Unit 8 Where did you go on vacation?

Part 1: Teaching Design (第一部分：教学设计)

Teaching goals             

●     Learn some new place names

●     Learn some description words

●     Learn the past tense of some verbs studied

●     Go on learning to talk about past events.

Section A

Teaching goals

●     Master the new words: awful, unfriendly, fantastic, rainy, exam, central, guide, museum, summer camp

●     Learn to ask and answer: Where did Tina go on vacation?

                        She went to the mountains.

                        Where did they go on vacation?

                        They went to the New York City.

                        Did you / he / she / they go to Central Park?

                        Yes, I / he / she / they did.

                        No, I / he / she / they didn’t.

Teaching procedures

Step 1: Warming up

   Activity 1

1.       Teacher lists some verbs on the blackboard.

visit, go, stay, have, do, practice, am, are

2.       Ask students to change the words into the past forms together.

visited, went, studied, had, did, practiced,

              Read the past forms loud.

   Activity 2

            Go on asking what you / he / she/ did last weekend using the verbs they learned. Focus their attention on the form of verbs.

Step 2: Presenting

1.       Let students say out the verbs learnt before and teacher can help them say as many as possible.

2.       Ask students: Did you stay at home yesterday?

                     Did you stay at school last weekend?

                     Where did you go on vacation?

                     Where did your parents go on vacation?

3.       Repeat the new language points.

Step 3: Practicing

  Activity 1 

1. Students work in pairs. Ask and answer about where their parents, friends and they themselves went yesterday / last weekend / on vacation.

          Model: A: Where did you go yesterday?

                B: I stayed at home. Did you stay at home?

                A: Yes, I did. No, I didn’t. I went to the park.

                B: Where did your parents go on vacation?

                A: They went to Beijing last month.

        2.  Check some pairs.

Activity 2

1.       Point to the pictures in 1a. Let students talk about where the people went in pairs.

Model: A: Where did the old man go in Picture f?

      B: He went to the beach.

      A: Where did the kid go on vacation?

      B: They went to a park.

2.       Check some pairs.

Activity 3

1.       Point out the numbered list of activities. Ask students to repeat.

2.       Then ask students to match each phrase with one of the pictures.

3.       Check the answers: 1.e  2.b  3. d  4. c  5. a  6. f  7.g

Step 4: Listening (1b)

1.       Point to the picture. Ask students to tell what the person did in each scene.

For example: She went to the mountains.

           He went to the beach.

2.       Play the recording the first time. Students only listen.

3.       Play the recording the second time. Students listen and number the people 1—5 in the picture.

4.       Check the answers.

1.       went to the mountains

2.       visited my uncle

3.       stayed at home

4.       went to New York City

5.       went to summer camp

5.       Students work in pairs. Ask and answer about where Tina / Brad /Sally / Xiang Hua and Tom went on vacation.

Step 5: Listening. (2a, 2b)

    1. Point to the 2 people’s names and read the names to the class. Point to the 2 vacation activities and ask a student to read the activities to the class.

    2. Play the recording the first time, students only listen and match the person with the place.

    3. Check the answers. 1.c   2.a   3.b

4. Play the recording the second time. Students listen and check “Yes, I did” or “ No, I didn’t”. as they hear them talk.

    5. Check the answers.

                    Go to Central Park?   Yes, I did.

                    Play volleyball?      No, I didn’t.

                    Swim?             Yes, I did.

                    Go to the movies?     No, I didn’t.

                     Study for exams?     Yes, I did.

   6. Students work in groups and talk about the activities in the chart and other activities.

     Model: Reporter: Nancy, where did you go on vacation?

           Nancy: I went to New York City.

           R: Really? Did you go to Central Park?

           N: Yes, I did.

    Ask Kevin and Julie in the same way.

   6. Check some pairs.

Step 6: Practicing

   Activity 1

1.       Ask students to say out different kinds of weather learnt before.

rainy, snowy, sunny, windy, cloudy, hot, cold, warm, cool, humid

2.       Ask students: What’s the weather like today?

               How was the weather yesterday?

              How was the weather last Sunday?

              How was your last Sunday?

  Activity 2 (3a)

1.       Point to the example in 3a. Read it to the class.

2.       Ask students to work alone and fill in the blanks in the conversation, using “was” “were”

3.       Check the answers.

1)was  2).was   3).were   4).were  

5).was  6).was  7).were  8).were

        4. Students practice the conversation in pairs and act out.

Activity 3

1.       Point to each of the pictures and ask students to say what they see. Then read the words under each picture. Pronounce any new word and explain the meanings of them if necessary.

2.       Students work in pairs and make their own conversations about the pictures.

Model: A: How was your vacation?

      B: It was fantastic.

      A: Where did you go?

      B: I went to the mountains.

      A: How were the mountains?

     B: They were beautiful.

     A: How was the bus trip?

     B: It was relaxing.

Activity 4

       Ask students to take out their photos of vacations and show their photos to the classmates and talk about their own vacations.

       Model: I went to Xi’an on vacation last year.

             It’s a very old city. The weather was sunny. My parents and I visited the Bell Tower. The people there were friendly --