Unit3 What are you doing for vacation?

Period Five

Task1 Talk about National Day vacation plans.

Task2 Write a schedule for the weekend as a tourist guide.

I. Greeting.

II. Free talk.

III. Review the activity phrases. (show in power point)

IV. Play a memory game with the whole class: (Have a competition)

The first student says a sentence about a vacation activity. The next student says what the first student is doing and adds a sentence. The third student repeats what the first two students are saying, and so on. See how many activities students can remember. The one who remember the most activities and use the least time wins the game.

V. Talk about National Day vacation plans.

The teacher gives an example: (show in power point)

Jenny’s National Day Vacation Plan

I am going to my hometown for vacation. I’m going with my husband and my son. I’m leaving on October 1st. I’m staying for a week.I plan to have a relaxing vacation. I’m taking walks,going fishing,going bike riding. I’m planning to spend time in the beautiful countryside. At night, I’m enjoying watching TV and chatting with my family… A great vacation! I can’t wait.

Students work in groups of four. Then each group chooses one to tell the class about their National Day vacation plans.

VI. Shelf check:

1. Ask students to fill the blanks on their own.

Check the answers.

Ask students to make their own sentences with words, preferably sentences that are meaningful.

2. Elicit a few things that tourists who visit Xiamen could do. Ex plain the scenario to the students (they are tourist guides planning a schedule.)

Give students some main scenes in Xiamen, some hotels and a menu. (show in power point)

Some Hotels in Xiamen

Xiamen Hotel 廈門賓館

The Mandarin Hotel 悅華酒店

The Marco Polo Hotel Xiamen

馬哥波羅東方大酒店

Crowne Plaza Harbourview Xiamen

廈門海景皇冠假日酒店

food

seafood 海鮮

sea worm jelly 土筍凍

fried oyster 海蠣煎

fried rice noodles 炒米粉

spring rolls 春卷

Xiamen Main Scenes廈門主要景點

Gulangyu Islet 鼓浪嶼

Sunlight Rock 日光巖

Shuzhuang Garden 淑莊花園

The Island Ring Road 環島路

Wanshi Botanical Garden 萬石植物園

Nanputuo Temple 南普陀寺

Huli Ancient Fortress 胡里山炮臺

Jimei Learning Village 集美學村

The Turtle Park 鏊圓

Tongan Tourist Zones 同安旅游區Ask students to plan a schedule for the weekend and write it in the notebook.

Homework:

1. Recite 3a on page17.

2. Preview Unit4.

Feedback:

This period shows the theory of students learning center. Each student has chances to show himself. The activities provide listening, oral, reading and written practice. The activities are practical. They can use what they’ve learnt in daily life.

The things to be improved:

III. Review the activity phrases. (show in power point)

Had better have a competition in this step.

Ask students to plan a schedule for the weekend and write it in the notebook. This should be done as homework because there isn’t

enough time for them to do it.