Unit3 What are you doing for vacation?
Period Five
Task1 Talk about National Day vacation plans.
Task2 Write a schedule for the weekend as a tourist guide.
I. Greeting.
II. Free talk.
III. Review the activity phrases. (show in power point)
IV. Play a memory game with the whole class: (Have a competition)
The first student says a sentence about a vacation activity. The next student says what the first student is doing and adds a sentence. The third student repeats what the first two students are saying, and so on. See how many activities students can remember. The one who remember the most activities and use the least time wins the game.
V. Talk about National Day vacation plans.
The teacher gives an example: (show in power point)
Jenny’s National Day Vacation Plan
I am going to my hometown for vacation. I’m going with my husband and my son. I’m leaving on October 1st. I’m staying for a week.I plan to have a relaxing vacation. I’m taking walks,going fishing,going bike riding. I’m planning to spend time in the beautiful countryside. At night, I’m enjoying watching TV and chatting with my family… A great vacation! I can’t wait.
Students work in groups of four. Then each group chooses one to tell the class about their National Day vacation plans.
VI. Shelf check:
1. Ask students to fill the blanks on their own.
Check the answers.
Ask students to make their own sentences with words, preferably sentences that are meaningful.
2. Elicit a few things that tourists who visit Xiamen could do. Ex plain the scenario to the students (they are tourist guides planning a schedule.)
Give students some main scenes in Xiamen, some hotels and a menu. (show in power point)
Some Hotels in Xiamen
Xiamen Hotel 廈門賓館
The Mandarin Hotel 悅?cè)A酒店
The Marco Polo Hotel Xiamen
馬哥波羅東方大酒店
Crowne Plaza Harbourview Xiamen
廈門海景皇冠假日酒店
food
seafood 海鮮
sea worm jelly 土筍凍
fried oyster 海蠣煎
fried rice noodles 炒米粉
spring rolls 春卷
Xiamen Main Scenes廈門主要景點(diǎn)
Gulangyu Islet 鼓浪嶼
Sunlight Rock 日光巖
Shuzhuang Garden 淑莊花園
The Island Ring Road 環(huán)島路
Wanshi Botanical Garden 萬(wàn)石植物園
Nanputuo Temple 南普陀寺
Huli Ancient Fortress 胡里山炮臺(tái)
Jimei Learning Village 集美學(xué)村
The Turtle Park 鏊圓
Tongan Tourist Zones 同安旅游區(qū)Ask students to plan a schedule for the weekend and write it in the notebook.
Homework:
1. Recite 3a on page17.
2. Preview Unit4.
Feedback:
This period shows the theory of students learning center. Each student has chances to show himself. The activities provide listening, oral, reading and written practice. The activities are practical. They can use what they’ve learnt in daily life.
The things to be improved:
III. Review the activity phrases. (show in power point)
Had better have a competition in this step.
Ask students to plan a schedule for the weekend and write it in the notebook. This should be done as homework because there isn’t
enough time for them to do it.