Unit 1 What’s the matter?
Function: asking reasons and answering
Recycling: why and because
Language: What’s the matter? Why are you laughing?
Vocabulary: laugh, cup, understand, mistake
Procedures:
Step 1 Warm-up
1. Sing an English song.
2. Say to the children at random.
Step 2 Introduction
1. Show the chart of last lesson and ask: Why couldn’t Helen Keller hear? Why couldn’t Helen Keller see?
2. Show a picture and ask: Who are they? What are they doing? Why are they laughing?
Step 3 Presentation
1. Put the chart on the blackboard and ask the children to look at the picture carefully.
2. Play the cassette and circle the new words.
3. Play the cassette and ask some questions.
4. Teach the new words in different ways.
5. Play the cassette again and pause after each utterance for the children to repeat.
6. Practice in groups and act out the dialogue.
Step 4 Finish a Task
1. Write a postcard in English.
2. Interview after class.
Step 5 Homework
1. Read the text in role.
2. Finish task 5.
