Starter Unit 2 What’s this in English?
（1a-2e）
1.语言能力：掌握英语字母I至R的发音、顺序和书写规范。
2.文化意识：了解缩略词P、NBA、kg的含义。
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3.思维品质：感知指示代词this, that的用法，人称代词it的用法，不定冠词a,
Aims
an的用法。
4.学习能力：运用what引导的特殊疑问句向他人确认物品的英文名称并作回
答。
Teaching 字母I至R；辨认物品。
Difficulties
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Teaching Procedures Tips
Step 1 Warming up
Lead in
T shows the picture one by one and ask: What’s this in English?
Ss give the answer together.
Answers: key, jacket, orange, pen, quilt
Show the picture of 1a to Ss. Ask them to pair up and name
the objects they can see in the picture.
Suggested answers: map, key, jacket, quilt, cup, ruler, pen, orange
Step 2 Presentation & Practice (1a-1c)
1a
Ask Ss to look for the small letters in the picture for their big
letters. Check the ones they can find.
After completing 1a, write the letters Aa-Rr on the board. Have Ss
work in pairs to determine which letters are not in the picture.
Look at the speech bubbles and the item labels to determine which
1letters are missing.
Answers: The missing letters are b, d, f
While-listening
1b
Ask Ss to listen to the recording and repeat each sentence.
Help Ss use full sentence answers. Start from one-word answers and
add words. E.g.
T: Pen. Gesture for Ss to repeat.
T: A pen. Gesture for Ss to repeat.
T: It’s a pen. Gesture for Ss to repeat.
Show Ss picture on PPT P9 one by one and ask: What’s this /
that in English? Ss should answer the question using a complete
sentence: It’s a / an ...
Post-listening
1c
T can use the items in the classroom to model 1c. Point at some
objects and ask and answer questions about them.
T: What’s this? Gesture for Ss to repeat.
T: It’s a pen. Gestures for Ss to repeat.
Follow up by writing the names of the objects on the board and
having Ss identify whether the words contain any of the letters Ii-
Rr.
Step 3 Presentation & Practice (2a-2e)
Pre-listening
Show PPT P12 to Ss, ask them the find the hidden letters Ii-Rr.
While-listening
2a
Ask Ss to listen and repeat the letters Ii-Rr.
Before Ss do 2a, have them review the big and small letters Aa-Hh.
Ask half of the Ss to write one big letter from A-H on a piece of
paper. Then ask Ss to stand up and walk around to find their
2matching big/small letter partners. Have Ss stand next to their
partners. Finally, give Ss a few minutes to form groups according to
their letters.
2b
Ask Ss to listen and number the letters they hear.
After doing 2b, T can ask Ss to close their books. T writes letters
Ii-Rr on the board, then point at each letter randomly and have Ss
say the name of the letter. To make this more challenging, T should
point to different letters more quickly.
Answers: Top row (left to right): 4, 7, 9, 3, 1
Bottom row (left to right): 6, 8, 10, 2, 5
Show PPT P15, ask Ss to draw a line from “Ii” to
“Rr”(finally to “I i”) using their point fingers.
2c
Ask Ss to look and copy the letters Ii-Rr.
After completion of 2c, have Ss compete to write all of the letters
Ii-Rr as quickly as possible. Have Ss start the same time. When a
S finished, the S should raise his/her hand. The first S to finish
with legible writing is the winner.
2d
Let Ss to write the missing big or small letter for each pair.
After Ss have written the letters in 2d, have them number the letter
from 1 to 10.
Answers: To row (left to right): m, K, p, R, j
Bottom row (left to right): q, L, o, N, i
2c
Have Ss guess the meaning of the abbreviations in 2c.
Answers: P: Parking (You see this on a road sign in a place near
where you would park your car.)
NBA: National Basketball Association (You see this on the clothing
or on the advertisements for some American basketball teams.)
Kg: kilogram (You see this on food packages. It shows the weight.)
Step 4 Language points learning
What’s this in English? 这个用英语怎么说？
1) what 什么，What’s 是 What is 的缩写形式；
2) this 这个，常指离说话人较近的人或事物；
3) in English 用英语；
4) 该问句的答语为：It’s a / an …
What’s that in English? 那个用英语怎么说？
1) that 那个，常指离说话人较远的人或事物；
2) 该问句的答语为：It’s a / an …
3在It’s an orange.这句话中，it 是第三人称单数形式，常代替上文中
的单数可数名词或不可数名词，也可代指this或 that，it’s 是 it is
的缩写形式。a / an（用于单数可数名词前， 表示未曾提到的）一
（人、事、物），a, an都是不定冠词，a用于以辅音音素开头的单词
前；an用于以元音音素开头的单词前。
Step 5 Summary & Homework
Summary
Ask Ss to do the exercises from PPT P23-25.
Homework:
Write the letters I-R from memory.
Do the exercises in students’ book.
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Reflection
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