Teaching objectives:
Knowledge objectives
1. Students can master the usage of the simple future tense.
2. Students can recognize the simple future tense when they meet.
Ability objectives
Students can use the simple future tense appropriately in daily communication.
Emotional objectives
1. Students will have more confidence in learning grammar.
2. Students will pay more attention to the grammar during communication.
Teaching Key point:
To master the usage of the simple future tense and try to use them in communication.
Teaching difficult point:
Students would like to use this grammar item correctly.
Teaching methods:
Communicative teaching approach, task-based teaching approach, group work.
Teaching ads:
Multi-media
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 warming up (8mins)
Greeting and free talk
Show four pictures about Jim, ask students to tell a story according to the story.
(Justification: arouse students’ interests in learning with games and make a good preparation for learning “the simple future tense”)
Step 2 Presentation (22mins)
Task 1 Read the sentences. Then teacher helps students to find the principle of “the simple future tense”
I’m watching TV.
She’s washing her clothes.
They’re listening to a CD
(Justification: During this activity, students can find the principle of “the simple future tense” actively)
Task 2 After learning the principle, ask students to do exercise “Write sentences following the examples.
1) Jenny/clean the house/now
Jenny is cleaning the house now.
2) Bob/make dinner/every Saturday.
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3) Mary’s parents/drink tea/after dinner.
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4) Bill/talk on the phone/ now.
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5) Becky and Bob/watch TV/ on weekends
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Task 3 Number the sentences in order to make a telephone conversation. Then practice it with a partner.
_____Do you want to go tomorrow then?
_____OK. See you tomorrow evening!
_____ I’m reading a book.
_____Let’s go at seven o’clock.
_____ No, this book is really interesting.
__1__What are you doing?
_____Do you want to go to the movies now?
_____Sure, what time?
(Justification: in order to master the usage of the grammar item during practice)
Step 3 consolidation
Work in groups. Students will be asked to describe the pictures by the grammar item, which were shown before class.
(Justification: consolidate the usage of the grammar item in communicative way.)
Step 4 summary and homework
Review the language point by asking questions and write a short article by using “the simple future tense”
(Justification: students can review can consolidate what they have learnt.)
Class Reflection:
Blackboard Design: