Unit 3 Pardon MeLesson 17: Do Mistakes Matter? Teaching Content: Mastery words and expressions: pardon, mention, pocket, double, mistake, make a mistake, depend, commonOral words and expressions: Bruce, confused, confusing, depend on, bargainingTeaching aims:1. Know the cultural differences between China and western countries.2. Improve the students’ abilities of speaking English.Teaching Important Points: 1. Target language: I made a mistake. He looks confused. Buying things in China is confusing.2. Train the students’ focus abilities and cooperation spirit.Teaching Difficult Points: the difficult cultures of different countriesTeaching Preparation: picturesTeaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, picturesType of Lesson: new lessonTeaching procedures:Step1. Lead inThe teacher shows some pictures to the students with the Multi-media computer. The pictures show the differences between China and Western countries. From the people’s appearance and the colour of the skin，We can tell the differences. The others show cultural differences. We use chopsticks but they use the fork and knives.Divide the class into several groups and finish the task. Encourage the students to speak more. They can use their own pictures to help them. Step2. Listening task Listen to the text and answer the following question: 1. Where is Bruce from?2. What does Bruce’s father do?3. How much does Li Ming pay for the two pops? 4. How much did Bruce pay for one pop? Ask the students to listen carefully and answer the questions. We can arrange the students to listen to the part that is connected with the two questions.Step3. Read and find the new words: He looks confused. Buying things in China is confusing. I made a mistake. Let the students try to make sentences with the new words. Step4. Reading task: Read the text again and answer the questions: What are Bruce and Li Ming doing? Is Bruce confusing? Where don’t people try to change the price, in China or in North America? 用心 爱心 专心Lesson 18: Wait! Don’t Eat Yet!Teaching Content: Mastery words and expressions: society, politely, manner, especially, unless, polite, fork, serve, forever, act, compare, theirsOral words and expressions: custom, tablecloth, rude, toothpick, Spaghetti, sauceTeaching Aims:1. Find the differences between the Chinese and Western customs at table.2. Cultivate the students’ creation and cooperation spirit.Teaching Important Points:1. The expressions of similarities and differences.2. Grasp the Past Future Tense. Teaching Difficult Points:The expressions of similarities and differences.Teaching Preparation: picturesTeaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, pictures用心 爱心 专心Encourage the students to ask more questions by themselves. Step5. Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the words given. 1.My brother is _______(迷惑的). 2.It is so ______(迷惑的) a thing. 3.Does he often ______(犯错误)? This part is used to check if they have grasped the new words. Step6.Activity Suppose you and Bruce are shopping, you are bargaining with the clerk. Bruce can bargain, too. Divide the class into several groups and talks about the questions. After a while, let the students act their out in front of the class. Encourage the students to speak loudly in front of the class. Choose the best group and praise them.Step7. Think about: What’s the difference between people in China and North America when they are shopping? Use the formal group to finish the task. When the students discuss, the teacher walks around the classroom to see if they need any help. Step8. Talk about: Where would you like to buy things, in shopping center or market? Let them debate the questions. As usual, the class can be divided into two groups. One group thinks the shopping center is good. The other thinks the market is better. Let them debate for five minutes. Then let one student in each group to sum the opinions of his own group. Step9. Homework Find more information about the differences between China and western countries. Summary: This interesting text is about bargaining in China. It’s based on the different cultures between Chinese and Western countries. In some countries in North America, people don’t try to bargain, so some foreign friends feel confused when they buy things in China. Try to help them when you meet foreigners. Try to find more differences between Chinese and Western countries on the Internet. Type of Lesson: new lessonTeaching Procedures:Step1. Lead in: a pair work. The teacher asks the students the following question: Have you ever traveled to other places? Where have you been? Show some pictures with the help of the multi-media. The pictures are from Australia, France, China, England, America and Japan. Let the students discuss for 2 or 3 minutes. Then let them say in front of the class. When the student is speaking, the others can ask him or her questions about his subject. Step2. Listening taskListen and answer the following questions:1. Table manners in China and Canada are quite ______.2. In China, if your guests have no food on their plates, putting food on their plates is ______.3. It’s ______ to use a toothpick at the table.Finish the task in class in oral. Step3. Read the text and find out the sentences with the new words. All societies have customs about how to eat politely.We call these customs “table manners”.It’s okay to eat it, especially if it’s something dry, like a piece of bread.In Canada, if you drop something on the tablecloth, you pick it up and put it on your plate.Parents are forever telling their children: “Don’t talk with your moth full!”Step4. Reading task:Read the text and decide the statements are true or false.1. In China, if you drop something on the tablecloth, you usually pick it up and eat it.2. In Canada, to finish the food in front of the class in rude.In China, everybody has a knife at the table. Exercises: Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the words given.1. I think______(sing) loudly at table is not polite. 2. It’s rude ______ (point) to the others when you eat at table.3. His mother said he ______ (return) the fork to the restaurant tomorrow.4. Nobody ______(know) the secret except me.Step6.Activity: Project: What’s the story? 1. Find pictures in magazines. 2. Make up a quick story about your picture. 3. Trade your picture with the students from another group. Practice: Show some pictures to the students. Let the students picture them. Show some different pictures in different situations. Let them give vivid description. When they finish one picture, try to show them the whole story. If we don’t have enough time, show them the main idea. Step8.Consolidation Suppose you have a foreign friend. He will come to China. Make a chart. Write down his/her name, his nationality, his language and his aims. Show it to your partner, then finish it in class. Lesson 19：Sayings 用心 爱心 专心Teaching Content:Mastery words and expressions: culture, several, action, fly, as soon asOral words and expressions: saying, penny, earn, boil, hatch, judge, prevention, cure, worm, fence, spoil, broth, honey, vinegar, Nick, giggleTeaching Aims:1. Know more about the differences between the Chinese and Western table manners.2. Train the students focus abilities.3. Cultivate the students’ cooperation abilities.Teaching Important Points: 1. Understanding the English saying.2. The expressions of similarities and differences. 3. The past future tense.Teaching Difficult Points:Learn the expressions of similarities and differences between Chinese and Western countries on table manners and sayings.Teaching Preparation: picturesTeaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, picturesType of Lesson: new lessonTeaching Procedures:Step1.Lead in:The teacher begins the class by discussing the question. It is a group activity. Ask the students to tell the manners at the table. In the activity, the students will think of many funny stories. Give them chance to speak in front of the class. Praise the groups that act well.Step2. Listening task:Listen and answer the following questions: 1. Who does Nick sit beside?2. Is Nick full at last?Listening is necessary for training the students listening abilities. Remember to give them a few easy questions to answer. Step3. Reading task: Read and find the new words: But as soon as his bowl was empty, the grandmother put more in it. Wu Yang’s little sister giggled.Let the students make sentences with the new words. S1: The students stop talking as soon as the teacher comes in. S2: My mother came in as soon as I watched TV. S3: While I am speaking, Wang Yan giggles all the time. Step4. Read and find the difficult language points: 1. Nick ate it all up. 2. The grandmother kept giving him more.3. Wu Yang was trying not to smile.Let the students try using the phrases in English. S5: I’m so hungry that I eat up all the food on the table. 用心 爱心 专心Lesson 20: Where I Come From Teaching Content:Mastery words and expressions: greetingOral words and expressions: forgiveTeaching Aims: 1. Know more about the cultural differences among different countries.2. Cultivate the students’ cooperation spirit.Teaching Important Points:1. The different greeting ways in different country.2. The Past Future Tense.Teaching Difficult Points:The similarities and differences.Teaching Preparation: picturesTeaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, picturesType of lesson: new lessonTeaching Procedure: Step1. Lead in by discussing in groups. Finish the task with the help of the flashcards.Divide the class into groups of three or four. Let each group discuss the following questions with the help of the pictures.He /she will come to your home for dinner next Sunday. What will you prepare for him/her? Try to finish the task in five minutes.Step2. Listen to the tape and let the students sing after it for several times.Step3. Show a globe to the foreign students. Let’s see where we are. Ask some students come to 用心 爱心 专心S6: He was not good at English, but he kept trying his best. We all admire him. S7: Try to pass the exam, please. Step5. Divide the class into several groups in three or four. Guess the meanings of the English sayings. First let them exchange the meanings of the sayings in the group first. Then exchange the meanings in groups. Let the students decide which are the correct answers to the English sayings.Step6. Exercises: 1.I will call you __________(一……就)I come back.2.You must _________(解释) it to your parents.3.Although he failed, he kept _________(努力).4.What _______(其他的) can I do for you?If the teacher wants to know if they have grasped the language points of this lesson, he can give them some exercises to see the result. Step7. Project:It is a group activity. Divide the class into several groups to finish the task. The people in the story have a problem. They don’t understand each other very well. Write an ending for the story.Explain why you choose you ending. Search more information about the differences between China and western countries at the table.Lesson 21: What’s in a Name? Teaching Content:Mastery words and expressions: given name, family name, sirOral words and expressions: formalTeaching Aims: 1. Know more about the foreign culture.2. Cultivate the students’ learning abilities.Teaching Important Points:1. The structure of English names.2. The differences between English and Chinese names.Teaching Difficult Points:The structure of English names.Teaching Preparation: picturesTeaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, picturesType of lesson: new lessonTeaching Procedure:Step1. Lead in by discussing: How much do you know about the differences between Chinese and Western names?Work in groups. Then one of the members of the groups gives a report to the class.Step2. Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks with the information you hear. 1. In Western countries, people have ______names.2. _______ is Li Ming’s first name. Finish the task in class in oral. 用心 爱心 专心the front and point up where we are on the globe. A game. Ask two students to the front. Let’s who can find more places in limited time. The one who finds more is the winner. Step4. Read the text as a poem and find the new words. Then make sentences with in greeting, forgive Where I come from we shake hands in greeting and ask, “How are you?” During a meeting and forgive a mistake or two. Step5. Group work.Ask the students to say some special customs of the foreign countries. For example, the schools are different in China and other countries.Divide the class into groups of three or four to finish the task.Step6. Activity Work in groups. Think about your culture. List some special Chinese customs that aren't found in other cultures. Step7. Homework 1. Finish off the exercises in activity book. 2. Go on the next reading in the student book. Summary: English songs sometimes are the same as the Chinese songs. They also describe a subject and the content is all about it. Because of the English songs, the students know more about the foreign customs and culture. Lesson 22: Do Manners Matter? Teaching Content:Mastery words and expressions: praiseOral words and expressions: JoeTeaching Aims: 1. Know more about the foreign culture.2. Cultivate the students’ abilities about learning English.Teaching Important Points: 1. Good manners in China and North America.2. Apologies, similarities and differences.3. Past Future Tense.Teaching Difficult Tense: Past Future Tense.Teaching Preparation: picturesTeaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, picturesType of lesson: new lessonTeaching Procedure:Step1. Lead in by a group work.Ask the students to tell the differences about the manners when you receive the presents. Work in groups of three or four. Everyone writes his or her answers down on a piece of paper. Then exchange their ideas. Next sum the main ideas and present them to the class. 用心 爱心 专心Step3. Read and find the new words in the text. 1. My given names are “Brian” and “James”.2. My family name is “Smith”.3. That’ formal in English.Practice the new words in class.Stp4. The language points: I’m a little confused.But in China it comes last!What do they say when they meet on a formal occasion?Make sentences with the language points.Step5. Practice:Tell us why Danny is confused. If you understand, give us an example.Let some students say give some examples to show the differences between Chinese and English names.Step6. Work with a partner. Write a dialogue in which Brian and Wang Mei meet and introduce themselves. What do they say when they meet on a formal occasion. Step7. Homework Give English names to each of your family members. Summary: English names are so different from Chinese names that some Chinese students are confused about them. Let the students choose English names themselves. Then they can choose English names for their family members. I believe practice makes perfect. Lesson 23: Supper with the Bradshaws Teaching Content:Mastery words and expressions: troubleOral words and expressions: peppermint, traditionTeaching Aims:1. Know about the similarities and differences between China and Western countries.2. Cultivate the students’ abilities.Teaching Important Points:1. Apologies.2. Similarities and differences.用心 爱心 专心Step2. Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks with the correct words.1. Wu Zhou has lived in Canada for ______ years.2. Good manners in North America are ______ from good manners in China.3. When people give you gifts in Canada, you ______ them with many words.Finish the task in class in oral.Step3. Read the text and decide the following statements are true or false.1. In North America, there are no words for being polite.2. When people give you gifts in Canada, you might say, “I don’t want your gift.”3. Wu Zhou is a teacher in a university in Canada.Finish the task in class in oral.Step4. Read the text again. Tell the main idea of the text and encourage the students to ask more questions about the text. They can ask questions like these:S1: Wu Zhou calls himself Joe Wu, why?S2: Because “Joe” is an English name that sounds like “Zhou”.S3: If you don’t say “please” or “thank you”, what will people think of you?S4: They will think you are rude.Step5. Act Work with your partner. Suppose you receive a present from your friends, what will you say if you are Chinese and what will you say if you are Canadian?Act your dialogue out in front of the class. Let the students get the differences by their acting.Step6. Come to “LET’S DO IT”Before we do this, the teacher can show the students more about the differences between Chinese and Canadian culture on the Internet. Divide the class into groups of three or four to finish the task. Everyone write his or her ideas down then exchange the ideas in the group. Make up a dialogue or give a report. Then present it in front of the class.Step7. Homework1. Finish the exercises in the activity book.2. Go on the next reading in the student book.Summary: The culture differences show in different ways. Let the students think of more situations and let’s find out how to do on the Internet. Teach the students how to learn is more important than what to learn. So give the students more time to practice in class.3. Past Future Tense.Teaching Difficult Points:Past Future TenseTeaching Preparation: picturesTeaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, picturesType of lesson: new lessonTeaching Procedure:Step1. Lead in by discussing what you will do when your friends say goodbye to you. Divide the class into groups of three or four. Everyone writes their ideas down then exchange them in groups. Sum the ideas then give a report in front of the class.Step2. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions:1. We just came home from the ______.2. Bruce and his father had trouble with Chinese ______ and culture.3. Last night, we eat in the ______.Finish the task in class in oral.Step3. Scan the text and answer1. Did Bruce and his father make mistakes in China?2. Western people never eat duck’s feet, do they?3. Does Li Ming like peppermints?Finish the task in class in oral.Step4. Read the text again. Find the sentences with the new words.But he and his father sometimes had trouble with Chinese customs and culture.At the end of the meal, Mr. Bradshaw opened a box of peppermint candies.In good Chinese tradition, I told him that I enjoyed it.Show some pictures to help the students remember the new words.Step5. Act it out.Divide the class into several groups. Ask each group to act one part of the text out. Before doing this, let them read the text fluently and decide which part to act it out.If they don’t have real peppermints or something they must use, they can use something else to replace them.Step6. Come to “LET’S DO IT”.Divide the class into groups. Ask them to discuss what makes them embarrassed when they are guests at a dinner. Everyone writes his ideas down. Then exchange them in groups. At last, one of the groups sums the group’s ideas and presents it in front of the class.They can write a diary entry, an e-mail or a letter about the dinner.Step7. Homework1. Finish off the exercises in the activity book.2. Go on the next reading in the student book.Summary: It is not easy to make friends with foreigners. It is helpful to know more about the differences between Chinese and western customs and culture. Acting the text out is interesting. The teacher can ask the students to bring something useful into the class. If they don’t have real ones, they can use something to replace it.Lesson 24: Unit Review 用心 爱心 专心Teaching Content:Mastery words and expressions from Lesson17 to Lesson23.Oral words and expressions from Lesson17 to Lesson23.Teaching Aims:1. Know about the differences between Chinese and western customs and culture.2. Cultivate the students’ learning abilities and cooperation spirit.Teaching Important Points:1. Apologies.2. Similarities and differences.3. The past future tense.Teaching Difficult Points:The past future tense.Teaching Preparation: pictures Teaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, picturesTeaching Procedure:Step1. Show some pictures about different table manners to the students. Encourage the students to act out a dialogue to show the differences. Give them five minutes. Let the students act in front of the class.Step2. Ask the students to talk about the different customs and culture between China and western countries. Show some pictures to remind the students. They can show them in all kinds of styles. They can make a dialogue or write a passage.Step3. Finish the exercises in class in oral. Write some problems down on the blackboard. Discuss in the class. Then choose the correct answer.Step4. Come to “Grammar in Use”.Let the students make more sentences with the past future tense. It is often used in the object clause, when the subject is past tense, the object clause is often used the past future tense. Encourage them to give more examples to practice it.Step5. Come to “Speaking the Language”.Ask volunteers to act the dialogue out in front of the class. Encourage the students to make other dialogues and act them out.Step6. Come to “Written work”.Let the students write it as homework if we can’t finish it in class. It’s practice of the main ideas of this unit. It can also build the students’ vocabulary.Step7. Homework1. Finish off the exercises in activity book.2. Go on the next reading in the student book.Summary: The students practice their reading, speaking and written English in this text. It is used to build the students’ vocabulary. The teacher must make full use of this part. At the same time, encourage them to remind the main ideas of this unit. Give them more time to use what we learn in this unit. S2: My mother came in as soon as I watched TV. S3: While I am speaking, Wang Yan giggles all the time. Step4. Read and find the difficult language points: 1. Nick ate it all up. 用心 爱心 专心用心 爱心 专心2. The grandmother kept giving him more.3. Wu Yang was trying not to smile.Let the students try using the phrases in English. S5: I’m so hungry that I eat up all the food on the table. S6: He was not good at English, but he kept trying his best. We all admire him. S7: Try to pass the exam, please. Step5. Divide the class into several groups in three or four. Guess the meanings of the English sayings. First let them exchange the meanings of the sayings in the group first. Then exchange the meanings in groups. Let the students decide which are the correct answers to the English sayings.Step6. Exercises: 1.I will call you __________(一……就)I come back.2.You must _________(解释) it to your parents.3.Although he failed, he kept _________(努力).4.What _______(其他的) can I do for you?If the teacher wants to know if they have grasped the language points of this lesson, he can give them some exercises to see the result. Step7. Project:It is a group activity. Divide the class into several groups to finish the task. The people in the story have a problem. They don’t understand each other very well. Write an ending for the story.Explain why you choose you ending. Search more information about the differences between China and western countries at the table.
