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_8 A Module 2 Unit 5 EncyclopaediaFirst period Reading Look it up!Language Targets:1. To activate the knowledge to help the students understand the text.2. To help students understand the text quickly by using different reading skills , such as getting main idea and details, find facts etc.Ability Targets:1. Students learn to maintain an interaction by reading the article.2. Students learn to write the synopsis by paragraph.3. Students try to express their ideas in English fluently.Emotion Targets:Students can know about the history of dinosaurs, a way to be happy and Disneyland.Language focus:1. Vocabulary: 1) article, dinosaur, exist, harmless, gentle, fierce,skeleton,Diogenes,Greece, amusement,creat,character,deliver2) a long time before, as small as chicken, leave behind, the way to be happy, even happier, an amusement parkFunction: 1. It sometimes sat on Walts desk while he was working. 2. After leaving school and studying art at night, he sold newspapers and delivered mail.Teaching aids: 1. A recorder, a cassette2. Students book 8A page 74-77.Teaching steps:PRODEDURECONTENTSMETHODSPURPOSEI.Pre-task preparation1. Show some interesting pictures.Ss enjoy some pictures about dinosaurs and Disneyland and so on.Students would like to enjoy it with classmates and will make the atmosphere of English.And we can lead in the new words.2. Learn new vocabulariese.g We went to an amusement park. Here Amusement means something that gives people pleasures or fun.Character means a person, animal in a book, play, film, etc.Ask students to learn to express the meaning in EnglishII. While- task procedureA. Encyclopaedia1.What is an enclopaedia?2.Think, say and learn3.Different types of encyclopaedias4. In which volumes of the encyclopaedia on theright would you find the information listed below? Write the number of the volume for each topic.5.Encyclopaedias on different topics6.How to find the information we needB. Text Dinosaurs1.What do dinosaurs make you think of?Choose and think of some adjectives and tell your classmates about your ideas.2.Finish Reading A What do you know about?4. How much do you know about dinosaurs? 5. Listen and fill in the blanks.6.Learn the text7.Surf the Internet8.StrategyWhen we meet some new words, sometimes we can know about their meanings by looking at the suffixes. C. Diogenes1.Search the Internet and find some information about Diogenes.2.Listen and fill in the blanks.3. Learn the text.4.Search the Internet again.D. Disney Walt1. Cartoon characters2. Who created these cartoon characters?3.What else did Walt Disney create?4.How many Disneyland Park in the world?5.There will be another Disneyland park inShanghai soon. What do you think it will be like?6.Listen and fill in the blanks.7.Put the sentences in the correct order.8.Surf the Internet9.What is your favourite cartoon character?E. Exercises1.Match the words with the pictures.2. Find words in the articles on page 75 tocomplete the following dialogue. The words must be similar in meaning to the words in brackets.3. Work in groups four to six. Look at thefollowing words and make new words using the letters from some of the words in the checklist.4.ComprehensionAn encyclopaedia is a book that gives you information about a lot of different things.Have you got an encyclopaedia at home?Have you ever read an encyclopaedia in the library?Do you know any types of encyclopaedias?BrainsTyphoonsComputersWeatherKoreaPandasWhen we use an encyclopaedia, we should knowwhat kind of information we need to look for first. Sometimes, we do not understand some important words (we call them key words) in the sentences. Then we can look in an encyclopaedia and try to find them. large, brave, fierce, small, shy, gentle, beautiful, powerful, harmful, ugly, weak, harmless.1. Ss try this quiz alone.2. Check their answers.Say something about them. If you do not know much, you can ask your classmates for help.May is listening to the article about dinosaurson CD-ROM. Listen carefully and help her complete the following notes for her school project.1. Ask Ss to read the text by themselves and find out the new words, and try to guess the meanings by reading the words around them so that they can know the main idea of the text.2. Read after the tape.3. Read the text together.4. Synopsis by paragraph.Surf the Internet and find more information about dinosaurs. Tell your classmates about the lives of dinosaurs on the Earth.For example,harmful is an adjective which means causing harm andharmless is also an adjective which means not causing harm.Do you know the meanings of careful, careless, useful, useless, helpful and helpless?e.g.Where did he come from?Where did he live?1. Ask Ss to read the text by themselves and find out the new words, and try to guess the meanings by reading the words around them so that they can know the main idea of the text.2. Read after the tape.3. Read the text together.Someone called Diogenes a dog. Surf the Internet and find more information about him and tell why people called him a dog.Once, Alexander the Great went to visitDiogenes. He offered to help Diogenes. What do you think Diogenes said? Give your reasons. Then surf the Internet to find the answers.Mickey MouseDonald DuckGoofySnow WhiteWalt Disneyamusement parkSurf the Internet and find more information about Mickey Mouse. Tell your classmates how Mickey Mouse came into being.Discuss in your groups and tell your classmates and give your reasons.Example: characteract, are, art, cart, cat, race, rat, rate, reach, teach, tear, etc.createdeliverexistownharmfulfinallyamusement park1.May has made some notes below about the articles in the encyclopaedia, but some of the facts are wrong. Read the articles and correct Mays notes where necessary. 2.May is making statements about some of thethings in the articles. If you agree with them, write A (agree). If you do not agree, write D (Disagree).arouse students interest in the topicDevelop the skill of using encyclopaedias.Learn some news words and phrases and get familiar with part of the textThis is part of the skill of predicting, It is good for Ss to make intelligent guesses about what might be in the article.Develop the skill of guessing and working out the likely meaning of a word from the study of its context.Get more practice and learn more information about the topicDevelop students abilities of creation, listening and reading and speaking.Students can express their ideas completely and clearlyGet famliar with part of the text through some exercisesHave a review of the whole text through reading and answering questionsIII. Post-task activity1.Act out the text.2.Peter is doing a quiz about the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.3.Have a debate.Select several groups to act out the dialogue.Listen and circle the correct answer.The FOR side thinks whatDiogenes said was right and the AGAINST side thinks that the way to be happy is to own as many things as possible. Consolidate the new knowledge point by practing.IV. Assignment1.Write a summary about dinosaurs.2.Write a summary about Diogenes.3.Write a summary about Walt Disney4.Workbook 8A, pages 39, 40 and 41.Read and write.Go over the knowledge they have learned.教学反思：Second Period Grammar 1 Countable and uncountable nounsLanguage Targets: 1. The plural of most countable nouns. 2. Use some countable nouns + of before uncountable nouns to show amounts.Emotion Targets: Students try to express their ideas in English fluently.Language focus: 1. New words: t 2. Functions:The plural of most countable nouns. Use some countable nouns + of before uncountable nouns to show amounts.Materials: 1. Students Book 8A page 78. 3. Cassette 8A 4. Cassette playerTeaching steps:PRODEDURECONTENTSMETHODSPURPOSEI.Pre-task preparationIn English, we can count some things, e.g., elephants, stamps, cars.We cannot count other things, e.g., meat, water, music.We call nouns like elephants, stamps and cars countable nouns.We call nouns like meat, water and music uncountable nouns.Most dictionaries use the letters C and U to tell if a noun is countable or uncountable.Go over the knowledge they have learned.II. While- task procedure1.Countable nounsA countable noun refers to something we can count. Here are some examples.2. To form the plural form of most countable nouns,we add -s to the singular form. However, there are some exceptions3.Uncountable nounsAn uncountable noun refers to something we cannot count. Here are some examples.4. We can also use some countable nouns + of before uncountable nouns to show their amounts.5.ExercisesWe use a or an before a singular countable noun. If the noun starts with a vowel sound, we use an.+s-y+ies+esO: +s or +es-f or fe +vesUncountable nouns cannot have plural forms.a packet of salttwo cups of coffeethree bags of ricefour kilos of meatsix cartons of milk1. Read the sentences below and decide whether the nouns in italics are countable or uncountable. Make two lists in your notebook.2. Read these conversations and then work inpairs to make similar conversations about the pictures below. Use the words in the box. Make them singular or plural as necessary. S1 (Timmy) asks the questions and S2 (June) answers. Then change parts and do the conversations again.3. Jane has invited six people to a party at herhome. Here is part of the shopping list that she wrote for the things she needs. Look at the picture and complete the list. The first one has been done for you.Rita, May and Danny are in a fast food restaurant. They each chose something from the menu on the right. Look at their pictures and complete the sentences with a(n) or some, and the names of the food and drinks. Put one word in each blank.The chart may help the students learn the knowledge pints.It will impress the Ss a lot about what they have learnt for its very useful in their writing.Arouse Ss interests and theyre interested in naming the countable nouns and the uncountalbe nouns.To practise more about the target language correctly.Develop students abilities of creation, listening and reading and speaking.III. Post-task activityImagine that you went to the restaurant too. Work in pairs and tell each other what food you chose.Consolidate and show what the Ss have learned by writing.IV. AssignmentWorkbook 8A, pages 41 and 42.Go over the knowledge they have learned.教学反思：Third Period Grammar 2 Using another and the othersLanguage Targets: 1. Using another and (the) other(s) to refer to something or something else.Emotion Targets: Students try to express their ideas in English fluently.Materials: 1. Cassette 8A and a cassette player 2. Students book 8A 80Teaching steps:PRODEDURECONTENTSMETHODSPURPOSEI.Pre-task preparation1.IntroductionWe can use another and (the) other(s) to refer to something else or someone else.We need another (=an extra one) computer. One is not enough for us.I do not like this pair of shoes. I am going to get another (pair) (=a different pair).Students will show interest in it and be more lively.II. While- task procedure1.Ask the students to read the chart carefully.2.SummaryExplain to the students that3.Exercisesother may be an adjective or a pronoun. As an adjective it is invariable; as a pronoun it is countable and has the plural form others.the other (singular) means the second of two.the other(s) means the remaining (ones).other(s) may simply mean different, additional, remaining.another means: a) an additional one; b) a different one.1.Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with another or (the) other(s).The chart will help Ss understand these words easily.Help the Ss to maste the uses of these words.III. Post-task activity1.Complete the sentences with another or(the) other(s).I have three daughters. One is a nurse, _ is a teacher and the third is a worker.Dont walk on this side of the road, walk on _.This chemical is poisonous. _ are poisonous too.students get interested in English.IV. AssignmentWorkbook 8A, pages 43 and 44.Go over the knowledge they have learned.教学反思：Fourth Period ListeningLanguage Targets:1. Using formulaic expressions to guess the meaning of a word.2. Using formulaic expressions to work entirely in English.3. Using formulaic expressions to practise the skill of scanning.Ability Targets:1. Develop the students listening skill.2. Gather and share information, ideas and language and so on.3. Students can express the instructions and statements about numbers.Emotion Targets:Students can know something about the famous place The Memorial to Dr Sun Yat-senLanguage focus:1. Vocabulary: memorial, attraction, republic, hectare, governmentTeaching aids: 1. A recorder, a cassette2. Students book 8A page 81PROCEDURECONTENTSMETHODSPURPOSE1.Pre-task preparation1. Listening1. This exercise presents students a quiz. First ,teach the Ss to understand some new words in the listening.2. Explain the task to the students. Make sure they write a figure or one word in each blank .3. Play the recording twice if necessary, and explain any problems.Develop the students listening skill.2. Review: Naming things1. We use nouns to name things.2. We can use this and these with nouns to show the things are near us. We can use that and those with nouns to show the things are further away.3. We can count things. Countable nouns have plurals. Uncountable nouns do not have plurals. We can use a or an before singular countables but not before uncountables. We can use some with both of them.Revise the basic use of the imperative sentence.2.While-task procedure1. Ss read them together.2. Ss complete the dialogues with this, that, these and those in pairs.Examine whether Ss have grasped the nouns. 2. Exercise B11.Read the sentences on Page 671. Ss read the sentences and make two lists of nouns in their notebook. 2. Check the answers.3. Exercise B21. Ss read these conversations and then work in pairs to make similar conversations.2. Do pair-work.3.Post-task activitiesHomework:Workbook 8A, page 44.Students consolidate the new contents.教后感：Fifth Period SpeakingLanguage Targets:1. To learn how to pronouce the endings of plural nounsAbility Targets:1. To be able to pronounce the endings of plural nouns correctly2. To be able to ask and answering questions by maintaining an interactionEmotion Targets:1. To be interested in cartoon charactersLanguage focus and difficult points:1. three common ways of pronoucing the endings of plural nouns./s/ /z/ /iz/3. Teaching Aids:1. Workbook 8A page822. Multi-media PROCEDURECONTENTSMETHODSPURPOSEI.Pre-task preparationdaily talkAn apple a day keeps the doctor away.I like eating apples.I like to eat two apples a day.What do you think of the idea?an appletwo applesto show we use plural forms of nouns II.While-task procedure 1. general introduction2. introduce the three ways3. practice1. How do you read the following three words? boots, trees, watches/s/ /z/ /iz/ are the three common ways fo pronouncing the endings of plural nouns2. 1) when a word ends in /p/ /f/ /t/ /k/ or / /, the new (e) s ending is pronounced /s/.maps cooks boots2) when a word ends in a vowel sound or a voiced consonant sound ( expect / /, / /, and / /), the new (e) s ending is pronounced /z/songs plays trees3) when a word ends in /s/ /z/ / / / / / / or / /, the new (e) s ending is pronounced /iz/oranges boxes houses3. 1) Practise saying the singulars and plurals of these nouns. Take special care with the endings.an ant antsan elephant elephantsa park parksa pilot pilotsa plant plantsa ship shipsa dog dogsa dream dreamsan egg eggsa head headsa character charactersa star starsa box boxesa bridge bridgesa rose rosesa face facesa horse horsesa beach beaches2) Practise saying the following sentences.a. Ants on plants,Flies on dogs,Matches in boxes,Eggs from frogs.b. Stars in the sky,Roses on the floor,Walks in the park,Knocks on the door.3) Say whether the endings of the words are pronounced /s/, /z/ or /Iz/.to get the general knowledge of the ruleshave some practiceIII.Post-task activitiesspeak upWhat is your favourite cartoon character? Tell your classmates about it and give some reasons.Work in pairs and tell your partner about your favourite cartoon character.p82have more practice教学反思：Sixth Period WritingLanguage Targets:1. to finishing writing a short story2. to write a compositon with information gainedAbility Targets:1. to be able to gather ideas and make them into a complete story2. to be able to find out missing information with the information ownedEmotion Targets:1. to get interested in telling storiesLanguage focus and difficult points:1. simple past tense2. some phrases: e.g. go for a walkTeaching Aids:1. Workbook 8A page 83 &842. Multi-media PROCEDURECONTENTSMETHODSPURPOSEI.Pre-task preparationthink about how to write a story with the key wordsOne day, May saw the advertisement on the right in a newspaper. She looked up the three words in her encyclopaedia, thought for a few days and then tried to write a story.give students to think about the task by themselves before reading the sample writingII.While-task procedure 1. read and think2. think and write3. disscuss and correct4. read, check and discuss 5. read and reviewLook at the pictures on the right. Help May complete her story, using the words in the box and the verbs in brackets. Write what you think Sammy did with the money in the end.1. ask students to read through the story without filling in the blanks2. ask students to read the story again and fill in the blanks3. after finishing the work, students discuss in groups and try to corre
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