People and places

Teaching content： Unit 1 We’re enjoying the school trip a lot. Teaching model： Listening and speaking Teaching methods： Situation Teaching Method， Communicative Approach Teaching objectives：1） To understand dialogues concerning what people are doing through listening；2） To talk about trips and describe what is happening；3） To let students get on well with each other， and know the importance of enjoying life.

Important points：Key vocabulary： drive， lie， walk， leave， stand in line， wait for， take photos， lie in the sun， school trip；The use of present continuous tense ‘ be doing’. Difficult point： To talk about what is happening. Teaching aids：CAI， handouts Teaching procedure：

Step 1 Greeting T： Good morning， Class！ Ss： Good morning！

Step 2 leading-in and new words （1） Teach the new words by playing a guessing game with the pictures in Air Force Academy and teach present continuous tense generally by reading aloud. （2） Ask students to remember the new words and phrases and then check them.

T：Boys and girls， do you like travelling？ Today we will have three trips together. Do you still remember our school trip in Air Force Academy？ Ss： Yes！ T： OK！ There is a competition between Group A and Group B. Now we will go back. Let's play a guessing game about it！ Ss：… T： Well down. We have learnt some useful words and expressions. Now I give you 20s to remember all of them. Clear？ Ss：Yes.

T： Guys， ready？ Ss：…

Step 3 Listening （Activity 2） （1） Listen to Activity 2， and finish the four questions；2） Ask some students to show their answers.

T： After our trip in Air Force Academy， let us have a school trip with Betty and Lingling. Where do we go？ Listen to the tape carefully and then answer the questions on your handout. After listening， I will ask some of you to show your answers. Q1： Where is Betty now？Q2：Where is Lingling now？Q3：What is Wang Hui doing？Q4：What are they doing？

Step 4 Watching （Activity 3）（1） Pre-watching： Introduce the situation briefly；（2） While-watching ： Complete the table on the handout；3） Check the answers. T： Excellent！ Now we are on the Great Wall with the students. What are they doing？ Let’s watch the video and then complete the table. T： Let’s check the answers together. S：…（表格略）

Step 5 Reading aloud（1） Listen and follow；（2） Practice the dialogue by role play；3） Read the dialogue together；4） Present sentences concerning present continuous tense and imitate the sentences；5） Present the structure of present continuous tense and let students review how to add ‘ -ing’ to the new verbs；6） Do some exercises to enhance.

T： All right！ This time let us listen and follow the tape. Ss：…（read the text.） T： Great！ Now Group A are Betty； Group B are Mum. Let’s read the text again. Group A：… Group B… T： Perfect！ Both of you did a good job. Let’s enjoy the text together！ Ss：… T： There are so many beautiful sentences in the text. Let’s enjoy some of them. Now， listen to the sentences and repeat them. Pay attention to the pronunciation. T： Dear class， can you find the rules in the sentences？ Ss：Yes.”Be +Ving” T： Clever！ Let us add ”ing” to the verbs what we learnt today. T： Very well done！ Let’s do more exercise to enhance it.

III Fill in the blanks.

1. Li Lei ____is enjoying______（enjoy） himself at the party now. 2. Sam. It's nine o'clock in the evening！ __Are__you __taking___（take） photos ？ 3. ___Is__ Ms Li __lying___ （lie） on the bed at the moment？ 4. Look！ Lingling and Daming __are standing_____ （stand） in line. 5. What __are__ you ___talking____（talk） about now？

Step 6 Speaking-Group work（1） Show some pictures of their school trip in Merry Land. Let students discuss what they are doing and make dialogues about it with group members.（Group work） 2） Invite some students to show their dialogues.

T： Now we are on the school trip in Merry Land. Talk about yourselves and the others in your group. I will show you an example. （Ss are preparing.） T： Time’s up. Any volunteers？ Ss1： … T： Wonderful！ Ss2：…

Step 7 Summary T： After learning this unit， we must remember： Enjoy study and enjoy life！ And our class is a big family. We can share happiness and sorrow with each other. Don’t forget： we are …！（Show 9 pictures of their school life around the words”Enjoy study and enjoy life！”. Then， change the words into ”We are one！”） Ss： One！

Step 8 Homework （1） Recite the dialogue ；2） Write what we are doing on the trip.T： Boys and girls， after the class， don’t forget the homework！ Today’s winner is…！Congratulations！ So you can get the gift from me. The gift is …an invitation！ I invite all of you to come to my Christmas party on Dec. 25th. Welcome！ That’s all for today. Thank you. See you tomorrow. Ss： See you.