Unit 8 Dolls

（1^st lesson）

Teaching contents  

Story time

Teaching aims and learning objectives  

1. Ss can understand words about human body by listening to the song;

2. By the introduction of the doll, Ss can read, understand, and talk about the new words, such as hair，eyes， nose，mouth；

3. Ss can read and understand the adjectives like big, small, long and short by comparing the appearance of different dolls and playing action guessing games；

4. After introducing their friends, Ss can accurately make use of the sentence patterns, such as “His…is….” and “Her … are….”

Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty  

Focus of the lesson: 1.  By the introduction of the doll, Ss can read, understand, and talk about the new words, such as hair，eyes， nose，mouth；

2. Ss can read and understand the adjectives like big, small, long and short by comparing the appearance of different dolls and playing action guessing games；

Predicted area of difficulty: After introducing their friends, Ss can accurately make use of the sentence patterns, such as “His…is….” and “Her … are….”

Teaching procedures

Step1 Lead-in

1. Free talk

How are you?

How old are you?

2. Listen to the song ‘Head, shoulder, knees and toes’

a. Listen to the song and the teacher do the action

b. Listen to the song again and do the action together

3. Play a game ‘Touch your…’

T: Touch your nose / mouth…

Ss: (Do the action.)

Step2 Presentation

1. Show a doll

T: I have a doll. Look at my doll. What colour is her dress?

Ss: It’s yellow.

T: Is it cute?

Ss: Yes.

T: (Points to the doll’s eyes, ears, nose, etc.) Look, this is her eyes/ears/nose/mouth/hair.

Ss: Eyes.

2. Draw two different dolls on the blackboard. Then, ask the students to compare.

T: Here are two dolls. This is a girl doll. Her hair is long. Her eyes are big. Her nose and mouth are small. That’s a boy doll. His hair is short. His eyes and nose are small. His mouth is big. His ears are big, too.

3. Teacher acts, the students guess

The teacher makes some actions about the adjectives, and the Ss guess them by competitions in groups. 

4. Watch the cartoon and finish the form

Girl doll：

Hair  Long

Eyes  big

Nose  small

Mouth  small

Boy doll：

Hair  short               Mouth   Big

Eyes  small               Ears    big

Nose  small

5. Say the sentences according to the form

G1: Her hair is long.

B1: His hair is short.

G2: Her eyes are big.

B2: His eyes are small.

Step 3 Consolidation

1.Read the text after the tape

2. Read the text in groups

3. Act in role

4. Say a rhyme

I have two eyes to see with,

I have two feet to run,

I have two hands to wave with,

And nose I have but one.

Step 4 Practice

1. Describe and guess

The teacher asks the student to choose one of the other Ss to describe, and the others should guess who he or she is according to the description. If the number of the class is too large, more hints can be provided to smooth the difficulty. For example, the others can be told which group he or she is in.

S1: He’s boy. He’s short. His eyes are small. His ears are small. His nose is big. His mouth is big… Who is he?

S2：Is he …?

…

2. Show a picture of friends

Ss show or draw a picture of his or her good friend, and describe the appearance according to the picture. 

S1: Look! This is my friend. She’s tall. Her eyes are big. Her ears are big. Her nose is small.

Homework

For you homework, please

1.Read the dialogues after the tape and imitate the pronunciation.
2. Try to recite the dialogue.

3. Copy the new words.

4. Draw a doll（Make a preview for the next lesson）

5. Write down the words near the doll.

Teaching aids：PPT.

Blackboard design:

 Unit8 Dolls