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Unit 3 Keep Fit
Section 1 Opening page and SectionA 1a-1d
Overview
The theme of this unit is “Keep Fit”, which falls within the “Man and Self” context, specifically focusing on “Physical and mental health; cherishing life”. Based on the big question “How do we keep fit ”, students first get to know different sports items through pictures, and then sort out information about ownership and frequency of doing sports in three daily dialogues. Next, they read three accounts to analyze and compare different ways to keep fit, which helps them realize that “Exercise shapes your body and mind.” After reading a website post, students can internalize their knowledge structure and write about their favourite way to keep fit. Finally, the project task helps students better understand the importance of doing sports and exercising regularly.
Teaching Aims
By the end of this unit, students will be able to:
1. use correct possessive pronouns to identify the ownership of different sports items, and enhance their awareness of taking care of their sports items through speaking and listening activities;
2. rank frequency adverbs and use them to talk about how often they exercise, so as to understand the importance of exercise and develop a regular exercise habit;
3. sort out different ways of keeping fit and summarize the benefits of exercise for the body, brain and mind with the help of tables and outlines, and realize that exercise can strengthen both the body and the mind;
4. write a post about their favourite ways to keep fit and the benefits, using mind maps for support, and investigate different exercising habits to develop the awareness that “Exercise shapes your body and mind.”
Framework Diagram of Unit Theme Content
Content analysis
This lesson includes two parts: the Opening Page and three daily conversations. The Opening Page uses a thematic picture to show a basketball game among middle school students, helping students directly feel the charm of sports. The second part is made up of three short conversations set in a sports centre. In these dialogues, students try to find the owners of sports items such as a football, baseball gloves and a tennis racket by using different clues. They then talk about how often they do sports. The dialogues also include invitations to play sports together, which shows that sports can help improve relationships between people.
This section aims to help students realize that doing sports can not only benefit their bodies, but also improve their relationships with one another. At the same time, these dialogues highlight the importance of taking care of their sports items. More importantly, students should learn to speak politely and respond actively in social communication.
In terms of language learning, this section first uses real-life pictures to help students identify different sports items. In the three dialogues, students use yes-no questions with possessive pronouns, such as “Is this football yours ”, and Wh-questions like “Whose baseball glove is this ” to talk about ownership. In addition, students use “How often do you play football ” to ask about how often they do sports, and they answer with frequency expressions such as “twice a week”.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this section, students will be able to:
1. name common sports items such as “jump rope” and “running shoes”;
2. sort out information about ownership and the frequency of doing sports, including students’ names, different sports and their frequency, by using a table;
3. based on the table, internalize frequency expressions such as “once a year” and “three times a month”;
4. work in pairs to create a conversation about possession and the frequency of doing sports, using frequency expressions and possessive pronouns.
Focal and Difficult Points
Focal Points
Talk about the ownership of sports items and the frequency of doing sports.
Difficult Points
Distinguish the different uses of adjectival possessive pronouns and nominal
possessive pronouns;
Summarize the form of frequency expressions.
Procedures
Teaching Activities Learning Activities Purposes
STEP 1 Warm-up Introduce the opening page T: Welcome to our school sports center. Let me show you around. First, you can see several pictures on the hallway walls. Look at the first picture. Q1: What are the boys doing Q2: Is this a popular sport in China Why do you think so Q3: Do you like this sport Why or why not STEP 2 Pre-listening Introduce some sports items T: Next, we’re going to the sports equipment room. Here you can see many different kinds of sports items, such as footballs, volleyballs, and basketballs. There is also a lost and found corner in the room. The students on duty place any sports items that have been left behind here, and they wait for their owners to get them back. Let’s take a look now. (Teacher guides students to look at the pictures in 1a.) T: Please write the names of the sports items in the box under each picture. (Teacher then checks the answers and teaches students how to pronounce the words correctly.) T: I wonder who left these items behind. I think their owners should be more careful with their sports equipment. STEP 3 While-listening 1. Activity 1b T: As we are looking around the room, we suddenly hear some voices talking about these sports items and who they belong to. Let’s listen carefully and answer the following questions. Q1. Whose football is it Q2. Whose baseball glove is it Q3. Whose tennis racket is it How do you know 2. Activity 1c (Sports column) T: Great! Now let’s listen again and try to complete “Sport” column in the table in 1c. T: Now we know that: Han Lin and Emma are talking about football. Peter and Fu Xing are talking about baseball. Binbin and Ella are talking about tennis. We are going to listen to the conversations again and write how often they do these sports. 3. Sum-up T helps Ss sum up the forms of frequency adverbial phrases, like once a week, twice a year. STEP 4 Post-listening 1. Pair work: Discuss sports items. T: In pairs, find one sports item that you both have. Talk about the sport or exercise you do with it. Try to use the sentences in 1d. 2. Share in class. T: Share your conversations in class. STEP 5 Homework Make an English vlog to tell us: Sports items you have Sports you do How often you do it How do you feel when you do sports Call on more students to join you. Read the opening page and answer the teacher’s questions in their own words. Observe the pictures in 1a and identify the sports items. Write the corresponding sports words in the boxes under the pictures. Check their answers, correct any mistakes, and practice pronouncing the words after the teacher. Listen to the three conversations carefully and answer the questions. A1. It is Han Lin’s. A2. It’s Peter’s. A3. It’s Han Lin’s. Because it has “HL” on it. Listen again and fill in the “Sport” column in the table with the correct information. Listen for the third time and choose the correct frequency according to the conversations. Options: hardly ever three times a week once or twice at weekends twice a week never three times a week Sum up the forms of frequency adverbial phrases. Work in pairs, choose one sports item they both have, and talk about the sport or exercise they do with it, using the sentence patterns in 1d. Present their conversations to the class. To activate students’ background knowledge about sports and get them familiarized with the theme of the unit. To help students become familiar with different sports items. To enable students to recognize and write sports vocabulary correctly and improve their pronunciation of the target words. To remind students to take care of their own sports items. To practice listening skills by answering questions. To help students understand the relationship between sports activities and frequency expressions through listening. To help students consolidate the expressions. To encourage students to use the target vocabulary and sentence patterns in real communication. To provide students with opportunities to speak in front of the class and build their confidence in English. To motivate students to use English in a fun way through vlogging and help them reflect on their sports habits and the value of keeping fit.
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