Unit 3 Buying and Selling
Lesson 17: Who Will Buy It?
Teaching Content:
astery words and expressions: money, pay, pay for, price, advertising, ad
Oral words and expressions: product, make money
Teaching Aims:
1.Review and learn more words and expressions about he commercial world.
2.Practice some important grammars.
Teaching Important Points:
1.Talking about shopping.
2.The adverbial Clauses.
Teaching Difficult Points:
Grasp the adverbial clauses.
Teaching Preparation: pictures
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures
Type of lesson: new lesson
Teaching Procedure:
Step1. Practise the ads.
Take out something that students are interested in. Let them write advertising for them.
If it is a pen, what can students say about it? If you want to help them make the advertising better, what can you do?
Step2.Let some students introduce their favourite advertising to the class. Tell the others why you like it best. Do you think what advertising you dislike? Why?
The teacher tells the students what advertising he likes best. Why?
Step3.Read the text and let the students answer the following questions:
1.What is the news about?
2.Who will bake something good to eat?
Step 4. Read the text again and do with the content in details. Let the students find more questions about this part. If they find any questions, they can stand up and ask any student.
If they can’t do it well at once, you can give them examples. Such as: How much does a player need? ($50.)
What will Brian do in order to make money? (To bake something good to eat.)
What’s the price of the cookies? (Four for a dollar.)
Step 5. Listen to the tape. Ask the students to listen carefully and imitate after it.
Ask who can read fast enough to follow the tape. Encourage them to read as fast as they can.
At the same time, the students walk around to see the students’ pronunciation and intonation.
After finish listening, the teacher can repeat some words and expressions on the blackboard.
Step 6. Homework
1.Finish off the exercises in activity book.
2.Go on the next reading in the student book.
Step 7. PROJECT
We can finish the project in three lessons.
In the first lesson, divide the class into several groups. Discuss what you want to produce in your group. What materials do you need? After everyone has demonstrated his or her ideas, choose the best one to produce.
In the second lesson, write advertising for your product. Think about all kinds of words or pictures to match it. Choose the best and design a complete one.
In the third lesson, let the student show the product to the class. At the same time, introduce its use and how to use it. Now you present your ad to the class. Does if have a good profit? Does everyone want to buy it? What does everyone buy it for?
If your product or ad needs to be changed or added something interesting, do you want to change it. Why or why not.
Summary:
We are living in a neorld. All around us are all kinds of ads. We can see them on TV, radios and computers. When we go to school, we can see the names of the shops which also attracts many customers in many ways. Choose the best one to present it to the class. Why do you think it is good? What do the others think about it? Leave the homework to them. Let the students to observe with their own eyes. They will find more interesting things.
Lesson 18: Two Hours Too Early
Teaching Content:
astery words and expressions: supply, notice, quite
Oral words and expressions: mall, business hours
Teaching Aims:
1.now more about shopping.
2.Grasp more phrases for shopping and signs for business hours.
Teaching Important Points:
1.Some words and expressions about the business hours.
2.now some knowledge of shopping.
Teaching Difficult Points:
The adverbial clause
Teaching Preparation: pictures
Teaching Aid: audiotape, flashcards, pictures
Type of lesson: new lesson
Teaching Procedure:
Step 1. Come to “THIN ABOUT IT”.
Discuss the questions in groups, talk about the feeling that you must wait. Where must you wait? Give examples.
S1: When I am ill, I must go to see a doctor. I must wait my turn.
S2. When I buy my breakfast, I must wait in queue because everyone is in a hurry. They all want to go to school or work earlier.
S3: When I buy something in shops I must wait. Because the shop near my home is so good that many people buy things there, I must wait.
The teacher sums what the students say.:
We live in a big world. We must be polite when we buy something. That’s a good manner. We can’t jump the queue. We should think more about the others.
Step 2. Look at the picture of Danny. What is he doing? Do you know his feeling now?
Talk about the picture in pairs. Then let some students demonstrate their ideas in front of the class.
Step 3. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions:
1.When does Danny get up very early?
2.What does the sign say?
3.Does Danny buy the supplies he wants?
If some students can’t answer the questions well, don't lose your temper. We can go on the next step.
Step 4. Read the text and check the answers to the listening part. Ask the students to find more questions about Danny. If they find any, they can ask any student. If one can’t give the right answer, others can help him or her.
The questions can be like this:
1.Does he take money to buy things?
2.How long does Danny wait?
3.Where does Danny sit?
Step 5.Do with some language points.
ake sentences with the following words: build, sign, hear
He wants to build a bridge when he is older.
What signs can you see near the school?
I hear a baby crying loudly.
Encourage them to make more sentences.
Step 6. Come to “LET’S DO IT”.
Divide the class into several groups. We can describe the same shop. Then let some students present their report to the class. The others try ot add the report and make it perfect.
We can put up the report on the wall after class.
Step 7. Homework
1.Finish off the activity book.
2.Go on the next reading in the student book.
Summary:
It is a good way to make sentences with the phrases that we learn. The more we use the phrases, the more we are familiar with them. Then we can grasp it easily and never forget them. Give the students more time to practise in the class.
Lesson 19: now Business Lingo
Teaching Content:
astery words and expressions: success, meeting, example, fat, course, final
Oral words and expressions: beginner, intermediate, advanced, audiotape, certificate, registration, payment, cheque, cash
Teaching Aims:
1.now some words and expressions about the business.
2.Learn about the foreign ads.
Teaching Important Points:
1.Some business lingoes.
2.Some words and expressions.
Teaching Difficult Points:
How to make foreign ads?
Teaching Preparation: pictures
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures
Type of lesson: new lesson
Teaching Procedure:
Step 1.Lead in
Introduce Chinese training ads to the class.
If you are a teacher, you want to teach a few students in the summer holiday. What ads do you need?
Bring some Chinese ads about this to the class. Let’s them try them in English. And show them to the class.
Step 2. Now show the certificate of this lesson to the class. Let them guess what the program will be?
Try to make ads according to the certificate. The students can make the ads in many ways. They can add different content to the ads.
Work in groups and finish the ads. They can exchange their ideas and make perfect ads. Then show it to the class.
Step3.Read the text and answer the following questions:
1.What’s business lingo?
2.What’s the program for?
Step 4. Show some neords and expressions to the class. Let them read after you if they can’t read them well by themselves. Practise them for a while. Then give them chances to practise in the class.
Step 5: Brainstorm
Begin a brainstorm to discuss the text in details. Encourage them to ask more questions.
They can ask questions like this:
Do you really know business lingoes? Can you give examples? Where do you get them?
They can ask questions about the program. For example:
If you are a beginner, what course should you attend?
How long is each course?
Where are the teachers from?
What languages do they speak?
Step 6.Listen to the tape. Let the students imitate after it. Play the tape for several times in order to let them have exact pronunciation.
The teachers walk around the classroom to see their pronunciation. Then choose some difficulties to show them on the blackboard
Step 7. Homework
1.Finish off the activity book.
2.Go on the next reading in the student book.
Summary:
Ask the students to practice with the similar things. Give them time to think what they will learn. Let them think over the words and expressions that they’re going to learn. Practising more is good for students. This can add the students’ learning interests.
Lesson 20: I’ll Buy It!
Teaching Content:
There are no mastery or oral words and expressions in this lesson.
Teaching Aims:
1.Be more familiar to the words and expressions used in shopping.
2.now more about the English songs and foreign culture.
Teaching Important Points:
1.Talking about shopping.
2.Learn to sing the popular song.
Teaching difficult Points:
Talking about shopping
Teaching Preparation: pictures
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures
Type of lesson: new lesson
Teaching Procedure:
Step 1.Liste to the tape. Let’s sing after it. Play the tape for several times in order to let the students grasp the rhythm of the song.
Step 2. Try to sing the song together as the tape playing. Sing together twice. Then turn off the audiotape. Now ask the students to sing loudly.
Step 3. Read the song loudly as a poem. Explain some expressions to them if you think it is necessary.
Step 4. Divide the class into two groups and then practise the song again.
Who sings well? Remember to give praise for a good try.
Step 5. ake up a new song or dialogue with some words and expressions in the song.
After the students present his or her song or dialogue to us, can the others sum the main idea? If they can’t do this, let the writer explain it to us.
Step 6. Ask some volunteers to come to the front and sing.
Step7.Homework
1.Finish off the activity book.
2.Go on the next reading in the student book.
Summary:
Some students think the English songs are hard to learn. In fact, they are easy. If you put your heart into it and don't be afraid to make mistakes, I think you will sing them well. The teacher must make good examples for them. They can sing in front of the class. And the students sing after her or him. After a while, they will learn to sing and dare to sing in front of the class.
Lesson 21: Cookies, Please!
Teaching Content:
astery words and expressions: bill, purse, any other, afraid, safe, afford, coin
Oral words and expressions: come up to, go over to, That’s too much expensive. I’m afraid I can’t afford it.
Teaching Aims:
1.Learn and review some words and expressions in interesting information about real and attempted products.
2.Talk about shopping.
Teaching Important Points:
1.The adverbial clause and articles.
2.How to introduce your products to the customers.
Teaching Difficult Points:
Talk about shopping.
Teaching Preparation: pictures
Teaching Aid: audiotape, flashcards, pictures
Type of lesson: new lesson
Teaching Procedure:
Step 1e to “THIN ABOUT IT”.
Talk about the questions in groups of three or four. Then let one of the students in the group reports to the class.
When the students are give their reports, the others can ask questions if they like or if they have any questions.
Step2.Read and answer the following questions:
1.When are Brian and Danny selling their products?
2.Who buy cookies from Brian?
3.Does anybody buy Danny’s product?
Step 3. Analyze the text in details.
Encourage them to ask more questions about the text. Such as:
What do you think of Danny’s product?
What do you think Brian’s cookies made of?
Do you want to make some cookies by yourself/
Step 4.Listen to the tape and let the students imitate after it. At the same time, they must keep silent.
Step 5. Act out.
Ask the students take out something interesting and sell them in the class. What do they want to sell? Who wants to buy? Do they have a deal? Observe if they have any difficulties. Help them in time.
Write some neords on the blackboard in order to build their vocabulary.
Step6e to “LET’S DO IT”.
Act out the story. If they make mistakes, don't mind them and let them go on. They can express their ideas freely, if their grammars are correct. This is an interesting game. Encourage them to be bold and not to be nervous.
Step7.Homework
1.Finish off the activity book.
2.Go on the next reading in the student book.
3.Preview Lesson 24.
Summary:
Spoken English is an important part in English learning. Role-play is a good way to practise English in class or out of class. Give them more chances. When they make mistakes in speaking, the teacher doesn't need to correct them immediately. Give them more time to speak. In order to increase their speaking ability, encourage them to talk about their real opinions.
Lesson 22: A Cookie Sale
Teaching Content:
astery words and expressions: heart, cent, deal, experience
Oral words and expressions: elementary, elementary school, storybook, Junior High School
Teaching Aims:
1.Review and learn more words and expressions about the commercial world.
2.Some knowledge of shopping in foreign countries.
Teaching Important Points:
1.Write a passage in simple past tense.
2.Talk about shopping.
Teaching Difficult Shopping:
The adverbial clause and object clause
Teaching Preparation: pictures
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures
Type of lesson: new lesson
Teaching Procedure:
Step1. Come to “THIN ABOUT IT”.
Let the students work in pairs and discuss the following questions. Then report it to the class. They can express their ideas freely.
S1: I don’t want to give money to those who begs in the street. Sometimes they are very strong and they are able to support themselves. I think he’s just too lazy. He doesn’t want to work.
S2: I have helped those children or old men. I think they are very poor. They don’t even have enough food to eat.
S3: I give money to those who can’t go to school. I like them. I hope they all can go to school happily.
The teacher can help them if necessary.
Step2. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions:
1.When did Brian and his classmates sell the cookies?
2.What did they do with the money?
Listening is a difficult part in English learning. If some students can’t find the answers, don’t worry. Let’s open our books and then read the text.
Step3. Read the text and check the answers in listening part.
Encourage the students to ask more questions. They can ask any students to answer. Let’s discuss the text in details.
What did the cookies look like?
Who helped me make them?
How much is one cookie cost?
How much did we make?
Step4. Brainstorm
Discuss the following questions: If you have much money, what do you want to do? They can express their ideas freely.
When the students are speaking, the teacher should lead their ideas in right directions. Let them not fall in playing and waste.
Step5. Do with language points
ake sentences with some language points: cost, deal with, It is fun…to do…
How much does the book cost?
How did we deal with the old clothes?
It is fun to play with you.
Step6. Come to “LET’S DO IT”.
It is difficult for parents to work hard to support our family. Now if you are David. What would you do to sell more cookies?
Let the students work in pairs and finish the work. After five minutes, ask them to give a report in the class.
Step7.Homework
1.Finish off the activity book.
2.Go on the next reading in the student book.
Summary:
When students are expressing their ideas, the teacher remembers to lead them in right ways. Whatever we are talking about money, job, health or other things, they must have normal opinions like the others. Ask them not to waste time or money on playing computers or smoking. It is important for teachers of all the subjects to give them right life style in right ways.
Lesson 23: Push That Product
Teaching Content:
astery words and expressions: board, rent, magazine, lady, madam, own
Oral words and expressions: Edwin oore, push-pin, bulletin, journal, employee, What’s the price of…
Teaching Aims:
1.Review and learn more words and expressions about the commercial world.
2.Talk about how to make ads.
Teaching Important Points:
1.The adverbial clause.
2.Talk about the growing of Edwin oore’s company.
Teaching Difficult Points:
How to describe the growing of a company clearly to the readers.
Teaching Preparation: pictures
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures
Type of lesson: new lesson
Teaching Procedure:
Step1. The teacher brings a push-pin to the class. Let the students come to know it. Do they know how to say it in English? Do they knohere it is from and where is the company?
Although it is small, it is a very useful invention. We can put up the pictures or posters on the wall easily. any people in the world benefited from the little products. Do they want to know more? Let’s go on the next step.
Step2. Read the text and answer the following questions:
1.What is a push-pin used for?
2.Did oore make ads during his selling?
The two questions are easy to answer. ost of the students can find the answers. They are very interesting to learn more about oore’s company.
Step3. Brainstorm
Let’s discuss the text further. Encourage them to ask more questions about this part. They can ask any students any questions about the text. For example:
When did Edwin oore have an idea to product a push-pin?
What was the price at that time?
What was his first big success?
What’s the price now?
If they have any difficulty, the teacher writes the neords on the blackboard and teaches them to read correctly.
Step4.Listen to the tape and imitate after it. Play the tape for two times. Let them read after it but keep silent. Thus all the students can listen clearly and repeat after it.
Let some students read the text in front of the class. Check their pronunciation and intonation.
Step5. Product
Let the students present some other examples to the class. They can say the companies around us.
They also say the famous companies in the world.
In a student’s speech, the others can add what they know about the company. Everyone can have it’s own opinion. Encourage them to speak freely.
Step6. Come to “LET’S DO IT”.
If you are oore, do you have any other ways to sell your products? Encourage them to think in many ways.
If you are a boss, what products would you like to produce? Is it according to your likes and dislikes?
Ask the students to give their opinions in class freely.
Step 7. Homework
1.Finish off the activity book.
2.Go on the next reading in the student book.
Summary:
Discussing is a good way to encourage students more in class. When they come across neords, the teacher has to write on the blackboard and teach them carefully. It is a good way to learn when they are interested in. Teach them how to learn by themselves. It is important for students to have good learning habits.
Lesson 24: Unit Review
Teaching Content:
astery words and expressions from Lesson 17 to Lesson 23.
Oral words and expressions from Lesson 17 to Lesson 23.
Teaching Aims:
1.Review and learn neords and expressions about the world commercial.
2.Learn more about the foreign culture.
Teaching Important Points:
1.Adverbial clause and articles
2.Talking about shopping.
Teaching Difficult Points:
Let the students grasp the ability of shopping in foreign countries.
Teaching Preparation: pictures
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures
Type of lesson: review lesson
Teaching Procedure:
Step 1.Play “arket Stall”.
Bring something interesting to the class. Divide the class into two groups.
Some students are clerks. The others are customers. Let’s begin our business in the class.
At the same time, play the song “I’ll Buy It”.
The teacher takes part in the game and helps those who can’t express them freely.
Step2.Say something about the big companies around the world. Let the students present what they searched before class.
If some others have different opinions, they can stand up and demonstrate their ideas.
It is good to debate in English. That proves their spoken English is well enough.
Step 3. Do with the exercises on Page 29.
Ask the students to tell us the answers and why he or she chooses them. It is very important to knohy.
Step 4. Solve the difficulties on the blackboard.
When they are in trouble, put the difficulties on the blackboard and let’s solve them together.
Do more exercises about the important grammars.
Step 5. ake a summary.
Sum what we learn in this unit. If one student can’t make it perfect, the others can add it.
Step 6. Come to “Class Review Activity”.
Play several games about this unit. Can the students themselves arrange some games by themselves? Give them chances.
Step 7. Homework
1.Finish off the activity book.
2.Review the main language points of this unit.
Summary:
It is important to sum what we learn in this unit. Speaking is one important part. Doing exercises is another kind of part. Sometimes students can arrange different kinds of activities themselves. It is useful for them to create more strange ideas. The teacher should accept their ideas if they are possible do act in the class.
