Introduction

(5 minutes)

1.The whole class work.

2.Group work.

1.Focus their attention on the teacher.

2.Do duty report. Prepare some conversations about ordering and having meals in the restaurant or at a friend’s home in groups. Then some groups act out the conversations.

（S=saleswoman）

A:Would you like to have dinner with me?

B: Yes, I’d like to.

S: May I help you, sir?

A: Yes. What would you like to eat?

B: Let me see.

A: Why not have some ... and ...?

B: Good idea.

S: Help yourself to

some ... Here you are!

A&B: Thanks.

A: Would you like

something to drink?

B: Yes, a glass of apple juice, please.

...

1.Greet students ready for learning.

2.Help the students to revise the  words and expressions in Unit 3.

Presentation

(15 minutes)

1.Individual work.

2.The whole class  work and pair work.

3.The whole class work.

1. Play a game like this:

T: In the shop, I want to buy a skirt. It’s for my daughter. So I can say, “I want to buy a skirt for my daughter.” Now, please choose the words from the following columns to make new sentences.

e.g. “I want to buy... for ...” 

Column 1

Column 2

2. Look at the pictures about clothes with price on it. Answer the teacher’s questions:

T:How much is this dress?

Ss: It’s ... yuan.

T:How much is this coat?

Ss: It’s ... yuan.

Then ask and answer the questions about the price in pairs according to the pictures.

3.Do 1a. Look at the pictures of Section A-1a and have a guess：

T:“Where are Maria and her mother?” 

Ss:“They are in the shop.”

T: What do they want to buy?

Ss:They want to buy some clothes.

Listen to the tape and check your answer.

1.Present the new expression about wishing, “I want to buy... for...”

2. Show some

pictures of clothes with price on it. Help the students learn the expressions of shopping and asking the price.

3.Lead the students to predict the conversation by looking at the pictures in 1a before listening. Play the tape.

Consolidation

(5 minutes)

1.Individual work, pair work and the whole class work.

2.The whole class work and group work.

1.Read the sentences in 1b. Guess the answers from the pictures in 1a. Then listen to the tape and check the answers in 1b. Check the answers with your partner. Then the whole class check the answers.

2. Read after the tape. Try to act out the conversation in groups. Then some groups act out the conversation.

1.Play the tape.

Check the answers.

2.Play the tape again.

Practice

(10 minutes)

1.Individual work and pair work.

2.Group work and the whole class work.

3.Individual work and pair work.

4.Group work and the whole class work.

5.The whole class work and individual work.

1.Do 1c. Complete the following conversation in 1c individually. Then check the answers with your partner. Practice the conversation in pairs. Then some pairs act out the conversation.

2.Do 2a. Revise the words of numbers from 1 to 19, which the students have  learned before. Find the rules of word formation, twenty, thirty.... Then try to fill in the blanks in 2a. Check the answers in groups. Then the whole class check the answers.

Play a number game,

... 5 ... 10 ... 15...

... 7 ... 14 ... 21

3.Look at the pictures in 2b. Guess the price of the different clothes. Then listen to the tape and check the answers. The whole class check the answers together.

Ask and answer

questions about price in 2b in pairs.

A:How much is the skirt?

B: It’s 80 yuan.

...

4.Do 3a. Divide the class into seven groups. Every group reads one group of words in 3a. Discuss in groups and try to find the rules  of sounds about the letter(s) “al”, “au”, “c+e,i,y”, “c”, “ck” by themselves. Then one student in each group reads out the sound and teaches the sound to the whole class. Then the whole class listen to the tape recorder and check the sounds. Read the sounds and words aloud after the tape.

“al”: /5/, /5l/

“au”: /3/, /5/

“c+e/i/y”:/s/

“c”,”ck”: /k/

Find different sounds from the words group.

e.g.

can cake center cat: center

aunt august because autumn: aunt

5.Do 3b. The students read the chant after the teacher and then read by themselves. Pay attention to the stress in the sentences.

1.Ask students to finish 1c and help them check the answers.

2.Help the students find the rules of word formation. Organize a game to practice the numbers.

3.Play the tape recorder. Check the answers. Make the students pay

attention to the sounds of “-ty” and “-teen”.

4.Play the tape and help the students check the sounds. Correct their sounds while they are reading.

5.Read the chant in 3b as example. Correct the

students’ sentence stress while they are reading.

Production

(10 minutes)

1.Group work.

1.Sit in groups. Suppose you are shopping now. Make new conversations about shopping in groups and practice the conversations. Then some groups act out the conversations. Remember to use the expressions of asking and giving help, asking for the price and so on.

1.Help the students revise and consolidate the words and expressions about shopping in this section.

2. Assign homework:

Read 1a fluently and practice it with your partner;

Review the words, expressions and sounds in this section;

Preview Section B-new words.

Teaching reflection：

    这节课是本话题的第一个课时，学生刚接触关于购物和询问价格的对话，有些学生对于服装和鞋帽的词汇可能出现遗忘，因此在对话操练中会出现障碍。此外，这节课刚学习字母c和字母组合al, au, ck等发音，部分学生可能无法当堂识记和掌握这些音标，因此教师应引导学生在平时养成读准每一个音素的习惯。