I. Teaching aims and teaching demands:
In this unit students learn to make polite requests and ask for permission .
II. Teaching key and difficult points:
A. Vocabulary
do the chores, do the dishes ,sweep the floor, take out the trash, fold the clothes, clean the living room , do the laundry, wash the car, buy some drinks and snacks, borrow some money, invite your friends teenager, hate, take care of , feed
Recycling: make the bed, say out late, use the car ,get a ride, cook, clean, fun, boring, relaxing, CD player
B. Target language
Could you take out the trash? Sure.
Could I borrow the car? --Sorry, but I need it . I have to go to a meeting.
I have to make the bed and do the laundry.
C. Structures
Could for a polite request Could for permission Make versus do
III. Teaching methods: Audio-lingual methods and PPP
IV. Teaching aids: a tape recorder
V. This unit is divided into five periods.
Period I
I. Teaching aims and demands:
Students learn to make polite requests and ask for permission.
II. Teaching key and difficult points:
A. Vocabulary
do the dishes , sweep the floor, take out the trash, make your bed, fold your clothes, clean the living room, make the bed
B. Target language
Could you sweep the floor ? Yes , sure.
III. Teaching methods: Audio-lingual methods and PPP
IV. Teaching aids: a tape recorder
V. Teaching procedure
Step 1. Revision
Say to the students, I want to borrow a pen. What can I do ?
Please give me your pen. Pass your pen to me, please.
Say ,There is another way polite way to ask for something.
Write Could you please give me your pen? on the board.
Repeat the question.
I am going to go home .OK?→ Could I go home now? (more polite)
Can I borrow your bike? → Could I borrow your bike?
Can I use your dictionary?
Step 2. Presentation
This activity reviews earlier vocabulary and introduce some new words.
Task 1 . Point to the items under the heading Chores in the chart .Ask the students what the chores means.(A chore is a job you do at home.)Then point to the items again and read each one to the class .Ask the students to explain the each chore in their own words and say if they do it or not. For example , a student might say, After we eat breakfast the dishes are dirty. We have to do the dishes. Do the dishes is the same as wash the dishes.
Task 2. Then read the instructions.
Task 3. Ask the students to find a partner.
Task 4. Find out which two chores most students do at home.
Read and repeat the phrases.
Step 3. Understanding the target language in spoken conversation.
Task 1. Read the instructions.
Task 2. Play the recording the first time. Students only listen.
Task 3. Play the recording a second time. And fill in the chart. Then check the answers.
Step4. Pairwork
Ask the students to look at the picture above and ask your partner to do the chores that you see.
Homework
1. Make up your own conversations.
2. Make six sentences with the target language.
Period Ⅱ
I. Teaching aims and demands :
Students learn to make polite requests and ask for permission.
II. Teaching key and difficult points:
A. Vocabulary
stay out late, use the car, get a ride, go to a meeting, clean your room,
B. Target language
Could you please clean your room? Yes, sure.
Could I please use the car? No, you can’t. I have to go out.
Could I please go to the movies? Yes, you can.
Could I borrow the car?
Sorry, but I need it . I have to go to a meeting.
I have to make the bed and do chores.
III. Teaching methods: Audio-lingual methods and PPP
IV. Teaching aids: a tape recorder
V.Teaching procedure
Step 1. Revision
Task1. Check the homework. Ask and answer.
Task2.Revise the vocabulary.
Step 2. Listening and understanding
Task1.Read the instructions. Learn the key vocabulary.
stay out late, use the car, get a ride, go to a meeting, clean your room,
Read and repeat the phrases.
Task2.This conversation is between Peter and his father. Listen and fill in the chart with yes and no. Then check the answers.
Step 3.Listening
Listen carefully and find out why Peter’s father says ‘no”. Draw lines to the reasons in the chart above.
Step 4. Pairwork
According the sample conversation , ask and answer in pairs.
Then ssk and answer in pairs in class.
Step 5. Grammar Focus
Could you please clean your room? Yes, sure.
Could you please do the dishes? Sorry, I can’t. I have to do my homework.
Could I please use the car? No, you can’t. I have to go out.
Could I please go to the movies? Yes, you can.
Pay attention to the questions and answers, ask and answer loudly.
Homework
1. Review the conversation and the vocabulary.
2. Write your own conversations on making permission. .
Period Ⅲ
I. Teaching aims and demands :
Students learn to make polite requests and ask for permission.
II. Teaching key and difficult points:
A. Vocabulary
hate , do the laundry, wash the car, do the dishes , sweep the floor, take out the trash, make your bed, fold your clothes, clean the living room, make the bed
B. Target language
I like doing, I hate to do …because …,I don’t like doing…because…
III. Teaching methods: Audio-lingual methods and PPP
IV. Teaching aids: a tape recorder
V.Teaching procedure
Step 1. Revision
Revise the vocabulary and the key structures.
Step 2. Practice
Read the instructions. Read the conversation to the class with a student.
Ask the students to fill in the blank with the word make or do.
Then ask and answer in pairs.
Step 3. Pairwork
Ask two students to read the sample phrases.
Have the students to make a list of chores in activity 1a.Say , These are some chores people have to do. Write down some others. Then write a list of chores you have to do.
Step 4. Games
A: Making the bed. B: I don’t like making the bed. C: Because it’s boring.
Homework
1.Review the phrases.
2.Write your own conversations about chores.
Period Ⅳ
I. Teaching aims and demands :
Students learn to make polite requests and ask for permission.
II. Teaching key and difficult points:
A. Vocabulary
teenager, buy some drinks, borrow some money, use your CD player, snacks, disagree, invite your friends, clean the living room,
B. Target language
Could you buy some drinks and snacks?
Could I invite my friends to a party on Saturday?
III. Teaching methods: Audio-lingual methods
IV. Teaching aids: a tape recorder
V. Teaching procedure
Step 1. Revision
This activity introduces the key vocabulary.
Read the instructions in 1a. Read the items in the chart. And then fill in the chart on their own.
Step 2. Pairwork
Make your own conversations about the items in activity 1a.
T: Teenagers say, Could you clean your room ?
S: No, I disagree. Parents say, Could you clean your room?
Do a second example if the students wish. Then the students work in pairs.
Ask several pairs to say their conversations to the class.
Step 3.Listening
A. Listen carefully and check the things in activity 1a that you hear .Then check the answers .
B. Listen again and fill in the chart.
Step 4. Pairwork Practice: Could you take out the trash? --Yes, sure.
Homework
Review the vocabulary . Write your own conversations about chores.
Period Ⅴ
I.Teaching aims and demands :
Students learn to make polite requests and ask for permission.
II. Teaching key and difficult points:
A.Vocabulary
take care of, take him for a walk, move to a new house, work on, forget, use
B.Target language
Could you please clean your room? Yes, sure.
Could you please do the dishes? Sorry, I can’t. I have to do my homework.
Could I please use the car? No, you can’t. I have to go out.
Could I please go to the movies? Yes, you can.
Pay attention to the questions and answers, ask and answer loudly.
III. Teaching methods: Audio-lingual methods and Control-writing.
IV. Teaching aids: a tape recorder
V.Teaching procedure
Step 1. Revision
Task1. Check the homework. Ask and answer.
Task2.Revise the vocabulary.
Step 2. Reading and writing
Task 1.Teach these words: take care of, take him for a walk, move to a new house, work on, forget, use.
Task 2. Ask the students to read the e-mail message on their own.
Task 3. Ask the students to complete the chart on their own.
Step 3.Reading and writing
Task 1. Read the instructions.
Ask a student to read the beginning of the e-mail message. Then finish the message. They can get ideas about things to write from activities1 and 2 on Page 76.
Task 2. Ask some students to read their messages to the class.
Step 4. Writing on your own.
Imagine you are going to move to a new house. Write an e-mail message to a friend and ask him or her for help.
Step 5. Groupwork
Work in groups of three. Student A, look at page 94.Student B, look at page 95.Student C, look at page 96.
Step 6.Self Check
Ask the students to do the exercises on their own .Then check the answers.
Homework
1.Review the vocabulary . 2.Finish off the exercises.