Unit 1 Nice People
Unit 1 Nice People, Nice Places
Six Periods in all
The First Period
Teaching Aims:
1. Master the names of countries and nationalities; 2. Master some sentence patterns, such as:
Where are you from? I’m from …
Where do you from? I come from …
How do you find it? It’s …
3. Talk about people who are from which countries; 4. Ask and express one’s own opinion about things.
Teaching Important Points:
Get the Ss know how to ask and express their opinions Teaching Difficult Points:
Know about the difference between countries and nationalities
Teaching Methods:
Listening, speaking, reading, pair works Teaching Aids:
Pictures, a map of China, a map of world,
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, etc.
Teaching Procedures:
Step1. Safety Education
Greetings;
Count the students in class;
Don’t play with drawing tools in class.
Step2. Lead In
1. (Show some pictures of Zhongjiang) This is Zhongjiang , our hometown, is it beautiful? I am from Yongtai, Zhongjiang. Where are you from? (Get some students answer this question: I’m from …)
2. Look at the picture on the first page of this unit, introduce the title, get the students guess what we will learn in this unit, then get them read the content.
3. Discuss the following questions:
Have you ever visited the place?
What do you know about the place?
In which country is the building?
Turn to the next page to find some clues.
Step3. Listen and Match
Look at the pictures on P12, listen to the tape, when I play it for the first time, match the countries and the pictures, when I play it for the second time, read after it.
Do you know any other interesting places in the world? Show some places of interest in different countries in the world, get the students guess them.
Introduce the nationality of each country in the picture. (Match Part7 on P14)
What other countries do you know? (Say them and find them in the map of the world. )
Which country do you like to visit?
Step4. Words and Sentences
Read the words of Part3.
Listen to the dialogue, and pay attention to the sentence patterns:
Where are you from? I’m from …
Where do you come from? I come from …
How do you find it?
It’s beautiful and the people are nice.
There are many beautiful parks in the city.
Listen to the tape again, choose the right answers to the questions, then finish Exercise1 on P18.
Step5. Practice
Make up a dialogue with the sentence patterns we’ve learnt
today, get some pairs act out.
Step6. Summarize and Homework
Today we’ve learnt many things about countries, review it after class, and finish Exercise2 on P18.
Step7. Writing Design
Unit 1 Nice People, Nice Places
The First Period
Sentence Patterns: Vocabulary:
Where are you from? China Chinese
I’m from … Australia Australian
Where do you come from? Britain British
I come from… France French
How do you find it? Egypt Egyptian
It is beautiful / nice …
Feedback Information:
The Second Period
Teaching Aims:
1. Consolidate the names of countries and nationalities; 2. Master some useful expressions:
Long time no see. I’m just back from …
It must be … all over the world
Be+ adj. There be …
3. Know about the use of adjective;
4. Introduce the places you are familiar to or like Teaching Important Points:
Get the Ss talk about where they are from freely;
Introduce the places you are familiar to or like. Teaching Difficult Points:
Improve the students’ reading ability.
Teaching Methods:
Listening, speaking, reading, pair works
Teaching Aids:
Listening material, a map of world, multimedia courseware. Teaching Procedures:
Step1. Safety Education
Greetings;
Count the students in class.
Step2. Word Study
Study the new words, get the students pronounce the new words themselves first, then read after the tape, correct the wrong ones.
Step3. Listening Practice
1. Pre-listening
Listen to the words again;
Forecast the content of the listening material according to
the new words and the pictures on the book.
2. While-listening
Listen to the dialogue when I play it for the first time, get a general of the listening material. (Introduce the location of London and Seattle, find them in the map of the world. London is in Britain, Europe. It’s the capital of Britain. Seattle is a big city in the north- west of the USA, it’s in North America.) When I play it for the
second time, try to find the answers to the questions of Part3, then check them when I play it for the third time.
Listen to Part5 in the same way, pay attention to the adjectives which are used to describe Seattle, then finish Part6.
Get the students read after the tape.
3. Post-listening
Group work
Ask the students to read the dialogue in roles, underline the adjectives they hear, pay attention to the position in the sentences, find out the sentences that you are difficult to understand. Show the important expressions on PPT:
Long time no see.
I’m just back from … I’m just back from Chengdu.
be + adj. Our hometown is beautiful.
all over the world People from all over the world come to China.
There are … There are many students in our school. Step4. Pair Work
Tell your partner about your hometown.
Step5. Summarize and Homework
Today we’ve learnt something about London and Seattle, if you want to know more about them, you can collect more information on the Internet or in the library. There are also two websites you can
visit :
Memorizing the words and sentence patterns we’ve learnt
today. Preview reading and writing.
Step6. Writing Design
The Second Period
Sentence Patterns: Vocabulary:
Long time no see. American noisy I’m just back from… Chinese friendly It must be… tourist French beautiful There are … Australian be + adj. clean all over the world British modern
nice
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The Third Period Teaching Aims:
1. Know about Canada and its people; 2. Master some useful expressions: say hello to… be new to… talk to sb. like old friends
the cashier’s at the same time give sb. a ride feel warm
3. Know about the use of adjective; 4. Improve the students’ reading skills.
Teaching Important Points:
Master and use a variety of techniques and skills in reading.
Teaching Difficult Points:
How to improve the students’ reading ability.
Teaching Methods:
Listening, speaking, reading, pair works Teaching Aids:
A map of world, multimedia courseware. Teaching Procedures:
Step1. Safety Education
Greetings;
Count the students in class.
Step2. New Words
Study the new words on P13. Pay attention to the phrases:
get to: arrive in at the same time give sb. a ride Step3. Reading
What do you know about Canadians? If you want to know about them, skim the text and get the main idea of it, find out the topic sentence at the same time. (The first sentence)
Do Canadians talk to strangers at a party? How does a foreigner feel in Canada? Scan the text, decide true or false in Part3.
Now read the text carefully, underline the adjectives which are used to describe Canadians, pay attention to their placement, then finish Part4.
Language Points:
say hello to(greet): Please say hello to your parents for me.
be new to: I am new to Beijing.
talk to sb. like old friends: She talks to me like old friends.
at the same time: We arrived here at the same time.
give sb. a ride: They gave me a ride when I was walking.
After explanation, get the students read the text after the tape.
Step4. Practice
Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box. (friendly; hello; friends; cold; beautiful)
Pair work: Describe the pictures on P16 according to the example.
Step5. Summarize and Homework
Today we’ve learnt something about Canadians, what do you think of Canadians? Why do you think Canadians are nice, polite and friendly? If you want other people to be friendly and polite to you, you must be friendly and polite to others, don’t you think so?
Homework: Remember the words and useful expressions;
Read the text again and again;
Preview the grammar.
Step6. Writing Design
The Third Period
Vocabulary: Reading skills:
大意(题目、主题句) say hello to... skimming —
be new to
talk to sb. like old friends scanning — 特定信息(定位词)
the cashier’s
at the same time intensive reading — 细节(篇章结构等)
give sb. a ride
feel warm
Feedback Information:
The Fourth Period Teaching Aims:
Grasp the different forms of “there be”
Know about the use of adjectives; Teaching Important Points:
Know various forms of “there be” and use them freely. Teaching Difficult Points:
How to transform the forms of “there be”.
Teaching Methods:
Reading and writing
Teaching Aids:
The blackboard, multimedia courseware. Teaching Procedures:
Step1. Safety Education
Greetings;
Count the students in class. Step2. Lead In
We’ve seen some sentences which include “there be” in this unit, let’s find some examples:
There were thousands of tourists from all over the world.
There are a lot of tall buildings in Seattle.
There are lots of nice shops.
There aren’t any parks in Seattle.
Do you find any difference among the sentences? What are they?
Step3. Grammar
We can find that the “be” has different forms. Introduce the forms of “be”: is are
We choose plural form or single form according to the subject. For example:
There is a big park near our school.
There are many students in our school.
Pay attention to their different forms:
Statement form: There is a big table in the small room.
There is some tea in the cup.
There are some books on the desk. Negative form: There is not a big table in the small room.
There is not any tea in the cup.
There are not any books on the desk. Question form: Is there a big table in the small room?
Is there any tea in the cup?
Are there any books on the desk? Step4. Language in Use
Complete the sentences with “there be” in Part1, then make
sentences according to the example in Part2. Get some students write their answers on the blackboard.
Step5. Adjectives
Fill in the blanks with the adjectives given on P17. We often use adjectives to describe things, and put them before the nouns. Step6. Summarize and Homework
Step7. Writing Design:
The Fourth Period
Statement form: There is a big table in the small room.
There is some tea in the cup.
There are some books on the desk.
Negative form: There is not a big table in the small room.
There is not any tea in the cup.
There are not any books on the desk. Question form: Is there a big table in the small room?
Is there any tea in the cup?
Are there any books on the desk?
Feedback Information:
The Fifth Period
Teaching Aims:
Know something about the world, especially some famous
interesting places.
Practice pronunciation.
Teaching Important Points:
Read the four passages on P19, get the main idea of them.
Practice pronunciation.
Teaching Difficult Points:
Understand the passages.
Teaching Methods:
Listening, reading, asking and answering
Teaching Aids:
Some pictures, the blackboard, multimedia courseware. Teaching Procedures:
Step1. Safety Education
Greetings;
Count the students in class.
Step2. Listen and Repeat
Pronounce the phonetic symbols, read the words loudly, get some students read the sentences which include the phonetic symbols.
Step3. Reading
Read the four passages, answer the following questions:
1. When was Leaning Tower built? Where is it?
2. What is the symbol of New York?
3. How long has the Great Wall been built?
4. What can we do on Golden Beach?
Step4. Writing
Read the postcard for Wang Ping, then read Part3 on P21, write back to Sally, introduce Hangzhou to her.
Try to choose a famous place in our hometown, write a tour guide to introduce it.
Step5. Summarize and Homework
Write a tour guide to introduce a famous place in our hometown.
Step6. Writing Design
The Fifth Period
Leaning Tower in Pisa, Italy
the Statue of Liberty in New York
the Great Wall in China
Golden Beach near Brisbane, Australia Feedback Information:
The Sixth Period
Teaching Aims:
1. Consolidate the key words and sentence patterns in this unit;
2. Talk with the important sentences.
Teaching Important Points:
Guide the students to take part in group works actively, find and solve the problems they have.
Teaching Difficult Points:
Guide the students to find and solve the problems they have. Teaching Methods:
Speaking and practicing
Teaching Aids:
Multimedia courseware.
Teaching Procedures:
Step1. Safety Education
Greetings;
Count the students in class.
Step2. Lead In
What have we learned in this unit? (Get some students answer the question.)
Step3. Activities
Divide the students into 5 groups to take part in the following activities:
Activity One: Read and Write
Get each group read three important words or phrases in
turns, other students write them in the exercise books, don’t
repeat. After reading and writing, correct the wrong ones.
Activity Two: Say and Guess
Get each group describe or act out two words in turns, other students guess them.
Activity Three: Ask and Answer
Choose one student from each group to ask a question about oral English in English, one student answer it, other students listen and record them, do it in turns.
Activity Four: Listen and Say
Each group put forward the language points that they haven’t mastered, other students help them to solve them.
Activity Five: Say and Draw
Each student describes his room with adjectives and “there
be”, others draw it according to the description. Show some pictures in class.
Step4. Summarize and Homework
Today we’ve reviewed what we learnt in this unit, try to remember the important words and sentences after class.
Do SB.P18 Exercise2.
Step5. Writing Design
The Sixth Period
Countries: America; Australia; Britain;
China; Egypt; France; Italy; Nationalities: American; Australian; British;
Chinese; Egyptian; French; Italian Sentence patterns:
Where are you from? I’m from…
Where do you come from? I come from…
How do you find it? It is beautiful / nice …
Feedback Information: