UNIT1

GENERALOBJECTIVES

Inthisunit,thestudentslearninterestingfactsabouttheOlympicsandthe

interestingEnglishthatdescribesthem!Thestudentsusethislanguagetocompletethe

unitproject:aclassroomOlympics.TheunitincorporatesarticlesaboutChineseathletes,

designedtointerestChinesestudents.Italsoreviewssports-relatedvocabularythat

thestudentslearnedinLevels1through4,andextendsthatvocabularyincludingnew

verbsandcommonexpressions.

詞匯掌握詞匯modern,gold,record,event,twentieth,close,race,seem,tie,eat,volleybal

1,abletennis,luck,tennis,believe,guest,such,ble,great,practise,

dream,age,victory,include,result,none,few

接觸詞匯ancient,meaal,shaooting,athlete,silver,broke,sprint,freestyle,

swimmer,spectator,design,rope,sit-up,push-up,diving,dive,

diver,platform,springboard,champion,coach

詞組和winagoldmedal,upanddown,theothers,setaworldrecord,jumprope,doone's

語言知識句型best,giveup,believein,beableto,atage13,catchupwith...,DreamTeam

Goodluck!Thankyou!Thesametoyou.

功能意念WishesandCongratulations希望和祝愿

語法DirectSpeechandIndirectSpeech直接引語和間接引語

聽1.聽聲接近正常語速、熟悉話題的語段，識別主題，獲取主要信息。

2.聽懂簡單故事的情節發展，理解其中主要人物和事件。

3.根據連續的指令完成任務。

說1.根據提示給出連貫的簡單指令。2.引出話題并進行簡單的交談。

3.在教師的幫助下或根據圖片用簡單的語言描述自己或他人的經歷。

4.在教師的指導下參與角色扮演活動。5.在上述口語活動中使用正確的語音、語調。

語言技能讀1.連貫、流暢的朗讀課文。

2.從簡單的文章中找出有關的信息，理解大意。

3.根據上下文猜測生詞的意思。

4.理解簡易讀物中的事件發生順序和人物行為。

寫1.能簡單描述人物或事件。

2,能用詞組或簡單句為自己創作的圖片寫出說明。

3.能寫出簡短的文段，如簡單的指令、規則。

4.能在教師的幫助下或以小組討論的方式起草和修改作文。

學習策略了解?些奧林匹克運動發展史及一些中外著名運動員的簡況

情感態度1.在學習中敢于用英語表達自己的看法。

2.培養學習英語的興趣和學好英語的信心。

3.樂于接觸并了解異國文化。

4.通過小組活動培養合作精神，并通過互相評價激發學習興趣。

5.在學習英語歌曲和練習繞口令中培養學習興趣。、

文化意識了解一些奧林匹克運動的發展史及一些中外著名運動員的簡況。

SPECIFICOBJECTIVES

Lesson1:Higher,Faster,Stronger

LESSONSTRUCTURE

CLASSOPENING

IntroducethetopicforUnit1.Predictfrompicturesorteachakeyword.Askthe

studentstopredictorguesstheunittopic.Thenask"Whoisonduly?”.Inthisactivity,

teachercanask:Whatdayisittoday?What'sthedatetoday?Whatseasonisit?What's

theweatherlike?What，sthetemperature?Astudentorapairofstudentscantalkabout

thedayoftheweekandthedate.Theycandescribethecurrentweather.

KEYSTEPS

Step1:Asktheclasstodiscussthequestionsin〃ThinkAboutIt〃.

Step2:Checktoseeifthestudentshavepreviewedthereadingasrequired.Askifthey

haveanyquestionsconcerningthetext.Encourageotherstudentstotrytoanswerthe

questions.Todeterminestudents，levelofunderstanding,askquestionssuchas:

Wheredoesthetitleofthereading“Higher,Faster,

Stronger"comefrom?

What'stheChineseword(s)fortheOlympics?

WhatdoyouknowabouttheOlympics?

Step3:Therearesomenewwordsinthereadingwhosemeaningsyoumayhavetobriefly

explainordemonstratetothestudentsinordertosmooththeirwayinlisteningtothe

audiotapeandunderstandingthereading.Selectoneortwosentencescontainingkeywords

orphrasesandaskifanyonehasfiguredoutthemeaning.Ifastudentrepliescorrectly,

askhimorhertosharethesrategiesusedtopuzzleoutthemeaning.Remembertogive

lotsofpraiseforagoodtry,evenifit'swrong.

Hereisasuggestedlistindifferentgroups:

Places:Greece,Athens,Sydney,MexicoCity,LosAngeles

Time:ancient,modern,BC(BeforeChrist),AD(AnnoDomini-intheyearoftheLord,

orsinceChristwasbom)

Medals:gold,silver,bronzeSportsandevents:race,sprint(ashortrace),long

jumping,shooting

Step4:Playtheaudiotape.Havetheclassfollowtheaudiotapewhilelookingatthe

text.

Step5:Dividetheclassintosmallgroups.Haveeachgroupdiscussthehistory,sports

andevents,andfamousathletesoftheOlympics.Summarizethemaininformation

fromthereading.

Step6:Havetheclass'playagametohelpthemreviewsportsvocabularythatthey1earned

intheelementaryprogram.See"Games"atthebackofthisteacher'sguidefor

instructionsforplaying“QuestionToss."Formtwoteamsandusethecategory“sports.〃

Step7:Cometo〃Let'sDoIt.〃Analternativegameis/zCharades."Dividetheclassinto

severallargegroups.Ineachgroupstudentswilltaketurnsmimingasportsactivity

andtheotherstudentswilltaketurnsguessing.

Instructthegroupstochooseatimekeeperandscorekeeperandorganizetheorderin

whichtheywillplay.(Theymayneedtodrawstrawsorusesomemethodofdividingtasks

fairly.)Answersshouldbespecificandbothgivethenameofthegameanddescribethe

action.

CLASSCLOSING

Belowisthesuggestedhomeworkforthislesson.Aimtogivestudentsaboutthirty

minutesofhomework.Useyourdiscretionindecidinghowmuchreadingorhowmany

exercisestoassignashomework.Baseyourdecisiononstudents，progress.

?thefirstreadinginthereader

?theremainingexercisesintheactivitybook

?thenextreadinginthestudentbook

Lesson2:SwimmingforGold

LESSONSTRUCTURE

CLASSOPENING

Forideasandtipsonbeginningaclass,see"TeachingTechniques/7atthebackof

thisteacher，sguide.

KEYSTEPS

Step1:Checktoseeifthestudentshavepreviewedthereadingasrequired.Askif

theyhaveanyquestionsconcerningthetext.Encourageotherstudentstotrytoanswer

thequestions.Selectoneortwosentencescontainingkeywordsorphrasesandaskif

anyonehasfiguredoutthemeaning.Ifastudentrepliescorrectly,askhimorherto

sharethestrategiesusedtopuzzleoutthemeaning.Remembertogivelotsofpraise

foragoodtry,evenifit'swrong.Cometo"ThinkAboutIt.〃

Youmightaskifstudentsunderstandthedifferencebetweensecond,minuteandhour.

(Therearesixtysecondsinoneminute.Therearesixtyminutesinonehour.)

Step2:Playtheaudiotape.Havetheclassfollowtheaudiotapewhi1elookingatthe

text.

Step3:Cometo〃Lct'sDoIt.Dividetheclassintosmallgroups.Haveeachgroupdiscuss

thereadingandsummarizetheinformationaboutZhuangYongandherteammates.Ifthere

istime,askeachgrouptosharewhattheyknowaboutwell-knownChineseswimmers.

CLASSCLOSING

Belowisthesuggestedhomeworkforthislesson.Aimtogivestudentsaboutthirty

minutesofhomework.Useyourdiscretionindecidinghowmuchreadingorhowmany

exercisestoassignashomework.Baseyourdecisiononstudents'progress.

?thesecondreadinginthereader

?theremainingexercisesintheactivitybook

?thenextreadinginthestudentbook

Lesson3:AreYouanAthlete?

LESSONSTRUCTURE

CLASSOPENING

Forideasandtipsonbeginningaclass,see"TeachingTechniques"atthebackof

thisteacher，sguide.

KEYSTEPS

Step1:Checktoseeifthestudentshavepreviewedthereadingasrequired.Askif

theyhaveanyquestionsconcerningthetext.Encourageotherstudentstotrytoanswer

thequestions.Toaidstudents,understanding,youcouldplayagametodemonstratethe

meaningsofsomenewwordsinthereadings.Ifpossible,arrangestudentsinacircle

intheclassroom.Haveoneortwostudentvolunteersstandinthemiddleofthecircle.

Whenyousayawordorterm,thevolunteer(s)demonstratetheaction.Ifpossible,bring

someping-pongracketsandballs,abasketball,ajumpingropeandasoccerbal1tothe

classroom.

Hereisalistofwordsandtermstochoosefrom:

linewalk,ping-pongbounce,balltoss,jumprope,jumpandcount,sit-ups,push-ups,

longjump,ballkick,running,soccer,gymnastics,basketball,volleyball,

swimmingTrytomakethisactivityfun!

Step2:Playtheaudiotape.Havetheclassfollowtheaudiotapewhilelookingatthe

text.

Step3:Dividetheclassintogroupsofthree.Askeachgroupmembertotakeoneof

thethreeroles(Brian,JennyorDanny)andactoutthefirstreading,includingthe

speechbubbles.Encouragethestudentstousetheirimaginationtocreateandimprovise.

Step4:Cometo"Project1."Beginunitproject1.Thisprojectcancoverthreelessons.

Thestudentswillworkingroupstoplanandcarryoutafitnessprogramfortheirclass.

The“TeachingTechniques"sectionatthebackofthisteacher，sguideprovides

suggestionsforintroducinganewproject.Onesuggestionfollows:

?Showthestudentsapictureofanathletewhoisverystrongandfit,suchasa

trackandfieldstar,aweightlifterorabasketballplayer.Postthepictureonthe

wall.Then,showthemahumorouspictureoracartoonofapersonwhoisnotveryfit

orstrongtryingtodosomethingphysicallikerunorjump.

Tackupthesecondpictureabouttwometresawayfromthefirst.Explainwhata

continuumis.Thisoneisascalefrom'veryfit〃to〃notatallfit.”

Pointtotheathleteandasktheclass:Isthisyou?

Pointtotheotherpictureandasktheclass:Isthisyou?

Pointtoseveralplacesalongthecontinuum.Studentswillrespond"yes"or〃no.〃

?Askseveralstudentstoshowhowfittheyare.Askthemtocomeupandshowwhere

theyareonthecontinuumforfitness.,Dividetheclassinto,fivegroups.Instruct

thegroupstobrainstormactivitiesforafitnessprogramthatcouldbecardedoutin

theclassroom.Pointoutthattheactivitiescanbefunorserious.However,allstudents

mustbeabletoperformthem(Activitiesmustnotbetoodifficulttodo.Activities

mustbesafeforallstudentstodo.)

?Asaclass,choosefiveactivitiesfortheclasstocompletefromthebrainstormed

lists.Continueunitproject1.Studentscontinueworkinginthesamegroups.

?Assignoneactivitytoeachgroup.Instructthemtobeginplanningtheiractivity.

Groupsshouldchoosearecordertotakenoteswhiletheyplan.Walkaroundthegroups

andencouragethemtousetheirEnglishskiIlsasmuchaspossible.Askquestionsto

ensuretheyunderstandthetask:

Whatwilltheathletesdo?

Whatequipmentwillyouneed?

Howwillyoukeepscore?

Howwillyoumeasuretime?

Studentscontinueworkinginthesamegroups.

?Groupscompletetheiractivityplans.Thentheydecidewhowi11doeachtask.Some

membersbegintomakeaposterdescribingthestepstocompletetheactivity.Theposter

willbepartoftheirfitnessactivitystation.Somemembersbegintogatherormake

equipmentneededfortheactivity.

?Remindgroupstomakenotesonhowtheywilltimeandscoretheiractivityandwho

willdoit.

?Askallofthegroupssetuptheirfitnessstations.Studentswhoarenotkeeping

scoreortimingshouldgotoeachofthefitnessstationsandcompletetheactivities.

AllofthestudentsmustpractisetheirEnglishvocabulary,particularlythemastery

phrases:"Goodluck!....Thankyou."and〃Thesametoyou!”

Concludeunitproject1.

,Askallofthegroupssetuptheirfitnessstations.Studentswhoarenotkeeping

scoreoftimingshouldgotoeachofthefitnessstationsandcompletetheactivities.

Al1ofthestudentsmustpractisetheirEnglishvocabulary,particularlythemastery

phrases:"Goodluck!....Thankyou.〃and"Thesametoyou!”

?ffthereistime,askthescorekeeperstosharetheresultswiththeclass.This

willbeagoodopportunityforthemtousecomparativeandsuperlativeadjectives!

CLASSCLOSING

Belowisthesuggestedhomeworkforthislesson.Aimtogivestudentsaboutthirty

minutesofhomework.Useyourdiscretionindecidinghowmuchreadingorhowmany

exercisestoassignashomework.Baseyourdecisiononstudents'progress.

,thethirdreadinginthereader

?theremainingexercisesintheactivitybook

?thenextreadinginthestudentbook

Lesson4:GoodLucktoYou

LESSONSTRUCTURE

CLASSOPENING

Forideasandtipsonbeginningaclass,See"TeachingTechniques〃atthebackofthis

teacher1sguide.

KEYSTEPS

Step1:Askthestudentsiftheyhavepreviewedthesongasrequired.Selectoneortwo

sentencescontainingkeywordsorphrasesandaskifanyonehasfiguredoutthemeaning.

Ifastudentrepliescorrectly,askhimorhertosharethestrategiesusedtopuzzle

outthemeaning.Remembertogivelotsofpraiseforagoodtry,evenifit'swrong.

Step2:Dividetheclassintotwogroups.Haveeachgroupreadthesongaloudasapoem,

onelineatatime.Ifyoulike,youcouldaskonegrouptoreadthelinesandtheother

toactoutwhatisbeingread.Thiswilltellyouhowwellthestudentshaveunderstood

thesongandhowwelltheyhavelearnedtoappreciateit.

Step3:Playtheaudiotape.Havetheclassfollowtheaudiotapeandsingalong.

Step4:Practisesinginguntileverybodysingsthesongwell.

Step5:Ifyouhavetime,asktwovolunteerswhoarewillingtosingandactoutthe

songtotheclass.Onevolunteersingswhiletheotheracts.Playtheaudiotapeagain.

Havetheclasssingalongwiththeaudiotape.

Step6:Cometo〃Let'sDoIt.〃

CLASSCLOSING

Thislessondoesnothaveareadinginthereader.Thisisachanceforstudentsto

catchupiftheyarebehind.

Suggestedhomeworkforthislessonincludes:

?theremainingexercisesintheactivitybook

?thenextreadinginthestudentbook

Attheendofevery'SongLesson〃，considerremindingthestudentstoworkontheir

diariesandgroupverb-tensestudies.

Lesson5:DannysVerySpecialGuest

LESSONSTRUCTURE

CLASSOPENING

Forideasandtipsonbeginningaclass,see"TeachingTechniques'atthebackofthis

teacher1sguide.

KEYSTEPS

Step1:Askthestudentstothinkanddiscussthequestionsin"ThinkAboutIt.〃

Step2:Askthestudentstoreadthetextbythemselves.Asktheclassifthereareany

questionsaboutthereading.Encourageotherstudentstotrytoanswerthequestions.

Remembertogivepraiseforagoodtry,evenifitiswrong.Withquestions,hintsand

encouragement,helpyourstudentsarriveattherightanswers.

Step3:Playtheaudiotape.Havetheclassfollowtheaudiotapewhilereadingthetext.

Step4:Dividetheclassintosmallgroups.Askthegroupstodiscussoneofthefollowing

topics.Notethattheseare"thinking〃questions.Therearenorightorwronganswers.

Theideaistohelpstudentsfindapersonalperspectiveonthereading.Personal

expressionreinforceslanguagelearning.

Step5:Cometo"Let'sDoIt.〃

CLASSCLOSING

Belowisthesuggestedhomeworkforthislesson.Aimtogivestudentsaboutthirty

minutesofhomework.Useyourdiscretionindecidinghowmuchreadingorhowmany

exercisestoassignashomework.Baseyourdecisiononstudents*progress.

,thefourthreadinginthereader

?theremainingexercisesintheactivitybook

,thenextreadinginthestudentbook

Lesson6:Diving''DreamTeam”

LESSONSTRUCTURE

CLASSOPENING

ForideasandtipsonbeginningaClass,see"TeachingTechniques"atthebackofthis

teacher*sguide.

KEYSTEPS

Step1:Checktoseeifthestudentshavepreviewedthereadingasrequired.Toaid

students'understandingofthereading,introducetheclasstothereadingbyasking

thefollowingquestions:

Whatisa"DreamTeam.'?”

What'stheChinesetermfortheU.S."DreamTeam〃inbasketball?

Whoarethebest-knownmembersofChina'sOlympicdivingteam?

DoyouknowwhoGaoMinisandwhereshelives?

(GaoMinisoneofthebest-knownChinesedivers.

ShelivesinEdmonton,Canada,andworksasadivingcoachthere.Shelivesinthe

citywhereJenny,DannyandBrianare!)

Step2:Askthestudentstoreadthetextbythemselves.Asktheclassifthereareany

questionsaboutunderstandingthereading.Selectoneortwosentencescontainingkey

wordsorphrasesandaskifanyonehasfiguredoutthemeaning.Ifastudentreplies

correctly,askhimorhertosharethestrategiesusedtopuzzleoutthemeaning.Remember

togivelotsofpraiseforagoodtry,evenifit'swrong.

Step3:Playtheaudiotape.Havetheclassfollowtheaudiotapewhilereadingthetext.

Step4:Dividetheclassintosmallgroups.Askeachgrouptodiscussthereadingand

makeachartoftheachievementsofChina'sdiving'DreamTeam,〃usingtheinformation

fromthereading.

Step5:Cometo〃Let'sDoIt.〃

CLASSCLOSING

Belowisthesuggestedhomeworkforthislesson.Aimtogivestudentsaboutthirty

minutesofhomework.Useyourdiscretionindecidinghowmuchreadingorhowmany

exercisestoassignashomework.Baseyourdecisiononstudents,progress.

?thefifthreadinginthereader

?theremainingexercisesintheactivitybook

?thenextlessoninthestudentbook

Lesson7:Don'tFalloffthePizzas

LESSONSTRUCTURE

CLASSOPENING

Forideasandtipsonbeginningaclass,see"TeachingTechniques"atthebackofthis

teacher'sguide,

KEYSTEPS

Step1:Thisreadingisbasicallyareviewofwhattheclasshaslearned.Checktosee

ifthestudentshavepreviewedthereading.Askiftheyhaveanyquestions.Encourage

otherstudentstotrytoanswerthequestions.Remembertogivelotsofpraisefora

goodtry,evenifit'swrong.

Step2:Playtheaudiotape.Havetheclassfollowtheaudiotapewhilereadingthetext.

Step3:Therearetwochoices.Oneistodiscussthereadingwithstudents.Useasmuch

Englishaspossible.Askquestionstomakeiteasierforstudentstoparticipate.Ask

questionssuchas:

Whatisa''ClassroomOlympics”?

HowmanyeventsdidJenny*sclassinvent?

WhoseinventiondidJennylikemost?

Theotherchoiceistodividetheclassintosmallgroupsandhaveeachgroupdiscuss,

inEnglish,whatthegroupmemberswouldliketowriteaboutintheirdiariesore-mails.

Askthestudentstodecideontheirtopicsandbeginmakinganoutlinefortheirdiaries

ore-mailsfollowingtheexampleofthereadings.

Step4:Cometo"Let'sDoIt.〃

CLASSCLOSING

,theremainingexercisesintheactivitybook

?thenextreadinginthestudentbook

Lesson8:UnitReview

CLASSOPENING

Forideasandtipsonbeginningaclass,see"TeachingTechniques"atthebackofthis

teacher'sguide.

KEYSTEPS

Step1:Askthestudentstosingthesong"GoodLucktoYou”.Andfromthesongletthe

studentsgobacktowhattheyhavelearnedinthisunit.

Step2:Askthestudentstodotheexercisesonpage9and10.Gooverwhatthestudents

havemainlylearnedinthisunit,whichissummarizedonpage10.

Step3:Cometo"ClassReviewActivity.

Havetheclassplayagameasareviewactivity.Bringtoclassanumberofspheres

ofdifferentsizesandweights,suchasbasketballs,soccerballs,ping-pongballs,

marblesandspongeballs.?Dividethestudentsintoseverallargegroups.Chailenge

thestudentstoworktogethertoinventagamethatcanbeplayedbyteamsoffivestudents

usingfivedifferentspheres.Forexample,theycouldinventarace,athrowinggameor

abalancinggame.Tellthegroupstheyhaveonlyfiveminutestoinventagameandthen

fiveminutestoplayit.

,Afterthegroupshaveplayedforfiveminutes,askthemtodescribetherulesof

theirgametotheclassusingvocabularyfromtheunitandotherEnglishwordstheyknow.

CLASSCLOSING

Youcanendtheclassinone,orseveral,oftheseways:

?singing“GoodLucktoYou”

,askingstudentswhattheylikedbestaboutthisunit

?askingvolunteerstosumup,intheirownwords,whattheylearnedinthisunit

?havingashortdictation

Youshouldaskstudentstoprepareforthenext,unitathome.Askthemtolookatit

andtrytodetermineits*topic.

UNIT2:Biggest,Longest,Widest

GENERALOBJECTIVES

Thisisaninformation-orientedunitthatengagesstudentswithfascinatingfacts.

Thisunitcoversworldrecordsinavarietyofcategories,includingpeople,animals,

weather,machinesandbuildings.Theinformationandprojectsinthisunitmotivate

studentstoreviewandlearnvocabularyfordescribingandcomparingphysical

characteristicsandabilities.Studentsalsolearnsomevocabularyforexpressing

amazement!

SPECIFICOBJECTIVES

掌握詞匯whether,tower,thick,whole,weigh,ton,including,human,

詞匯farther,farthest,bridge,list,anybody,kilo,guitar,impossible,

1ift,pull

接觸詞匯ordinary,structure,locate,storey,length,astronaut,dam,gorge,

whale,average,bumblebee,bat,bumblebeebat,gram,centimetre,

Thailand,tortoise,cheetah,falcon,unusual

語言知詞組利break/holdaworldrecord,belocatedin/on,onaverage,onrecord,fourtimes

識句型as...as,findout,allovertheworldThat'sverykindofyou,but...That's

wonderful/great.

功能意念ExpressingHappiness表達喜悅

語法CompareativeandSuperativeDegreesofAdjectivesandAdverbs形容詞和副詞的比較

級與最高級

聽1.在聽錄音時有目的地獲取所需關鍵信息。2.以詞或詞組的形式簡單記錄所獲取的信息。

說1.根據提示給出連貫的簡單指令。2.引出話題并進行幾個回合的交談

3.在教師的幫助下或根據圖片用簡單的語言描述自己或他人的經歷。

4.在教師的指導下參與角色扮演等活動。5.在上述口語活動中使用正確的語音、語調。

語言技1.連貫、流暢的朗讀課文。

能2.從簡單的文章中找出有關的信息，理解大意。

讀3.根據上下文猜測生詞的意思。

4.理解簡易的科技和說明性的文章。

寫1.利用所獲取的信息寫作。2.正確運用比較級和最高級。

學習策1.通過自己閱讀，理解課文大意。2.自己發現和總結語言規律，并能加以運用。

略3.主動在聽說交際中運用課文中的語言知識。

情感態1.在學習中敢于用英語表達自己的看法。

度2.培養學習英語的興趣和學好英語的信心。

3.通過小組活動培養合作精神，并通過互相評價激發學習興趣。

文化意了解一些世界之最。

識

Lesson9:BeaChampion!

LESSONSTRUCTURE

CLASSOPENING

Forideasandtipsonbeginningaclass,see"TeachingTechniques"atthebackofthis

teacher'sguide.

KEYSTEPS

Step1:Cometo"ThinkAboutIt.〃

Step2:Checktoseeifthestudentshavepreviewedthereadingsasrequired.Askif

theyhaveanyquestionsconcerningthetext.Encourageotherstudentstotrytoanswer

thequestions.Inanycase,youcanintroducethestudentstothereadingsbyasking

questionssuchas:

Whoisthetallestinourclass?

Whoinourclasslivesfarthestfromtheschool?

Whatdoesworldrecordmean?

Wouldyouliketobreakaworldrecord?

Step3:Playtheaudiotape.Havetheclassfollowtheaudiotapewhilelookingatthe

text.Step4:Dividetheclassintogroupsofthree.Askeachgroupmembertotakeone

ofthethreeroles(Brian,DannyorJenny)andactoutthedialogue.

Step5:Ifyouhavetime,havethegroupsmakealist,inEnglish,oftheworldrecords

theyknowof.Thenhavegroupssharetheirinformationwiththerestoftheclass.

Step6:Cometo"Project1.〃

Beginunitproject1.Thisprojectcancovertwolessons.Studentswi11learnabout

superlativeformsofadjectivesastheyimaginearecord-breakingchailengefortheir

classandmakeaplantoaccomplishit.Referto^IntroducingaNewProject"inthe

''TeachingTechniques^sectionatthebackofthisteacher*sguideforideason

introducingthisunit,project.

?Onesuggestionistogivestudentsoneortwofunnyexamplesofworldrecords,

eitherorallyorontheblackboard.Havestudentsbrainstormideasforwhatrecordsmight

befoundinarecordbook,suchascreatingthe"longest"somethingordoing"themost”

ofsomething.Askavolunteertorecordtheirsuggestionsontheblackboard.Helpthe

studentschoosetheappropriateformofsuperlative(eitheraddingthesuffixor

using"most.〃)

?Dividetheclassintosmallgroups.Haveeachgroupdiscussanddecidewhat

worldrecordtheclassshouldtrytobreak.Theycanuseoneofthesuggestionsinthe

classlistorinventanewone.Ideascanbeeitherfunnyorserious,buttheyshould

bepossible(iftheyhadtime,opportunityandthecooperationofallofthestudents!)

Havethegroupsbeginplanningforbreakingthisworldrecord.

Concludeunitproject1.Studentscontinuetoworkinthesamegroups.Theycomplete

theirplanforbreakingarecord.Groupsreporttheirplanstotheclassorexchange

planswithanothergroup.

CLASSCLOSING.

?thefirstreadinginthereader

?theremainingexercisesintheactivitybook

,thenextreadinginthestudentbook

Lesson10:Where^stheHighestHotel?

LESSONSTRUCTURE

CLASSOPENING

Forideasandtipsonbeginningaclass,see"TeachingTechniques〃atthebackofthis

teacher1sguide.

KEYSTEPS

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