Where is your pen pal from?

[设计思想]

《英语课程标准》倡导“任务型”的教学途径，落实任务性教学，其最终目的是培养学生听、说、读、写综合运用英语的能力。教师应注重设计贴近学生生活实际的教学活动，避免以单纯传授语言知识为目的的教学方法，吸引学生充分参与到课堂活动中来。 “让学生做事”是设计课堂教学的主要原则，也是设计课堂任务的主要思路。本节课设计如下四个真实的任务：

任务（一）：请学生根据自己已经拥有的地理知识，将城市与国家名称贴在一起。

任务（二）：观看图片或地图，说出国家的名称。

任务（三）根据自己的爱好及提供的外国友人的相关信息，选择自己满意的笔友。

任务（四）：根据自己所选定的笔友的情况，在完成听力材料的基础上，给自己选择的笔友写一封信。

这四个任务之间合理过度，采取选择、确定、写作汇报的授课方式，调动学生运用要求掌握的语言结构做事的积极性，引导学生在学习的过程中学会归纳和实践等方法，重在侧重对学生学习策略等方面能力的培养；小组活动形式的目的在于增强同学之间的团结，培养学生谦虚好学的精神，同时也提供给学生更多运用英语的机会。

Teaching Guidance

1. Language Function:

(1) Talk about countries, nationalities and language.

(2) Ask and tell where people live.

(3) Write letters to one’s pen pal.

2. Target language

(1) ----Where is your pen pal from?

  ---- She’s from Australia.

(2) ---- Where does she live?

----She lives in Sydney.

(3) ----What language does she speak?

---- She speaks English.

Vocabulary: words about countries, languages
Teaching design: The whole unit needs 5 periods, 4 for new lessons and 1 for test

Period 1 ( 1a----Grammar Focus )

(First Period)

Teacher				Time	12. 13
Topic			Unit 13 Where is your pen pal from?
教 学 目 标	语言目标		与笔友交换个人信息 用where询问国籍和住处并回答
	能力目标		培养学生的交际能力 培养学生的合作学习能力 培养学生的写作能力 培养学生的观察能力
	跨学科学习		地理: 了解世界 了解一些地区的人文风俗
语言结构			where…from引导的特殊疑问句 where…live引导的特殊疑问句 what引导的特殊疑问句
语言功能			谈论国籍, 民族及其语言 询问并回答人们的住处
学习策略与 思维技巧			通过谈论笔友的国籍和城市，增强对世界的了解。 运用所学词汇和目标语言， 联系实际，找出自己笔友的照片 通过介绍, 并为笔友制作卡片，培养他们的交际能力

Key points: Where is your/John's pen pal from?  He/She is from...
Where does he/she live?  He/She lives in....
(Homework for preview)Pre-task: Let the Ss give themselves pen pals and they should write down their pen pals' information, such as their names, countries and cities they live even the language they speak
T can give the Ss an example meanwhile T gives the different countries which can be used by the Ss. T gives the Ss Chinese words for the countries, they are following: 加拿大，法国，日本，美国，澳大利亚，新加坡，英国，中国( The Ss can look them up in the dictionary if they are new for them)
 The example is following:
Name: Curry Muray
Age: 75
From(Nationality): the United States
City: New York
Language: English
Teaching Steps:

Greetings

T: Good morning, everyone!

S: Good morning, Miss Liu,

T: Glad to see you again.

S: Glad to see you, too.

T: Did you have a good time during the winter vacation?

S: Yes.

T: New term has begun. You must work even harder this term. Now let’s begin our class.

Warning-up.

First show the flags of some countries on the Bb. Learn the names of these countries. Such as Canada, Japan, the United States, Australia, China, the United Kingdom, France and so on.

T: please look at the flags on the Bb. Can you tell me the names of these countries in Chinese?

S: Yes.

Teacher brings out a blank map of the world and put it on the blackboard.

T: What’s this?

S: It’s a map of the world.

T: Right. Now I’ll ask some of you to tell me where these countries are. Who are the volunteers?

Teacher asks them to come to the blackboard and put the name cards of these countries in the right place. Teacher gives some little presents to the students who give the right answers.

T: now, let’s learn more new words in this period. Please look at the Bb.

  Pal n. 同志，朋友            pen pal 笔友

Step 1 Leading-in The information of the teacher's own pen pal's information.
"I have a pen pal. His name is Curry Muray. He is from the United States. Do you have a pen pal? Where is your pen pal from? What's your pen pal's name?"
Different students say the information about their own pen pals. T should choose the different countries. T writes the different countries on the Bb(both Chinese and English)

Step 2 Learning
Section A 1a     Learn the new words on the Bb. The new words are:
pen pal; Canada; France; Japan; the United States(the US/the USA/America); Australia; Singapore; the United Kingdom(the U.K./Great Britain/England)
Pay attention to the pronuciation of the new words.
Step 3 Listening
1b Listen and circle the countries in 1a they learned
Step 4 Competition
Two groups of students to write the new words to see which group does better. First write down the Chinese words with looking at the English meanings, then write down the English words with looking at the Chinese meanings.
(This step is a memory game. It can help the Ss consolidate the new words they learned)
Step 5 Pairwork
1c Practise the following conversation:
---Do you have a pen pal?    ---Yes, I do.
---Where's your pen pal's from?    ----He/She is from ....(Write it down on the Bb)
First T has a conversation with one student as an example then let the Ss practise in pairs. At last let several pairs do it again in class.
Step 6 Leading-in
Revise the countries names with looking at the Bb. Then T writes down the city names on the Bb. Let the Ss try to find out which countries the cities are in. The city names are following:
Toronto; Paris; Tokyo; New York; Sydney; Singapore; London;
Step 7 Learning

2a Learn the city names together with the whole class just like Step 2
2bListen and circle the cities and countries
2c.Listen and complete the chart
Have a similar competition to consolidate the new words in this part.
Step 8 Pairwork
T has a conversation with one student like the following:
---Do you have a pen pal?    ---Yes, I do.
---What's your pen pal's name?   ---His/Her name is....
---Where is your pen pal from?   ---He/She is from...
---Where does he/she live?   ---He/She lives in....(Write it down on the Bb)
Let the Ss practise after the T's example in pairs then several pairs do it in class.
Step 9 Exercise        
My pen pal is from Australia.(划线提问)
John's pen pal is from Japan. (划线提问)
He lives in Paris. (划线提问)
Homework: Read and copy the new words .
          Copy the sentences in Grammar Focus
Make up the questions about Jodie in 2c The questions are:
Does Jodie have a pen pal? Where is Jodie's pen pal from? Where does he/she live? What's his/her name?(This one can be chosen by themselves)

Blackboard Design.

Unit 1  Where’s your pen pal from?

Where is your pencil from?                  Where is your pen pal from?       New wprds

It’s from                                  she/he is from.

Where is your calculator from?

It’s from

Period 2 (3a----Section B 2c)

Teacher					Class		Time
Topic			Unit 13 Where is your pen pal from?
教 学 目 标	语 言 目 标		Talk about nationality, cities people live and language. Where is your pen pal from? She’s from Mexico.                           Where does she live? She lives in Mexico City. What language does she speak? She speaks English and Spanish.
	能力目标			培养学生在文段中寻找信息的能力； 学会用英文给笔友写回信，简单介绍个人情况； 通过有效地小组合作，培养学生合作能力及团队精神。
	跨学科学习			学会识别世界地图及课文中所涉及的国家。 了解世界上一些国家的文化
语言结构				含from的where引导的特殊疑问句及其回答 含live的where引导的特殊疑问句及其回答
语言功能				谈论国籍、民族及其语言 询问并回答人们的住处
学习策略与思维技巧				复习巩固所学知识 通过句子之间的逻辑关系将短信恢复完整。 联系实际运用所学知识。
重点词汇				Countries: Canada, South Korea, France, Japan, the United States, Brazil, Australia, The United Kingdom Mexico, Argentina Languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean

Preview(Pre-task): Add another information about their pen pals----their language on the card
Key points: What language does she/he speak?  She/He speaks....
            Does she/he have any brothers and sisters? Does she/he speak English?

Step 1 Revision

1.Revisionand dictation of the new words
2.Revise the drills they learned yesterday.(by pairwork and grammar exercise)

Step 2 Leading-in

T has a conversation with one student. The conversation is following:
---Do you have a pen pal?    ---Yes, I do.
---What's your pen pal's name?   ---His/Her name is....
---Where is your pen pal from?   ---He/She is from...
---Where does he/she live?   ---He/She lives in....
---What language does he/she speak?  He/She speaks...
Write the new words on the Bb. They are following: English  Chinese  Japanese  French

Step 3 Learn

Learn the new words with the whole class.
Finish 3a with the students
3b Pairwork T still does an example with one student Then the Ss practise in pairs. The example is following:
--Curry Muray is my pen pal. He is from the United States.
---What language does he speak?
---He speaks English.

Step 4 Practice
1.Section B 1a Match the countries with their languages.
2.Memory game  Let the Ss repeat the following sentences:
People in China speak Chinese. People in Japanese speak Japanese. People in the USA, UK, Australia and Canada speak English. People in Singapore speak English and Chinese. People in France speak French.
3. 2a  Listen and number the questions they hear
2b  Listen again and write short answers to the questions in 2a
(Good students can finish the two tasks for one time)
Step 5 Pairwork
Practice the conversation of 2a  in pairs
Pay attention to the language points:
Does she have any brothers and sisters?  (any  and)
Does she speak English?  (Write them on the Bb)
2c The Ss makes up their own dialogue about more information of their pen pals by using the drills in 2a
Step 6 Groupwork
Four students as a group make a survey about pen pals by asking and answering each other.
Their questions are about their pen pals' names, nationalities, cities, languages and their favorite subjects or more information
At last if time possible several students do the report in class about their surveys.
Homework:
Copy the new words they learned today and the sentences in 2a
Good students can write a report about their surveys about pen pals of their own groups.

Blackboard Design.

                   Unit 1  Where’s your pen pal from?

----Where is ……from?

----He/she’s from……

----Where does he/she live?

----He/she lives in

----What language does he/she speak?
----He/she speaks English.

----Does she have any brothers and sisters?

----Where is she from?

----What’s her favorite subject?

----Does she speak English?

 

Period 3(3a----3c)A reading lesson

Teacher		Class		School
Title	Unit 13 Where is your pen pal from?
教学目标 Teaching Aims	培养学生的阅读能力； 学会讯问个人情况如国籍、居住城市及所说语言等并学会谈论个人喜好； 学会给笔友回信。
语言功能 Function	Talk about countries, nationalities, cities and languages; Ask and tell where people live.
语言目标 Target Language	Where is your pen pal from?  She’s from America. Where does she live?     She lives in New York. What languages does she / he speak?  She / He speaks English and Spanish. Does she / he speak English?  Yes, she / he does. No, she / he doesn’t. What does he / she want?
语言结构 Structures	Where questions with from; Where questions with live; What questions.
重点词汇 Vocabulary	Ottawa, place, England, physics, enjoy, nationality, dislike, likes and dislikes, country, world, live in, speak English, like going, play sports, my favorite subject, too difficult.
学习策略 思维技巧 Learning Strategies	复习巩固所学有关知识; 培养学生的阅读能力; 联系实际利用所学知识;
跨学科学习	了解世界,学会理解和尊重异国朋友; 了解异国同学的兴趣和爱好; 学会与人交往.

Step 1 Revision
1.Revision and dictation of the new words and expressions
2.Revise conversations they learned yesterday.
3.Revise the key points by grammar exercise
He speaks English.(变一般疑问句和特殊疑问句)

Step 2 Reading
3a Read the letter and write answers to the questions in the box.
Read it again and let the Ss discuss in groups(4 as a group) to design an information card for Bob.
Let the Ss read aloud. First after the T or the tape then by themselves.
T must make sure the Ss can read it correctly and fluently.
T write the key words on the Bb to help the Ss retell the letter. The key words are following:
Bob, Toronto, want, a very interesting country, 14, in Nov., can speak, brother, Paul, sister, Sarah, pen pals in the UK and Australia, like going ...and playing..., favorite subject, fun, math, difficult, write to
Learn the language points in the letter:
1)I want a pen pal .
want sth./sb.( musician wanted)
want to do sth.   I want to play soccer with my friends.
want  sb. to do sth.  My parents want me to do homework now.
2) I like going to the movies ...
3) My favorite subject in school is...
4)write to sb. Soon

Step 3 Practice
3b Complete the pen pal letter with the information on the card.
Step 4 Writing
1.Make an information card just like the card in 3b .
2.Write a letter or an e-mail to your pen pal.

Blackboard Design.

Unit 1 Where’s your pen pal from?

1.----What does he want?

----He wants a pen pal in China.

2. ----What languages does he speak?

----He speaks English and a little French.

3. ---- What does he like?

----He likes going to the movies and playing sports

Period 4 (Self-check)

Step 1 Revision
1.Reading practice(Read aloud the passage)
2.Dictation for the useful expressions
Step 2 Words Revision
Complete the words builder(Some good students can express their vocabulary about countries and languages)

Step 3 Writing
P6 Part 3 First discuss and then complete the writing
Step 4 Grammar
Do the extra grammar exercises:
1.I have a pen pal.
2.He has a pen pal.
3.My pen pal is from Australia.
4.Jim's pen pal is from Canada.
5.His pen pal lives in Singapore.
6.Her pen pal speaks French.
7.People in Japan speak Japanese.

(以上各句都做句式变化)