Unit 1 Playing SportsTopic 1 Im going to play basketball.Section C（1a1d）. Teaching aims1. To learn some useful words and expressions: tennis/table tennis/badminton/cycling/swimming/basketball/baseballspend/take part in/ be good at.2. To learn the Simple Future Tense with “be going to”.3. To talk about the favourite sports.4. To lead students to concern about the importance of playing sports.5. To introduce the Military World Games to students and activate their sense of pride to be a Chinese. Key and Difficult PointsKey points：1. To master the key words and sentence structure:spend (in)doing/on , take part in ,be good at, be going to2. To train students reading and writing skills using target language.Difficult points：1. To master the key structure : be going to. 2. Help students to get the information from the passage and train their reading skills.Teaching proceduresStep 1 Pre-reading1.Play a short video about different kinds of sports and ask students to remember as many as they can.T: What sports can you find in this video?S: Soccer/basketball/high jump/long jump.2.Make a brainstorm about students favorite sports to review the key words and sentences they have learned before.running basketball table tennis Favorite sportssoccer cycling swimming baseballtennis 3.Show some pictures about Ann and ask students to answer the question “what kind of sports does Ann like?” Aim: To lead students in the topic and activate some previous knowledge they know about this topic.Step 2 While-reading1. The first reading: read the passage quickly and write the key phrases under each picture.Aim: Have a general understanding of the passage; develop students skimming and scanning skills2. The second reading: read the passage carefully.(1) Answer the questions and prepare 4 new questions for the other groups.Sixstudentsfromsixdifferentgroupsreporttheirquestionsmeanwhilestudentsinothergroupsfindouttheanswersasquicklyaspossible.How often does she go cycling?What does she do on Sundays?How long does she spend in the gym every day?What is Ann going to do in the school sports meet? (2) Dealwiththe key words and sentence structure.Readthekeysentencesandguessthemeaningsofthenewwordsandphrases,including spend,take part in,be good at,be going to.Dothe exercises on the handouts.Aim:Help students have a better understanding about the details of the passage.3.Thethirdreading:(1)Readthepassageagainandfill in the blanks on the screen.(2)Payattentiontobe going toandreadthemtogether.(3)Readitaloudandtrytorememberthepassage.(4)Retellthetextaccordingtothesix pictures on the blackboard.Thenencouragesomestudentstoretellitontheirown.Aim:Let students use new words and phrases to retell the passage.Step3 Post-readingGroup work: Talk about sports in groups, and then report it.Discuss the questions in 1d.Which sports do you like best?Why? When and where do you usually do it?How often do you do it?How long do you do it each time?Is it good for your health?At last, the group leader should summarize and make a report. The following expressions are expected to be used in their conversation. spend,take part in,be good at,be going toSample:I like running best because I think it is good for my legs and heart. I spend twenty minutes running on the school playground every day. I learn soccer on Saturdays, and now I am good at it. I am going to take part in the 100-meter race next Monday.Aim: To practice the target sentences students have learned in this period. Students can share ideas with the others in the group work.Step 4 ConsolidationSummarize what students have learned today. Important language points are shown on the screen.Lead students to concern about the importance of playing sports. Life lies in healthy exercise.Step 5 HomeworkIntroduce the Military World Games to students and activate their sense of pride to be a Chinese. Then ask students to make their own posters about the Military World Games. Think about what they are going to do to welcome the Military World Games. Step6 Teaching ReflectionStudents are able to learn the reading strategies of skimming and scanning easily, but its a little difficult for the students to understand the structure be going to. Teacher should design more exercises to help them understand the difficult point.Step7 Blackboard designUnit 1 Playing SportsTopic 1 Im going to play basketball.Section CSpend be going to I spend twenty minutes running on the school playground every day. be good at I learn soccer on Saturdays, and now I am good at it. take part in I am going to take part in the 100-meter race next Monday.