1、1U7 Rules around us (period 1)Objectives:After this period, students are going to:1. Interpret signs;2. Use modal verbs to express obligation and prohibition;3. Use imperatives to express prohibition;4. Be aware of the importance of signs;5. Assess and comment:Key points:1. Use we must (not) to obli
2、gation and prohibition;2. Be aware of the importance of signs;Difficulties:Assess and comment;Steps Students activity Teachers activity PurposePre-taskactivities8 minutes1. Free talk. 1. Show students a sign. Have students talk about signs freely.Q: What are these?What do signs mean?Where can you fi
3、nd signs?Where can you find this sign?Do you think these three signs tell the same thing as these three signs?What do these three signs tell us?T: These three signs give us instructions, and they tell us where to go, where we can find something. So they are instruction signs. Q: Do you know what do
4、a instruction sign mean? T: And these three signs tell us something thing we must not do. They are forbidden signs. Q: Do you know what do a forbidden sign mean?T: Today we will just focus on the forbidden signs.To lead in the topic: Signs and rules.2Pre-taskactivities8 minutes2. Help students under
5、stand the relationship between signs and rules by giving illustrations.T: So we have known that these are signs, and sometimes there are some words under the signs. What do we call these words? Can you use one word to conclude them?Q: What do rules mean?So what do we use signs for? To do what?T: Yes
6、. We use signs to tell about rules.3. Show two more signs. Teach the pattern No V.ingT: Ill show you more signs. What does this sign mean?T: We can use No plus verb ING form to show forbidden meaning.To lead in the meaning of ruleTo teach the forbidden pattern: No+ V.ingWhile-taskactivities20 minute
7、s1. Do a quiz. Look at some signs and choose their meanings.2. Practise the key sentence pattern we must.3. Read after the audio.1. Give students a little quiz.T: Here are eight more forbidden signs. Do you know the meaning of them? Now I will send you a little quiz. Please choose the meanings of th
8、ose signs. You can take out your pad and finish the quiz2. Check the answer. Teach the key sentence structure: We must not.T: Please put down your pad and look at the screen.Q: What does this sign mean?T: Yes. We can also say We must not turn left.3. Play the audio. Let students listen and answer qu
9、estions.Q: What does Miss Guo ask?T: Yes. She asks the meaning of this sign and where WE CAN find To let students learn the sentence pattern Dont do by choice exercise as well as to let students know the meanings of some signs.To transit to the key sentence pattern: We must not do.To practise studen
10、ts listening skills.3While-taskactivities20 minutes4. Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the meanings of the signs and the places to find them.5. Do the dialogue in the class.5. Look at the picture and say where they can find rules.7. Think and practise. Put rules in different places.8. C
11、heck the answer together.9. Read aloud together.the sign.Now lets read it together.4. Have students ask and answer questions about signs.T: Do you know how to ask questions about signs? Ask about meaning and place. Now work in pairs, ask questions and answer. Start!5. Check the pair work. Give feedb
12、ack and correct mistakes.6. Have students tell where they can find rules according to the picture.T: Since signs are everywhere right? And signs tell us about rules. So rules are round us, do you agree?Q: Where do we have rules then? Now look at the picture and tell me like this: We can find rules i
13、n the ./on the .T: Do you understand? Now start. Where do we have rules?7. Have students put rules in different places.T: Now we have known that we can find rules in the library, in the classroom, on the road and in the park. Here is a little exercise. I want you to put these rules in different plac
14、es that you think you can find them. I will send you the little exercise. Now you can take out your pad.8. Project one students answer and check the answer.T: Ive just put xxxs answer on the screen. To have students practise the key sentence pattern.To check and correct mistakes.To practise students
15、 oral skills as well as to practise their abilities of reading pictures.To check if students can understand the meaning of these rules.To check the answer and to get all the students involved in the class.To review the rules in different places as well as to practise 410. Work in groups and write mo
16、re rules for one place.11. Listen carefully and give feedbacks.Lets check the answer together. 9. Have student read aloud the rules in different places.T: We have talked about rules in different place. Now please read them aloud like this: We must not play basketball in the library. Ok? Ready go!10.
17、Have students work in groups and write more rules for one place.T: Can you think of more rules for these places? Each group has got a working sheet. Please work in group and think of two more rules for this place. Group leader, please write down your rules. Now start!11. Check the group work.T: Time
18、s up. Group one. Tell us your rules like this: We mustin the/ on the. T: The other five groups please listen carefully and see if they are correct.T: Excellent! You have done a good job!students oral skills.To have students output the key sentence structure: we mustTo check the work and practice stu
19、dents listening skills.1. Further discussion: Can we live without signs?1. Have students have a further discussion of signs.T: We have learned a lot about signs.Now think about one question. Can we live without signs? Q: Why not?T: You can have a little discussion within your group. I have some ques
20、tions for you to discuss.2. Show the conclusion.T: Signs are very useful. They To have students output what they have learned in this period.To make students be aware of the importance of the signs.To sum up the discussion.5Post-task activities 8 minutesPost-task activities 8 minutes2. Present group
21、 work and make an assessment.are easy to see and they tell us rules. If there is no rule, the world will be in a mess. Therefore, signs are very important to us.Do you agree?3. Have students access others group work and give suggestions.Q: So can you design a sign?How is a good sign like?T: Usually,
22、 a good sign is very simple, so it is easy to understand. The most important is, it should be very clear, so that you can know its meaning clearly.Please take out your group work and see if you can design a sign.Group leader, please show us your sign.T: Can you guess what does it mean?Q: Are they co
23、rrect? T: Ok. Please introduce your sign to us. Meaning and how you design it and where you can find it.T: Do you think it is a good sign?Lets vote on this sign.If you like it, choose I like it. If you think there is something you can do to improve, choose I have suggestions.T: xxx, can you share yo
24、ur suggestions with us?4. Do a summary.T: Today we have known the meanings of signs and we have known that we can use signs to tell about rules. Meanwhile, we are able to use we must to express rules. Furthermore, we can put what we have learned into To have students have a clearer understanding of
25、signs by giving them chances to assess a sign.To enable students to evaluate and give feedbacks.To summarize the whole class.6practice. We can assess other students signs according to what we have learned about signs. The most important is, we can give others our approvals and suggestions.All of you have done a really nice job. Im so proud of you!Homework: 1. Workbook P42, 43.2. Improve your signs.
