Starter Unit 3 What color is it?
（1a-2e）
Language goals
Learn the letters S-Z and identify colors.
Key words and phrases
color, red, yellow, green, blue, black, white, purple, brown
Teaching
Key sentences
Aims
1. — What's this/that?
— It's V.
2. —What color is it ?
— It's red.
Teaching Let Ss to learn the letters S-Z and identify colors.
Difficulties
Teaching
Aids multimedia courseware or other realia that the T needs for teaching
Teaching Procedures Tips
Step 1 Warming up
Lead in
Ask Ss to say the different colors in English.
Match: What new colors can we get?
Ask Ss to think about: What color can we get if we mix red and
white / red and blue / black and white together?
red + white = pink, red + blue =purple, black + white = gray
Show Ss the Olympic rings and ask them to say the color of
each ring.
left to right: blue, yellow, black, green, red
Step 2 Presentation & Practice (1a-1c)
Pre-listening
Show the picture of 1a to Ss, ask them to say the letters they
see.
1a
1 Ask Ss to look at the picture and write the letter for each color.
T can check Ss’ comprehension of the colors by playing a quick
game. T asks Ss to find something in the picture that is a certain
color. Ss then list one or more things in the picture which are that
color.
While-listening
1b
Instead of having Ss listen and then repeat in 1b, T can
introduce to speech shadowing. Just as someone’s shadow follows
closely behind them, in speech shadowing Ss try to shadow what
the speaker is saying almost at the same time as it is being said.
As such, Ss do not wait for the speaker to finish a sentence before
repeating.
Show PPT P12-P13, ask Ss to say the color of each item.
Post-listening
Ask Ss to make their own conversation following the example.
To complete the conversation, elicit from Ss some items in your
classroom and their colors. Remind Ss to choose a single countable
item and to use the word “ a” or “ an” before the item as
appropriate.
Step 3 Language points learning (1a-1c)
询问颜色：What color +be+主语（被询问的物品）?
1) 句子的主语是单数时，be动词用is, 其答语为“It's+颜色.”。
2) 句子的主语是复数时，be动词用are, 其答语为“They're+颜色.”。
Step 4 Presentation & Practice (2a-2e)
Pre-listening
Show PP P17, ask Ss to find the hidden letters (S-Z).
While-listening
2a
2 Ask Ss to listen and repeat the letters.
Before Ss do activity 2a, have Ss review the letters A-R. With
textbooks closed, elicit from Ss the letters A-R and write them on
the board. Then have Ss stand and work in pairs to say A-R as
quickly as possible. To make this more challenging, each S in a
pair takes turns saying one of the letters. Start all Ss at the same
time and ask them to sit when they have finished.
2b
Have Ss take turns saying the letters while their partners write
down the order in which the letters are said.
Answers: Top row (left to right): 2, 8, 4, 6
Bottom row (left to right): 5, 7, 3, 1
Show PPT P20, ask Ss to say the letter they see quickly
together.
2c
Let Ss learn to write the letters.
After completion of 2c, T can dictate the letters and have Ss try to
write them. In order to vary the level of difficulty of the activity, T
can choose to say the letters quickly or slowly and should change
the order in which the letters are said.
2d
Ask Ss to write the missing big letter or small letter for each
pair.
After completion of 2d, T can dictate big and small letters and give
Ss time to write. T: 1. big W, 2. small s ...
To make this more challenging, T can introduce the terms “capital
letter” or “upper case” for big letters and “lower case” for small
letters.
Answers: Top row (left to right): w, T, s, X
Bottom row (left to right): u, Z, y, V
2e
Ask Ss to guess the meaning of each abbreviation.
Answers: S / M / L: small / medium / large (You see these on
clothing labels.)
UFO: unidentified flying object
CCTV: China Central Television (You see this on television. It
shows which channel / station you are watching.)
Give more abbreviations to Ss and let them guess the meanings.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation
NBA: National Basketball Association
UN: United Nations IQ: intelligence quotient
ID: identity card RMB: Renminbi
UFO: unidentified flying object
3VIP: very important person EQ: Emotional Quotient
IT: information technology WTO: World Trade Organization
CCTV: China Central Television
Step 5 Language points learning (2a-2e)
字母Ss-Zz
1) 大写字母占上两格。
2) 小写字母s, u, v, w, x, z占中格；t占上两格；y占下两格。
3) 大写字母一笔写完的有S, V, W, Z；两笔写完的有T, U, X, Y。
4) 小写字母一笔写完的有s, u, v, w, y, z；两笔写完的有t, x。
5) 在这8个字母中，Uu是元音字母，其余是辅音字母。
Step 6 Summary & Homework
Summary
Ask Ss to do the exercises from PPT P27-30.
Homework:
Write the letters S-Z from memory.
Do the exercises in students’ book.
Teaching
Reflection
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