Lesson 17

Language Focus:

　 1. some useful expressions

　　have a good time; have a family meeting; talk about; go for our holiday; describe to do something; diving; on the island; press; by oneself

2. the Object Clause

　　Could you tell us how long we're going to away?

Properties: Recorder: Overhead Projector; Pictures; computer

Teaching Procedures:

　 Ⅰ. Showing aims

　　Have the students know what they will learn in this lesson and what they will do in this class:

　　1. Master some useful expressions.

　　2. Study the Object Clause.

　　3. Make similar dialogues.

　　4. Know something about Hainan and know how to search Internet.

Ⅱ. Revision

　　1. Check homework.

　　2. Revise the Object Clause. Play games, have the students work in pairs.

　　T: I often travel with my family.

　　S1: What does she say?

　　S2: She says she often travel with her family.

　　S3: What did she say?

　　S4: She said that she often traveled with her family.

　　　　Make sure the students can ask and answer correctly.

Ⅲ. Presentation

　　Tell the students that they'll have a holiday. Get them to discuss how they will spend the holidays. Divide the class into small groups, then ask one student of each group to give their report.

　　Where would you like to go to?

　　Can you describe the place in English?

Ⅳ. Read and act

　　Part 1. Speech Cassette. Ask:

　　What are they going to talk about?

　　Where are they going for their holiday?

　　How long are they going to be there?

　　Do they know Hainan well?

　　　How will they know it before they go to Hainan?

　　Have the students listen to the tape, try to find the answers to the questions. Check with the whole class. Play the tape again for the students to repeat. Give the students a few minutes to practice the dialogue in pairs. Ask one pair to act it out.

Ⅴ. Learn and speak

　　Have the students look at the computer, and ask: Could you tell me how to search the Internet? Find a student who can search the Internet, help him or her answer with: OK, let me tell you. Use the instructions to help. Ask the other students to answer and get them to play the computer. Make sure all of them can say and play.

Ⅵ. Workbook

　　Do Exercise 2 in class. Check the answers in pairs. The answers are: 1. What he is; 2. Where; 3. How many; go to; 4. Who; 5. When Sam is; 6. Why; 7. How long; 8. exciting

Ⅶ. Exercise in class

　　Watch the picture, and answer the questions below:

　　Could you tell me something about travel?

　　Who like to travel by plane? Why?

　Ⅷ. Homework

　　1. Learn to search the Internet. Write down the instructions.

　　2.Try to make up a dialogue after the model in the text.