7B Unit6 Welcome to the unit 

Teaching aims: 

1. To learn about some outdoor activities 

2. To talk about the students’ favourite outdoor activities 

3. To love doing outdoor activities 

Key point: 

to talk about the students’ favourite outdoor activities 

Difficult point: 

to talk about the students’ favourite outdoor activities 

Teaching materials: 

PPT, work sheet 

Teaching procedures: 

Step 1: Lead in 

1.Teacher plays the video and asks, “What activities are people doing in the video?” Students list the activities and Teacher concludes, “They are all outdoor activities.”

2. Teacher introduces the learning aims to students  

Step 2: Presentation of welcome to the unit 

1. Teacher shows some pictures of outdoor activities and introduce their names(cycling, skiing, skating, riding, hiking, camping, diving, jogging, surfing) 

2.  Look at the pictures and practice the sentence pattern “I want to go …ing.” 

3. Ask students, “What outdoor activity would you like to try?” 

4. Teacher asks students to guess her favourite outdoor activity? 

5. Daniel and Amy are talking about outdoor activities. Listen to their conversation and answer the questions: 

1) What outdoor activity would Amy like to try? 

2) What outdoor activity does Daniel like? 

6.  Open books and turn to Page69 and answer two more questions: 

1) Why would Amy like to go riding? 

2) What does Daniel like about camping? 

7. Read the conversation together. 

Step 3: Practice 

1. Talk about the outdoor activities you want to do?

A: What outdoor activity would you like to try? 

B: I want to go …ing.

A: Why? 

B: Because…. What 

about you? 

A: I want to go …ing.

B: What do you like about …?

A: I think …

A: What outdoor activity would you like to try? 

B: I want to go …ing.

A: Why? 

B: Because…. What 

about you? 

A: I want to go …ing.

B: What do you like about …?

A: I think …

A: What outdoor activity would you like to try? 

B: I want to go …ing.

A: Why? 

B: Because…. What 

about you? 

A: I want to go …ing.

B: What do you like about …?

A: I think …

2. Free talk: What advantage do outdoor activities have? 

3. Group work: Suggestions for outdoor activities 

Look at the picture and read the background. Discuss what outdoor activities they can do and write on the work sheet. 

1) Millie plans to go to Maldives(马尔代夫) for summer holiday. What outdoor activities can she do? Why?

2) Amy and her friends are going on a spring outing. What outdoor activities do you suggest(建议)? Why?

3) Suzy is going to Switzerland(瑞士) this winter. What outdoor activity would you like to recommend(推荐)? Why?

4.

Share the suggestions. 

Step 4: Presentation of Comic strips 

1.

Look at the picture and guess what outdoor activity they are doing. 

2.

What the video and answer: 

1)

What’s Eddie’s feeling about the bag?

2)

What does Eddie ask Hobe to do? 

3)

What does Hobo think? 

3.

Act it out

4. Share the suggestions.  

Step 4: Presentation of Comic strips

1.Look at the picture and guess what outdoor activity they are doing.

2. What the video and answer: 

1) What’s Eddie’s feeling about the bag? 2) What does Eddie ask Hobe to do? 3) What does Hobo think? 3. Act it out

Step 5: Practice 

1.

Group work: Suggestions for outdoor activities 

What should we pay attention to when doing outdoor activities? 

e.g. We should not take too many things with us. 

2. Write suggestions on the work sheet and share with others 

Step 5: Practice 

1. Group work: Suggestions for outdoor activities 

What should we pay attention to when doing outdoor activities? e.g. We should not take too many things with us. 

2. Write suggestions on the work sheet and share with others

Step 6: Homework 

1. Visit http://{域名已经过期}/ to find more outdoor activities in China. 2. Finish the exercise on your workbook. 

4.

Share the suggestions. 

Step 4: Presentation of Comic strips 

1.

Look at the picture and guess what outdoor activity they are doing. 

2.

What the video and answer: 

1)

What’s Eddie’s feeling about the bag?

2)

What does Eddie ask Hobe to do? 

3)

What does Hobo think? 

3.

Act it out

work sheet:

7B Unit 6 Welcome to the unit

Part 1 Outdoor activities

cycling 自行车

skiing 滑雪

riding 骑马

skating 滑冰

hiking 徒步

camping 露营

diving 潜水

jogging 慢跑

surfing 冲浪

swimming 游泳

rowing 划船

motorcycling 摩托车

sailing 帆船

mountain climbing 登山

rock climbing 攀岩

fishing 钓鱼

bungee jumping 蹦极

skydiving 跳伞

Part 2 What outdoor activities can they do?

1. Millie plans to go to Maldives(马尔代夫) for summer holiday. What outdoor activities can she do? Why?

Suggestion(s):

___________________________________________________________________________________

2. Amy and her friends are going on a spring outing. What outdoor activities do you suggest(建议)? Why?

Suggestion(s):

___________________________________________________________________________________

3. Suzy is going to Switzerland(瑞士) this winter. What outdoor activity would you like to recommend(推荐)? Why?

Suggestion(s):

___________________________________________________________________________________

Part 3 What can should we pay attention to(注意) when doing outdoor activities?

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