UnitUnit 7 7 ShoppingShoppingComicComic stripstrip 2. talk with others about what presents to buy. II.II. TeachingTeaching contentscontents 1. New words and expressions 2. New structures: III.III. FocusFocus ofof thethe lessonlesson andand predictedpredicted areaarea ofof difficultydifficulty 1. Master the target expressions and sentence structures; 2. Talk with others about what presents to buy. IV.IV. TeachingTeaching proceduresprocedures A.A. ComicComic stripstrip Step 1 Presentation 1. Show students pictures of Eddie and Hobo. T: Christmas is one of my favourite festivals because I can do a lot of shopping at Christmas. What about Eddie and Hobo? Are they interested in shopping? T: Encourage students to guess the answers first. 2. Watch the video of the comic strip and answer the following questions. (1) Does Eddie want to go shopping with Hobo? (2) Why does Hobo ask Eddie to go with him? 3. Let students find out the difficult points in the conversation and the teacher explains accordingly. 4. Finish the passage with the given words and expressions.Theres a new mall _. Hobo wants to _ there, but Eddie _ shopping. Hobo has no _, so Eddie gives his _ to Hobo. Hobo cant _. He is asking Eddie for help, “Eddie, please _ me. I _ you _ help me.” Step 2 Practice 1. Ask students to role-play the conversation. Give them necessary help and support. 2. T: Do you think Eddie will go shopping with Hobo? What will happen next? Can you give me your ideas? T: Ask students to continue the conversation using their own creativeness and imagination. Invite some students to act out their conversations. The teacher gives positive comments on their performance. Step 3 Sum up T: When we buy presents for others, we neednt spend too much money on it because as students, we dont make any money. We should spend our pocket money wisely, do you think so? What matters is the love in the gift, not the price of it. As the saying goes, a small gift can mean a lot. B.B. WelcomeWelcome toto thethe unitunit Step 1 Lead-in 1. Enjoy the song Jingle bells (before class). T: Hello, everyone! Do you enjoy this song? Its a song about Christmas. A s we know, Christmas is a time for fun. It is also a time for presents and shopping. There are many different kinds of shops in your town or city. Here, I have some pictures of these shops. Please look at them carefully and tell me what shops they are. T: Show students pictures of different shops and help them learn the names of go shopping carry all the bags wallet come with need to down the street hates moneythese shops. 2. Ask students to write down the names of the shops under the pictures on Page 81 and then check the answers with their partners. 3. Let students practise reading these names of shops and ask them to brainstorm the things we can buy in these shops. 4. Present pictures of more shops, such as department store, electric shop, stationery shop, pharmacy and convenience store. 5. Show students a shopping list: some chocolates, a teddy bear, a basketball, a wallet, a pair of leather shoes, some flowers, a scarf and some books. T: Boys and girls, heres my shopping list for Christmas. What do I want to buy? Where can I buy them? T: Encourage students to work in pairs and ask and answer the following questions. S1: What does Miss Liu want to buy? S2: She wants to buy S1: Where can she buy ? S2: She can buy in . Step 2 Presentation T: As we know, it is a tradition to give Christmas presents to family members and friends in some Western countries. Daniel wants to buy a Christmas present for Simon. He is asking Millie for help. Please listen to their conversation carefully and tell me what present they decide to buy. 1. Let students listen to the tape and answer the following questions. (1) What does Daniel want to buy for Simon? (2) Why does Daniel want to buy these things for Simon? (3) Where can Daniel buy these things? 2. Let students read the conversation together sentence by sentence and explain the difficult points if necessary. 3. Ask students to practise reading the conversation by themselves. Step 3 Practice 1. Show students a picture of TF boys and ask them to give ideas about buying presents for them, using the structures: Maybe they are (not) interested in /What about (buying) ? /Why not buy ? 2. Ask students to work in pairs and make up a new conversation about buying presents for TF boys, using Daniel and Millies conversation as a model. S1: Christmas is coming. I want to buy . for TF boys. Do you have any ideas? S2: What about .? S1: I am not sure. Maybe they are not interested in . S2: Then you can buy . I think they like . S1: Thats a good idea. Where can I buy .? S2: You can b uy . in . S1: Thank you very much. S2: Youre welcome. 3. Help students polish their conversations