Unit 5 It must belong to Carla.

Part 1: Teaching design (第一部分：教學設計)

Structures: Must, might, could and can’t for making inferences

Target language: Whose volleyball is this?

It must be Carla’s. She loves volleyball.

It could be Ted’s.

Vocabulary: picnic, chase, escape, belong to, toy car, plate, mystery, appointment, worried, wake, neighbor, garbage

Learning strategies: Sequencing, Deducing

SECTION A

Goals

●To learn must, might, could and can’t for making inferences

●To listen and speak making inferences

Procedures

Warming up by learning about modal verbs

Modal verbs are used to express ideas such as possibility, intention, obligation and necessity.

CAN, COULD, WILL, WOULD, SHALL, SHOULD, OUGHT TO, DARE and NEED are some examples.

eg: I would have told you, if you had wanted me to.

eg: Yes, I can do that.

must

certainty 1. That must be Jerry. They said he was tall with bright red hair.

2. That must have been the right restaurant. There are no other restaurants on this street.

3. NO FUTURE FORM 1. That must not be Jerry. He is supposed to have red hair.

2. That must not have been the right restaurant. I guess there is another one around here somewhere.

3. NO FUTURE FORM have to

1a Looking and writing

Hello, class. On page 34 is a picture with many things in it. Write the things you see in the correct columns in the chart.

1b Listening and matching

You are going to listen and match on page 34 each person with a thing and a reason. Pay attention to the use of MUST in the sentences.

Tapescript

Girl 1: Whose volley ball is this?

Boy 1: It must be Carla’s. She loves volley ball.

Girl 2: Oh, that toy car must belong to Jane’s little brother. He was the only little kid at the picnic. And the magazine must belong to Dengwen. He loves cats.

Boy 1: Oh, and look, someone left a book.

Girl 2: Oh, yeah… This book must be Mary’s. Hemingway is her favorite author.

Girl 1: OK… and how about this CD?

Girl 2: Hmmmm… The CD must belong to Grace. She always listens to classical music.

1c Doing pairwork

In pairs practice the conversation in the picture on page 34

Then make conversations using information in the chart in 1b.

Whose volleyball is this? It must be Carla’s. She loves volleyball.

Whose books are these? They must be Mary’s. The man is her favorite author.

Whose CD is this? It must be Grace’s. She likes listening to classical music.

Next is the conversation making inferences.

Girl 1: Whose toy car is this?

Boy 1: It must be Deng Wen’s. He loves toy car.

Girl 2: Oh, that CD must belong to Grace’s little brother. He was the only little kid at the picnic. And the book must belong to Grace. He loves cats.

Boy 1: Oh, and look, someone left a magazine.

Girl 2: Oh, yeah… This magazine must be Carla’s. She likes reading magazine in English.

Girl 1: OK… and how about this volleyball?

Girl 2: Hmmmm… The volleyball must belong to Mary. She always plays volleyball after school.

2a Listening and writing

Bob and Anna found a backpack outside their school gate. Listen to their conversation and write down the things found in the backpack. Pay attention to the uses of modeal verbs making inferences.

Tapescript

Bob: Oh, look! Whose backpack do you think this is?

Anna: I don’t know. Look, here’s a school T-shirt.

Bob: Well then, the person must go to our school. Oh! Here is a hair band, so the person can’t be a boy.

Anna: It could be Kumi’s hair band. She has long hair.

Bob: Or the hair band might belong to Linda. She was at the picnic, wasn’t she?

Anna: Yes, she was. But then the backpack could belong to Rita. She’s always forgetting things.

Bob: Then it must be Linda’s backpack. She has long hair and she’s on the tennis team.

Bob: You’re right!

2b Listening and filling

Next you are to listen to the tape once again. Fill in the blanks with modal verbs you hear used to making inferences.

2c Filling and telling

On page 35 is a chart in which you will see 8 sentences. A word is missing from each sentence. Fill in a word from this unit.

The notebook must be Ming’s. It was on her desk.

The homework can’t be Carol’s. She wasn’t at school today.

The soccer ball might be John’s or Tony’s. They both play soccer, don’t they?

The French book must be Li Ying’s. She’s the only one who’s studying French.

I can’t find my backpack. It might be still at school.

The photo must be Lu’s. Those are his parents.

The red bicycle can’t be Hu’s. She has a blue bicycle.

This ticket might be my aunt’s or uncle’s. They’re both going to the concert.

3a Reading, numbering and circling

On page 36 you see a box. In it is a thank-you message from Linda to Anna. Read it, number the 5 parts and circle the words you don’t know.

Subject: Thanks! From: Linda

_④_ If you have any idea where it might be, please call me.

_②_ I think I dropped it during the concert so it might still be in the symphony hall.

_⑤_ I tried to call you but your mom said you were still at your optometrist appointment ( I hope you new glasses look nice!).

_③_ I really need it because I have a math test on algebra tomorrow. It’s crucial that I study for it because it counts 30% to the final exam.

_①_ I’m really anxious, because I can’t find my backpack.

Thanks,

Linda

3b Doing pairwork

In pairs talk about the words you don’t understand. You can use “can’t”, “must”,” could” or “might”.

A: What do you think “anxious” mean?

B: Well, it can’t mean “happy”.

A: It might mean “worried”.

B: Oh, yes. She’s worried because of her test.

A: What do you think “concert” mean?

B: Well, it can’t mean “music”.

A: It might mean “a performance of music by players or singers”.

B: Oh, yes. She was in the symphony hall.

4 Doing pairwork

In pairs talk about the things from the backpack on page 37. You are going to make guesses about the owner of the backpack.

A: Here’re some earrings. The owner can’t be a boy.

B: Well, it could be a boy. The earrings might be a present for his mother.

A: Here’s a school T-shirt. The owner must be a student.

B: Well, it could be a classmate of ours. The school T-shirt is the same as ours.

A: Here’s a hair band. The owner can’t be a boy.

B: Well, it could be a boy. The hair band might be a present for his mother.

Closing down by looking and saying

Look at the picture below and say what is happening in the classroom.