Unit 5 Section A-1
Class Type Listening, reading and speaking Objectives 1. To learn what materials the things were made of. 2. To know what the things are made of and where they were made. 3. To practice talking about the conversations. 1. This ring looks nice. Is it made of silver? — Yes, and it was made in Thailand. 2. What did you see at the art and science fair? — I saw… — What is it made of / from? 4. Where is tea produced in China? 5. Tea is good for both health and business. Difficulties How to better understand and express the materials and the places of these things. chopsticks, fork, blouse, silver, glass, cotton, steel, fair, grass, leaf, produce, widely, process Vocabulary be known for Period 1 Procedure Lead-in Guessing game. Show Ss some pictures and ask Ss to say the name of these things in English. Discussion: What are these things usually made of? — It is made of …/ They are made of …. Key structure Step 1 Step 2 Activity 1b. Let Ss listen a passage and then to match the products with what they were made of. Listen again and ask Ss to answer some questions according to passage in 1b. Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Pair works. Make conversations. Show Ss some pictures and give some information, and then to ask Ss to make conversation by using the sentences in 1a. E.g. : A: This ring looks nice. Is it made of silver? B: Yes, and it was made in Thailand. Activity 2a. Let Ss listen a conversation and check the main topic of Nick and Marcus’ conversation. Activity 2b. Let Ss listen again and answer the questions following. Pair works. Let Ss suppose that they have just visited a museum or an art fair. And then make conversations by using the sentence structures in 2a and 2b as the model. Activity 2d. Let Ss listen to the tape and ask them to answer the questions. Listen again and read the conversation in the textbook. Pair works. Show Ss some pictures with some information and ask Ss to have a discussion. 1. What is famous in your city? 2. What is it made of? 3. Make a conversation using 2d as a model. Language points: explain the key words and phrases in Step 9 Step 10 Step 11 section A-1. Step 12
More examples and exercises about the language points.