unit 5 section b-1
class type listening and speaking.
objectives 1. to learn the information about kites. 2. to learn and understand more information about kites by listening. 3. to practice talking about the conversation.
key structure 1. some were painted with colorful… 2. when did you go on vacation? — i went to an international kite festival. — that sounds interesting. what did you see there?
difficulties how to learn and better understand the information of kites.
vocabulary boss, germany, surface, material, traffic, postman, cap, glove, international, its fly a kite, be made of,
periods 1
procedure lead-in revision. 1. exercises about the exchanges of sentence structures. 2. complete the sentences with correct words. step 1 free talk. show ss some pictures and information of weifang and ask ss to talk about the questions: 1. have you ever heard of weifang, shangdong province? 2. what is it known as? step 2 discussion. show ss some pictures of kites and ask ss to think and talk about what the kites are made of according to the fact that kite flying is popular with chinese people. step 3 activity 1b. let ss listen to a conversation and circle the correct answers. step 4 activity 1c. let ss listen again and then write l for laura and z for zheng yun after these sentences. step 5 activity 1d. let ss listen the conversation again and fill in the blanks with the information they hear. step 6 pair works. let ss act as laura and zheng yun to have the role-play conversations using the information as followed. e.g.: a: where did you go on vacation? b: i went to an international kite festival. a: that sounds interesting. what did you see there? b: … step 7 free talk. ask ss to talk about a festival that they are familiar with. step 8 brainstorm (learning more). 1. four main kinds of chinese kites with vivid pictures. 2. more information about wei fang and its kite museum. step 9 language points: explain the key words and phrases in section b-1. step 10 examples and exercises about the language points.
