Teaching Plan for Section A(1), Unit 12, SB1Y8

Teaching Goals:

l      Learn to make comparisons.

l      Learn to talk about preferences, using the Comparison Degree and the Supervision Degree: most important; better, best; worse, worst; more / most comfortable, etc.

l      Finish off Activity 1a- 1c, P71.

Procedure:

  PRE-TASK ACTIVITIES:

l      Daily English.

l      Talk about the Ss’ favourite activities on weekends:

What do you often do on your weekends?

What do you want most to do on your weekends? And why?

  TASK CIRCLE

TASK ONE: Learn to talk about preferences

l      Lead into the new learning task by asking the Ss: Do you often go to movies?

l      Ss talk about movies:

What kind of movies do you like best?

Do you like thrillers or comedies? Why?

Which cinema do you often go to watch the movies, and why?

l      Help the Ss learn to say:

* I like … most / best.

* I like … better than… because I think….

* I often go to… because it’s the best cinema in our town.

* Because it is closest to my house.

…

l      PAIRWORK: Ss work in pairs to talk about what they think is most important or not important for them to choose one cinema ( movie theater ).

l      Demonstration and evaluation.

TASK TWO: Listening practice

l      Introduce the new task: 1b, P71. Now we’re going to listen to a conversation in which three children are talking about the movie theater they want to go. Listen and find out the characteristics of each theater: Town Cinema; Screen City; Movie Palace.

l      Ss listen to the tape for info. Tell the Ss that they could use only one letter to stand for the tree movie theaters: T, S and M.

l      Ss listen again for details:

l      Ss listen for repeating.

TASK THREE: SPEAKING AND WRITING PRACTICE

l      PAIRWORK: talk about the three movie theaters.

A: What’s the most popular movie theater?

B: Screen City. Because it has the biggest screens.

l      Demonstration and evaluations.

l      Listen again and let the Ss write down the tape scripts on their books.

  HOMEWORK:

l      Try to think of more places to compare with after class.

l      Preview Activity 2, on P72.

POST-TEACHING NOTES