Language Focus:

Words: chance, coral, reef, sound, Inner Mongolia, brochure, pool, outdoor

Phrases: coral reef, think about, go on holiday

Sentences: You’d better call the hotel by the number on the brochure.

That sounds really cool!

Teaching Objectives

1.    Finish the drills in the lesson

2.    Learn the dialogue and read it fluently, the pronunciation and intonation should be right.

Master the teaching materials above.

Properties: Recorder; Overhead Projector; pictures

Teaching Procedures:

1.       Organization of the class

We’re going to talk about Joy’s holiday in Hainan

Ⅱ. Revision

1. Revise some useful expressions of Unit 5. Get the students to make sentences with them.

2. Play “What did he ask?” in groups of three. Make sure the students can use the Object Clause correctly.

3. Ask one student to introduce something about Hainan.

Ⅲ. Listen

Part 1. Listening cassette. Play the tape twice for the students to listen and do Exercise 1 in the workbook. Play the tape again for the students to check the answers. Then check with the whole class. See if the students can understand.

Ⅳ. Read and act

Part 2. Speech Cassette. Books closed, play the tape. Ask:

How did Joy think about his trip to Hainan? (wonderful)

How did Lily feel when she heard about the scuba diving? (really cool)

Get the students to find the answer to questions, then check with the class. Play the tape again. Get the students to listen and repeat. They should match their intonation with the dialogue on the tape.

Books open. Practice the dialogue in pairs. Get some pairs to act out the dialogue, without looking at the books if possible.

Ⅴ. Practice

Have the students work in pairs. Encourage the students to make up their own dialogues.

Ⅵ. Ask and answer

Part 3. Work in pairs. Give the students a few minutes to prepare their dialogues. Ask four pairs to share their dialogues with the whole class.

Ⅶ. Presentation

Ask one student to act as a traveler, the teacher acts as a waiter at the travel office. Precent a dialogue like this:

T: May I help you?

S: Could you tell me where I can book a room?

T: Oh, the Sunshine Hotel.

S: Do you know how much it costs?

T: 200 yuan a day.

S: How many restaurants do the Sunshine Hotel have?

T: Two.

Have the students practice this dialogue in pairs, then make the students make up their own dialogues, ask some of them to share their dialogues with the class.

Ⅷ. Look, speak and say

Tell the students that they’re traveling on Inner Mongolia. Ask them to read the three brochures. Then ask the students to write a short passage about their stay at one of the hotels in Inner Mongolia. They can choose any hotel.

Ⅸ. Workbook

For Exercise 2. Get the students to read the words.

For Exercise 3. Have the students discuss what they need during the traveling.

For Exercise 4. Get the students to read to read in pairs. Then make up similar dialogues. It can be done after class.

Do Exercise 5 as homework.

Ⅹ. Homework

A.    Finish all the exercises in the workbook

B.    Write a story about their stay in a hotel