Unit 12 My favorite subject is science.教案、备课资料
Part 1: Teaching design (第一部分：教学设计)
Structures :
What questions; Why questions; Who questions; Adjectives of quality
Target language :
What’s your favorite subject? My favorite subject is P.E.
Why do you like P,E.? Because it’s fun. Who is your science teacher? Mr Wang
Vocabulary :
math, science, history, physical education(P.E.), favorite, teacher days of the week
Learning strategies :
Repeating; Practicing; Sequencing
SECTION A
Goals
● To teach the students what questions, why questions
● To let the students talk about their favorite subjects
Procedures
Warming up by learning about wh-questions
What is a wh-question?
Definition
A wh-question is a question that contains an interrogative pro-form.
Also known as: Content question, question word question, information question
Examples (English)
Here are some examples of words that begin wh-questions in English. Most of them begin with wh-: who ; what ; when ; where ; why ; how
Warming up by discussing
T: Good morning, everyone! We’re going to have our English class. You have many subjects everyday. Subject is the lesson you learn everyday, such as English, math, Chinese and so on. Maybe you think some of them are interesting and so you are good at them. But some are not. Right?
S: Yes…
T: Now let’s see how many subjects we have everyday.
S: Math, English, Chinese, art, music, biology, P.E.…
T: And we have science. Science includes chemistry, physics and biology and so on.
1a Matching the words with the pictures
Look at the picture on page 71, there are many subjects in the picture. Please match the words with picture.
1.P.E. c 2. art d 3. science b 4 music e 5. math a 6. Chinese f
1b Listening and circling the subjects in 1a you hear
We have many different subjects everyday. Now let’s listen to the tape and circle the subjects in 1a you hear.
Tapescript
A: What’ your favorite subject?
B: My favorite subject is science. What’s yours?
A: Hmm. Well, I like art and math. But my favorite subject is music.
Answers: Science, art, math, music
Read the tapescript to underline the wh-question.
1c.Doing pairwork
I think you must have your favorite subjects. Please practice the conversation below. First read after me and practice it with your partner. I will ask some pair to act it out.
A: What’s your favorite subject? B: My favorite subject is science.
Then make your own conversations with your partner like this:
A: What’s your favorite subject? B: My favorite subject is music.
2a Listening and putting in order.
Listen to the tape and please put the conversation in order. First you just listen and then put them in order.
Tapescript
A: What’s your favorite subject?
B: My favorite subject is P.E.
A: Why do you like P.E.?
B: Because it’s fun.
Can you try to place the sentences in right order?
Because it’s fun ______.
What’s your favorite subject?____
My favorite subject is P.E.____
Why do you like P.E.____
The right order should be like this:
What’s your favorite subject? 1
My favorite subject is P.E. 2
Why do you like P.E. 3
Because it’s fun. 4
2b Listening and matching
You will hear the conversation. In the conversation, people talk about school subjects. Listen and matching the subjects you hear with the description words.
Tapescript
A: What’s your favorite subject?
B: My favorite subject is P.E.
A: Why do you like P.E.?
B: Because it’s fun. How about you? What’s your favorite subject?
A: Hmm. My favorite subject is music.
B: Really? Why?
A: Because it’s relaxing.
We can only match two items according to the tapescript.
Subject
Description word
1.art 2.science
3.music 4.P.E.
5.math
a.fun (4) b.interesting
c.boring d.difficult
e.relaxing (3)
2cThinking and matching
Now what do you think of your subjects? You can give your opinion. You can practice this conversation first.
A: What’s your favorite subject? B: Science.
A: why do you like science? B: Because it’s interesting.
Then you can make up your conversation with your partners and match the subjects with the description words.
The answers may be like this:
Subject
Description word
1. art 2. science 3. music
4. P.E. 5. math
a. fun b. interesting c. boring
d. relaxing e. difficult
2d Doing pairwork
OK, stop! Now please make a conversation using the information in 2c.
A: What’s your favorite subject?
B: Art.
A: Why do you like art?
B: Because it’s interesting and relaxing.
3a Completing the conversation
Look at your book on page 73. Two students are talking about their subjects and teachers.
teacher my subject your
Please fill in the blanks with the words in the box.
A: What’s your favorite subject?
B: My favorite subject is art.
A: Who is your art teacher?
B: My art teacher is Mrs Jones.
3b Doing pairwork
This time you can ask your partner about his or her favorite subject and the teacher. Complete the chart.
Favorite subject
Teacher
Example
Art
Mrs Jones
You
Your partner
You can practice the dialogue like this:
A: What’s your favorite subject? B: Math.
A: Who is your math teacher? B: My math teacher is Mrs Li.
Favorite subject
Teacher
Example
Art
Mrs Jones
You
Math
Mrs Li
Your partner
Science
Mr
4 Surveying
OK! We know a lot about our classmates and partners. But how well do you know your parents? Complete the chart with your parents’ favorite things then talk about your classmates. You can talk about it like this:
A: What’s your mother’s favorite color?
B: Her favorite color is blue.
Students’ answers may like this:
Favorite city
Favorite food
Favorite color
Favorite TV show
Favorite sport
Mon
Dalian
rice
blue
TV play
running
Dad
Taiyuan
noodles
orange
news
basketball
Closing down by writing a short passage
Just now we talk about your parents. Now please write a short passage about your parents’ hobby.
My father’s favorite food is noodles. He likes sports very much. His favorite sport is basketball. His favorite color is orange. He lives in Taiyuan. His favorite city is Taiyuan.