英語人教版七年級下冊How do you get to school.docx

Unit 3 How do you go to school？Teaching AidsStructures: How questions; Affirmative and negative statementsTarget language: How do you get to school? I take the bus.How long does it take? It takes 20 minutes.How far is it? Its 10 miles.Vocabulary: get to, how far, bicycle, subway, car, train, bus stop, train station, bus station, subway station, minute, kilometer, mile, transportation, calendarLearning strategies: Personalizing; Inferring vocabularySECTION AGoals To learn to use How questions, affirmative and negative statements Lean to talk about how to get to places, how long it takes to go to places, and how far the places areTo talk about kinds of transportation Procedures Step 1 Warming upHello, everyone! Whats the weather like today? Its a sunny day with a gentle breeze. Its comfortable. So this morning I come to school by bike. It took me nearly 50 minutes. You know I live far from school. I often take buses to come here. But it takes me more than an hour. What about you? Today, lets talk about how you go from one place to another. And we will talk about the time it takes to get to places and how far it is between two places. Step 2 1a Looking and writingOpen your book. Look at the picture carefully and read the dialogue. Then please write how the students in the picture get to school in the morning in the chart. Sample answers: 1. take the subway 2. ride a bike 3. take the bus 4. take the train 5. walk(on foot) 6. take a boat 7. take a taxi 8. go in a parents car Step 3 1b Listening and writingLook at the picture again. How do students get to school? Lets listen to a conversation between two people talking about this. Listen carefully and write the number of the name in the white box next to the student. Please do it individually. Then lets check the answer. Answers:1. Bob takes the train. 2. Mary takes the subway.3. John takes the bus. 4. Paul walks. 5. Yang Lan walks.Now read the tapescript, shadow the how questions and underling the expressions.Step 4 1c Doing pairworkPlease read the dialogue in the box. And make your own conversations about how the people in the picture get to school with their partner. Then Ill ask some pairs to say their dialogue.Sample dialogueA: How does Bob get to school?B: He takes the train.A: Does John take the train to school, too?B: No. He takes the bus.A: What about Mary and Paul?B: Paul walks, and Mary takes the subway.A: And Yang Lan walks, does she? B: Yes, she does. Step 5 2a Listening and repeating Listen to these numbers and repeat. Please pay attention to the pronunciation. Tapescript32, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 1002b Writing the numbersforty-six 46 thirty-three 33 seventy-two 72 one hundred and five 105 fifty-eight 58 ninety-nine 99sixty-one 61 eighty-four 84Step 6 2c Listening and checkingNow please look at the five transportation pictures. And well listen to two conversations. The people are talking about how students get to school and how long it takes. Listen carefully and put a checkmark to show the kinds of transportation they talk about. Check your answer.40 minutes 35minutes 25minutes 10 minutesListen carefully again and match the time with the kinds of transportation. Lets check the answers.Look at the sentences on the board. “They take the train. It takes about forty minutes.” “Take the train” means to ride the train. And we also use “take” to talk about a length of time. For example, it takes me 20minutes to get to school. So we use the same word, take, in two different ways.Now read the tapescript, shadow the how questions and underling the expressions.Step 7 2d Doing pairworkNow please make your own conversations about how you get to school and how long it takes. Read the example dialogue first then make yours with your partnerExample:A: How do you get to school?B: well, I usually walk but sometimes I take the bus.A: How long does it take?B: It takes about 25 minutes to walk and 10 minutes by bus. What about you?A: I get to school by bike, sometimes I take my fathers car.B: Oh, how long does it take?A: It takes around 40 minutes by bike and 15 minutes by car.Step 8 3a Reading and writingSo far you have learned to talk about how you get to school and how long it takes. The passage you will learn in this part tells us something about Li Lei. Please read the questions about Li Lei in the speech bubbles. Then read the passage and write the answers to the questions on the line. You should complete the activity individually. OK, now lets check the answers. 1How does he 2 How long does 3 How far is it from get to school? it take? his home to school?By bike and It usually takes About 10 kilometers.by bus. about 35 minutes. Now read the passage following the tape sentence by sentence. Please pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation of the native readers and try to imitate them. Then draw lines under the useful phrases and structures.Lin Feis home/ is about 10 kilometers /from school. He gets up /at six oclock/ every day, showers, and has a quick breakfast. Then/ he leaves for school/ at around six-thirty. First, he rides his bicycle/ to the bus station. That takes about ten minutes. Then/ the early bus/ takes him to school. The bus ride/ usually/ takes about 25 minutes.Ok, we have got to know something about Li Lei. What about you? How far are your homes from school? What time do you get up? How do you get to school? Lets ask some students to say something about you. Step 9 3b Doing pairworkLook at the pictures. Can you name each form of transportation? They are easy to you. Read the time and distance that goes with each form of transportation. Pay attention to “mile”, which is a common measure of distance in some western countries. (1 mile=1.6 kilometers).Read the example dialogue in the box.Now make your own conversations using the information in the picture with your partner.A: How do you get to school? B: I take the train.A: How far is it from your home to school?B: Its eight miles.A: How long does it take you to get from home to School ? B: It takes 35 minutes.A: How do you get to school? B: I walk.A: How far is it from your home to school?B: Its two miles.A: How long does it take you to get from home to school ?B: It takes 40 minutes. A: How do you get to school? B: I take the bus.A: How far is it from your home to school?B: Its four miles.A: How long does it take you to get from home to school?B: It takes 15 minutes.OK. Stop here please. Lets ask some pairs to say their dialogues.Step 10 4 Talking and writing Well done everyone! Now lets play a game: Info Gap Race! This time you work in groups of three. You decide which one is A, which one is B and which one is C. Please read the instruction. You ask each other questions to learn information for your chart, and then write the answers on the chart in