Period 1 Comic strip and Welcome to the unit
涟水县实验中学 李峻
Analysis of the teaching material
The teaching material is about‘Comic strip and Welcome to the unit’.In the comic strips, there is a funny dialogue between Eddie and Hobo, which tells the students that they’ll learn something about food in the unit.‘Welcome to the unit’belongs to warm-up activities.In this part, it can arouse the students’ interest in studying food. The students are required to give free talks and share their individual information with each other. By talking about their favourite food, the students will learn some words and expressions about food and learn how to express likes and dislikes.
Teaching goals
1.Knowledge goals
1).Learn the four – skilled words and expressions about food.
hamburger hungry energy never bowl vegetable hate carrot healthy 2) Master some useful phrases:
have a hamburger ,many times a day , walk to 3) Master the following sentence patterns. What’s your favourite food? What food do you like? What about……?
I like/dislike/hate/love…… 2.Ability goals
1)Enable the students to discuss the food they like and dislike. 2)Learn how to express likes and dislikes. 3.Emotion goals
1)Enable the students to know the importance to have a healthy diet. 2)Learn to share information with partners in pair and group work.
Teaching important and difficult points Teaching aids
1.Discuss the food the students like and dislike.
2.How to help the students learn how to express likes and dislikes. Multimedia recorder
Teaching procedures
Step I Warm-up activities and lead-in(Welcome to the unit) Get the students to sing an English song ‘AppleTree’ together
(The song is shown on the screen. Begin the class with an English song ‘Apple Tree’ to draw the students’ attention and to arouse their interest in this class.) T：(After singing) Now, boys and girls, do you like the song? Ss：….
T：What is the song about? Ss：Apples.
T：Do you like apples? Ss：…. T：(Show fruits: Apples、 oranges、 bananas…on the screen)Now, look at the fruits, what is your favourite fruit? S1：… S2 : … S3: … Step Ⅱ Presentation T： Well, look at the foods,(Show fish、rice、hamburgers、cakes、etc. on the screen)
what is your favourite food?(Learn some new words by reviewing the learnt names of food using the sentence pattern ‘What is your favourite food?’ and pictures.)
Ss: … S1: … S2：…
T： But I like hamburgers (If some student says he likes hamburgers, the teacher will say ‘Me too.’)
T： (Show the word ‘hamburgers’ on the screen) Read after me, hamburger, a
hamburger, two hamburgers (Practice it in time; get the students to pay attention to the plural form of noun)
T： (Pause, show them a real hamburger with chicken, with proper body
language) What’s this? Ss： It’s a hamburger.
T ： It’s a hamburger with…（Pause）
Ss： Chicken.( Help them answer it if necessary)
T： Yeah, but do you think I like hamburgers with chicken? Can you guess? Ss： Yes…No…
T： Now, you, please, do you think I like it? S1：… S2：… T：(Silent, smiling.If the students answer‘No’,the teacher will say‘You are quite right.Idon’t like hamburgers with chicken,but with vegetables’.)
T： (Shaking his head)No, No. I like hamburgers with vegetables, hamburgers
with vegetables. (Show them a real hamburger with vegetables. Practice the word ‘vegetable’)
T： Now look at the picture, what’s this? Ss：It’s…
T： It’s cabbage, cabbage…( Practice it, then learn the new word ‘carrots’ in the
same way)
T： As we all know, cabbage and carrots are v
T﹠Ss: Vegetables (Get the students to pay attention to the plural form of noun) T: Ah! so much delicious food. Oh, I’m hungry (with his hand on the
stomach). How I wish to have sth. to eat! But do you know what food I have for breakfast? Can you guess? S1： … S2：… S3：… T： No…No（Shaking his head with a smile） Sh… I tell you ,(mysteriously and
slowly) rice, a bowl of rice with vegetables (on the screen) T： Bowl, a bowl of, a bowl of rice, a bowl of rice with vegetables Ss：… (Ss read after T)
T： I have a bowl of rice with vegetables for breakfast, but I dislike rice with
eggs very much. I hate it. (on the screen)What’s the Chinese for ‘hate’? Ss： …
T： … It means ‘dislike sth very much’. (Practice the word ‘hate’.)
T： I hate rice with eggs. I never have it. Now, boys and girls, what’s the
meaning of this sentence? Can you guess? Ss： Er…
T：…（Give examples to practice the word ‘never’ and get the students to make sentences using the word‘never’Step Ⅲ Practice
1. Look at the pictures of food and finish the table on the screen. T：Now, boys and girls, I want to know what food you like or dislike. Look at the
pictures of foods and write the food you like or dislike in the table below. LoveLikeDislike Food Hate 2. Get a boy and a girl to report their likes and dislikes according to the above table.
S1： I love……I like……I dislike……I hate…… S2：……
T： Good. Now, boys and girl, what does ‘S2’ like / love /dislike /hate? Ss： He /She loves…likes…dislikes…hates… T： Very good.
3. Get the students to know their partners’ likes and dislikes.
T: Now , boys and girls, do you want to know what food your partners like. Ss：Yes.
T： OK, Please practice with your partner just like this: (on the screen) A： I like … what food do you like? B： I like … Do you like …？
A： No, I dislike … what about…？
B： I like … I don’t like … What about you? A： I hate …
T： (A few minutes later)Now, boys and girls, I’d like some students to work in
one pair after another. Are you ready? Ss: … Step Ⅳ Conduct a survey
T： (To the whole class). Very good, all of you have done a good job.
Now I want to know your healthy diets. (On the screen) Do you understand the word ‘healthy’? Ss： …………
T： （Pointing at a tall and strong boy） Look,××× is tall and strong ,so he is
very T&Ss：Healthy.(Help them answer it if necessary and practice the word ‘healthy’) T： Yes, very good. Now I’ll give out questionnaires to you. Please try to use the
Questionnaire Class I love I like I dislikeI hate names of food you know and finish it as soon as possible. Then I’ll ask some of you to report them to the whole class. (The questionnaire on the screen)
Name Subject Diet (日常饮食) Every day I usually have I never have I often favourite food and snacks T：（A few minutes later） Are you ready? Ss：Yes. T： Now I′d like to ask some of you to report your diets to the whole class, then
I’ll ask others to tell if his or her diet is healthy, OK? Ss：OK.
T : ( The student facing the whole class, with his paper on the projector to make
others seen clearly while reporting. Every time someone reports, the teacher will ask the whole class) Is ×××’s diet healthy? Ss: …
T： （Of the students, some students are sure to have hamburgers very often.
According to those who often have hamburgers, saying to the whole class）Now we all know, and so on, (The names of those who often have hamburgers) ,they often have hamburgers, but don’t have vegetables so often .Do they have healthy diets? Ss： …
T： By the way, my favourite food is hamburger, too. As you talk about
hamburgers. I feel hungry. ( Showing the word‘hungry’,with his hand on the stomach) What’s the meaning of the word ‘hungry’? Ss: …
T: It means‘want to eat sth’ Now it’s nearly lunchtime. Are you hungry? Ss： …
T： Hungry, hungry…… (Practice it) Ss： Hungry, hungry……
T： Now I’m hungry. How I need a hamburger! Do you need hamburgers? (with the word ‘need’ on the screen, practice it in the same way). Ss：…
T： What hamburgers do you need, with chicken or vegetables?
Ss：With chicken /with vegetables.
T： I need a hamburger with chicken. Do you know why? T： Because I need lots of energy (on the screen, practice it) (Practice the words ‘need 、energy、 hungry’ again by looking at the picture of a boy exercising and filling in the blanks blow it)
T: Well, look at the picture and fill in the blanks.
T: (Pause) Look, the boy is doing exercise. After exercise, he n some e
because he is h . (on the screen) Ss: …( Help them answer it if necessary) T： Now, we’re all hungry, we need energy, but don’t worry. After school, I’ll
give you some hamburgers as a treat. Cheer up. Let’s listen to a funny dialogue, OK? Ss：OK. Step Ⅴ Listen and answer (Comic strip) T：Now, look at the four pictures and listen to the tape, then answer the following
questions?
1. What does Eddie want to eat? 2. Does Eddie always exercise? Step Ⅵ Practice 1. Listen and repeat. 2. Read in groups. 3. Read freely Step Ⅶ Act out
Get the students to act out the dialogue in pairs Step Ⅷ Production
Make up a dialogue using the subject ‘Eat out with my friends’ according to Comic strip and Welcome to the unit, then act it out. The following words and patterns may help you:
hungry、 need、 energy…I like…I love…I dislike…I hate… (on the screen) (All the students are divided into groups of 6. They are asked to try to play the roles: friends、 waitress and so on. They have a few minutes’ time to prepare the group work. During their preparations and performances, the teacher may offer them some help and even join them if possible) Step Ⅸ Summary
Everyone has his f food, but we can’t eat it very o we should have a h diet.(on the screen) Step Ⅹ Homework
1. Do a survey on your family’s diets and give them some advice according to their diets
2. Preview the reading part
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