Unit1Talesoftheunexplained教案

1、Unit 1 Tales of unexplainedPeriod 7TaskConducting a surveyTeaching aims:1. Provide the students with a good chance to practice their English in listening, speaking, reading and writing.2. Help the students to realize the importance of cooperation, and encourage them to communicate with each other in

2、 obtaining useful information.3. Enable the students to conduct a survey, make conclusions and give recommendations.Teaching important and difficult points1. Finish the task of listening to improve the students listening ability.2. Finish the task of writing a reportTeaching Procedures and ways:Step

3、 1 Skills building 1: completing a questionnaireThe rules to conduct a survey:QuestionnaireStep 2: designing a questionnaireDesigning a questionnairepage13Listen to the first part of his conversation with you and check your revisions. Then listen to the second part of the conversation and add two qu

4、estions as your boss requires.Step 3: Skills building 2: Greeting others and making introductions:Greeting a friend or classmateHello!/Hi!Greeting someone formally,e.g., in a job interview.Good morning/afternoon. (You can also shake hands with the person.)Nice to meet you. (Only used when meeting so

5、meone for the first time.)But if we meet a stranger in the street, and we have no choice but to start a conversation with him, what shall we do to make both of you feel comfortable and at ease? How do you introduce yourself to them?Greeting a stranger,e.g., before asking him/her questions.Excuse me,

6、 (sir/madam)/Hello!What else is important besides saying“ excuse me, or (StudentsHello ”give? their ownopinions, including body language, and facial expressions, also the mood, strategy)Sentences for references:1.I m from . I d like to ask you a few questions about your opinions about .2.My name is

7、. I m from . I d like to ask you a few questions if you don t mindto .Step 4PracticeNow that we know h ow to greet others. It s time for us topractice a dialogue with our partner. Here on the Bb are some sentences for us to make up our dialogue.Ss may begin their conversation as follows:S1: Good mor

8、ning/ afternoon.S2: Good morning/ afternoon.S1: My name is I ma member of our school students union. I dlike to ask you a fewquestions if you don t mind.S2: Certainly not. What do you want to know?S1: Your articles are often published in some newspapers and magazines. I know you wereasked to write a

9、n article for our school magazine. Could you please tell me what yougoing to talk about?S2: . about the students interests and hobbies.S1: Oh, that must be very interesting. Which like best?S2: .S1: Thank you. Whichkelileast?More questions:1. How do you know what other students think about their int

10、erests and hobbies?2. How many students are interested in ?3. What about ?Remember you should greet him first and ask him/her the questions. The listenersshould not look at your sentence, just listen and answer the questions.Now let s begin!(Ask two or three pairs to act out their dialogue before th

11、e class.)Step 5Skills building 3: Analyzing statisticsSo you know, we can get information or statistics by asking questions or doing interviews.Here, as our homework, we also did an interview about our interests and hobbies. Westatistics we need. But that s not the end of our task. We have the numbe

12、rs, but what do all thesenumbers mean to us? What conclusions can we make from these numbers? And what should wedo to improve some shortages, if there are any? What suggestions can we give to help withdecisions? That s the goal of our survey.Look at this sentence: over 80 percent of the students in

13、our school have an English-Englishdictionary.Now analyse 80%. We can draw conclusions:An English-English dictionary is very useful.(Ss can draw more conclusions)After we draw conclusions from statistics, we have to make appropriate recommendations based on the conclusions. That is one of our major g

14、oals when conducting a survey. According to the conclusions we made above, we can make a recommendation:Every student who is studying English should have an English-English dictionary.(Ss give more recommendations.)Here are some statistics gathered from a school survey about students hobbies andAnal

15、yse the statistics and draw at least three more conclusions. Then make your recommendations.(See page 56 pie chart) (Ss write down the sentences in the book. They can discuss in pairs.)(help the students to analyse the statistics and give conclusions and recommendations)Conclusions:1. Playing sports

16、 is the most popular activity for students in the school.2. The second popular activity for Ss in the school is surfing the Internet.3. Most Ss in the school do not like reading.4. Only a few students in the school like playing musical instruments.Recommendations:1. The school should have more sport

17、s facilities.2. The school should find ways to arouse Ss interests in reading.3. The school should guide students in surfing the internet.4. The school should take measures to make more Ss become interested in playing musicalinstruments.This is our report about the survey, and it s important we writ

18、e a report after the survey.Step 6 PracticeNow let looks at the statistics we made just now. Let see what conclusions and recommendations we can make. Are they the same with the ones in our book?(draw chart on ppt.)Ss analyse the statistics in pairs and give conclusions first, then recommendations.C

19、onclusions:(Ss Write the sentences on the Bb)Recommendations:(Ss Write the sentences on the Bb)(students discuss in pairs or groups. Put the conclusions and recommendations on either end of the Bb. Ss can come to the Bb and write down their answers without putting up their hands.)Step 7Writing a report1. Page 53, questionnaire. Ss practice the interview in pairs, and get the answers. They can use the