Big English Book3 Unit2

Lesson 1 Teaching Plan

Theme:community

Content objective(s):

Students will acquire information about what are different kinds of workplaces like in our community and related occupations.

Language objective(s):

Students will learn to talk about occupations and workplaces.

21st century skills:

Social Skills Media Literacy

Vocabulary: Occupations: Workplaces: cashier(收银员),chef(厨师),farmer(农民), firefighter(消防员), mail carrier(邮递员),nurse(护士),police officer(警察),scientist(科学家),teacher(教师),waiter(服务员). hospital(医院),farm(农场),fire station(消防站),laboratory(实验室),police station(警局),restaurant(餐馆)，school(学校),store(商店) Background information for the teacher: The Grateful Mouse

A lion was sleeping in the field. Suddenly, something fell on the lion's body. \"who dares to wake me up from my sleep?\"

The lion jumped up and looked around. However, there was only a small mouse trembling. The lion held the mouse with his paw.

\"You little mouse, you dare to wake me. I'll swallow you up.\"

The mouse trembled and said,\"Mr.lion, please forgive me . I slipped......\" \"quiet!\"

\"If you spare me ,l'll repay you. The lion was surprised. \"ha, ha,ha,how will a little mouse like you repay me?\" \"I meant it, I'll repay you.\"

\"ha, ha, ha, what a funny fellow. Fine, I'll forgive you.But,don't talk about repaying me,or l'll eat you up.\"

The lion was so amazed at what the mouse said,he let the mouse go.

One day, a large cry was heard in the woods. The lion was caught in a hunter's net. \"oh, I'm going to die now. I can't believe I'm going to die like this. \"

The mouse appeared in front of the lion. The mouse began gnawing at the net. The net broke and the lion was free. \"Are you alright,Mr.lion?\" \"Hey,you are that mouse.\"

\"I told you, I would definitely repay you. You should not look down on me because I am small. The lion shamefully hung his head.

The story implies that we should appreciate what we’ve got in our life no matter how ordinary they are.Have students learn that each profession has its value and we should appreciate their hard work ,which can build trust and good feelings among members of the community.

Teaching Procedure

Part 1: Engage Time Length: Materials needed: Printed charts,video Family Connection (1) Have students tell their families that they are learning about occupations and workplaces. (2) Encourage students to interview family members,relatives,and friends about what they do and where they work. (3) Suggest that students collect information in a three-column chart with these lables:name,job,workplace. (4) Through out the unit,allow students to revisit their charts and report back to the class about what occupations and workplaces they have added. (5) Record with video when students report the information they’ve collected.And play the video to their parents at the end of the semester. To make students learn how to express one’s occupations and workplace. To practice student’s ability of information reporting and expressing. A map of your community,unit posters Workers and workplace (1) Point out the location of your school and say:”this is where we go to school.”point to parks and playgrounds in the map and say:”These are places where we play.There are also many places where people in our community work.” (2) Ask volunteers to point to places where people work.Name the places students point to. (3) Have students act out playing.Then have them act out working.Have them look at the Unit Poster for ideas of different kinds of work they can act out. (4) Tell students to show different kinds of work and play each time you say work or play.Say:Work.Stop.Play.Work.Stop.Work.Stop.Continue in this way. To lead students’ thinking to the theme of the lesson. 10 minutes Audio TrackA13,TrackB49,video Pictures of occupations and workplaces mentioned in the song. Unit poster Sing a song;performance Activity: (1) Read the directions aloud.Play Audio Track A13 and have students listen and read the song lyrics silently.Play the audio again and invite students to sing along with you. 10 minutes Activity 1: Activity Goal: Materials needed: Activity 2: Activity Goal: Time Length: Materials needed: Part 2: Explore& Explain (2) Have students point to the workers mentioned in the song.Ask :Which part of the song names different workers?(the second verse)Which part of the song names places where people work?(the third verse). (3) Replay the audio.Pause after each verse and use simple language and gestures to explain unfamiliar words. (4) Have students practice the song using the karaoke version(TrackB49). (5) Have students refer to the Unit Poster for additional support. (6)Invite students to sing the song in front of the class using karaoke version.And record their performance for use during another class,as a fun way to review the song. 21st Social Skills: Explain that the contributions the workers make. Have students learn to express their appreciation to the workers in your community. Have students tell workers that you appreciate their hard work helps to build trust and good feelings among members of the community. ASK: What does the end of the song say you should do? Why is it important to do this? 15 minutes Audio Track A14 Pictures of different workers. Practice of the name of occupations&concentration (1) Read the directions aloud.Tell students they will find the name of each worker on Page 14 or 15. (2) Listen to Audio A14.Have students point to each picture and repeat the word. (3) Help students say worker names with complexing spellings or unusual pronunciations,including cashier,chef and scientist.Break longer words,such as firefighter,into syllables Advanced Practice: The word-building of many workers.” Activity Goal: Part 3: Elaborate Time Length: Materials needed: Activity: Activity Goal: Part 4: Evaluate Time Length: Materials needed: Audio Track A15,16 Picture Cards Completing sentences Role play Active Teach (1)Divide students into several groups,each group has at least 2 students. (2)Read the directions aloud. Play Audio Track A15and have students listen and write the name of a worker to complete each sentence.Then play the audio again,pausing 10 minutes To practice student’s ability to talk about occupations and workplace. To acquire the knowledge of word-building for occupation words. Activity: between sentences so that students can repeat each one. (3)Have partners check each other’s answers. For students who are having difficulty learning worker names,point to the photo of each worker on the Unit Poster for each item. Point out that some workers work in more than one place. (4)Scenario Role play: Play Audio TrackA16. Have students repeat the dialogue. Tell students one partner should take the role of a first grade student in a new elementary school and the other one should be his partner’s new friend.They ask each others questions about their parents and relatives’profession.Use Picture Cards to help them think of questions. (5)Extensive practice:Active Teach Unit2Game1 Activity Goal: Students Assessment To practice students the ability to talk about workers and their workplace. To practice the communication skills and expression The teacher should record the role play or mark down the scores of each student in the final presentation part so we can evaluate students’ performance in a long run.