Introduction

（7 minutes）

1. The whole

class work

2. The whole

class work

3. One or two

Students’ work

4. The whole

class work

1. Focus their attention on the teacher.

2. Read the saying aloud.

3. The student reports in front of the whole class. The topic is related to sports.

4. The whole class listen carefully and try to

repeat what the teacher says. Guess the words’ meanings with the help of the pictures.

1. Get students ready for

learning.

2. Show everyday saying for the students.

(one saying a week)

3. Ask the students to design a special topic of sports and give the everyday report.

4. Revision: Teacher says

something about sports.

E.g. I often play table tennis in the morning.

I am going to play table tennis tomorrow morning, too. (The picture of playing table tennis is shown on the computer screen.)

Presentation

(8 minutes)

1. Group work

1. Group A’s members

help B and C to make their own sentences. They may know the meaning of “be going to do” after making sentences. Students

should try to use the new words and phrases, such as: I’m going to row / cycle / skate.

1. Write“I am going to play

table tennis.” on the

blackboard. Ask the

students to replace “play

table tennis”. Teacher

shows pictures in 2 on the

computer screen with the

following words under each

picture: swim, row, cycle,

skate, play tennis.

Presentation

(8 minutes)

2. The whole

class work

3. The whole

class work

4. Group work

(In fact, every-

one should

participate in

the activity.)

2. Students listen to 1a

carefully, focusing on the information of

nouns about sports, and then answer together.

3. Students try to understand what the symbol “←→”mean. They should guess what the teacher does with the help of the teacher’s actions.

Students should follow what the teacher says and catch the meaning.

Students listen to 1a

again carefully, paying

more attention when

pause appears.

4. Students check the

answers in their groups first, and then exchange their answers with other groups.

2. Finish 1b. Teacher introduces something about 1b. Michael is talking about sports with Kangkang. Let’s listen and find: What are they talking about? Teacher plays the recording without stopping.

Check 1b.

3. Finish 1c. Teacher presents

new words “against” and

“practice” in different

ways.

Against: Teacher puts his/ her two fists against each other.

Practice: I am going to play table tennis. We can also say “I am going to practice table tennis”. Here “practice” means “play”.

4. Finish 1c. Teacher plays

the recording twice.

The first time: stop when necessary.

The second time: check the answers.

Consolidation

(10 minutes)

1. The whole

class work

2. The whole

class work

3. Pair work

4. Group work

and pair work

5. Individual

work

6. The whole

class work

1. Students read each

sentence after the

recording, imitating

the pronunciation and the intonation.

2. Students try to follow the speed.

3. Students read 1a in

pairs, trying to read

correctly and fluently.

There are A, B, C three

pairs.

4. A pair will make a

score of 10 points. (B pair: 6 points ; C

pair :7 points.)

5. Students fill in the blanks:

①—_____(be) you going to play tennis?

—Yes, I ____(be).

② He saw her _______ (cross) the road.

③ I saw her _______ (row) at this time yesterday.

6. Students only write down the answers to see if they have understood the dialogue.

1. Read 1a.

Teacher plays the recording in 1a sentence by sentence.

2. Teacher plays the recording without stopping.

3. Teacher gives 1 or 2

minutes for the students to read 1a in pairs.

4. Teacher designs a

competition: Students in each group do pair work first to read 1a in pairs, and then each group choose out one pair to perform the dialogue. To avoid only the excellent students performing the show, teacher gives the equal chance to different pairs.

5. Teacher explains some key

points and difficult points to the students:

(1) The structure of “be going to do”

(2) The differences between “see… do” and “see… doing”.

6. Finish 1d. Teacher shows 1d on the screen, checking if the students are able to write the new words correctly while the students are writing.

Practice

(10 minutes)

1. The whole

class work

2. Individual

work

3. Group work

and individual

work

4. The whole

class work

5. The whole

class work

6. The whole

class work

1. Students read the words correctly, paying attention to the changing form.

2. Every student in the class makes his/her own

conversation similar to 2.

3. Students read the new conversation one by one in their own groups, correcting each other’s mistakes at any time.

4. Students listen generally to catch the main idea.

5. Students pay more

attention to the special

information relating to

the keys.

6. Students manage to fill in the blanks correctly.

Practice 2:

1. Teacher shows the following words on the screen:

play-playing, skate-skating,

swim-swimming,

row-rowing, cycle-cycling.

2. Teacher organizes group

work. Divide the whole

class into six groups.

Each group will make up

their own conversation and

write them down, and then

they exchange it with

another group.

3. Teacher asks each group

to read their conversations

one by one at the same

time, walking around the

class to check or to help.

4. Teacher plays the recording of 3a without stopping.

5. The recording stops when

the long and difficult

sentences appear.

6. The recording stops when

the answer appears.

Production

(8 minutes)

1. The whole

class work

2. The whole

class work

3. The whole

class work

1. Students summarize

Section A together

with the teacher.

2. Students write an

essay according to 3b

after class.

3. Students learn Section B

by themselves after class.

1. Teacher shows summary

on the screen.

2. Teacher assigns homework.

Write an essay about your

own sports plan.

3. Ask students to prepare

Section B after class.

Teaching Reflection

It’s easy for the students to use the structure of “be going to do” after teaching. But it’s hard for them to use “see sb. do” and “see sb. doing” correctly. Teacher should adjust the teaching procedure according to the situation in their own class.

Unit 1 Playing Sports

Topic 1 I’m going to play basketball.

Section A

—What are you going to do? against

—I’m going to play table tennis. a ball game against …

I prefer rowing. practice: play basketball

Are you going to join the school rowing club? team / group

Yes, I am. win the game

No, I am not. cheer … on