Lesson1LiMing’sBigFamily

TeachingAims

Tolearnandusethevocabularyrelatedtofamilymembers.

Todevelopstudents’listeningandspeakingskillsbypracticingaskingandansweringquestionsaboutfamilymembers.

Tointroducetheconceptofpossessive’sinEnglish.

ToencourageculturalawarenessbylearningaboutfamilycustomsinChina.

TeachingProcedures

Warm-upActivity(5minutes)

Greetthestudentsandintroducethelessonbytalkingabouttheimportanceoffamily.

Askstudentstosharesomethingabouttheirownfamilies,suchasthenumberoffamilymembersorinterestingfamilytraditions.

VocabularyIntroduction(10minutes)

IntroducethenewvocabularywordsrelatedtofamilymembersbyshowingflashcardsorusingaPowerPointpresentation.

Practicepronunciationandspellingofthenewwordsbyhavingstudentsreadthemaloudindividuallyandingroups.

ListeningandSpeakingActivity(15minutes)

PlaytheaudiorecordingofthedialoguebetweenLiMingandhisfriendaboutLiMing’sfamily.

Askstudentstolistenandfollowalongwiththedialogueintheirtextbooks.

Reviewthedialoguewiththeclasstoensurecomprehension.

Pairupstudentsandhavethempracticeaskingandansweringquestionsabouteachother’sfamilies,usingthevocabularyandsentencestructureslearned.

GrammarIntroduction(10minutes)

Introducetheconceptofpossessive’sinEnglishbygivingexamplesandexplainingtheusage.

Askstudentstoidentifythepossessive’sinthedialoguetheyjustlistenedto.

WritingActivity(15minutes)

Askstudentstowriteashortparagraphabouttheirownfamilies,usingthepossessive’stoshowownership.

Providefeedbackandcorrectionstotheirwrittenwork.

CulturalAwareness(5minutes)

IntroducesomecommonfamilycustomsinChina,suchasrespectingeldersandhavingbigfamilygatherings.

Askstudentstosharetheirownfamilycustomsortraditions.

ExtensionActivities(optional)

Havestudentscreateafamilytreeorcollage.

Showavideoorbringinaguestspeakertodiscussfamilydynamicsorculturaldifferencesrelatedtofamily.

TeachingMaterials

Textbook:Lesson1LiMing’sBigFamilyfromthefifth-gradeEnglishtextbook,publishedbyJijiaoPress.

Audiorecordingofthedialoguefromthelesson.

FlashcardsorPowerPointpresentationofthevocabularywords.

Writingmaterialsforthestudents.

Assessment

Informalassessmentcanbedoneduringthelisteningandspeakingactivities,asstudentsdemonstratetheirabilitytoaskandanswerquestionscorrectlyandusethepossessive’sproperlyintheirresponses.

Formalassessmentcanbedonethroughawrittenassignmentorquizonthevocabularywordsandgrammarstructurecoveredinthelesson.

Homework

Assignstud