Teaching materials

Listening on page 15，48，53

Target language

Communicating expressions:

I’m not going to…

I plan to…

Are you going to…

I’ m going to…

I will…

I am looking forward to…

Ability goals

Enable the students to listen for details and catch the specific information as much as possible.

Learning ability goals

Enable the students to predict some important information in the process of listening and encourage the students to talk about the situations according to the listening materials.

Teaching important and difficult points

How to make sure the answers of listening material and talk about plans and intentions

Teaching aids

A recorder and cassette tapes, a projector, and a computer

Teaching procedures

Step1 Dictation

1. She wore a dress with a p_____ of roses on it.

2. He climbed the hill with a heavy l_____ on his shoulder.

3. His speech i_______ us to try again.
4. The sound of martial music is always i_______.
5. 他们设法坚持住直到有救援到来。

6. 燃料如果被燃烧，就放出热

7. 他哥哥的榜样激励他去接受足球队的选拔测试。

8. 他的一番鼓励激起了我的信心。

Keys: 1.patten 2. load 3. inspired 4. inspiring

If the fuel is burnt, just heat is let out.

His brother‘s example inspired him to try out for the football team. 

His encouraging remarks inspired confidence in me。

They managed to hold on until help arrived.

Step2 Pre-listening

The listening on Page 15 is a conversation between a teacher and three

of her students about a poetry competition.

Predict how they become inspired to write poetry when they are going towrite their poems.

Step3 Listening on P15

Listen to the tape for the first time and write out the correct names.

1. Who has written a poem already?

2. Who likes to write when he or she is in the countryside?

3. Who likes to write when he or she is at home?

4. Who likes to study when he or she is listening to music?

Keys:  1. Lucy 2. Jack 3. Lucy 4. Tom

Listen to the tape again and answer the questions.

1. When do the students have to have their poems completed?

By the 24th of the month.

2. Is Lucy satisfied with the poem she has written?

No, not completely. She thinks that if she had an extra week to work on it, she could improve it.

3. Who had decided not to write a poem for the competition but then changed his or her mind?

Tom.

4. Why does Jack like to go into the countryside to write?

Because he finds that he notices all sorts of things and he has interesting thoughts.
5. Why does Lucy stay at home to write?

Because she likes the quiet and likes to have her own things around her.

6. Has Tom used music before while studying? 

Yes, but he has never tried writing poetry to music before.

Step4 Listening on P48

1. Who enjoys listening to poetry?

     Lily   (   )        Chelsea (   )    Wu Zhe (   )

2. Who enjoys writing poetry?

     Wu Zhe (   )   Lily (   )        Chelsea (   )

2. Read the questions. Then listen to the conversation again and answer

the questions.

Wu Zhe      Poetry is like music.

             It is rubbish.

Lily           I like experimenting with words.

              The language in poetry is strange.

Chelsea    Poetry takes you to a different world.

          You don’t have to follow grammar rules.

Step5 Discussion

1.     Who finds that the right words just come into his/her head when he/

she feels inspired?

 Lily

2. Who thinks he/she just writes down things that don’t mean anything?

 Wu Zhe

3. Who has to think carefully about how to express a feeling in a poem?Chelsea

Step6 Listening on P53

1．The students have to give their poetry homework to the teacher today.

2． Sam is going to try to write his poem on the weekend.

3．Sam doesn’t like the poetry homework.

4． Sally doesn’t want to do her poetry homework.

5． Sam doesn’t remember what a haiku is.

Ben is going to the park on Saturday.

7． Sam is going to write a poem about himself.

8． Sally, Ben and Sam are all present at the beginning of the conversation.

Keys: FTTF TTFF

Step7 Speaking

(Talking about plans and intentions)

Imagine that your class has to enter poems in a competition next week.

In small groups discuss the question:

How are you going to become inspired to write your poem?

Use some of the expressions in Exercise 3 to talk about your plans.

The following sentence patterns are helpful for you:

I’m not going to…

I plan to…

Are you going to…

I’ m going to…

I will…

I am looking forward to…

Step8 Homework

1. Read the listening materials and pay attention to some key points.

2. Write a short dialogue about your plan.