7A Module 1 Relationships
Unit 1 Relatives in Beijing
Period 1 (课时1）
Teaching Objectives（教学目标）:
The students are expected to be able to
1.review what they have learned about relationships.
2. Talk about the preparations before a family trip
3. learn the two dialogues on Page 2
Teaching Focus:
1. Talking about the relationships in a family
2. Asking the proper questions about how to make a trip.
Teaching Procedures:
1.Warming up
Guess the words:
1. Very old, having existed for a long time (ancient)
2. A thin book giving information or advertising something(brochure)
3. A person who usually work for an agency or a business (agent)
4. A hard block of baked clay used for building walls, houses, etc. (brick)
5. Move or lift something to a higher position, place or level (raise)
6. Related to a whole nation (national)
2. Pre-listening
A: Q1: What’s the topic of the first unit this term?----relationship
Q2: There is a very special tree that can tells us people’s relationships. What is it?
----family tree
Q3: What’s the relationship between you and your father’s elderly brother?
--- nephew and uncle
Q4: What’s the relationship between you and your aunt’s daughter?
--- cousins
Q5: What’s the relationship between you and your mother’s sister’s husband?
---nephew and uncle
Q6: What’s the relationship between your daughter and your brother?
---niece and uncle
Q7: What’s the relationship between your son and your brother’s daughter?
---cousins.
We have two ways to call the people in the family tree: family members and relatives
Relatives: people related to each other by blood or by marriage
B: Do you have relatives who live in another city or countries?
Brainstorming: Suppose you have a relative in Beijing, your family are planning a trip there. What will you consider before you take a trip? (Try to ask questions about your family trip)
1. How will we travel to Beijing? (means of transport)
2. How long/How many days will we stay there? (length of holidays)
3. How much will we spend? (costs)
4. Which place of interest/tourist attraction are we going to visit there?
5. If we travel by air, how long will it take to travel from Shanghai to Beijing?
6. If we travel by high-speed train, how long will it take us to travel from Shanghai to Beijing? *Try to make use of the questions to make a dialogue with your deskmate about planning a trip to Beijing.
3. While-listening
A: Listen to “Listen and say” twice with your textbooks closed and answer questions.
Q1: Who is the letter from? ----Ben's uncle, Weiming.
Q2: Has Ben seen his cousins before? ---No, he hasn't.
Who are they? How old are they? --- Two. Lucy is ten. Simon is twelve.
Q3: What does Ben's Uncle want Ben's family to do in August?
He has invited his family to stay with them in August.
Q4: In the end, how do they decide to travel to Beijing? Why?
-- By train. Because it's cheaper and interesting.
Q5: Why don't they choose to travel by air? -- Because plane tickets are very expensive.
Q6: What is Ben going to do after the talk with his father? --To get some brochures from the travel agent.
B: Ask the Ss to read the dialogue.
4. Language study
1. relative n. relationship n.
What’s the relationship between France and Germany?
A be related to B
English is closely related to Germany.
2. plan v. planned planning
1) plan sth. plan a trip to Beijing
2) plan to do sth. plan to travel to Beijing
n. 1) make a plan for the coming holiday/our trip to Beijing
2) the floor plan of the building
(When you arrive at the hotel in Beijing, what should you do first?
You should find and read the floor plan to look for the fire exit.)
3. trip n. take / have / make / go on a trip to sp.
I want to book a round-trip ticket to Beijing. ( cf. one-way ticket)
This summer, some of our students made a school trip to Australia.
a business trip a plane/train/boat trip
journey n. Wish you a pleasant journey!
tour n. tourist tourism
make a tour around the world
Tailand is famous for its tourism.
travel v. traveler n. travel to ….
n. travel plan/travel agency/travel brochures
4. invite v. (an) invitation n. inviter -- receiver
receive an invitation from sb.
* invent invention inventor
1) invite sb. to sp. invite him to the party
2) invite sb. to do sth. invite Ben to stay with his uncle's family
5. talk vi. talk to / with sb. talk about sb./ sth. cf. say, speak , tell
n. have a talk with sb. = have a word with sb.
give a talk on Chinese history / a talkative person
6. expensive adj. inexpensive (ant.) expense n.
travel expenses/living expenses/medical expenses (high/low)
******************************************************************************* Period 2 (课时2）
Teaching Objectives（教学目标）:
The students are expected to be able to
1.review what they have learned on Page
2.
2. express preferences
3. ask questions to find out the length of a period of time.
Teaching Focus:
1. Practising the sentence patterns: It takes...to do sth./ Sb. spend .....(in) doing sth./Sth. cost .. Teaching Procedures:
I. Review.
1. Ask the Ss to read the dialogue on Page
2.
2. Retell the dialogue according to the key words in five or six sentences:
a letter/ invite/ photo/ cousins/ by air/by train/ brochure
II. Learn the key words on Page 2.
III. Check the homework ( make sentences with spend/take/cost)
1. It takes/took sb....to do sth.
2. Sb. spend time (in) doing sth.
3. Sb. spend money on sth.
4. Sth. cost sb. money
IV. Say and Act: At the travel agent's
1. Q: What are Ben and his father going to do after they talk about their travel plan?
Turn to page 3 and find out what is happening at the travel agent's?
*agent : at the travel agent's= at the travel agency
CIA( Central Intelligence Agency)
V. Homework: Preview Page 4 and finish the letter on P4 and the letter on WB P4
Teaching Objectives（教学目标）:
The students are expected to be able to
1.review what they have learned on Page 3.
2. use How- questions to find out length of time in the future tense.
3. use adjectives to make comparisons.
Teaching Focus:
1. Practising the sentence patterns: How long are we going to...?
Teaching Procedures:
I. Listen and Say (Page 4)
1. Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions.
1) Which place are they going to pay a visit to? ---Beijing
2) When are they going to visit Beijing? ---On 16 August.
3) How long are they going to stay there? --- For two weeks.
4) When are they going to return? ---At the end of August.
5) How are they going to travel there? ---By plane.
6) Why aren't they going to take the train there? ---The train is slower than the plane.
7) How many hours does it take to travel by train from Garden City to Beijing? ---15 hours.
2. Turn to Page 4 and read the dialogue.
II. Word Study
1. How long
现在完成时：How long have you studied here?
一般过去时：How long did he stay in Beijing last year?
一般将来时：How long will you stay in Beijing? ---For two weeks.
易错题：How soon will you go to Beijing? ---In two weeks.
How long have you kept this book?
How long has he been dead?
2. at the end of the road …/ summer at the beginning of our talk
in the end, = at last, finally,
by the end of...
* At the end of this year, we will travel to France.
By the end of this year, we will have learned 500 new words.
By the end of last year, we had learned 500 new words.
3. during one's stay in...
When Ben stayed in Beijing, he visited many places of interest.
=During Ben's stay in Beijing, ......
III. Check the answers in Read and Write and WB P4
1. Introduce the letter format.
2. Introduce how to write a reply letter.
1) Greetings (beginning/end) 2) Express your thanks
3) Tell your travel time
( arrival time, length of your stay, means of transportation, brief reasons)
Teaching Objectives（教学目标）:
The students are expected to be able to
1.review what they have learned on Page 4.
2. use proper nouns or adverbs to show position.
3. learn the passage on Page 5.
Teaching Focus:
1. The usage of preposition: with
Teaching Procedures:
I. Revision.
1. Practise the dialogues on PPT (P4).
2. Complete the summary of the dialogues on P2-4.
II. Reading: Welcome to Beijing (P5)
1. Turn to Page 5 and read the passage.
2. Ask the Ss to read the passage carefully and try to ask questions about each part.
(Every group is responsible for one paragraph.)
3. Read the passage again and finish the exercise on WB P6--a summary.
III. Word Study
1. sp. lie / be located / be in the north-west of / in the center of
on the north of /
to the north of / north of
Ex. 1) 浙江在上海南部。Zhejiang is located on the south of Shanghai.
2) Dunkirk在英国南部。Dunkirk lies to the south of Britain.
Dunkirk is south of Britain.
2. see sb. doing sth.
see swans swimming on the lake
see soldiers raising the national flag in the square
cf. see/watch/ notice/ observe /hear sb. do
I often hear the baby cry.
3. with prep. A with B
a lady with long hair
an ancient country with a long history
a long wall with towers on it
build the Great Wall with bricks and stones
a place with many ancient buildings
4. hold vt. ( held, held)
1) hold more than one million people
How much water can the cup hold?
2) hold a gun / a baby in one’s arms / the raincoat tightly
3) China held the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai.
The 2010 World Expo was held/ took place in Shanghai.
5. raise vt. raised
1) raise one’s hand/ one’s voice / prices / a question for discussion
the flag-raising ceremony
2) raise money for the charity
3) raise a large crowd of sheep / a family of 6
cf. rise vi.( rose, risen)
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
rise early in the morning / rise high into the sky /rise to one’s feet
The flag rose slowly in the gentle wind.
cf. We raise the flag in the playground daily.
The stream rose by 2 feet after the storm.
6. national nation n. international adj. internationally
interpersonal relationships Intercontinental Hotels Groups
interview Internet
7. history an ancient country with a long history of 5000 years
adj. historic a historic event/moment/meeting
historical places of historical interest a historical novel historian n.
************************************************************************* Period 5 (课时5）
Teaching Objectives（教学目标）:
The students are expected to be able to
1.review what they have learned on Page 5.
2. learn the letter format and formulaic expressions to begin and end a letter.
3. learn and practice the dialogue on Page 6.
Teaching Focus:
1. Writing the letter in the proper format.
Teaching Procedures:
I. Writing" Lucy's holiday plan".(Page7)
Listen to the tape and answer the questions.
1. Who is the letter written to?
2. What does Kitty think of the trip to Beijing?
3. What are the places in the photos?
4. What does Kitty invite Lucy to do?
II. Introduce how to write a letter.
1. Introduce the letter format.
2. Introduce how to write a reply letter.
1) Greetings (beginning/end)
2) Express your thanks
3) Tell your travel time
( arrival time, length of your stay, means of transportation, brief reasons)
3. Check the answers in Read and Write and WB P4
III. Word Study
1. holiday I'm on holiday.
I go on holiday in Beijing.
I have a holiday in Beijing.
I go to Beijing for holiday.
summer holidays/one's holidays
2. another pron.
Can you show me another pair of jeans?
We still have another three problems to solve.
one…. the other….
one …., another…., the third
some… some, others
o ne…, the others …
3. wonderful wonderfully adv.
wonder n. seven wonders( miracles)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
no wonder
v. (want to know)
I wonder what we should do next.
4. at the Summer Palace/ at the Palace Museum / at the Great Wall / at Tian’anmen Square
5. interesting adj. Simon and Lucy took Ben and Kitty to some interesting places in Beijing.
What an interesting question you have raised!
interest n.They are planning to visit places of interest in Beijing.
have an interest in / show no interest in ….
interested adj. What makes you so interested?
be interested in sth.
interest v.What interests you so much?
IV. Look and Read. (Page 5)
1. Read the dialogue.
2. Pair work: make up a dialogue.
Revision:
1. 昨天他花了五十元买了本小说。(cost/pay/spend)
2. 昨天他花了多少钱买这本小说？
3. 昨天他花了俩小时做旅行计划。（take/spend）
4. 昨天他花了多久做旅行计划？
5. 他们一家打算在北京呆多久？