Name of 27 school Candidate June 14, 2016 name: Lesson 45 minutes Level Grade Eight length: Information about the class There are 46 students in Class 1,Grade Eight. Most of them are not good at speaking and listening. Basically they have a weak level and only a few of them have a strong motivation to learn English well. Some usually keep quiet during activities. Lesson aim(s) 1. Learners will be able to master new vocabulary words “the Terracotta Army, the Bird’s Nest.the Great Wall,the Palace Museum” and consolidate the pattern “Have you +v.PP…?” 2. Learners will be able to improve listening,speaking skills and develop fluency. Rationale Learners have already learned the Present Perfect Tense in Unit 8 and Unit 9 section A in the course book. The next stage is going to learn Unit 9 section B and consolidate the Present Perfect Tense further. Language analysis (for lessons which include teaching vocabulary and grammar) Form Meaning Pronunciation CELT-S lesson plan Experimental Middle Candidate School number Winnie Lin Date Present Perfect Tense have(has)+past participle Focus on general questions： Have you been to the Great Wall? Have you been to the Bird’s Nest? Have you visited the Palace Museum? Have you seen the Terracotta Army ? Have you tried Beijing Duck? The present perfect tense shows a connection between the past and the present.It may be used to communicate experiences,changes,or continuing situations. General questions with the present perfect tense in this period are usually used to communicate experiences. answer: Yes, I have./ No, I haven’t. Past participle: Regular Verbs: 1. try-tried 2. visit-visited 3. finish-finished Irregular Verbs: see-seen be-been Regular Verbs: 1.After voiced consonant [d][g][v][z][r][m][n] and vowel sound [d] e.g.tried [ ˈ traɪd ] 2. After unvoiced consonant [p][t][k][f][s][h]+ ed sound [ t ], e.g. finished [ ˈfɪnɪʃt ] ; 3. After [t] [d] sound [id] e.g.visited ['vizitid] Irregular Verbs: seen [si:n] been [bi:n] Have you been to the Great Wall? [həv] Yes, I have. [ hæv ] No, I haven’t. [ ˈhævnt ] Materials (referenced) 1. PPT 2. The meterials of the board game(a copy of the board game for each group,a counter for each player,a dice for each group) 3. Students’ worksheet 4. Audio, the course book Assumptions 1. Learners may show interest in the stage-lead in.( more pictures about Beijing and Xi’an which are not in the course book.) 2. Learners will be interested in the board game. 3. Some learners have problem pronouncing “the Terracotta Army”. 4. During the survey,it’s difficult for learners to talk about the view spots they have visited in English. 5. It’s difficult for weaker learners to do the writing well. Anticipated difficulties 1.Some learners have problem pronouncing “the Terracotta Army”. 2.During the survey,it’s difficult for learners to talk about the view spots they have visited in English. 3.It’s difficult for weaker learners to do the writing well. Board Plan Solutions Teach the sound by phonetic alphabet and read after the teacher. Give learners more view spots with pictures of other places below the survey form. Provide two different worksheets of different levels.Weaker learners could choose the easier one to finish. It can encourage their confidence. Unit 9 Have you ever been to a museum ? Section B the Terracotta Army [ ˌterəˈkɒtə ] the Bird’s Nest [ nest ] the Great Wall the Palace Museum have +v.PP… Have you visited ... ? ['vizitid] Have you been to…？[bi:n] Have you seen …？ [si:n] Have you tried …？ [ˈ traɪd] Stage Stage aim Procedure 1.Share the photos of the teacher about a trip to Bejing last Summer vocation. T: Nice to see you ! The summer vocation is coming soon.Are you happy? T: Do you want to visit Beijing? Have you ever been to Beijing.(Here the teacher notices who has been there,in order to ask her/him more questions later.) T: I went to Beijing with my friends last Summer vocation.We have visited the Great Wall. Have you visited the Great Wall? (T nominates a student who has been to Beijing) T: We have visited the Palace Museum.It is great.Have you visited the Palace Museum? (T nominates a student who has been to Beijing) We have seen the Bird’s Nest. Who has seen the Bird’s Nest? Inter-action Time To set context and get learners’ Lead-in attention and build interest in the topic. T: Have you vistied the Water Cube? It is nice. T: We have tried the Beijing Duck? Have you tried it? …. 2.Share other photos of teacher’s friend about a trip to Xi’an last Summer vacation. T: We had a good time in Bejing last summer vocation. But one of my friend Tom didn’t want to join us. Why? Because there were all women in our group..So he went to visit Xi’an with his family. Have you been to Xi’an? Have you seen the Terracotta T-S 5 mins Army? … Tom bought me a gift from the Terracotta Army.Look!(Show out the gift to interest students) … 1.Show out pictures again and teach the new vocabulary words To help learners to get familiar T-S pre-teach vocabulary with the listening materials and enlarge learners’ vocabulary . (Here T will emphasize the four new vocabulary words in the course book.) the Great Wall , the Bird’s Nest , the Palace Museum, the Terracotta Army Feedback: T nominate some learners to check the pronunciation. 5mins 2.According to the pictures and fill in the blank. (Here T adapts 1a in the course book.) 1. The 29 Olympics took place in ___________. 2. _________________ is about 5,5oo miles long and it’s symbol of China. 3. ___________________ is one of the world’s biggest palaces and we can see many old things there. 4. The Emperor Qin asked his men to make ___________________ and many people believe there are a lot of treasures there. T: You can discuss in pairs for one minute. Feedback: T nominates students to answer. T checks answer for the whole class on PPT. th S-S WCF Board game To practice the present perfect tense with the new word and develop fluency Listening for gist To help learners to get a general idea of the listening material. Listening for details To help learners to understand most of the listening material. Let stuents play a board game. T: Let’s play a board game.Would you like to play a game? Here are the rules.Listen. Rules: 1.Four in group. 2.You can start with any number,don’t have to start with No.6. 3. If you roll No.6, you will have one more chance. Group 4. You have to use the present perfect tense.One asks “Have you been../Have you 7mins work visited../…?” The next one answers “Yes,I have. /No,I haven’t. Takes turns in a circle. 5. When you reach Finish,please say “Bingo”,you will get a nice present. ICQ: 1. Do you have to start with No 6? 2.Do you have to use the present perfect tense? Feedback: T moves around and monitors. T will come to the weaker learners and encourage them to participate. Listen and check the questions they hear. T: Listen to a student interviewing a foreign student Peter.Check the questions you S 3 hear. mins Feedback: T nominates one student to answer. T checks answer for the whole class WCF on PPT. 1.Listen again and take notes. S T: Listen again and take notes. 8mins Feedback: T ask Ss peer-correct then T shows the answers for the whole class on S-S PPT.) WCF 2. Ss complete sentense in a gap-fill activity. Listen for the third time and fill in the blank.( (Additional materials,not on the textbook, It is written on the students’ worksheet) Peter_____ ______in China for _____ ______. And he is going back to Australia ________. In China, he ______ ____many places of interest, such as the Palace Museum , it was ________ and there were so many _______ ________. He has ____ ____ _____the Great Wall , he loved it but there were _____ ______ _________ . He ______ also ______ to the Bird’s Nest. Outside of Beijing , he ____to see the ______ _______ , it was __________ . He ______ ______ Chinese food, he loves ______ ______, it’s so delicious. Feedback: T asks students to peer-correct and then nominate Ss to answer. T asks students to find out the new words and the sentenses with the present perfect Tense in the article.(This part what they have learned in this lesson again) 1.Do a survey Ask Ss to move around to do a survey and take notes.They have five minutes. Name: Have you been to ? Shanghai How many times have you been there? When? How did you go there? Xi’an Sichuan Singapore …. Free practice To get students to practice speaking using the present perfect Tense and develop fluency. Who did you go with? How long did you stay there? Have you visited …?/What did you see there? Have you tried …?(Food) T-S S-S WCF 15mins Review To review the lesson T asks one stronger learners to give an example to the whole class. T moves around to help weaker learners. 2.Write a short passage T provides two different worksheets of different levels.Learns can choose their appropriate one.While learners write,the teacher monitors and corrects errors if necessary. 3. Report Feedback: T nominates two different learners to give a report. After learners report,T corrects errors if necessary. T asks two different learners what they learned today. Reviews lesson aim. T sets homework. T-S 2mins Writing task:
For Weaker Learners My friend_____ has been_______________________________________________________________. She/He _________ there by ________in_______. She/He went there with her _______. She/He stayed ___________for _____________. She/He_____________________________________________________. They were fantastic. She/He________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________. It was very delicious. She/He enjoyed her trip. She/He had a good time. has been to…/has visited…/has seen…/has tried…. went to ……/ stayed in …./It was…/They were… For Stronger Learners My friend___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.She/He had a good time. has been to…/has visited…/has seen…/has tried…. went to ……/ stayed in …./It was…/They were…
