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。