Step 1 Revision
Check the homeworkexercises.
Brainstorm smoking.Ask Why do people smoke? What is bad about smoking? Why can‘t people giveup? What did you learn about smoking from this unit? etc.
Step 2 Test
Dictation.
Booksclosed! Dictate the first paragraph of the passage in SB Page 10, Part 1.
Step 3Preparation for listening
SBPage 12, Part 1. Wb Listening, Unit 2. Ex. 1. Go through the example and makesure the Ss know what to do. Note that, for this exercise, they only need totick For or Against. They do not need to write down the reasonyet.
Step4 ListeningListeningCassette Lesson 8. Play the tape for Ex. 1, then let the Ss check their answersin pairs. Do Exx. 2 and 3 in the same way. Finally, discuss the answers withthe whole class. Replay the tape to check the answers if necessary.
ListeningText
Sixfriends are having a discussion about smoking.
1
Idon’t smoke a lot, just when I‘m studying. I think it helps me study better.
Idon’t see what‘s wrong with smoking. I think people are wrong when they saythat smoking is dangerous. My grandpa has smoked thirty cigarettes a day andhe’s 83 years old.
3
Idon‘t like people who smoke, their hair smells, their clothes smell, and whenthey smoke in your house the room smells of smoke for days.
4
Ienjoy smoking. I like the taste of a cigarette after a meal. It’s a simplepleasure, that‘s all.
5
Peoplethink it’s clever to smoke, but I don‘t. It’s expensive, it‘s dirty and it’snot healthy.
6
Mymother died from smoking. It was a terrible time. She was in hospital for twomonths and the doctors couldn‘t do anything to save her. I shall never smokemyself.
Answers:
Ex. 1: For: 12 4 Against: 3 56
Ex. 2: Suggested answer:
Istudy better when I smoke.
Smokingis not dangerous.
Ido not like the smell.
Ilike the taste of a cigarette after a meal.
It’sexpensive, it‘s dirty and it’s not healthy.
My mother died from smoking.
Ex.3: lA 2B 3B 4A 5B 6A
Step 5 Wordstudy
SB Page 12, Part 2. Go through thewords in the box and make sure the Ss know what they are going to do. Teach thenew word club in Sentence 5. Get them to do this exercise individually.Then check the answers in pairs. Answers:
1 share 2 habit 3 remains 4 chances 5permission 6 persuaded 7 compare
Step 6Checkpoint
Gothrough Checkpoint 2. Revise Noun Clauses used as the Object and Predicative.Deal with any other language points that you or the Ss wish to raise.
Step7 Writing
SBPage 12, Part 3. Groupwork. You may like to collect ideas on the Bb before theSs start to work on their sentences. Go round the class and look at thesentences prepared by each group. Help the Ss with language points asnecessary.
Step8 Workbook
Wb Lesson 8, Exx. 1 - 4.
Doone sentence in Ex. 1 as an example. You may ask What kind of plant hasleaves that are used for producing cigarettes? When the Ss know how to dothe exercise, let them practise in pairs. Check the answers with the wholeclass.
Followthe same procedure with Exx. 2 and 3. It is better to translate the sentencesinto Chinese, making sure mat the Ss understand them. Ex. 4 practises using theAttributive Clause. The Ss may discuss the answers in pairs. Check the answerswith the whole class. Write down the translation on the Bb.
Homework
Complete the Workbookexercises.
Do Ex. 4 as written work.
Start working on the poster(The Ss should be allowed a few days to make an attractive poster for display.)