Unit 6 I’m going to study computer science. 

Period 1 Section A(1a-2c)

Ⅰ.Teaching aims : 

Knowledge:

1.Students learn some vocabulary: professional, acting, take lessons, every day  

 computer programmer, engineer, baseball player, pilot, actor, actress, artist 

2.Students learn some target language:  

--What are you going to be when you grow up?  --  I’m going to be a computer programmer. 

-- How are you going to do that? -- I’m going to study computer science. 

Ⅱ.Key and difficult points: 

Key points:

  Future with going to Want to be；

 What, How questions

 Difficult points

The simple future tense. 

Ⅲ.Teaching aids : 

A tape recorder

 Ⅳ.Teaching methods: 

Audio-lingual method; Communicative Approach; PPP 

Ⅴ.Teaching procedures:     

Step 1 Warming up 

Task 1 Ask students to think about ways they already know to talk about 

future events. For example: 

☆Where are you going next week? 

I’m going to my grandmother’s house next week. 

☆How long are you staying? 

I’m staying for a week. 

☆What are you doing on Saturday? 

I’m playing tennis all day. 

Task 2 Circle the –ing in each sentence. Say, We use ing words to talk about 

things that are going to happen in future. We are sure these things will happen. 

Step 2 Key vocabulary 

Task 1 Read each words to the class. Ask the students to point to the jobs that 

appear in the picture. 

Task 2 Read the instructions and say, put a 1 after the most interesting job, 

put a 2 after the second most interesting job, and so on. 

Task 3 Check to say which things are the most interesting in the class. Ask 

students to write the six jobs on the blackboard. Ask: How many students made engineer number 1? 

Step 3 Target language 

Task 1 Read the instructions. 

Learn the target language: 

What are you going to be when you grow up? 

I’m going to be a computer programmer. How are you going to do that? I’m going to study computer science. 

   Task 2 Play the recording the first time. Students only listen. 

   Task 3 Play again. Ask students to draw lines connecting the jobs and the 

activities. 

   Task 4 Check the answers.

 Step 4 Pair work 

Task 1 Ask students to look at the pictures in activity 1a. Then ask students to 

read the sample conversations in activity 1c. 

Task 2 Ask students to work in pairs and make their own conversations. 

Task 3 Ask some pairs to present one or more of their conversations to the 

class. 

Ⅵ Homework 

1.Remember the vocabulary and the target language. 

2. Review the simple future tense.