Unit 4 Don’t eat in classⅠ. Analysis of the Teaching Material1.Status and FunctionIn this unit students learn to talk about school and family rules.Such a topic is so familiar to students that they must be active in allthe activities in class. It is helpful to raise learning interest anduseful to improve students’ listening, speaking, reading and writingskills.(1)The first period introduces some negative imperatives first.Then students are provided with much listening and oral practiceusing the target language “What are the rules?”(2)In the second period students do much listening and oralpractice using the words “can” and “can’t”. After this class, studentsknow more about what they can or can’t do at school.(3)The third period provides students with much oral practiceusing the phrase “have to”. And the game in the last part is usefulto raise learning interest. It is useful to improve spoken English.(4)In the fourth period students learn to talk about what they door don’t have to do at home.(5)In the fifth period students learn to write a letter to talkabout their family rules. And they also learn to talk about somecommon signs. All the activities are designed to improve students’reading and writing skills.(6)The self check in the last period is designed to give studentsmore reinforced practice, especially writing practice. In this way,students better understand how to apply what they have learned intheir daily life.2.Teaching Aims and Demands(1)Knowledge ObjectsIn this unit students learn to talk about rules.Make students learn and grasp imperatives and the usage of thewords “can” and “have to”.(2)Ability Objects第 1 页


Train students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.Train students’ integrating skills.(3)Moral ObjectAs students, we must obey school rules.3.Teaching Key PointsLearn the key vocabulary and the target language. Learn theimperatives and the words “can” and “have to”.4.Teaching DifficultiesTrain students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.Learn to write a letter.5.Studying WaysTeach students how to talk about rules in daily life.Ⅱ.Teaching Guidance1.Language Function: Talk about rules.2.Target Languages: Don’t eat in class! Can we wear hats?No, we can’t. We don’t have to wear a school uniform.3.StructuresImperatives. Can for permission. Modal have to.4.Key Vocabularyin class, classroom, hallway, gym, arrive, hate, go out, practice,inside, outside, uniform, sports shoes, fight, can, can’t, have to5.Learning Strategies: Scanning. Deducing.Ⅲ. Periods: five periods.Period 1 (Section A: 1a-2d)Step 1 Revision Review some key words and language points learned in Unit 3Step 2 Presention第 2 页


Point to the pictures one by one and teach students to say,Don’t arrive late for class.Don’t run in the hallways.Don’t eat in the classrooms.Don’t listen to music in the classrooms.Don’t fight.Write the rules on the blackboard. Read and have studentsrepeat several times.Students open their books. Point out the list of school rules.Invite a different student to read each rule to the class.Step 3 Call students’ attention to the picture.Say, Each of these students is breaking one of these rules. Writethe number of the rule each student is breaking in the box next tohim or her. Point out the sample answer.Students do the activity individually.Check the answers.Answers:1.boy looking at his watch 2.boy running in the hallway 3.girl eating an apple 4.boy with headphones5.boys sitting at desks, fightingStep 4 1bAsk students to read the five rules in activity 1a once more.Point to the three names. Say, You are to listen to aconversation. Three students are breaking the rules. Listen andwrite the number of the rules next to the name of the student who isbreaking the rules.Play the recording for the first time. Students only listen.Play the recording again. This students listen and fill in thenumber of the rule after each name.第 3 页


Correct the answers.Answers Peter:2 Nicki:3 Joseph:4Step 5 1cInvite a pair of students to read the sample conversation to theclass.Write it on the blackboard.Put students into pairs. Say, Student A is an exchange student.He or she doesn’t know the rules in the school. Student B tells himor her about the rules in 1a.Get students to work in pairs. As they are working, move aroundthe room offering help as needed.Get some pairs of students to present their conversation to theclass.(This activity provides oral practice using the target language.)Step 6 SummaryIn this class we’ve mainly learned to talk about school rules. Asstudents, we must obey school rules.Step 7 HomeworkWrite down the rules in activity 1a without looking at books.Step 8 Blackboard DesignUnit 4 Don’t eat in class.Don’t arrive late for class. Don’t run in the hallways.Don’t eat in the classrooms. Don’t listen to music in theclassrooms.Don’t fight.Reflection after class：本部分的单元主题是呈现书面语体的规章制度，再通过听说活动导入到口头谈论规章制度的情景中，让学生体会、学习不同语体在目标语言的表达。关于语言的得体性。就“规章制度”话题而言，英语表现出较强的语体差异——书面语及口语、正式及非正式场合中语言的使用是不完全相同的。具体来说，书面语及命令式的正式口语中人们多使用祈使句，而大多数口语交流中，人们则会第 4 页


有意回避祈使句结构，较多地使用相应的情态动词。这一点英语和汉语的语言文化有所差异。因此在英语语言中，不合时宜或生硬的使用祈使句，即便不被视为没有礼貌或缺乏教养，也会被认为不够友善。因此在上课时，应把语言的运用得体性放在重要位置。在学习过程中可以结合学生自己班里或学校里的规章制度进行教学。Period 2 (section A: Grammar Focus,3a,3b,3c)Step1 RevisionT: Hello. What day is it today? What’s the weather like today?T: It is a good day today. Can we play ping-pong outside?Can we run outside/in the hallways? Can we fight in theclassrooms?Can we eat an apple in a dining hall? Do you like movies？ Do you want to go to a movie?Today we are going to watch a short play about rules. It is made byour classmates.When you are watching the play, you should to remember whatrules they are breaking. Use the sentence like : Don’t …S1: Don’t arrive late for school. S2: Don’t talk in class. S3: Don’t listen to music in class.Step 2 PresentationT: Excuse me. What time does the school begin in the morning?S: It begins at …T: Yes, so I have to arrive at school at ….What about you?What time do you have to arrive at school in the morning?S: I have to arrive at school at…T: As students, what do you have to do in the school?S: We can’t listen to … eat in class. fight. …T: What can you do at home?第 5 页


S: I can play computer/watch TV/sleep/talk/…at home.Step 3 Task 1: tell the reasonT: Where do you like to stay, at home or at school? Now I’ll give you2 minutes to prepare for it.S: At school, I can….. I don’t have to …. At home, I can’t …. I have to…Step 4 Ask and answerDo you have to get up at 6:00?Can you watch TV on weekdays?Do you have to wash your clothes?Can you go out at night?T: Now , look at the list. These are family rules. Please ask andanswer with your partner and fill in the list. Then I will ask some ofyou to report this list. Step 5 3aT: As you know, we have seven classes in a day. What can you do inan English class?S: We can speak English/learn English songs/…T: What can you do in the painting class?S: We can draw some pictures..T: What do you have to bring for the painting class?S: We have to bring our color pencils.T: What can you do in the PE class? Or we can say, what can you doin gym class?Step 6 Task2: Design your ideal schoolT: As you are students, you have to obey the rules. Now if you havethe chance to be a headmaster, what kind of school do you want tomake? Please tell us the rules of your ideal school.You can work with your group, ask and answer like: 第 6 页


A: Can the students….?B: Yes, they can. / No, they can’t.Report: In our school, the students can … They can’t …. Theyhave to …. They don’t have to…. Do you like our school?Step 7 Homework:1) Copy new words. 2) Design your ideal school and write down therulesStep 8 Blackboard designUnit 4 Don’t eat in class.What do you have to do in the school/at home? don’t you have to … I have to … don’t have to..What can you do in the school/at home? I can…. I can’t …Reflection after class： 让学生自己阅读 Grammar Focus 中的句子，发现并找出祈使句的肯定句式及否定句式的结构；区分情态动词 can, must, have to 的句型结构及用法区别。在整个教学环节中应让学生多进行有针对性的练习操练。Period 3 (section B: 1a-2c) Step 1 Warming-up and revision Sing some English songs. Greet the class as usual.T: Good morning/afternoon! How are you? What’s the datetoday? What day is it today? What’s the weather like today? Are youhappy? Learn the song “If you’re happy.”T: I’m very happy today, do you know? Please guess!Step 2 ReadingPresent the photos of Emily and Dave on Page 74(They arelaughing) and ask: T: Are you happy? Why?第 7 页


Revise Part 1 in Section B. Then show the photo of Zhao Peiin3a. Ask: Is she happy? Let Ss read the letter and find out theanswers. After that, ask Ss make a list about her rules .T: What can you do at your house and what can’t you do in yourhouse? (Get different answers from Ss.)Step 3 Class Survey1. Make a list of the rules at your houses.T: OK! There are so many rules in your houses! Now make a list ofthe rules at your houses. You can use Zhao Pei's list of rules as amodel. Give the Ss some minutes to write. And then have some students read their lists to the class. Make language corrections as needed.2. Make a survey First, point out the sample question and answer in the picture in the book. Ask tw