. He
_____his father every day from dawn ______dark. Sometimes they go on
_____after dark by the ___of their tractors. He is tired ___very
happy. Their farm is large .Charlie's father has only women working
for him .For the harvest ,he usually ____more men ,although they
have a lot of machines.
Answers :August ,rice ,helps ,until, working, lights ,but ,employs
2、Ask the Ss to read the letter again, then show the questions on
the screen, ask them to choose the right answers according to the
text.
Choose the right answers:
1、A well is ________________.
A. a deep hole with water in the ground .
B. a thing for keeping water .
C. a tool used for digging for water .
D. a person who pumps water .
2、In Charlie's opinion ,the Americans______.
A. should not have any meat
B. have had too much meat
C. should have less meat
D. should have more meat
3、Which of the sentences are true?
A. A boy in Beijing sees the sunrise earlier than Charlie.
B. A boy in Beijing sees the sunrise later than Charlie.
C. Boys in China go to bed when boys in the States are
sleeping.
D. Boys in China begin to get up when boys in the States fall
asleep.
4、The hottest month in the States is_______.
A. July B. February
C. August. D. December
5、Which of the following is wrong?
A. Please say " Hi '' to her .
B. Give my love to her .
C. Send my best wishes to her .
D. Give my best regard to her .
Answers :1.A. 2.C/B. 3. A. 4.C. 5.D
(Bb: Give my regards / best wishes/love to sb.)
Step VI Workbook
( To deal with the exercises in this stage, teacher can say as
follows:)
T: Turn to Page 58. Let's do the exercises. Please look at No,3 ,I
give you two minutes to prepare . As to the verb tenses, you can
discuss them .After a while , I'll check the answers .
Answers : didn't stay , went ,told ,had changed , bought , helped,
are living , will begin , will be are living , will begin ,will be
Step VII. Summing --- up
Help the Ss to sum up what they have learned in this lesson . In
particular, teacher should ask the Ss to pay attention to English
letter form , such as heading , salutation , body , complimentary
close and signature.
Step VIII. Homework
Today we've learnt an English letter , I hope you can try to use
English when you write a letter to your friend from now on . Now the
homework for you :
1. Review the correct form of writing an English letter.
2. Read the letter again .
Step IX
The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard
lesson 2
go on doing ---- in the
north where
go on to do it is
colder they grow wheat
have sb. doing Give my
regards /
have sb . do best wishes
/ love
have sth . done to sb.
Step X. Record after teaching