Unit 6 An old man tried to moved the mountains.
Period 1 Section A 1a-2c.
Teaching aims: The useful words:
shoot, stone, remind, a little bit, silly, instead of, weak, god Expressions:
How does the story begin? What happened next?
What do you think of the story of Yu Gong?
What could Yu Gong do instead of moving the mountains? Ability aims:
1. To train the Ss’ ability of telling stories in their own words. 2. To train the Ss’ listening abilities by catching the key words. Teaching important and difficult points: Ss can tell the story in their own words. Teaching procedures:
Before class: Know about these stories, and try to say their names in English Step 1 Lead in
1.Listen to a song .
T: What’s the name of the story?
T: Do you know other traditional Chinese stories? Step 2 presentation
Show Ss to the pictures, and teach them the names of the story , at the same time, teach them some new words.
Hou Yi Shoots the Suns Journey to the West Yu Gong Moves a Mountain Nu Wa Repairs
the Sky….
Step 3 Work on 1a
1. Look at the pictures in 1a, then read the names of the story in the box.
2. Ss discuss with their partners and match the names of the stories with the pictures. Journey to the West b Yu Gong Moves a Mountain d Hou Yi Shoots the Suns a Nu Wa Repairs the Sky c Step 4 Work on 1b.
1. Know about Yu Gong Moves a Mountain
2. T: Tell Ss they will hear a great Chinese traditional story. Listen and see who know the name of the story.
3. Play the recording for the Ss to listen.
4. Ss who know the name of the story may hand up.
5. Play the recording again. Let Ss check the facts they hear. 6. Check the answers . Step 5 Pair work
1. Read the questions in the box in 1c.
2. Ss discuss the questions with their partners. 3. Let some pairs ask and answer the questions. e.g. A: How does the story happen?
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B: There were two very tall mountains in front of their house. A: What happened next?
B: A very old man tried to move the mountains.
A: Where would they put all the earth and stone from the mountains? B: They would put them into the sea. Step 6 Work on 2a and 2b Work on 2a:
T: Let’s continue to listen to the story.
1. Look at the pictures in 2a. Discuss the things they are going to do. When you listen to the story, please number the pictures.
2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and number the pictures. 3. Play the recording again to check the answers. Work on 2b:
1. Let Ss read the sentences below. Explain some main sentences for the Ss. Make sure they know what to do.
2. Play the recording for the Ss to circle the correct words in the brackets. 3. Play the recording again to check the answers.
Answers: 1. children 2. weak 3. talking 4. two 5. know Step 7 Pair work
1. Tell Ss to make a story chain. Ss tell the story one by one with the pictures in 2a. 2. Let some Ss tell the story to the class. 3. See which groups’ story is better. Step 8 Homework:
Tell the story Yu Gong Moves a Mountain in English to your parents. Once upon a time, there was a very old man…
Period 2 Section A 2d Grammar
Teaching aims: The useful words:
stepsister, prince, couple, smile, marry , get married, fit, fall in love; unless, as soon as, so…that Expressions:
Because they were so big that it took a long time to walk to the other side. Unless he can hide his tail, he can’t turn himself into a person.
As soon as the man finished talking , Yu Gong said that his family could continue to move the mountains after he died. Ability aims:
1. To train the Ss’ ability of telling stories in their own words. 2. To understand “unless; so…that…; as soon as…”. Teaching important and difficult points:
1. To train the Ss’ ability of telling stories in their own words. 2. To understand “unless; so…that…; as soon as…”.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Revision Review the story of Yugong. Step 2 Role-play
1. Read the conversations and answer the questions.
1 What does Wang Ming think about the story of Yu Gong? ○
2What about Claudia’s opinion? ○
3 What way can Yu Gong use according to Claudia? ○
4 Do they agree with each other at last ? ○
5 What’s the teacher’s opinion? ○
2. Ask Ss to role-play the conversation in groups. Step 3 Grammar focus 1. Read Grammar Focus.
2. Understand unless; as soon as; so ... that Step 4 New words
Look at the big screen and learn the new words and expressions: stepsister ; prince ; fit ; couple; smile ; marry ; fall in love Step 5 Work on 4a:
1. Tell Ss to read the sentences in 4a and try to fill in the blanks with unless, as soon as, so…that. 2. chech the answers. Step 6 Work on 4b:
1. Tell Ss to read the sentences in 4a and try to fill in the blanks 2. Check the answers with the Ss. Step 7 Telling stories Step 8 Homework
1. Recite the conversation in 2d after school.
Period 3 Section A (3a-3c)
Teaching aims: The useful words:
object, magic, stick, hide, tail, turn…into, excite, western ;turn into Expressions:
The Monkey King is not just any normal monkey. Ability aims:
1. To train the Ss’ ability of reading.
2. To understand the sentences like “But unless he can hide his tail, he cannot turn himself into a person. ”
Teaching important and difficult points: 1. To train the Ss’ ability of reading.
2. To understand the sentences like “But unless he can hide his tail, he cannot turn himself into a person. ”
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Warm up and lean-in. 1. Listen to a song.
2. Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
Which book is talked about? Journey to the West; Who is the main character? Monkey King best.
3. Watch a video about the Monkey King and introduce the Monkey King..
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