Teaching Plan for Section A(1), Unit 12, SB1Y8
Teaching Goals:
l Learn to make comparisons.
l Learn to talk about preferences, using the Comparison Degree and the Supervision Degree: most important; better, best; worse, worst; more / most comfortable, etc.
l Finish off Activity 1a- 1c, P71.
Procedure:
PRE-TASK ACTIVITIES:
l Daily English.
l Talk about the Ss’ favourite activities on weekends:
What do you often do on your weekends?
What do you want most to do on your weekends? And why?
TASK CIRCLE
TASK ONE: Learn to talk about preferences
l Lead into the new learning task by asking the Ss: Do you often go to movies?
l Ss talk about movies:
What kind of movies do you like best?
Do you like thrillers or comedies? Why?
Which cinema do you often go to watch the movies, and why?
l Help the Ss learn to say:
* I like … most / best.
* I like … better than… because I think….
* I often go to… because it’s the best cinema in our town.
* Because it is closest to my house.
…
l PAIRWORK: Ss work in pairs to talk about what they think is most important or not important for them to choose one cinema ( movie theater ).
l Demonstration and evaluation.
TASK TWO: Listening practice
l Introduce the new task: 1b, P71. Now we’re going to listen to a conversation in which three children are talking about the movie theater they want to go. Listen and find out the characteristics of each theater: Town Cinema; Screen City; Movie Palace.
l Ss listen to the tape for info. Tell the Ss that they could use only one letter to stand for the tree movie theaters: T, S and M.
l Ss listen again for details:
Movie Theater | Qualities | Characters |
Screen City | Most popular | The biggest screen |
Town Cinema | Friendliest service | The closest to home |
No new films often shown | The cheapest | |
It isn’t crowded | ||
Movie Palace |
| The most comfortable seats |
l Ss listen for repeating.
TASK THREE: SPEAKING AND WRITING PRACTICE
l PAIRWORK: talk about the three movie theaters.
A: What’s the most popular movie theater?
B: Screen City. Because it has the biggest screens.
l Demonstration and evaluations.
l Listen again and let the Ss write down the tape scripts on their books.
HOMEWORK:
l Try to think of more places to compare with after class.
l Preview Activity 2, on P72.
POST-TEACHING NOTES
