Unit1 Where is your pen pal from?Teaching Goal:Topic: Countries, nationalities, and languagesGeneral aims:A. Talk about where people are fromB. Talk about nationality, nation and languageC. Talk about where people liveFunctions: Talk about countries, nationalities and languagesAsk and tell about where people liveTarget language: A. Language Focus.(1). Talk about nationality, peoples and languages/(2). Ask and answer where people live.B. Language goals(1). Change your own information with your pen pals.(2). Ask some questions using where.(3). Ask words somebody talk about.C. Language structure: Wheres/Wherere .from?Where does/do .from?What questions-What language does/do .speak?D. Language points:Where is she from? She is from.Where does she live? She lives in.What language does she speak? She speaks.Vocabulary: Words about countries, languagesTeaching design: The whole unit needs 5 periods, 4 for new lessons and 1 for testPeriod 1 ( 1a-Grammar Focus )Key points: Where is your/Johns pen pal from? He/She is from.Where does he/she live? He/She lives in.Pre-task (Homework for preview):Let the Ss give themselves pen pals and they should write down their pen pals information, such as their names, countries and cities they live even the language they speak.T can give the Ss an example meanwhile T gives the different countries which can be used by the Ss. T gives the Ss Chinese words for the countries, they are following: 加拿大，法国，日本，美国，澳大利亚，新加坡，英国，中国( The Ss can look them up in the dictionary if they are new for them)The example is following:Name: Curry MurayAge: 75From(Nationality): the United StatesCity: New YorkLanguage: EnglishTeaching Steps:Step 1 Leading-in The information of the teachers own pen pals information.“I have a pen pal. His name is Curry Muray. He is from the United States. Do you have a pen pal? Where is your pen pal from? Whats your pen pals name?”Different students say the information about their own pen pals. T should choose the different countries. T writes the different countries on the Bb(both Chinese and English)Step 2 Learning Section A 1a Learn the new words on the Bb. The new words are:pen pal; Canada; France; Japan; the United States(the US/the USA/America); Australia; Singapore; the United Kingdom(the U.K./Great Britain/England) Pay attention to the pronunciation of the new words.Step 3 Listening 1b Listen and circle the countries in 1a they learnedStep 4 CompetitionTwo groups of students to write the new words to see which group does better. First write down the Chinese words with looking at the English meanings, then write down the English words with looking at the Chinese meanings.(This step is a memory game. It can help the Ss consolidate the new words they learned)Step 5 Pair work1c Practice the following conversation:-Do you have a pen pal? -Yes, I do.-Wheres your pen pals from? -He/She is from . (Write it down on the Bb)First T has a conversation with one student as an example then let the Ss practice in pairs.At last let several pairs do it again in class.Step 6 Leading-inRevise the countries names with looking at the Bb. Then T writes down the city names on the Bb. Let the Ss try to find out which countries the cities are in. The city names are following:Toronto; Paris; Tokyo; New York; Sydney; Singapore; LondonStep 7 Learning2a Learn the city names together with the whole class just like Step 22b Listen and circle the cities and countries 2c Listen and complete the chartHave a similar competition to consolidate the new words in this part.Step 8 Pair workT has a conversation with one student like the following:-Do you have a pen pal? -Yes, I do.-Whats your pen pals name? -His/Her name is.-Where is your pen pal from? -He/She is from.-Where does he/she live? -He/She lives in.(Write it down on the Bb)Let the Ss practice after the Ts example in pairs then several pairs do it in class.Step 9 Exercise1. My pen pal is from Australia.(划线提问)2. Johns pen pal is from Japan. (划线提问)3. He lives in Paris. (划线提问)Homework: Read and copy the new words .Copy the sentences in Grammar FocusMake up the questions about Jodie in 2c The questions are:Does Jodie have a pen pal? Where is Jodies pen pal from? Where does he/she live? Whats his/her name?(This one can be chosen by themselves)Period 2 (3a-Section B 2c)Preview(Pre-task): Add another information about their pen pals-their language on the cardKey points:What language does she/he speak? She/He speaks.Does she/he have any brothers and sisters?Does she/he speak English?Teaching Steps:Step 1 Revision1. Revision and dictation of the new words 2. Revise the drills they learned yesterday.(by pair work and grammar exercise)Step 2 Leading-inT has a