Starter Unit 2 What’s this in English？
No. 110 Middle School by Cao Yi
课程目标
一、知识和能力目标
本单元的核心教学内容是“认物”。用英语确认周围的常见事物比较符合英语初学者的实际情况。通过本单元教学，使学生运用所学句型，去熟悉周围事物的名称；教学生学会在实际生活中如何确认事物。通过辨认物体，学生学到一些生词，并巩固所学句型。
二、过程和方法目标
教师要尽量使学生对课文中出现的句型能够熟练上口，这样，学生才能顺利开展比较灵活的对话。教师可以用手势，表情，动作等示意，帮助学生听懂课堂教学内容，但在实际操作中应尽量避免“明知故问”的倾向，应该采用应用性原则；如：遮盖物品、显露局部、辨认物体、完形识别、图形辨认等方法。
三、情感态度和价值观目标
目标在学生学习过程中的作用至关重要，教师要帮助他们建立起一个切合自己实际的目标，通过渐进的学习以及一点一滴的进步，使他们逐步建立起成功感。成功越多，自信心就越强。
学情分析
代词this，that和it的用法。
this和that均指单数的事物。this指处于说话者近处的事物；that指处于说话者远处的事物。而it则指代上文出现的单数的事物，也可指代上文出现的this或that。例如：
A：What’s this? 这是什么?
B：It’s a pen．这是支钢笔。
c：And what’s that over there? 那边的是什么?
B：It’s a ruler．那是把尺子。
教学准备
Tape-recorder，multi-medium
课时参考
四课时

Period 1
Step l：Introduction
Review greetings.
Review the letters learn in the last unit． Get the students to introduce themselves in English．
Step 2：Lead—in
Have ready a quilt，a map，a jacket，a key，a ruler，a pen，an orange．Hold the key up and say What’s this in English? It’s a key．
Repeat and then get students to repeat．Do the same with a key，a pen，a ruler．If possible，use flashcards to teach the spelling of the words．Put a flashcard beneath a drawing of each object.

Step 3：Practice
Listen．Play the tape twice．Have the students circle the things they hear．
Get the students to act out the conversations in the picture of 1a． Make sure the students understand what they should do．Students can work in pairs then ask them to act out the conversations they made．
Do 2a，2b，2c and 2d one after another．2b：after the students do 2a, show them how to write the letters on the blackboards，both of “Big” and “small"．Make sure all the students know how to write them． Use the flashcards to practisesaying the names of the letters and to learn their order．Before doing 2c，ask the students to give the letters containing the／i：／and /e/ sounds．Repeat with the /EJ/ and／aI／sounds．List them out on the blackboard．Then get them to listen to the tape and read the letters and words after the tape．
Step4：Games time
Play the letter game with the students like the following instructions．Sometimes the teacher can explain the rules of the game in Chinese．
看谁快
这是一个训练学生听字母的游戏，将全班分成两组，一组学生持大写字母，另一生持小写字母，教师快速念字母，要求持有该字母的学生迅速站起来，最先站起来的两分，后站起来的得一分，没站起来的得零分，得分多的组获胜。
Step 5：Homework
Finish off the workbook (Do entering famous school)

Period 2
Step 1：Lead—in
Write the names in the big letters on the blackboard，teach the students to read the names．Then get them to listen to the tape and number the names．Have the students pay attention to your writing names on the Bb．Make sure everyone knows how to write the names．
Step 2：Pairwork
Give each student an English name．Make them remember it and know how to spell it. Write your name，and one or two others on the blackboard． Ask students to look at the words carefully．Explain how capitals are used in English names．
Step 3：Pairwork
Ask the students to say out where we can find English words or English names around us and what they are．What’s the meaning of it?
Maybe the students can list a 1ot．If they couldn’t，give them some notes such as WC, NBA，Exit and so on． Let the students try their best to search as many abbreviations as possible．
step 4：Practice
And get them to introduce themselves to the others with their new English name．All these must do after the students know how to do it．The teacher can give them an example with the help of one student．The teacher can take the dialogue on the book for an example．Practise：
A：Hello!
B：Hello!
A：I’m Paula．P—A—U—L—A，Paula．What’s your name?
B：I’m James．J—A—M—E—S，James．
A：How do you do?
B：How do you do?
A：Nice t0 meet you．
B：Nice to meet you，too．
Have students switch
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