Starter Unit 3 What color is it?Period 1 (1a2e)【教学目标】 知识目标 1. Learn to read and write the letters Ss-Zz 2. Master the new words and expressions: color, red, yellow, green, blue, black, white, purple, brown 能力目标 Be able to talk about colors. 情感目标 Lead students to learn the meaning of different colors and appreciate the beauty of colors. 【教学重难点】 重点 1. Learn to read and write the letters Ss-Zz. 2. Master the new words and expressions. 3. Be able to talk about colors. 难点 1. To learn the letters Ss-Zz. 2. Be able to talk about colors. 【教学准备】 A tape recorder, multi-media, some letter cards and some color pens.【教学方法】 任务型教学法、情景交际法等相结合【课时安排】 One period【教学过程】 Step 1: Greetings 1. Greet the students in English. T:Good morning, class. Ss:Good morning, teacher. How are you? T:Im fine, thanks. How are you? Ss:Im OK. 2.Review letters I-R T: Can you say the letters from I to R? Ss:Yes. I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R.Step 2: Lead-in 1.Show a picture of a rainbow to teach different colors. T:This is a rainbow. Its colorful. (Point to the color red.) Its red. (Point to the color yellow.) Its yellow. 2.Show some real things with different colors to learn the words: red, yellow, green, blue, black, white, purple, brown. T: Look at the flower. Its a red flower. Read after me, “red”. Ss: Red, red, red. T:What color is it? Ss: Its red. . 3.Show some colorful letter cards to the students and practice. T:Whats this？ Ss: Its V. Teacher: What color is it? Ss: Its . . Step 3: Presentation 1. Teach activity 1a T: Look at the picture in 1a carefully and tell me what you can see then. S1:There are five students. S2:There are some balloons with different letters on it. T:Letters? Are they alike? S2: No, they arent. They are in different colors. T:Great! Can you match the words with the colors? Please write the letter for each color on the line next to each word. Do it individually, and then Ill check your answers. (While the students are doing, the teacher moves around to help the ones who need help.) 2. Teach activity 1b (1) Play the tape for the first time. Students only listen. (2) Play the tape for the second time. Students listen and repeat. (3) Ask some students to repeat the conversations. (4) Explain the differences between “this” and “that”. 3. Teach activity 1c (1) Ask the students to practice the conversation in pairs. (2) Put the students in pairs. Ask them to make their own conversations using the things in the picture. (3) Leave them several minutes to do this activity. (4) Invite some pairs to act out their conversations. 4. Teach activity 2a (1)Show the 8 letters Ss-Zz on the screen, and teach the students to read them one by one. (2)Ask students to listen to the tape and read after it. (3)Teacher shows some letter cards and invite some students to read these letters, correcting their pronunciation mistakes if there is any. .5. Teach activity 2b (1)Play the tape for the first time. Students listen. (2)Play the tape for the second time. Students listen and number the letters. (3)Play the tape for the third time. Students listen and check their answers. Step 4: Practice 1. Teach activities 2c2d (1)Present the letters Ss-Zz on the PPT. (2)Remind students the writing forms of the capital letters and small letters. (3) Ask students to write the letters Ss-Zz after each model. At the same time, ask two students to write on the blackboard. (4) While students are writing, move around the room, checking progress and offering help if needed. (5) Check the answers. Correct mistakes if any. 2. Teach activity 2e (1)Show the letters and the meanings the students know. (2)Show the pictures in 2e on the screen. T:What can you see in the picture?(the first picture) S1:Three big letters S, M and L. T:What do these letters mean? S2:S stands for small, M for medium and L for large. T:Right. . (3)Add some more abbreviations, such as:XL(加大号)，MTV(音乐电视)，IT(信息技术)，IQ（智商），EMS（邮政速递公司），SARS(非典)，RMB（人民币），PC（个人计算机）and so on. Step 5: Consolidation Play a game. (1)Do the color changes game, use two small cups of water, and color each cup of yellow and blue. Ask and answer like this: T:What color is it? S1:Its yellow. T: What color is it？ S2：Its blue. (2)After asking, pour the cup of yellow water into the other cup. When the water turns green