Unit 6 At the Market   Lesson 2

Design thoughts

I want Ss to review the words that we’ve learned before using my QQ farm, then I will have Ss recall the usage of “is” and “are” by designing some tasks. And I ’d like Ss to practice the key dialogs in different ways, which comes from real life that interests Ss. Thus Ss can be full use of the key sentences that they can use them in daily life.

 

Teaching aims:

1.       Knowledge aim: Ask and answer about prices of items using How much is/are the …? It’s/They’re…yuan a kilo.

2.       Ability aim: Cooperate with partners to finish some tasks.

3.       Mental aim: Be willing to help others and learn to assume a correct attitude towards money.

 

Key and difficult points:

1.       Ask and answer about price correctly.

2.       Cooperate with partners to finish some tasks.

 

Teaching methods:

1.       Task-based approach

2.       Game

3.       Song

4.  The cooperative approach

 

Teaching aids:

1.       Flashcards

2.       CAI

3.       Some fruits

 

Teaching procedures:

 

1.       Warm-up

(1)                Greetings

T: Yesterday, I played a computer game...

(2)                Show the pictures of my QQ farm, have Ss say the fruits and vegetables in the pictures.

(3)                Divide the items into two parts. Have Ss say “There is a…” and “There are some…” And let Ss count the number.

T: The cucumbers are from my farm. They’re yummy. Do you want to taste them?(give Ss the cucumbers to eat and let them say a cucumber, two cucumbers ,three cucumbers)

 

2. Presentation and Practice

(1)Have Ss see the screen, there are the prices of many kinds of items.

T: There is so much food on the QQ farm and I want to have some money. So I’ll sell them.

Look at the price. If you have one yuan, what can you buy? You can tick,

a kilo of salt                     a kilo of beans

a kilo of sugar                    a kilo of cucumbers

a kilo of corn

a kilo of lettuce

 

If you have 10 yuan, what can you buy?

2 kilos of salt                       2 kilos of beans

8 kilos of sugar                      3 kilos of cucumbers

5 kilos of flour                      5 kilos of carrots

6 kilos of corn                       3 kilos of potatoes

2 kilos of lettuce                     a kilo of meat

 

(2) Have Ss say the prices. Pay attention to “is” and “are”.

   T: Look at the screen. Can you tell me the prices?

The flour____(  ) yuan a kilo.

The meat____(  ) yuan a kilo.

The salt ____(  ) yuan a kilo.

The sugar____(  ) yuan a kilo.

The cucumbers____(  ) yuan a kilo.

The tomatoes____(  ) yuan a kilo.

The potatoes____(  ) yuan a kilo.

…

(3)Memory test.

  Show some items with price. Have Ss see the pictures for several seconds, and ask how much is/are the___? Then check the answer.

 

3. Consolidation

T: Now I know our students are very clever and I also want to know if you are kindhearted. Could you help the sheep family? Who is he/she? … They’re in trouble. They must guess the price of the presents and then they can get them.

 

Xiyangyang gets a cake. How much is the cake? (Do action to hint higher or lower about the price.)

Lanyangyang gets some candy. How much is the candy?

Meiyangyang gets two dresses. How much are the dresses?

Feiyangyang gets 3 toy cars. How much are the toy cars?

 

T: Oh, you help the sheep family. They all get their presents. You’re clever and kindhearted. So I’ll give you a reward. Let’s listen to a song.

Play the song “two yuan a kilo” from page 88 and introduce students to sing while clapping hands.

 

4. Production

T: Now, let’s see how are the sheep family. Meiyangyang, hello. How are you?(Elicit students to greet with Meiyangyang.)

A)     Pair work. T: Meiyangyang is a shop seller. She has lots of oranges. I like oranges very much, so I want to buy some.

 

T: Meiyangyang, how much are the oranges?

M: They’re 2 yuan a kilo.

T: Can I have ten kilos, please? Here’s twenty yuan. Here you are.

M: Thank you.

T: You’re welcome.

B) Xiyangyang also wants to buy some vegetables. Let’s listen to them.

( play the tape from book 69, part B)

  Say the dialogs by girls and boys.

C) Lanyangyang wants to buy some food, look at the pictures, say what they talk about. (Do the practice D)

 

5. Wrap-up

  Show “my grocery” in front of the class, mark the price before each item. Have each group leader be the seller, other Ss buy things from the “seller”, using the dialogs in the screen. Then write the receipt.

 

6. Give Ss some choice about using money. Try to have Ss form a good habit of using money.

 

7. Homework

  Make a dialog with your partner using what we’ve learned this class, and show the receipt to the class next time.