1、Unit 2 How often do you exercise?Section B (3a-3C)Teaching aims:I. Knowledge Objectivei. At the end of the class, my students are able to use the target words and sentences to describetheir habits both good habits and bad habits fully and correctly.ii. My students are able to imitate the provided sc

2、affold to write a short essay at the end of the class.II. Ability ObjectiveMy students could be able to write an essay by using the target words and sentences of this unit.III. L anguage focus:Words: dentist, how often, usually, always ,sometimes, hardly ever, neverSentences:I always exercise and re

3、ad books.I usually watch TV.Teaching difficulties:I. For students: My students may have difficulties to make a clear scaffold about theessay writing. Furthermore, some students could not be able to use the target sentences in the real communication context fully and correctly.II. For teacher: Time i

4、s the concentration. I should arrange the time fully and usefully without any hesitation. In the meanwhile, I also like to pay more attention to students re flection and feedback during the class. Respect their own ideas and encourage them to be more creative. I also like to handle the emergencies i

5、n the class immediately and approximately.Teaching methods:1. Scene setting.2. Make scaffolds for students before writing the report.Teaching procedures:II. Greetings & PresentationGreet the whole class.T: Good afternoon, Guys. Ss: Good afternoon, Teacher.T: Please be seated. Ss: Thank you.T: My

6、 name is Coco. I amvery happy to be here with you. Today we will have a writing class together. The topic is about habits.III. Warm-up1. Teacher leads in a question for students:“ What do you want to be when you grow up?”2. Teacher displays some pictures of job to enablsetudents fr ee talk about the

7、ir futurejobs. Moreover, encourage students write down what do they want to be in the future.7 / io111. Lead-ini. Introduce an American girl named Jane. She wants to be a lawyer when she grows up.ii. Lead in a question: Could Jane become a lawyerr Involve all of the students to join the prediction o

8、f Janes future job.(Hint: according to the activities Jane does)ActivitiesDays a yearExercise365Read books365Watch TV for over 2 hours320Drink juice210Eat hamburgers95Help with housework20Stay up late15Go to the dentist0IV. Practiceiii. Mechanical practiceT: Present the main sentences by using pictu

9、res and tables.Jane s Activity 1:ActivitiesDays a yearExercise / Read books365She exercises and reads books365 days a year.She always exercises and reads books everyday.Prediction 1: Jane can be a lawyer.Jane s Activities 2:ActivitiesDays a yearWatch TV for 2 hours320She watches TV 320 days a year.1

10、She usually watches TV for 2 hours.Prediction 2: Jane may be a lawyer. (uncertain)Jane s Activities 3:ActivitiesDays a yearDrink juice210She drinks juice 210 days a year.She often drinks juice.Prediction 3: Jane can be a lawyer.Jane s Activities 4:ActivitiesDays a yearEat hamburgers95She eats hambur

11、gers 95 days a year.IShe sometimes eats hamburgers.Prediction4: Jane may be a lawyer (uncertain.).T: After presenting all of the sentences,there will be a discussion part about the prediction of Jane s future.Conclusion: What makes Jane's dream uncertain? Habits. Habits decide the future.iv. Mea

12、ningful practiceT: present a half control practice which including some provided information.T: ask the students to turn to page 15 and read 3a. Then fill in the blanks according to the meaning of the text.Jane is a 16-year-old high school student in the United States. AmericanTeenager magazine aske

13、d her about her habits. Jane has a lot of good habits. She exercises and she reads books. Also, shedrinks juice and she stays up late. However, shehas some bad habits, too. She watches TV for more than twohours a day, and she eats hamburgers. Her parents are notvery happy because she helps with hous

14、ework and shegoes to the dentist for teeth cleaning. She says she is afraid.v. i. Group-workT: Find out Jane； s habits.Good habits: always exercises; always reads books; often drinks juice; hardly ever stays up late.Bad habits: usually watches TV; sometimes eats hamburgers; hardly ever helps with ho

15、usework; never goes to the dentist.vi. Communicative practiceT: What do you want to be in your future? Let s look at your habits and predict your future job. Can you be the person you want to be?3b Complete the chart with your own information. In the last column, use expressions like always, every d

16、ay, twice a week and never.ActivitiesHow often?Good habitsBad habitsActivities: Exercise; Read books; Play computer games; Drink milk;Eat fruit and vegetables ; Eat junk food; Stay up late .How often: always, every day, twice a week, never, hardly ever, usually,oftenvii. Summarize the writing struct

17、ureHow to write a report?Topic sentenceGood habits' However * Bad habitsV. ProductionT: Write a report about your good and bad habits. Say how often you do things. Use the report in 3a as an example.T: After writing, share your report to your classmates.Tips:1 .Take notes about your classmates &

18、#39;good habits and bad habits.2 .Let's predict about his or her future.8 / 103.Give your own suggestions.1. If students are in the English study high level, I would like to invite some students to make reports. Meanwhile, some other student will take notes about their classmates good habits and bad habits. After