SEFC Book 2A      Unit 12 Mainly Revision Lesson 45
PART 1 Understanding of the teaching material
STATUS AND FUNCTION
1. Because this is a revision unit. It is the summary from Unit 7 to Unit 11.
Unit 12 is very important in Book 2A.
2. This lesson is the first one of Unit 12, it is a dialogue about keeping fish.
It is related to our daily life.
3. Due to this lesson is a dialogue, it is helpful for the Ss to improve their
spoken English.
TEACHING AIMS AND DEMANDS
Knowledge objects
1. To make the Ss know how to keep fish,birds or any other animal
by learning the dialogue of this lesson.
2. To give a reinforced practice in the use of the Modal Verbs and some
useful expressions for making suggestions.
Ability objects
3. Make the Ss the real masters in class while the teacher himself acts as the director
4. Train them with some effective learning methods to optimize the students' learning results.
Moral objects
5. Enable the students to love life and animals, protect the nature and environment.
TEACHING AIDS:
tank; Blackboard; computer; OHP(overhead projector高射投影儀); tape recorder; software: Powerpoint or Authorware
TEACHING KEY POINTS
1. Input the dialogue as a whole
Make the Ss grasp and understand the dialogue as a whole.
2. Language communication
A. Tell the main idea of the dialogue
B. Practise the dialogue
C. Act out their own dialogues related to the daily life
TEACHING DIFFICULTIES
1. The usage of the Modal Verbs
2. Making suggestions and replying
PART 2 Teaching Methods
Five Steps Method,
Communicative Method.
Aural-oral Method with the help of the computer
* The Questions and two situations will be shown on the OHP with the help of the computer.
PART 3 Studying Ways
1. Teach the Ss how to be successful language learners.
2. Teach the Ss how to master dialogues and how to communicate with others.
PART 4 Procedure
Step 1 Revision
Check the homework exercises
Step 2 Lead-in
Sign to the Ss to be quiet and close their books. Then start a free talk with the students. Show the fish tank and fish bowl. Ask the Ss the following questions
Slide 1
1. What is it? (show the tank to the Ss)
2. What is it used for? (For keeping fish)
3. Do you keep any animals at home? What is it or What are they?
4. Can you explain how you care for them?
5. How do you feed them?
Step 4 Dialogue Presentation
The teacher's brief introduction
Today we will learn a dialogue about keeping fish. Kate and Li Qun are talking about it. Now read the dialogue silently and find out the answers to these questions:
1. Pre-reading silently
Questions
Slide 2
a) What does Kate want to do? (Buy some fish)
b) Where would Kate keep them at first?
c) What does Li Qun advise her to do? (Get a large tank to keep the fish in)
d) What size tank should she get? ( A tank about 30 cm by 30 cm by 50 cm.)
e) What should Kate put in the tank?
(A few large rocks and some underwater plants)
2. The first listening
A. Listening and answering
Play the tape for the Ss to listen. Go through the dialogue briefly. Ask questions
Slide 3
Why should Kate put a few large rocks in the tank?
( Because fish love swimming round the rocks and through holes in them.)
Why should Kate put some underwater plants in the tank?
( Because the underwaer plants can keep the water clean and make the tank look much prettier.)
Allow the Ss a few moments to carry out the task. Check the answers.

3. The second listening
A. Listening and explanation
Play the tape again.Let the Ss listen the second time. While listening, I explain the language points. Make sure the Ss understand it.
a.the other day = a few days ago
b.They don't get enough air:
With a bowl, only a small surface area of the water is in contact with the air. So the water does not receive enough oxygen.
c.30 cm by 30 cm by 50 cm.
We describe two-dimensional and three-dimensional measurements using the word by. So the length of the tank is 50 cm, and the width and height both 30 cm.
e.underwater plants:
These plants oxygenate the water and keep it clean.
d.For one thing = one reason (for putting plants in the tank)
Step 5 . Practice and deep understanding
a. Following
Let the Ss listen and follow the dialogue,then I ask a few pairs to act the scene in front of the class.
b. Question
Why should Kate get a large tank to keep the fish in?
(With a bowl, only a small surface area of the water is in contact with the air. So the water does not receive enough oxygen.)
c. Moral lessons
Keeping fish or birds or keeping any other animal can bring us happiness and enjoyment. It can cultivate our healthy hobby. So we must love these animals. They are our good friends. We are living on the earth happily together.
If the animals die out, it will cause dying out of human being, like the dying out of dinosaur. I mean disappear throughly from the earth. Not only the mankind but also everything in the world. Much more, the earth will also be destroyed. what a horrible thing! We must protect our environments and keep the balance of the nature.
Step 6 Practice Part 2
Ask the students to make similar dialogues to practise making suggestions and replying, using the phrases given. Pay particular attention to sentence stress and intonation.
Slide 4
Situation: One of your friends wants to keep fish, he/she wants to buy some golden fish and a fish tank. He/she would like to ask for advice from you. Now you'd like to advise him/her what to do.
Model:
A: Excuse me , would you please tell me what you are going to do?
B: I want to keep fish. I'd like to buy some golden fish. What should I do?
A: Oh, I suggest that you'd better go to the market. They are much cheaper there.
B: That's a good idea. But where should I keep them?
A: You should keep them in a large tank.
B: What size tank should I get?
A: You need to buy one about 30 cm by 30 cm by 50 cm.
B: Is that Ok?
A: You ought to put some large rocks in the tank.
B: Are they necessary?
A: You'd better put some underwater plants in it.
B:Why is that?
A: Because they keep the water clean and make the tank look more beautiful.
B: Thanks.
A: You're welcome.
Then get the Ss to work in pairs. Get them to act their dialogues out.'
Step 7 Consolidation( dialogue Production)
Get several pairs of Ss to act out their dialogue about the bird in front of the class.
Slide 5
Situation: One of your classmates wants to keep birds, he/she wants to buy some birds and builds a bird cage as big as 4m by 2m by 2m. He/she would like to ask for advice from you. Now you'd like to advise him/her what to do.
Step 7 Workbook
Finish Exx 1 and 3 orally, do Ex 2 as written work.
Ex. 1 revises the Object Clause. When transforming the structures,
pay attention to the change of the verb tenses, personal pronouns
and word order. After doing the exercises orally in class, ask the Ss to do it as written work.
Ex. 2 is a revision of the Modal Verbs and some useful expressions.
Let the Ss work in pairs and then check the answers with the whole class.
Write down the sentences on the Bb for the Ss to see.
Ex. 3 lists pairs of words with somewhat similar pronunciation
but different meaning. Get the Ss to read aloud the words and say what each of them means.
Step 9 Homework
Do Ex 2 in the exercise books.
Step 10 Blackboard Work
Unit 12Lesson 45
1.the other day = a few days ago
2. 30 cm by 30 cm by 50 cm.
the length 50 cm
the width 30 cm
the height 30 cm.
3.For one thing = one reason
Making suggestions:
I suggest (that)
You should...
You ought to...
You need to...
You'd better...
PART 5 Comments
Teachers should employ proper teaching methods and techniques to satisfy
their needs. They are in great need of instructions on how to be successful
language learners. Teachers should train them with some effective learning
strategies to optimize their learning results.
My lesson plan is designed on the basis of these two principles. The questions
in my teaching plan are raised for the purpose of arousing the students'
interests and aimed to help the students to concentrate on the meaning of the dialogue.
As for the language points, they are presented and practiced related to
students' life as much as possible. This way of teaching language points
is employed in the hope that students will find them easier to understand
and retain, and that they can use some of them immediately in their everyday life.
Dialogue Production is a solution to the problem of lacking chances to
practice English outside class. This activity can train the students with
this learning method. The teacher's encouragement and facilitation are necessary to make the students feel the happiness of success, so that they may want
to try more either in class or outside class in the future.