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Pre-Teaching information：
Teacher： SEE Class 1002 李惠贤
Target Students: Junior one (the second semester)
Course： Unit 1: Our Bodies Lesson 1: Parts of our bodies
The second class: let’s learn about our legs (last class we have learnt some expressions about eyes and hands, today we will learn more about our legs.)
Class time: 2011/11/10 the second class
Duration： 8 min
Teaching Content Abstract:
There are many American expressions that use parts of the body, including the eyes, ears, nose, mouth and even the heart. Today, in my teaching, I will teach my students some expressions that use our legs. And, we will focus on the four:
Have a leg up have advantages, being ahead of others in the situation
Being on your last legs cannot continue, being very tired
Cost an arm and a leg cost a great deal of money
Pull sb’s leg play a friendly joke on sb
Teaching Outline：
Title Let’s learn more about our Legs
Teaching Philosophy 1. Interest Is the Best Teacher---Using the interesting material(Carfield加菲猫, movie stars(章子怡and范冰冰, interesting pictures) to teach an interesting topic (leg expressions)
2.Learning By Practicing---doing some excises immediately
3. Learning Is To Meet Practical Needs--- Studying the four American expressions and use them in daily life
Teaching Objectives
(KSA model) 1. Knowledge: 1).to learn four American expressions about legs
2).to realize the differences of the expressions about legs between Chinese and American
2. Skill: 1).to use American expressions about legs in our daily life
2). to retell a simple story
3).to form a habit of accumulating the idiomatic expressions
3. Attitude: 1).to appreciate the idiomatic expressions
2).to realize the different mode of thinking between Chinese and American via the differences of the expressions about legs between Chinese and American
Teaching Material
1. PPT （pictures, stories, excises）
2. 板书（boaster 吹水）
Teaching contents Focuses:
1. learn and remember the four American expressions about legs
2. listen and understand the story clearly
3. finish the excises
Difficulties：
3. to get good mastery of the four American expressions about legs and use them correctly in daily life
4. to understand and retell the story completely
Teaching Process Procedures Time allocations Aims.
1. Leading in:
1.1 A riddle (who was born at the same time on the same day with you, and share the same blood type with you, but was not you twins brother or sister)
1.2 Name your parts of body (eyes, mouth, nose……)
1.3 Today, we will learn something more about our legs with a lovely cat Carfield 1 min 1).Catch student’s attention
2). Arise student’s interest by giving examples of the cat Carfield
2. Instructing:
2.1 Teach the four American expressions (use Carfield as a guider)
Have a leg up:
If you are always studying hard, you have a leg up on the final exam.
Being on your last legs
If you keep studying for a whole night, you must feel that you are on your last legs. It means that you will close your book and head for your bed.
Cost an arm and a leg
Her clothes must cost an arm and a leg because you can fine some pieces of gold on it.
Pull sb’s leg
If you do well on your exam, but you just cry to your roommates, telling them that you will fail the exam, you are trying to pull their legs.
After the excise 3.1---class continues
2.2 Tell the story by PPT
The story is about 范冰冰 and 章子怡.
范冰冰 and章子怡are competing for the role as a major actress. One day, both of them are invited to a show. After standing on the stage for long, both 范冰冰 and章子怡are on their last legs. Noticing that范冰冰 has worn a beautiful dress which makes her charming and help she have a leg up on being the actress, 章子怡feels jealous. She desperately wants one too, so she says to范冰冰: “Your dress makes you look attractive and it must cost an arm and a leg.” And 范冰冰replies: “ Thank you. But it is very cheap.” In response to 范冰冰, 章子怡 laughs and says, “Impossible! Dear, you are trying to pull my leg.” 范冰冰 laughs too.
3 min 1). Use examples closed to students’ life to help them understand more quickly and better
2). Use famous movie stars to attract student’s attention and arouse their learning desire
3. Practicing:
3.1 Match words and meaning excises
Have a leg up 开友好的玩笑
Being on your last legs 很昂贵
Cost an arm and a leg 有优势，领先
Pull sb’s leg 不能继续下去，很累
3.2 Recall the story and fill in the blanks
范冰冰 and章子怡are competing for the role as a major actress. One day, both of them are invited to a show. After standing on the stage for long, both 范冰冰 and章子怡are -------------. Noticing that范冰冰 has worn a beautiful dress which makes her charming and help she have----------------being the actress, 章子怡feels jealous. She desperately wants one too, so she says to范冰冰: “Your dress makes you look attractive and it must cost---------.” And 范冰冰replies: “ Thank you. But it is very cheap.” In response to 范冰冰, 章子怡 laughs and says, “Impossible! Dear, you are trying to -----------------.” 范冰冰 laughs too.
3.3 Retell the story to your parner 3 min 1). Test whether students have learnt the expressions or not
2). Learn how to use them by retelling the story
4. Reviewing:
4.1 Remember the four expressions:
Have a leg up on sth
Be on one’s last legs
Cost an arm and a leg
Pull one’s leg
4.2 Understand its meaning clearly and learn how to use them correctly
Have a leg up on sth: when you are
ahead of others
Be on one’s last legs: when you are too tired to continue
Cost an arm and a leg: cost a lot of money
Pull one’s leg: play a friendly joke
4.3 Difference between Chinese and American
千里之行，始于足下 一步一个脚印 一脚踏两船 临急抱佛脚
0.5 min 1). Help them remember what is taught today
5. Homework and Plans for next period
5.1 Homework:
Create your own story using the four expression we have learnt today
Find more American expressions using parts of our body
(finish before next class tomorrow afternoon)
5.2 Plans for next period：
Sharing your story and the expressions you’ve found 0.5 min
1). Help them remember what is taught today
2). Prepare for the next class
Pre-teaching Preparation 1. accumulating information
2. designing the excises
3. creating the story
4. making PPT
5. practice teaching
Reflections