1、Unit 3 Welcome to Sunshine Town! Comic strip and Welcome to the unitI. Teaching aims and learning objectivesBy the end of the lesson, students should be able to:1. learn about some tips on being a good host;2. talk about things to do in their hometowns.II. Teaching contents1. New words and phrases:
2、mine, nothing, yuan, tin, pizza, exchange students, an old friend of mine, wait a minute2. New structures: Theres nothing in the fridge.Is it enough for a tin of dog food?Maybe we can order a pizza.Id like to take the boys to our schools football field.Shall we invite them to have dinner with us?III
3、. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficultyTalk about what people can do in students hometowns.IV. Teaching proceduresComic stripStep 1 Lead-inWatch and answerT: Hello, everyone, today we are going to learn Comic strip & Welcome to the unit of Unit 3. First, whod like to say something abo
4、ut your hometown? Step 2 Presentation 1. Listen and answerT: Listen to the conversation between Eddie and Hobo and answer the questions below.(1) Is there anything left in the fridge? (2) How much money do they have? (3) What does Eddie want to do with the money?【设计意图：通过听对话回答问题，训练学生从对话内容大意到细节的把握。 】2
5、. Act the dialogue out【设计意图：通过表演有趣的漫画，让学生在表演中运用英语，不仅提升了课堂的乐趣，并且训练了学生的语言运用能力。 】3. Complete the passage 【设计意图：让学生完成由对话改编成的小短文，不仅可以检测学生对对话的内容掌握的情况，也可以检测他们的信息转换能力。 】4. How to be a good hostT: Do you think Eddie is a good host? Why or why not? Do you know how to treat a friend? Here are some useful tips
6、for you to treat your friends properly. Tips: (1) Decide who to _.(2) Issue _.(3) _ early.(4) Get guests _ and introduction to others.(5) _ for disharmony (不协调) or awkward silence.(6) Just _. 【设计意图：将话题引至招待朋友，对学生的实际生活进行引领，并为接下来的学习内容做好铺垫和过渡。 】Welcome to the unitStep1 Lead-in T: OK, keep these tips in
7、mind, which are quite helpful when you treat your friends next time. But I think to treat friends well, the most important thing is to know what they like and dislike and to make them feel at home.Step 2 Presentation 1. Exchange students from the UKT: A group of exchange students from the UK are com
8、ing to visit Sunshine Town. They are telling the Class1, Grade 7 students what they like doing. Lets ask and answer in pairs.A: What does she/he like/enjoy/love doing?B: He/she likes/enjoys/loves .【设计意图：将书中简单的句子以让学生一问一答的形式变成简短的对话，提高了课堂发言参与度，也练习了 like、enjoy、love 等词的用法。 】2. Suggested activitiesT: The
9、exchange students like doing different things. The Class 1, Grade 7 students are suggesting activities for them. Listen to the tape and find out their suggestions.(1) take her to the cinema(2) take her to the shopping mall(3) take the boys to our schools football field(4) invite him to have dinner w
10、ith us3. Use these phrases to fill in the blank(1) Lets take her to the cinema.(2) Why dont we take her to the shopping mall?(3) What about taking the boys to our schools football field?(4) Shall we invite him to have dinner with us?【设计意图：将此处答案的呈现方式与不同的建议方式表达相结合，为接下来建议方式的总结作铺垫。 】4. Ways to give advi
11、ceT: Discuss with your partners to find other ways of giving suggestions.Step 3 Practice1. My hometownSunshine Town is really a good place. What about our hometown? How much do you know about our hometownWuxi. Please fill in the blanks. Try your best. 2. Things to do in WuxiT: We can visit Xihui Par
12、k in Wuxi. What else can we do in Wuxi? Lets have a discussion. 4. Welcome to WuxiT: Suppose you have a friend called Linda. Write an email to invite her to Wuxi. Please introduce your hometown in the following four aspects to her. (1) a modern town(2) shopping in Wuxi(3) eating in Wuxi(4) fun places in Wuxi5. Complete the passage【设计意图：从虚拟的阳光镇过渡到学生们自己的家乡，联系生活实际，拉近了与学生的距离，使英语学习生活化，使学生切身体会到学有所用。 】V. Homework1. Read and recite Comic strip and Part B.2. Collect more information about Wuxi. 3. Preview Reading.
