Unit 1 Where did you go on vacation?
Period 1 Section A（1a-2c）

Teaching aims
learn the important words、expressions and target language.
main words and expressions:visited museum,New York City,someone,anyone,stay at home,went to the mountains.
target language:---where did you go on vacation? ----i went to new york city.
talk about things that happened in the past freely.
learn to catch the main imformation while listening.

Importance and difficulties
use the simple past term to talk about activitieshe.
use the past form correctly.

Preparation before class
know students’ summer vacations in advance.
prepare tapes、PPT

Teaching method: task-based teaching method、situational teaching method、cooperative method.

Teaching steps:

Step1:Lead in
Teacher share her summer vacation and show some pictures to them to arouse their interests .and then ask some of students about where did they go on vacation.
T: ....i went to tuolong gorge in pingjiang on vacation,it was exciting and dangerous.how about you? where did you go on vacation?
S1:I went to yueyang
S2:Iwent to Beijing.
S3:I stayed at home .

Step2:Presentation
focus their attention on the form of verbs,using the flash cards on the computer.
went to the beach went to new york city visited museums
stayed at home and watched TV went to summer camp visited my uncle
went to the mountains.
practice the sentences:
---Where did you go on vacation?
---I went to the beach .
---I went to New York City.
..............
Step3:Games
1,divide the whole class into two groups and play the game named “quick memory”.
revise the activities and past form of verbs above.
2,play a chain game to practice the main sentences:where did you go on vacation?
I........ask some rows to act out.

Step4:Work on 1a
finish 1a by themselves and check the answers.

Step5:Listening (work on 1b)
ask students to read the five names in the box.
look at the pictures to get some information.
ask students to listen and number the people in the picture.tell them to pay attention to the names,and get the main information.

Step6:Report
everyone asks three or more classmates about where did they go on vacation,and write it down,then report to the whole class. when one student is reporting ,others should listen carefully and answer and repeat where they went on vacation.

Step7:Work on 2a&2b
1.Teacher share her experience in beijing and lead the main expressions that will appeared in the following listening material.
T:I went to xiangshan park in beijing a couple of years ago,and i went with someone .i went with my friend.so,did i went with anyone?
S：Yes,you did .
T:I also do something interesting ,i tied a red ribbon to the wishing tree,so did i do anything interesting?
S:Yes, you did.
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Let them realise the meaning of someone 、anyone、something interesting、anything interesting and something special 、anything special.
2.Listen for more information and finish 2a&2b

Step8:Pair-work(work on 2c)
make conversation between grace,kevin and julie according to the listening material or make their own coversations .
act out the conversations.

Step9:Exercises
Do some exercises on the ppt.

Step10:Homework.