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A letter from a pen-friend教案(精选2篇)

A letter from a pen-friend教案 篇1

  chapter 1 a letter from a pen-friend

  period five

  teaching target

  1 forms of 'be'

  2 forms of 'have' and 'have got'

  3 using short forms

  preparation

  1 workbook 8a, page 3

  2 grammar practice book 8a, pages 3, 4 & 5

  3 answer sheets for the small check-up

  4 some additional exercises

  a small check-up

  1 put in what/which/who.

  a)________ is that man's name?

  b)________ way shall we go? left or right?

  c)you can have tea or coffee. ________ do you prefer?

  d)'________ day is it today?'  'friday.'

  e)this is a nice house. ________ room is yours?

  f)________ is your favourite sport?

  g)________ is more expensive, meat or fish?

  h)________ is older, ann or george?

  i)________ kind of camera have you got?

  j)a: mary has got three cameras.

  b:________ camera does she use most?

  k)________ nationality are you?

  2 write questions with how …?

  a)are you 1 metre 70? 1.75? 1.80?

  how tall are you?

  b)is this box one kilogramme? two? three?

  c)are you 20 years old? 22? 25?

  d)did you spend ?10? ?15? ?20?

  e)do you watch tv every day? once a week? never?

  f)is it 1000 miles from paris to moscow? 1500? ?

  language (1): forms of be

  1 the verbs am/is/are are followed by:

  a noun group: mr brown is a teacher. it isn't my book. are you a student?

  an adjective: she's tall. i'm tired. are they happy? they're hungry.

  an expression of place of time: mary's at home. it's six o'clock. it's on the table.

  an expression of age: i'm sixteen. she's fourteen years old.

  present continuous tense: i'm playing. how are you feeling?

  2 the forms of be are as follows.

  i'm cold. can you close the window, please?

  •i'm 32 years old. my sister is 29.

  •my brother is very tall. he's a policeman.

  •john is afraid of dogs.

  •it's ten o'clock. you're late again.

  •ann and i are good friends.

  •your keys are on the table.

  •i'm tired but i'm not hungry.

  •tom isn't interested politics. he's interested in music.

  •jane isn't at home at the moment. she's at work.

  •those people aren't english. they're australian.

  •it's sunny today but it isn't warm.

  that's = that is     there's = there is     here's = here is

  •thank you. that's very kind of you.

  •look! there's christ.

  •'here's your key.'  'thank you.'

  •'am i late?'  'no, you're one time.'

  •'is your mother at home?'  'no, she's out.'

  •'are your parents at home?'  'no, they're out.'

  •'is it cold in your room?'  'yes, a little.'

  your shoes are nice. are they new?

  we say:

  •is she at home?/is your mother at home? (not 'is at home your mother?')

  •are they new?/are your shoes new? (not 'are new your shoes?')

  •'are you tired?'  'yes, i am.'

  •'are you hungry?'  'no, i'm not but i'm thirsty.'

  •'is your friend english?'  'yes, he is.'

  •'are these your keys?'  'yes, they are.'

  •'that's my seat.'  'no, it isn't.'

  3 where …? what …? who …? how …? why?

  •where is your mother? is she at home?

  •'what colour is your cat?'  'it's red.'

  •how are your parents? are they well?

  •'where are you from?'  “canada.'

  •'how old is joe?'  'he's 24.'

  •why are you angry?

  •'how much are these postcards?'  'fifty pence.'

  what's = what is   who's = who is   how's = how is   where's = where is

  •what's the time?

  •where's jill?

  •who's that man?

  •how's your father?

  [additional exercise]

  1 write answers to these questions. use full sentences for your answers. use short forms.

  a)how old are you?

  b)are you a teacher?

  c)where are you now?

  d)is it morning, afternoon or evening?

  e)what's the weather like - is it warm or cold?

  f)what day is it?

  2 correct these sentences according to the given picture.

  a)the big book is on the table.

  b)the shoes are on the chair.

  c)the exercise book is on the chair.

  d)the ruler and the pen are on the chair.

  e)the pencil's next to the ruler.

  f)the ball and the book are on the floor.

  •i've got blue eyes. (or i have blue eyes.)

  •tim has got two sisters. (or tim has two sister.)

  •our car has got four doors.

  •diane isn't feeling well. she's got a headache.

  •they like animals. they've got a horse, three dogs and six cats.

  2 i haven't got/have you got? etc.

  •i've got a motorbike but i haven't got a car.

  •mr and mrs harris haven't got any children.

  •it's a nice house but it hasn't got a garden.

  •'have you got a camera?'  'no, i haven't.'

  •'what have you got in your bag?'  'nothing, it's empty.'

  •'has ann got a car?'  'yes, she has.'

  •what kind of car has she got?

  3 i don't have/do you have? etc.

  in negatives and questions you can also use do/does …:

  •they don't have any children. (= they haven't got any children)

  •its' a nice house but it doesn't have a garden. (= it hasn't got a garden.)

  •does ann have a car? (= has ann got a car?)

  •how much money do you have? (= how much money have you got?)

  short forms

  1 in spoken english we usually pronounce 'i am' as one word. the short form (i'm) is a way of writing this:

  3 we use short forms with i/you/he/she etc. but you can use short forms (especially 's) with other words too.

  who's = who is

  •what's = what is

  there's = there is

  here's = here is

  my sister's working in london. (= my sister is)

  paul's gone out. (=paul has)

  •what colour's = what colour is

  4 negative short forms:

  isn't = is not    aren't = are not

  wasn't = was not       weren't = weren't

  hasn't = has not       haven't = have not

  hadn' = had not        don't = do not

  doesn't = does not     didn't = did not

  can't = cannot         couldn't = could not

  won't = will not       wouldn't = would not

  shouldn't = should not  mustn't = must not

  needn't = need not

  5 's (apostrophe + s)

  's can mean different things:

  a) 's = is or has

  b) let's = let us

  c) ann's camera (= her camera)/my brother's car (= his car)/the manager's   office (= his/her office) etc.

  [additional exercise]

  compare 'ann's':

  •ann's camera was very expensive.

  •ann's a very good photographer.

  •ann's got a new camera.

  consolidation

  1 workbook 8a, section d on page 3

  2 grammar practice book 8a, sections c and d, from page 3 to page 6.

A letter from a pen-friend教案 篇2

  chapter 1 a letter from a pen-friend

  period six

  teaching target

  1 using a and an

  2 listening: completing a table of information

  3 speaking - speak up

  preparation

  1 student's book 8a, pages 7, 10, 11 & 12

  2 grammar practice book 8a, page 6

  3 workbook 8a, page 4

  a small check-up

  1 complete the questions with what…/who…/where…/how…

  a)a:  __________ your parents?

  b:they're very well.

  b)a:__________ the bus stop?

  b:at the end of the street.

  c)a:__________ your children?

  b:five, six and ten.

  d)a:__________ are these oranges?

  b:1.20 a kilo.

  e)a:__________ your favourite sport?

  b:skiing.

  f)a:__________ the man in this photograph?

  b:that's my father.

  g)a:__________ your new shoes?

  b:black.

  2 put in have got ('ve got), has got('s got), haven't got or hasn't got:

  a)sarah __________ a car. she goes everywhere by bicycle.

  b)they like animals. they __________ three dogs and two cats.

  c)charles isn't happy. he __________ a lot of problems.

  d)they don't read much. they __________ many books.

  e)'what's wrong?'  'i __________ something in my eye.'

  f)'where's my pen?'  'i don't know. i __________ it.'

  g)julia wants to go to the concert but she __________ a ticket.

  using a and an

  1 ask students to put a in the following blanks if necessary.

  ____ girl  ____ dog  ____ sports

  ____ person ____ people  ____ house

  ____ children

  question:

  why can't we put 'a' in front of sports, people and children?

  we use a with singular nouns.

  2 ask students to put a in the following blanks if necessary.

  ____ box  ____ banana  ___ honey

  ____ ink  ____ job  ____ teacher

  ____ traffic

  question:

  why can't we put 'a' in front of honey, ink and traffic?

  ?  we use a with countable nouns.

  3  ask students to put a or an in the following blanks.

  ____ elephant  ____ apple  ____ cat

  ____ aunt    ____ beach  ____ test

  ____ idiot

  ? we use an with words that begins with a, e, i, o, u.

  4 ask students to put a or an in the following blanks.

  ____ hour ____ hospital ____ hope

  ____ honour ____ honest man

  ? we use an in front of words that begin with h if h is silent.

  5 ask students to put a or an in the following blanks.

  ____ european country ____ university

  ____ ugly man

  ? we use a in front of words that begin with eu or u if the first sound is pronounced [ju:].

  6 conclusion:

  a) we use a or an with countable singular nouns.

  b) we use a before words beginning with consonant sounds.

  c) we use an before words beginning with vowel sound.

  7 question: when do we use a or an?

  a) you use a/an when you are talking about a person or thing for the first time.

  there is a man at the door. (= i don't know which man)

  i need to buy a new t-shirt. (= not one specific t-shirt)

  b) you use a/an to talk about jobs.

  my father is an engineer now, but he was a soldier before.

  i worked as a secretary last summer. this year i want to be a shop assistant.

  c) you use a/an = one with some numbers.

  a hundred pounds   half a kilo   a few   a million people   a litre of wine      an hour   a lot (of)  a thousand times

  8 have students finish sections b1 and b2 in b using a and an on page 10. then check the answers orally.

  9 have students do the following additional exercise.

  [additional exercise]

  1 write a or an.

  a) ____ old book

  b) ____ window

  c) ____ horse

  d) ____ airport

  e) ____ new airport

  f) ____ organization

  g) ____ university

  h) ____ hour

  i) ____ economic problem

  2 what are these things? choose from the list.

  bird fruit mountain river

  musical instrument flower game

  planet tool vegetable

  a) a duck is ____________.

  b) a carrot is ____________.

  c) tennis is ____________.

  d) a hammer is ____________.

  e) everest is ____________.

  f) jupiter is ____________.

  g) a pear is ____________.

  h) the amazon is __

  i)a rose is ___________.

  j)a trumpe

  listening

  completing a table of information

  1 revise vocabulary in the listening passage. explain this task clearly to students.

  complete  /  v.  finish doing or making something

  table  /  n.  a list of facts and numbers

  information  /  n.  what you tell others; facts

  play a game

  describe  /  v.  say what something or somebody is like or what happened

  2 play the recording once, and let students start to fill in the table. play the recording a second time. afterwards, check the answers by asking students to read out their answers.

  introduce:

  blond /blcnd/ a. fair-haired (we use blond instead of yellow when we talk about someone's hair. we use blonde for women

  3 tape scripts:

  sidney: right, number one.

  mary: is it a boy or a girl?

  sidney: it's a boy.

  mary: what colour his hair?

  sidney: it's black.

  mary: how long is his hair?

  sidney: it's not long. he has short hair.

  mary: what colour are his eyes?

  sidney: brown.

  mary: how tall is he?

  sidney: he's four feet six inches.

  mary: where was he born?

  sidney: he was born in hong kong.

  mary: what is his favourite sport?

  sidney: football.

  sidney: now, number two.

  mary: is it a boy or a girl?

  sidney: it's a girl.

  mary: what colour is her hair?

  sidney: it's brown.

  mary: how long is her hair?

  sidney: it's very long.

  mary: what colour are her eyes?

  sidney: brown.

  mary: how tall is she?

  sidney: she's four feet five inches.

  mary: where was she born?

  sidney: she was born in england.

  mary: what is her favourite sport?

  sidney: hockey.

  sidney: now, number three.

  mary: is it a boy or a girl?

  sidney: it's a girl.

  mary: what colour is her hair?

  sidney: it's black.

  mary: how long is her hair?

  sidney: she has short hair.

  mary: what colour are her eyes.

  sidney: brown.

  mary: how tall is she?

  sidney: she's four feet three inches.

  mary: where was she born?

  sidney: she was born in england.

  mary: what is her favourite sport?

  sidney: badminton.

  sidney: now, number four. the last one.

  mary: right, is it a boy or a girl?

  sidney: it's a boy.

  mary: what colour is his hair?

  sidney: he has blond hair.

  mary: how long is his hair?

  sidney: it's not long. he has short hair.

  mary: what colour are his eyes?

  sidney: blue.

  mary: how tall is he?

  sidney: four feet seven inches.

  mary: where was he born?

  sidney: he was born in hong kong.

  mary: what's his favourite sport?

  sidney: rugby.

  speaking

  1 give students some time to finish the introduction for one of their friends.

  2 ask students to refer to b speak up on page 12.

  3 ask individuals to introduce the friend he/she wrote about to the whole class.

  4 extension activity:

  this activity can be extended by asking students to add do you have any questions? to the end of their introduction. the rest of the class could then be encouraged to ask the student questions such as:

  a) how many brothers/sisters has he/she got?

  b) how old is/are he/she/they?

  c) what are his/her hobbies/interests?

  d) when does he/she go to bed?

  e) what games does he/she like best?

  f) what's his/her ambition?

  if the students does not know the answer, he/she first asks his/her firend and then announces the new information to the class. a sample dialogue might look like this:

  class how many brothers has she got?

  student i don't know. (to friend) how many brothers do you have?

  class i have no brothers.

  student she has no brothers.

  consolidation

  1 grammar practice book 8a, page 6

  2 workbook 8a, page 4

  3 oxford english (shanghai edition) practices and assessments series 8a, pages 5 & 6, sections g ~ i in grammar.

  4 bring dictionaries to class next period