Module 2 Garden City and its neighbours
unit 3 santa claus is coming to town!1language focus:using relative clauses to describe peoplee.g. we are looking for students who are kind and patient.using pronouns to refer to peoplee.g. we are looking for someone with loves children.using modals to talk about ability.e.g. we are looking for someone who can work on computers.language skills:listening identify details that support a main idea.speaking use appropriate intonation and stress, and vary volume, tone of voice, and speed to convey intended meanings and feelingsusing gestures and facial expression to convey meaning and intentionreadinguse visual clues, context and knowledge of the world to work out the meaning of an unknown word and a complete expressionrecognize recurrent patterns in language structureskim a text to obtain a general impression and the main ideaswriting develop written text by expressing ideas and feelings.materials:student’s book 7b page 38cassette 7b and a cassette playerworkbook 7b page 21a picture of santa clauspreparation:cue the cassette. make a copy of photocopiable page 32 for each student. bring a picture of santa claus to class.pre-task preparation1. bring a picture of santa claus to class. ask the students: have you seen this man before? when did you see him? do you know who he is? encourage students to volunteer any answers they can come up with. then tell them that the man in the picture in santa claus. it is said that he will come and bring presents to children at christmas.2. play the recording: look, read and write. students listen and follow in their books.3. give students a few minutes to study the information in look, read and write. tell them that santa claus is looking for some student assistants to help him prepare for christmas. then ask: then ask: what kind of students is santa claus looking for? to elicit: santa claus is looking for students who love children/are hardworking/can work on computers/are good at drawing …etc.post-task activity1. workbook page 212. my familya. distribute a copy of photocopiable page 32 to each student. students have to complete a table and then write about what kind of people their family members are.b. students then work in pairs and tell each other what each of their family members is like.c. invite a few students to tell the class about their family members, e.g. my father is someone who is … my mother is someone who is …consolidationgrammar practice book 7b page 302language focus:using the present tense to relate past events to the present共4页，当前第1页1234Module 2 Garden City and its neighbours
e.g. people have eaten turkey at christmas since 1650.using prepositional phrases to indicate a period of timee.g. people have sent christmas cards to each other for about 150 years.using prepositions to indicate time.e.g. at christmas, on christmas dayusing proper nouns to refer to eventse.g. christmas eve, christmas day, boxing day.using adverbs to express freguencye.g. people usually spend this day with their family and friendslanguage skills:listening identify the main ideas of a new topicuse visual clues, context and knowledge of the world to work out the meaning of an unknown word and a complete expressionspeaking maintain an interaction by replyingreadingread written language in meaningful chunksuse visual clues, context and knowledge of the world to work out the meaning of an unknown work and a complete expressionrecognize the presentation of ideas through headings, paragraphing, spacing, italics, bold print and punctuationwriting develop written texts by expressing ideas and feelingsdevelop written texts by using appropriate format.conventions and language features when writing non-narrative texts. materials:student’s book 7b page 39cassette 7b and a cassette playerphotocopiable page 33paper cardpreparation:cue the cassette. make a copy of photocopiable page 33 for each student.pre-task preparation1. review the present perfect tense with the students. say: i started teaching in this school in 19xx. i have been in this school since 19xx. i have taught here for (a number) years. make sure students are clear about the different usage of the two preposition are clear about the different usage of the two prepositions: since and for.2.introduce: christmas cards, christmas carols, christmas pudding and turkey. you may introduce these new vocabulary items by using real objects, cassettes or pictures.3. play the recording: look and read. students listen and follow in their books.4. play the recording. students listen and repeat.5. ask a few students: what do you usually do on christmas eve/christmas day/boxing day? to elicit: i usually … you may share with them your own experience first as some hints to them. post-task activitymake a christmas carddistribute a large piece of paper card to each student. have students make a christmas card for their best friend. tell them t keep the card safe and send it to their best friend when christmas comes.3language focus:using the present perfect tense to relate past events to the present.共4页，当前第2页1234Module 2 Garden City and its neighbours
e.g. i’ve studied at this school for nearly six years.asking ‘how’ questions to find out the length of a period of timee.g. how long have you lived in garden city?using connectives to indicate a period of timee.g. i’ve lived here since i was born.asking ‘wh-’ questions to find out various kinds of specific information about a person.e.g. what do people usually do at frequencye.g. they usually eat ____ and _____ at christmas.language skills:listening listen for specific informationspeaking open an interaction by greeting someone in an appropriate mannermaintain an interaction by replying and asking questionsreadingre-read to establish and confirm meaningmaterials:student’s book 7b page 40workbook 7b page 22pre-task preparationlanguage learning activity(this section aims at providing students with opportunities to practise the language/vocabulary needed or become familiar with the background for the task that follows.1. divide students into pairs. tell them to read the dialogue between mr. li and kitty in read and say. give the pairs some time to prepare the role-play. walk around, offering help and guidance to the less able students.2. set the scene as a small office. invite a few pairs to come out and perform the role-play in front of the class. tell the rest of the class to listen carefully to see if they consolidationgrammar practice book 7b page 31workbook page 224language focus:using relative clauses to describe objects e.g. turkey is a popular dish which people usually eat at christmas.using nouns/noun phrases to refer to one object/more than one object/uncountable objectse.g. a goose, decorations, ice, mince pieslanguage skills:listening recognize the stress in wordsuse visual clues, context and knowledge of the world to work out the meaning of an unknown word and a complete expressionspeaking open an interaction by eliciting a responsemaintain an interaction by replyingreadinguse knowledge of what words and letters looks or sound like to work out the meaning of unknown words. use visual clues, context and knowledge of the world to work out the meaning of an unknown word and a complete expression materials:student’s book 7b page 41 and 42cassette 7b and a cassette playerpreparation:cue the cassette. pre-task preparationlanguage learning activity1. play the recording: read and match. students listen and follow in their books.2. play the recording again. students listen and repeat.共4页，当前第3页1234Module 2 Garden City and its neighbours
3. give students five minutes to study the picture cards and the sentences on pages 41 and 42 of the student’s book. then teach them the pronunciation of each word.5language focus:using relative clause to describe objectse.g. noel is a word which means christmas.using nouns/noun phrases to refer to one object/more than one object/uncountable objectse.g. crackers, a yule-loglanguage skills:readinguse visual clues, context and knowledge of the world to work out the meaning of an unknown word and a complete expressionwriting gather and share information, ideas and language by using strategies such as brainstorming, listen, questioning, and interviewingrevise and edit drafts by sharing work with teachers and classmates and responding positively to their suggestions on ideas and use of languagewrite out a piece of work by presenting writing using appropriate layout and visual support including illustrationsmaterials:student’s book 7b page 42comment sheetsconsolidationgrammar practice book 7b page 32共4页，当前第4页1234