Book 1 Unit 6 Do you like bananas?
Section B (2a-2c)
I. Teaching Aims
a. Knowledge Objects
(1) Function: talk about likes and dislikes;
(2) Key Vocabulary: star, eat, well, habit, really, healthy, question, want, be, fat
(3) Target Language: What do you like for breakfast?
I like chicken for dinner.
I don’t want to be fat.
b. Ability Objects:
To improve students’ listening and speaking skills;
To improve students’ reading and writing skills;
To improve students’ communicative and cooperative competence.
c. Moral Objects:
To keep healthy, we need to eat more fruit and vegetables and do sports every day.
II. Teaching Key Points
Key vocabulary and target language in this period
III. Teaching Difficult Points
Reading comprehension exercise;
Role-play
IV. Teaching Methods
Listening and speaking method;
Reading and writing method;
Communicative approach
V. Teaching Aids
A computer for multimedia use; Some pictures about food
VI. Teaching Procedures
Step 1. Greet the class and daily English
Step 2. Lead-in
Show a picture of KFC and the food in it.
Ask students to read the food words.
Introduce to students food that is good for us is called healthy food, and that is bad for us is called unhealthy food.
Write the new words on the blackboard.
Step 3. Pre-reading Activities
Show a picture of Cindy and let students guess what she does.--- A volleyball star.
Have student guess whether she is healthy or not. Why and why not?
Focus attention on the title and let students make some other guesses:
1. What fruit does she like?
2. Does she like hamburgers?
3. Does she often eat ice-cream?
Step 4. Reading Activities
Play the recording as students read the article for the first time and ask them to circle the food words;
Check the answers;
Ask students to read the article again by themselves, and try to find out what Cindy likes and doesn’t like, then fill in the chart;
Ask someone to share the answers and check the answers.
Step 5. Post-reading Activities
Ask students to fill in the blanks according to the article;
Ask some students to read the sentences and check the answers.
Step 6. Pair Work
Have students work in pairs and talk about what they like for three meals.
Invite some pairs to come to the front and role-play their conversation.
Step 7. Summary
How can we keep healthy? – Eat more fruit and vegetables
Drink enough water.
Take exercise every day.
Sleep well.
Step 8. Homework
Interview your parents or your best friend what they always have for three meals and write a short passage about their eating habits.
VII. Blackboard Design
Unit 6 Do you like bananas?
Section B (2a—2c)
Key Vocabulary: star, eat, well, habit, really, healthy, question, want, be, fat
Target Language: What do you like for breakfast?
I like chicken for dinner.
I don’t want to be fat.
VIII. Reflection
本节课为阅读课，通过读前、读中、读后等系列活动，将一日三餐及健康饮食等日常话题引入到目标语言的操练中来，学生有话可说，课堂气氛较活跃。