UNIT 6: AN EXCURSION
LESSON 2. SPEAKING
I. Objectives:
1. Education aims: Students know about a boat trip.
2. Knowledge: a. General knowledge: A boat trip on Lake Michigan in Chicago.
b. Language:- The simple present - Vocabulary on traveling
3. Skills: - Asking and answering about the seat plan on a boat trip.
- Talking about a boat trip abroad.
II. Anticipated problems: Students may not know much about a boat trip in Chicago.
III. Teaching aids: Textbook, chalk, board.
IV. Procedures:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
1. Homework checking
- Talk about their excursion which they like best.
- Listen and give corrections.
2 Before you speak
Aims: focus sts on the topic and introduce new words
- Ask sts to look at the picture (page 67) and give the new
words:
+ sundeck (n): platform extending from side to side of a ship
+ get sunburnt (v): the skin hurt or destroyed by the sunlight
+ travel sickness (n): the state of being sick due to traveling
+ non air- conditioned >< air - conditioned
+ refreshment (n): room that serves food and drinks to refresh
in a boat
+ occupied (adj ): being kept, in use
- Read these words aloud and ask sts to listen and repeat.
+ Task 1:
a. Ask sts to work in groups to get the information about the
people in the pictures.
- Ask sts some questions:
1. Where doesn't Mrs Andrews like to sit?
2. What does she want?
3. Where does Susan want to sit?
4. What doesn't she wantt?
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b. Ask sts to list all the seats for each person
- Ask sts to work in groups.
- Move around to help sts if necessary.
- Ask some sts to report.
- Check and give remarks.
3. While you speak
Aims: Sts practice asking and answering about the seat plan
on an boat trip.
+ Task 2: Deciding the best seat for each person.
- Ask sts to read the model in the book.
- Ask sts to work in groups to do the task.
- Give sts some useful expressions:
What do you think?/ What is your idea?
- Work in groups to read the
information .
- Some sts answer the teacher’s
questions
1. She doesn't want to sit in the
sundeck.
2. She wants to see all the students.
3. She wants to be near Mary.
4. She doesn't want to get sunburnt.
- Work in groups to find the best seat
for each person.
- Some sts report.
S1: Mrs Andrews’ seats aren’t in the
sundeck but can help see all the
students: seats 46, 43, 40, 45, 34.
S2: Mary’s seats have plenty of
fresh air: seats 31, 37, 19, 20, 26,
32.
S3: John’s seats aren’t air –
conditioned; suitable for taking
photographs: seats 10, 11, 12.
S4: Tim’ seats are in the sundeck:
1, 6.
S5: Sam’ seats can help a good
view, safe: seats 16, 29, 34
- Look at the seat plan and read the
conversation in the textbook as an
example - Work in groups to call all
the suitable seats for each person.
- Some sts present to give the
answers.
A: Now let’s begin with Mrs.
Andrew. Which seat seems suitable
for her?