七年级英语 Unit 1 Where is your pen pal from

Teaching Goal:

Topic: Countries, nationalities, and languages General aims:

A. Talk about where people are from

B. Talk about nationality, nation and language C. Talk about where people live Functions:

Talk about countries, nationalities and languages Ask and tell about where people live Target language: A. Language Focus.

(1). Talk about nationality, peoples and languages/ (2). Ask and answer where people live. B. Language goals

(1). Change your own information with your pen pals. (2). Ask some questions using where. (3). Ask words somebody talk about. C. Language structure: Where’s/Where’re ...from? Where does/do ...from?

What questions----What language does/do ...speak? D. Language points:

Where is she from? She is from.... Where does she live? She lives in....

What language does she speak? She speaks.... Vocabulary: Words about countries, languages

Teaching design: The whole unit needs 5 periods, 4 for new lessons and 1 for test

Period 1 ( 1a----Grammar Focus )

Key points:

Where is your/John's pen pal from? He/She is from... Where does he/she live? He/She lives in....

Pre-task (Homework for preview):

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Let the Ss give themselves pen pals and they should write down their pen pals'

information, such as their names, countries and cities they live even the language they speak.

T can give the Ss an example meanwhile T gives the different countries which can be used by the Ss. T gives the Ss Chinese words for the countries, they are following: 加拿大，法国，日本，美国，澳大利亚，新加坡，英国，中国( The Ss can look them up in the dictionary if they are new for them) The example is following: Name: Curry Muray Age: 75

From(Nationality): the United States City: New York Language: English

Teaching Steps:

Step 1 Leading-in The information of the teacher's own pen pal's information.

“I have a pen pal. His name is Curry Muray. He is from the United States. Do you have a pen pal? Where is your pen pal from? What's your pen pal's name?”

Different students say the information about their own pen pals. T should choose the different countries. T writes the different countries on the Bb(both Chinese and English)

Step 2 Learning

Section A 1a Learn the new words on the Bb. The new words are:

pen pal; Canada; France; Japan; the United States(the US/the USA/America); Australia; Singapore; the United Kingdom(the U.K./Great Britain/England) Pay attention to the pronunciation of the new words.

Step 3 Listening

1b Listen and circle the countries in 1a they learned

Step 4 Competition

Two groups of students to write the new words to see which group does better. First write down the Chinese words with looking at the English meanings, then write down the English words with looking at the Chinese meanings.

(This step is a memory game. It can help the Ss consolidate the new words they learned)

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Step 5 Pair work

1c Practice the following conversation: ---Do you have a pen pal? ---Yes, I do.

---Where’s your pen pal’s from? ----He/She is from .... (Write it down on the Bb) First T has a conversation with one student as an example then let the Ss practice in pairs.

At last let several pairs do it again in class.

Step 6 Leading-in

Revise the countries names with looking at the Bb. Then T writes down the city names on the Bb. Let the Ss try to find out which countries the cities are in. The city names are following:

Toronto; Paris; Tokyo; New York; Sydney; Singapore; London

Step 7 Learning

2a Learn the city names together with the whole class just like Step 2 2b Listen and circle the cities and countries 2c Listen and complete the chart

Have a similar competition to consolidate the new words in this part. Step 8 Pair work

T has a conversation with one student like the following: ---Do you have a pen pal? ---Yes, I do.

---What's your pen pal's name? ---His/Her name is.... ---Where is your pen pal from? ---He/She is from...

---Where does he/she live? ---He/She lives in....(Write it down on the Bb)

Let the Ss practice after the T's example in pairs then several pairs do it in class.

Step 9 Exercise

1. My pen pal is from Australia.(划线提问) 2. John’s pen pal is from Japan. (划线提问) 3. He lives in Paris. (划线提问)

Homework:

Read and copy the new words .

Copy the sentences in Grammar Focus

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Make up the questions about Jodie in 2c The questions are:

Does Jodie have a pen pal? Where is Jodie's pen pal from? Where does he/she live? What's his/her name?(This one can be chosen by themselves)

Period 2 (3a----Section B 2c)

Preview(Pre-task):

Add another information about their pen pals----their language on the card Key points:

What language does she/he speak? She/He speaks…. Does she/he have any brothers and sisters? Does she/he speak English? Teaching Steps: Step 1 Revision

1. Revision and dictation of the new words

2. Revise the drills they learned yesterday.(by pair work and grammar exercise)

Step 2 Leading-in

T has a conversation with one student. The conversation is following: ---Do you have a pen pal? ---Yes, I do.

---What’s your pen pal’s name? ---His/Her name is…. ---Where is your pen pal from? ---He/She is from… ---Where does he/she live? ---He/She lives in….

---What language does he/she speak? He/She speaks…

Write the new words on the Bb. They are following: English Chinese Japanese French

Step 3 Learn

Learn the new words with the whole class. Finish 3a with the students

3b Pair work T still does an example with one student Then the Ss practice in pairs. The example is following:

--Curry Muray is my pen pal. He is from the United States. ---What language does he speak? ---He speaks English.

Step 4 Practice

1. Section B 1a Match the countries with their languages.

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2. Memory game Let the Ss repeat the following sentences:

People in China speak Chinese. People in Japanese speak Japanese. People in the USA, UK, Australia and Canada speak English. People in Singapore speak English and Chinese. People in France speak French.

3. 2a Listen and number the questions they hear

4. 2b Listen again and write short answers to the questions in 2a (Good students can finish the two tasks for one time)

Step 5 Pair work

Practice the conversation of 2a in pairs Pay attention to the language points:

Does she have any brothers and sisters? (any and) Does she speak English? (Write them on the Bb)

2c The Ss makes up their own dialogue about more information of their pen pals by using the drills in 2a.

Step 6 Group work

Four students as a group make a survey about pen pals by asking and answering each other.

Their questions are about their pen pals’ names, nationalities, cities, languages and their favorite subjects or more information

At last if time possible several students do the report in class about their surveys.

Step 7 Homework

Copy the new words they learned today and the sentences in 2a

Good students can write a report about their surveys about pen pals of their own groups.

Period 3(3a----3c) A reading lesson

Step 1 Revision

1. Revision and dictation of the new words and expressions 2. Revise conversations they learned yesterday. 3. Revise the key points by grammar exercise

He speaks English. (变一般疑问句和特殊疑问句)

Step 2 Reading

3a Read the letter and write answers to the questions in the box.

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Read it again and let the Ss discuss in groups(4 as a group) to design an information card for Bob.

Let the Ss read aloud. First after the T or the tape then by themselves. T must make sure the Ss can read it correctly and fluently.

T write the key words on the Bb to help the Ss retell the letter. The key words are following:

Bob, Toronto, want, a very interesting country, 14, in Nov., can speak, brother, Paul, sister, Sarah, pen pals in the UK and Australia, like going …and playing…, favorite subject, fun, math, difficult, write to Learn the language points in the letter: 1) I want a pen pal .

want sth./sb.( musician wanted)

want to do sth. I want to play soccer with my friends.

want sb. to do sth. My parents want me to do homework now. 2) I like going to the movies …

3) My favorite subject in school is… 4) write to sb. soon

Step 3 Practice

3b Complete the pen pal letter with the information on the card.

Step 4 Writing

1. Make an information card just like the card in 3b . 2. Write a letter or an e-mail to your pen pal.

Step 5 Homework

Write a letter or an e-mail to your pen pal.

Period 4 (Self-check)

Step 1 Revision

1. Reading practice(Read aloud the passage) 2. Dictation for the useful expressions

Step 2 Words Revision Complete the words builder.

(Some good students can express their vocabulary about countries and languages)

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Step 3 Writing

P6 Part 3 First discuss and then complete the writing

Step 4 Grammar

Do the extra grammar exercises: 1. I have a pen pal. 2. He has a pen pal.

3. My pen pal is from Australia. 4. Jim’s pen pal is from Canada. 5. His pen pal lives in Singapore. 6. Her pen pal speaks French. 7. People in Japan speak Japanese. (以上各句都做变否定句、一般疑问句和划线提问的句式变化)

教学反思：

这段时间由于我在学生每天记十个词前，先领读他们一遍，再分开音节，讲一讲英语的拼读规则，发现学生的记忆效率大大的提高。如果让他们把每单元几句重点句背下来，学习效果是不是更好呢？单词需要积累，这点勿容置疑。对于我们的学生来说，典型句子同样需要积累。句子背下来，在用的时候就可以举一反三，就像语文中背范文一样。对于我们那些基础较差的学生来说，他们在交际时需要模仿，在他们的记忆库中贮存就是十必要的。当然，如果学生能够在课堂上用英语去表达的话，说明这些典型的句子他们已经掌握。但现实的情况是，这种方法更容易适用于尖子生，或者基础较好的学生，很多学生只是充当的观众。

另外，在本单元的教学中我还补充了相关知识，让学生对各地的名胜古迹、历史风情、地理知识等知识的进一步了解，从而实现英语与其他各学科之间的渗透。

让学生死记硬背是不对的，但不让学生背也是不对的。

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