Teaching Plan for Unit 1， Book 1（Period 1）

刘裕松

Teaching contents： New Senior English For China Students Book 1， Unit 1 （page 1）

Teaching aims：

1. Ability Objective

Speaking skills：express one's attitude or views about friends and friendship in appropriate words.

2. Knowledge Objective

a. Talk about friends and friendship； how to make friends； how to maintain friendship

b. vocabulary： upset ， calm ， concern ， loose， add up ＼ calm down＼ have got to ＼be concerned about ＼ walk the dog

3. Moral Objective

a. To arose Ss' interest in learning English；

b. To encourage Ss to be active in the activities and make Ss to be confident；

c. To develop the ability to cooperate with others.

4. Strategies Objective

a. To develop Ss' cognitive strategy： taking notes while listening；

b. To develop Ss' communicative strategies.

5. Culture objects

to enable the Ss to get to know different opinions about making friends from different countries.

Teaching important and difficult points：

a. New words and expressions

b. Express ones attitude or views about friends and friendship in appropriate words.

Teaching methods：

Task-based Teaching Method Five-step Teaching Method

Teaching procedures：

Step1. Warming up

1. Ss listen to an English song AULD LANG SYNE.（A song about friendship）

2. Brainstorming： let Ss say some words about friendship - honest， friendly， brave， humorous， funny， wise， kind， open-minded， responsible， helpful....

Step 2. Talk about your old friends

1. Ss talk about their old friends in Junior Middle School， talk about their appearance， personality， hobbies， etc.

2. Self-introduction

Step 3. Make new friends

1. Ss go around and ask their new friends some information and fill in the following form

Name Age/hobbies/favorite sports， books， ... 2. Report to the class： who will probably be your friend. Why？

Step 4. Do a survey

Ss do the survey in the text ，P1

Sep 5. Listening and talking

Do Wb P41 （Talking）. While Ss listen to the material， ask them to take notes about the speaker's views of making friends.

When Ss make their conversation， ask them to try to use the following expressions.

I think so. / I don't think so. I agree. / I don't agree.

That's correct. Of course not. Exactly. I'm afraid not.

Step 6. Discussion

Divide Ss four in one group and each group choose a topic to discuss. There are four topics.

Topic 1： Why do you need friends？ Make a list of reasons why friends are important to you.

Topic 2： There is a saying "to have a good friend， you need to be a good friend." What do you think of the saying and how can you be a good friend？

Topic 3： Does a friend always have to be a person？ What else can be your friend？ Why？

Topic 4： List some qualities of a person who does not make friend easily.

Step 7. Summary

1. Ask Ss themselves to summarize what is friendship and what is the most important in making friends.

2. T shows more information about friendship and a poem about friendship.

What is friendship？

I want to find the answer to the question

What is friendship？

When it rains， I think friendship is a small umbrella.

It can give me a piece of clear sky.

When I'm crying， I think friendship is a white handkerchief.

It can wipe my tears dry.

When I am sad， I think friendship is a warm word.

It can bring me happiness again.

When I am in trouble， I think friendship is a strong hand.

It can help me escape my troubles.

When I sit in a quiet place， I think friendship is a very wonderful feeling.

It can't be pulled and torn， because it is in everyone's heart.

It is there from the beginning to the end of our lives.

3. Tell Ss： make new friends and keep the old； one is silver and the other is gold.

Step 8. Homework：

1. Look up the new words and expressions in warming up and pre-reading in a dictionary.

2. Write a short passage about your best friend.