Unit 4 How do you get to school?The first Period (section A:1a1c).Teaching Aims and Demands1、To learn some words about some transportations such as subway，train2、The expressions about some transportations, such as take the bus，by bus3、Have the students talk about how to get to places by some transportations，especially know that how to get to school.II. Teaching Key PointsKey vocabulary: walk, subway, take the subway, train, take the train, ride a bike, take the bus, take a taxi, go in a parents car.III.Teaching Difficulties1.The differences are between “subway” and “underground”.2.Target language :How do you get to school?I walk.How about you ,Sally?I ride my bike.How does Bob get to school?He takes the train.IV. Teaching Methods:Listening and writing methods; Pairwork; Guessing game.V. Teaching Aids : A tape recorder; Some pictures.VI. Teaching ProceduresStep 1. Greeting and Lead-in.Greet the whole class as usual.(Show the pictures. A house is on one side of the board and a school is on the other side.) Teach the two buildings home and school.Use finger to trace a path from the house to the school. Ask students, How do you get to school? Do you walk? Do you ride a bicycle?(For example, if you ask, How do you get to school? and a student replies, Bike, say , Oh , you ride your bike. Class, repeat. I ride my bike.( The class repeat.)Say, Today were talking about how you go.Section 2 .PresentationT：we just had a very long vacation right? So, how is your vacation? Where are you going on vacation?S：I am going to.T：How do you get there?S:I get there byWhat other transportations do people use?The transportations: ride a bike take a car take a subway walk take the train take the bus take the plane take the ship Guessing gamePut out some pictures and ask questions like followingT：What kind of transportation is it? You can take it to see the beautiful sea. A ship.It is like a bike but goes much faster. A motorbike/electric bike. It is like a train but goes under the ground.A subway.It takes you about three hours to go to Beijing from Shenzhen by it. A plane. It is very long and it goes on land. A train.Step 3. ConsolidationShow the pictures of film or sing stars and get to guess how they get to work.T: How does Yao Ming / Liu Yifei / Zhou Jielun.get to work?S1: Yao Ming rides the bike to work every day.S2: He goes to work by bike.S3: Liu Yifei takes the car to work.S4: Liu Yifei gets to work by car.Get the students to ask and answer in pairs by using the pictures below.How do people go to work? And then finish Activity 1a. take a bus ride a bike take a subway take a taxiStep 4 .ListeningFirst point out the names of the students in the box. Ask one student to read the names. Now listen to the conversation. Please write the number of the name in the white box next to the student. One of them has already been done. Listen to the tape and finish1b. Bob takes the train.Mary takes the subway.Paul walks.Yang Lan walks.John takes the bus.Lead the students repeat the recording and learn the target language.Vehicles: bike, bus, train, subway (underground), plane, boat, ship, taxiUse vehicles: Prepositional phrases-by bike, by bus, by train, by subway, by plane Verb phrases- ride the bike, take the bus, take the train, take the subway, take the plane, take the taxi(“a” can instead “the”) - ride/walk/drive/fly to somewhereIf you dont use vehicles you can say “on foot (prepositional phrase)”or “walk”Teach:How do you get to school ?- I walk to school. I get to school on foot. How does he get to school? - He gets to school by bus. He takes the bus to school. How does Bob go to school? - He goes to school by bike. He rides the bike to school.Step 5 .Pairwork.Ask two students to read the dialogue in the box to the class.A: How does Bob get to school?B: He takes the train.Now work with a partner. Make your own conversations about how the people in the picture get to school.Then ask students to work in pairs. Ask and answer how students get to school in the picture. (Present their conversations to the class.)As they talk , move around the room, offering language or pronunciation support as needed.Step 6 .Summary This class weve learnt some key vocabulary and the target language. How do you(does he)get to school?Step 7. HomeworkI.词汇1.My home is near. I_ (步行)to school.2.Li Lei _ the subway (乘地铁)to school every day.3.His father often goes to Shanghai _ (坐飞机).4.If you dont want to be late, youd better _(打的).5._ _ (骑自行车)to work is good for our health, I thin