Unit 9 My favorite subject is science. Section A (1a-2c)I. Background information: Students: 62 Junior high school students, Grade 7Lesson duration: 40mins Type of lesson: listening classMaterial: Unit 9 My favorite subject is science.Section A (1a-2c) II. Teaching contents:1. Vocabulary: favorite, subject, P.E. science, music, math, Chinese, geography, history, why, because, Monday, Friday, Saturday 2. Structure:a. Whats your favorite subject? My favorite subject is science. b. Whats your favorite day? Its Monday. c. Why do you like P.E.? Because its fun.d. Whos your favorite teacher? My favorite subject is Mr. Hu. 3. Material: the listening materialIII. Teaching objectives:1. Instructional objectives:After learning this lesson, the students should be able to:1) Spell the names of subjects.2) Know how to express their favorite subjects.3) Know how to ask and answer questions about favorite subjects and people.2. Educational objectives: After this class, students should know the importance of every subject that they are learning and will learn. Also the love their teachers, love their life. 3. Personal objectives:1) to organize an activity efficiently. 2) to distinguish focal and difficulty points better.3) to transit every stage naturally.4) to use classroom English more efficiently.IV. Focal points:Spell the names of subjects, and ask and answer questions about favorite subjects and people.V. Difficult points:1.Spell the names of subjects, and ask.2. Answer and ask questions about favorite subjects and people.VI. Teaching aids:Blackboard, chalks, PPTVII. Teaching procedures: Step1. Warming-up and leading-in (2 mins)1. Greeting the Ss. 2. Review the months we learned. T: Whats the date today? Ss: Today is Dec. 15th. T: What month do you like? S1: February. S2: MarchT: I like December, because my birthday is in December. But my favorite month is February. Do you know why?Ss: T: Because The Spring Festival is in February. So my favorite month is February.(T writes down the date of today and the word“favorite”during talking. Then lead out the title of this unit.)Step 2. Presentation (11 mins)1. Learn the new words with some pictures. (4 mins)2. Look at some pictures and guess the names of subjects. (2 mins)3. Memory Challenge: Remember the words quickly and spell them. And the teacher write them down on the blackboard.( 5 mins)Step3. Listening (3mins)1. Match the words with the pictures in 1a. 2. Ss listen and circle the words in 1a. Then check the answers. 3. Ss repeat the conversation following the tape.Step4. Practice (7mins)1. Pair workSs practice the conversation with their partner and 3 or 4 pairs act out their own conversations. S1: Whats your favorite subject? S2: My favorite subject is science. 2. Presentation next sentence structures T: My favorite subject is English. Because its interesting.-Whats your favorite subject?-My favorite subject is -Why do you like it? -Because its3. Let Ss read after the teacher, and try to remember them.4. Ask and answer with your partner about the reasons. Ss practice the conversation with their partner and 3 or 4 pairs act out their own conversations.Step5. Listening (6mins)1. T: Look at the picture in 2a. Two students are talking about their favorite subjects. First, read the sentences by yourself. Then listen and put the conversation in order. 2. Check the answers with the class. 3. Were learned some adjectives in Unit 5. Such as interesting, boring, fun, difficult, relaxingT: Do you still remember? Lets review the words together. (List all the adjectives: interesting, boring, fun, difficult, relaxing) Then have a conversation with your partners. 4. Now listen to the recording again. Match the subjects you hear with the descriptions. Ss listen and match. Then play the recording for the Ss to check the answers. Step6. Practice (6mins)1. Group work: Discuss the questionsQ1: Whats your favorite subject?Q2: Why do you like it?Q3: Whos your favorite teacher? Why?Q4: Whos your favorite star? And why?Step7. Summary (4mins)What have we learnt this class?1. Words2. Sentences(Ask one or two students to sum up.)3. Learn about this famous article:Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtile; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend. Abeunt studia in morse. (Studeis go to make up a mans character.) -Francis Bacon读史使人明智，读诗使人灵秀，数学使人周密，科学使人深刻，伦理学使人庄重，逻辑修辞之学使人善辩；凡有所学，皆成性格。 -弗兰西斯培根 王佐良 译Step8. Homework (1mins) 1. Make a conversation about you and your partners favorite subjects and people. 2. Make a schedule.Step9. Blackboard design