1. Warm up:
Explain the rules about learning English of this term.
2. Review:
Review the base sentences that they have learned and concern with the new knowledge:
1) Show some pictures , “Stonehenge, Big Ben,
London Eye”
Have the Ss answer these questions:
A. Where is it?How old is …
【Check the knowledge we have learned and
prepare for today’s new knowledge.】
3. Presentation:
1) Let’s look at this picture, where is it?
Yes, it’s the Great Wall. What do you know about the Great Wall?
【Encourage the Ss talk about the Great Wall first.】
2) Today we will learn M1 U1,
there is a new friend in this dialog. Look at this picture,
this is Simon. (read the name together)
let’s watch the video, pay attention,
“What are they talking about?”
(Present the question on the screen)
have the Ss watch the video and answer the question.
They are talking about the Great Wall.
3) Let’s watch the first part, pay attention,
“Who wants to go to the Great Wall? Whose home is near to the Great Wall?”(Pay
attention to ‘who, whose’)
(Present the questions on the screen) have the
Ss watch the video and answer the questions.
Simon wants to go to the Great Wall.
Daming’s home is near to the Great Wall.
4) Now let’s watch the first part again.
Pay attention, “ Can we walk all of the Great Wall?
Why” (Present the questions on the screen) have the
Ss watch the video and answer the questions.
No, we can’t. Because it’s too long.
5) Now let’s watch next part.
Pay attention to these two questions.
“ How long is the Great Wall? How old is it?”
( show the questions on the screen) have the
Ss watch the video and answer the questions.
It’s ten thousand li long.
It’s five thousand kilometers.
It is more than two thousand years old.
6) The Great Wall is two thousand years old.
Then how old is the moon?
(Have the Ss guess and then
watch the second part again.)
It's millions of years old.
【Help the Ss understand the
dialog one step by one step.】
4. Practise:
1) Listen and point.
2) Listen , point and find “How long is…?”.
3) Listen , point and repeat.
4) Read the dialog in roles.
1) teacher-students
2) in pairs