2. Train the students’ focus abilities and cooperation spirit.

Teaching Difficult Points: the difficult cultures of different countries

Teaching Preparation: pictures

Teaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, pictures

Type of Lesson: new lesson

Teaching procedures:

Step1. Lead in

The teacher shows some pictures to the students with the Multi-media computer. The pictures show the differences between China and Western countries.

From the people’s appearance and the colour of the skin，We can tell the differences. The others show cultural differences. We use chopsticks but they use the fork and knives.

Divide the class into several groups and finish the task. Encourage the students to speak more. They can use their own pictures to help them.

Step2. Listening task

Listen to the text and answer the following question:

1. Target language: I made a mistake. He looks confused. Buying things in China is confusing.

2.　　　 Improve the students’ abilities of speaking English.

Teaching Important Points:

1.　　　 Know the cultural differences between China and western countries.

2.　　　 Find out more information about cloning on the Internet.

Summary:

This unit is designed to review the main language points in this unit. It is used to build the vocabulary of the unit. Practice the grammars and spoken English in this unit. All those are put in a situation of cloning. Cloning is a new subject for the students. It is very interesting to discuss.

Lesson 17: Do Mistakes Matter?

Teaching Content:

Mastery words and expressions: pardon, mention, pocket, double, mistake, make a mistake, depend, common

Oral words and expressions: Bruce, confused, confusing, depend on, bargaining

Teaching aims:

2.　　　 The use of coordinating conjunction.

Teaching Difficult Points:

The use of coordinating conjunction.

Teaching Preparation: pictures

Teaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, pictures

Type of lesson: review lesson

Teaching Procedure:

Step1.Group work

Talk about the question in groups. “What do you like to clone the most? Why?” Let the students write their opinions down on a piece of paper. Then exchange their opinions. At last, one of the members sums the opinions and gives a report in front of the class.

Step2. Finish the exercises in this lesson. Find out the problems and write them down on the blackboard.

Discuss the problem together and find out the correct way to solve the problems.

Step3. Do with “Grammar in Use”.

Let the students finish the exercises. Then ask the students to make some sentences with neither…nor…, not only…but also….

Not only he but also his father is handsome.

Neither my mother nor my father likes this kind of fruit.

Step4. Come to “Speaking the Language”.

Complete the dialogue. Then ask the students to make a similar dialogue with his partner. Then present it in front of the class.

Step5. Play the game “Stop-Go”

Play the game in front of the class. Start the game with 10 volunteers from the class. Play the game to practice the “ability and inability” expressions on this page.

Change the students to play the game if the time is enough.

Step6. Group work

Divide the class into several groups. Ask them to introduce themselves in the group. Then choose two best ones to present in front of the class.

Step7. Homework

1.　　　 The expression of ability and inability.

1.　　　 Learn to use the Internet and other tools to search more information.

2.　　　 Ask your parents for some information about cloning.

Summary:

Cloning is new to the students. Let them get more information on the Internet. That is helpful for them. It is helpful for them to use the Internet for some important information. On th the coordination conjunctions are important in this unit. So make more practice in class.

Lesson 16: Unit Review

Teaching Content:

Mastery words and expressions in this unit.

Oral words and expressions in this unit.

Teaching Aims:

3.　　　 Jenny has ever studied cloning.

Finish the task in class in oral.

Step4.Read the text again and find the sentences with the new words. Let the students guess the meanings of the new words. Give more examples with the new words.

I knew that English scientists had cloned a sheep, but I knew neither how nor why.

I chose mammoths.

Ask the students to make sentences with neither…nor…

He is neither a teacher nor a doctor.

Neither he nor I am thirteen years old.

Step5. Sum the main idea of the two e-mails. Let the students tell them in their own words, not word by word according to the content of the e-mails.

Step6. Come to “LET’S DO IT”.

Divide the class into groups of three or four. Use the Internet or other tools to find more information about cloning.

Talk about what, where, when, why and how cloning is taking place.

Everyone writes down a short passage, then exchange it with the others. Next one of the members of the group gives a report in front of the class.

Step7. Homework