Unit 5 Do you have a soccer ball?
Section B (1a-1d)
Language goals
Ss are able to make suggestions and express their own opinions.
Key words and phrases
Teaching interesting; boring; fun; difficult; relaxing; watch; TV; watch TV
Aims Key sentences
1.—Let’s play computer games! —That sounds interesting.
2.—Let’s watch TV. —That sounds boring.
3.—Let’s play basketball! —That sounds fun!
Teaching How to make suggestions and express opinions.
Difficulties
Teaching multimedia courseware or other realia that the T needs for teaching
Aids
Teaching Procedures Tips
Step 1 Lead in
Make Ss chant the following paragraph and elicit the rules of the target
language from them:
I have, you have, they have.
She has, he has, Mary has.
Do I ,do you ,do they?
Does she ,does he ,does Mary?
I don’t ,you don’t ,they don’t.
She doesn’t, he doesn’t, Mary doesn’t.
Then ask Ss to finish the exercises on P6-P7 so that the T can check Ss’
understanding of the target language.
(These exercises are easy so the T can invite some weak Ss to answer in order to help
build these Ss’ confidence and encourage them to be more engaged in class. )
The T can use the following questions to lead in the topic of this class:
What do you usually do in your free time?
What do you think of these activities?（你认为这些活动怎么样？）
Then the T can elicit some description words from Ss and pre-teach
some adjectives. Ss can learn to use these words to express their
opinions to the mentioned activities.
(T can use different emojis to show the meanings of the adjectives an lead them to read these words.
After that, Ss can read the words together to check their pronunciation .)
1Step 2 Presentation & Practice
1a
Before Ss do the task, the T should make sure they can read the
words in the box and understand their meanings. Then ask Ss to
observe the picture in 1a and do the task. Check answers as a class.
The T can also elicit more examples from Ss of activities that they
think are fun, interesting, boring , difficult and relaxing.
Answers: 1. c 2.e 3. a 4. d 5. b
1b
Teaching Tip: Say it differently
Make Ss aware that words can be said in different ways. For example,
they can be said at different speeds and stressed differently, and even with
different feelings or facial expressions. Before Ss listen, have them practice
saying each of the words in the box in different ways in an attempt to
prepare them for what they will hear in the actual recording. First, model
the words being spoken in different ways. Then have Ss practice.
Answers: 1.interesting 2.boring 3.fun 4.difficult
1c
Teaching Tip: Eliciting Ss’ Ideas First.
In 1c, it may be a good idea to elicit Ss’ ideas first before listening to
the recording a second time. On the board, write the following:
play computer games:
play volleyball:
Watch TV:
Play basketball:
Elicit from Ss how they feel about doing each of these activities and write
their answers on the board. Try to get Ss to contribute more words those in
the recording.
Answers: Top to bottom: interesting, difficult, boring , fun
1d
The activity is to provide speaking practice with the target language.
Teaching Tip: Erase Parts of a Conversation
A more challenging alternative to ld involves helping Ss memorize and
role-play a longer conversation.
2First,write a longer conversation on the board:
Student A:Jenny, student B:Tony
A:Let's play computer games!
B:That sounds interesting, but l don't have a computer.
A:well, do you have a volleyball?
B:Yes.
A:Then let's play volleyball.
B:On,volleyball is so difficult...
A:OK,Let's watch TV.
B:That sounds boring. Hmm...Let's play soccer! Do you have a soccer
ball?
A: No,I don't.
B:Oh. well, do you have a basketball?
A:Yes,I do.Let's play basketball!
B:That sounds fun!
Then, assign roles and have Ss practice the conversation.
Next, erase one or two words from each line of the conversation and have
Ss practice the conversation again.
As Ss continue to practice, gradually erase more and more of the
conversation.
Finally, erase the entire conversation, as Ss continue to practice.
Step 3 Language points
1. interesting adj. 有趣的
interesting作形容词，由“interest（v.使感兴趣）+-ing（后缀）”构成。
interesting的发音以元音音素开头，前用不定冠词时应该用an。
【拓展延伸】-ing结尾的形容词通常用来描述事物本身的特征; -ed结尾的形容
词通常用来描述人的感受。
interesting（有趣的） — interested （感兴趣的）
boring（没趣的；令人厌倦的） — bored （感到厌倦的）
relaxing（轻松的；令人放松的） — relaxed（放松的）
exciting（令人兴奋的） — excited（兴奋的）
2. 1) fun作形容词，意为“有趣的，使人快乐的”。
2) fun还可以作不可数名词，意为“乐趣；快乐”。for fun意为“闹着玩地; 为
了好玩” ；have fun意为“玩得开心；过得愉快”，相当于have a good
time，enjoy oneself。
3. 1) watch作动词，常指观看电视节目、比赛、戏剧、表演等。第三人称单数
形式为watches。
2) watch还可以作名词，意为“手表”。
【易混辨析】watch， look与see
3Step 4 Exercises & Homework
Exercises
Step1: Ask Ss to do the exercises on P29-P31.
Step2: Ask Ss to make a summary about language points they learned today.
Homework
1. Preview the passage in Section B 2b.
2. Do the exercises in students’ book.
The spelling and pronunciation of several descriptive adjectives involved in this
class are not easy. Teachers can combine the phonetic characteristics of words
Teaching
and pictures to teach. For longer words, teachers should pay attention to
Reflection
infiltrating phonetic teaching, and teach students to consciously memorize and
spell words according to syllables, so as to reduce the difficulty of learning.
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