Unit 1 Can you play the guitar? Period 1 ( Section A 1a—2c )
Teaching aims:
Language learning objectives:
1. Students will be able to use the target words and expressions: sing, swim, dance, draw, play chess, speak English, play the guitar, join, club.
2. Students will be able to use the target language structures :
——Can you ......? ——Yes, I can./ No, I can’t.
——What club do you want to join? ——I want to join ......club.
3. Students will be able to use modal verb “can” to talk about abilities. Ability objective:
Students will be able to talk about their abilities and joining a club.
Moral objective:
To guide and encourage students to be confident about themselves and believe that if you think you can, then you can. 教学重难点： Teaching procedure:
Step 1 Warming up & Leading in
T: My name is Sandy. I am glad to be your English teacher today. First, I want to know something about you. T: What's your name? S1: My name’s ......
T: Nice to meet you. By the way, How are you today? S1: ......
T: I’m glad/ sorry to hear that. I hope you can be finer after this English class. T: What’s your name? S2: My name is ......
T: Nice to meet you. Do you like English?
S2: ......
T: You like English and I like English, too. And we can speak English.
Step 2 Presentation
1. Present the new words and expressions as well as the new sentence structures. (1). Guess what T can do
T asks Ss to guess what she can do by the sound or pictures. T : Do you want to know what other things I can do? Ss: ......
T: OK. Let’s have a guessing game. Before the game, I will divide you into four groups. Group 1, Group2, Group3 and Group4. Now guess what I can do. S3: Can you......? T: Yes, I can./ No, I can’t.
(2). Match the activities with the people
T: Look at the picture. What can these people do? Now match the activities with the people.
(3). Talk about what students can do
T: Now I want to know what you can do. Can you ......? S4: Yes, I can./ No, I can’t. T: Can you ......? S5: Yes, I can./ No, I can’t. (4). Pair work
Ss work in pairs to practice the sentence structures. ——Can you ......? ——Yes, I can./ No, I can’t. (5). Present the clubs
T presents the clubs by pictures.
T: Look! Here are some clubs in our school. What are they? (6). Talk about what clubs Ss want to join
T: You know I can speak English, so I want to join English club. What about you? What club do you want to join? S6: I can......, I want to join ......club. S7: I can......, I want to join ......club.
(7). Play a game: The more, the better.
Group competition: Ss try to practice the sentence structure “I can......, I want to join ......club.” one by one in 1 min. (8). Pair work
Ss work in pairs to talk about what clubs they want to join. A: What club do you want to join? B: I want to join ...... A: Can you ......(well)? B: Yes, I can. / No, I can’t. Step 3. Practice (1). Listening 1b
a. Listen and number the conversations b. Listen and answer the questions
1). In conversation 1, what club does the girl want to join? Can she sing?
2). In conversation 2, can the boy swim?
3). In conversation 3, what club does the girl want to join? Can she draw?
Unit1-Can-you-play-the-guitar教案
