Teaching content:
1. mastery words: station, child, room, taxi
2. a dialogue about what they see at the Beijing Station
3. Present Continuous Tense
Teaching goals:
1. understand the meaning of the text
2. remember the mastery words
3. find and use the list of mastery vocabulary in lesson 16
Key points: 1. some expressions： take care of; be scared
2. the Present Continuous Tense
Difficult points: the Present Continuous Tense
Teaching aids: pictures, audiotape, flashcards, slide projector
Type: dialogue
Teaching procedure
1. Opening class
1) greetings in everyday English
2) duty report: they can talk about whatever they like to say.
3) mainly revision about last lesson
2. New lesson
Step 1 Lead in
Discuss the questions in “THINK ABOUT IT”
Have you ever been to a very crowded place? Where?
How much does it cost to stay in a hotel in your city?
Help them answer the questions and you can give them some words to guide them to answer.
Step 2 Listen to the tape of the text and answer the following questions:
How does Danny feel at the train station?
How many people are there at the station?
What are the people doing at the station?
Why is the child crying?
Answer the questions and discuss the whole text to make sure they understand the meaning. Deal with any question they have and explain the language points at the same time.
Step 3 Listen to the tape again and let them read after it.
Step 4 Have them read the text for a few minutes. Then let them act out the dialogue in roles.
Step 5 Deal with the “LRT’S DO IT”
Work with a partner. Write a dialogue. One of you is arriving in a city. You need a hotel room. The other person is selling hotel rooms. Practice your dialogue and present it to your classmates.
Step 6 A test
用適當的單詞填空，首字母已給出
1） There are so many p_______ on the street.
2） Be quiet! The baby is s_________.
3） We can buy train tickets at the train s________.
4） I’m t__________. I’d like something to drink.
5） Father likes reading n_________ after washing the dishes.
Keys: 1) people 2) sleeping 3） station 4) thirsty 5) newspaper
Step 7 Summary
Today we learn a text about Li Ming and his friends. They arrives in Beijing at last. They see many people at the station. They are doing different things. It’s crowded there. They want to find a hotel. After class you must remember the mastery words of this lesson and you should practice using the Present Continuous Tense.
3. Homework
1) understand the meaning of the text
2) remember the mastery words
3) finish the activity book in lesson 15
4) the reading in next lesson