Aims: Sts practice making the conversation to arrange the seats on a boat trip for themselves?. + Task 3 : Giving reasons5[r]
(1)UNIT 6: AN EXCURSION LESSON SPEAKING I Objectives:
1 Education aims: Students know about a boat trip.
2 Knowledge: a General knowledge: A boat trip on Lake Michigan in Chicago. b Language:- The simple present - Vocabulary on traveling
3 Skills: - Asking and answering about the seat plan on a boat trip - Talking about a boat trip abroad
II Anticipated problems: Students may not know much about a boat trip in Chicago. III Teaching aids: Textbook, chalk, board.
IV Procedures:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
1 Homework checking
- Talk about their excursion which they like best - Listen and give corrections
2 Before you speak
Aims: focus sts on the topic and introduce new words
- Ask sts to look at the picture (page 67) and give the new words:
+ sundeck (n): platform extending from side to side of a ship + get sunburnt (v): the skin hurt or destroyed by the sunlight + travel sickness (n): the state of being sick due to traveling + non air- conditioned >< air - conditioned
+ refreshment (n): room that serves food and drinks to refresh in a boat
+ occupied (adj ): being kept, in use
- Read these words aloud and ask sts to listen and repeat
+ Task 1:
a Ask sts to work in groups to get the information about the people in the pictures
- Ask sts some questions:
Where doesn't Mrs Andrews like to sit? What does she want?
Where does Susan want to sit? What doesn't she wantt?
b Ask sts to list all the seats for each person - Ask sts to work in groups
- Move around to help sts if necessary - Ask some sts to report
- Check and give remarks 3 While you speak
Aims: Sts practice asking and answering about the seat plan on an boat trip.
+ Task 2: Deciding the best seat for each person. - Ask sts to read the model in the book
- Ask sts to work in groups to the task - Give sts some useful expressions:
What you think?/ What is your idea?
- Work in groups to read the information
- Some sts answer the teacher’s questions
1 She doesn't want to sit in the sundeck.
2 She wants to see all the students. 3 She wants to be near Mary. 4 She doesn't want to get sunburnt.
- Work in groups to find the best seat for each person
- Some sts report
S1: Mrs Andrews’ seats aren’t in the sundeck but can help see all the students: seats 46, 43, 40, 45, 34. S2: Mary’s seats have plenty of fresh air: seats 31, 37, 19, 20, 26, 32.
S3: John’s seats aren’t air – conditioned; suitable for taking photographs: seats 10, 11, 12. S4: Tim’ seats are in the sundeck: 1, 6.
S5: Sam’ seats can help a good view, safe: seats 16, 29, 34
- Look at the seat plan and read the conversation in the textbook as an example - Work in groups to call all the suitable seats for each person - Some sts present to give the answers
(2)I think Mary should She’d better
Seat would be better .
Maybe you are right but I still think that - Listen and check
4 After you speak
Aims: Sts practice making the conversation to arrange the seats on a boat trip for themselves.
+ Task 3: Giving reasons
- Ask sts to work in pairs and discuss: Which seat you think the most suitable for you? Why? Use information in Task as suggestions
5 Homework
- Part C (page 39 - workbook)
B: I think she should sit in seat 12. From here she can see all the students.
C: But look! It’s in the sundeck and she doesn’t like it What about seat 34?
A: OK I think she will like it, so seat 34 for Mrs Andrew.
- Work in pairs to discuss the seat plan