Unit 2 I’ll help to clean up the city park.

Section A 1 (1a-2d)

一、教学目标：

1. 语言知识目标：

1) 能掌握以下单词： clean up, city, cheer, cheer up, give out, volunteer, notice, used to, lonely,

能掌握以下句型：

① You could help to clean up the city parks.    

② We should listen to them and care for them.

2) 能了解以下语法：

     情态动词could, should的用法；用should或could提出建议并对别人的建议作出评价。如何表达主动提供帮助。

2. 情感态度价值观目标：

   在授课过程中渗透助人就是助己，助人收获快乐的情感目标，使学生在谈论如何为别人提供帮助的对话中能意识到尽己所能，帮助他人，乐于奉献是一种良好的品德，培养学生为他人着想，热爱公益事业，乐于助人的优良品质。

二、教学重难点

1. 教学重点：

1) 掌握这些短语动词的构成和用法：clean up, city, cheer, cheer up, give out, volunteer, notice, used to, lonely

2) 学会提供帮助的基本句型：

I’d like to work outside.

I’ll help clean the city park.

You could give out food at a food bank.

2. 教学难点：

学会提供帮助的基本句型

三、教学过程

Step 1 Warming up

1. 播放学生志愿者进行义务帮助别人的活动视频，通过询问他们以下问题来引导学生们了解社会上一些的志愿们进行的活动。

T: Who are they?

S：They’re volunteers. They usually volunteer to help others. 

T: How could we help people?

S1: We could clean up the parks

S2: We could help sick people in the hospital.

S3: We could help plant trees.

…

Step 2 New words

1. city  n. 城市

e.g. The library is in the north of the city. 图书馆在城市的北部。

2. notice n. 公告牌；通告；布告

e.g. Please read the list on the notice board. 请读公告板上的名单。

3. sign   n. 标志；信号

e.g. Look around, we could see no sign of life. 

环顾四围，我们看不出一点生命的迹象。

4. volunteer v. 义务劳动，自愿做     volunteer to do sth. 义务自愿做某事

e.g. Many people volunteer to work on the farm. 很多人志愿到农场去工作。

5. clean up  打扫；清除

e.g. The students take turns to clean up their classroom.  学生们轮流打扫教室。

6. give out  分发；散发

e.g. Please help me give out these test papers. 请帮我将这些试卷发下去。

7. cheer    v. 欢呼; 喝彩 

e.g. Cheer up. The news isn’t too bad. 振作起来，消息还不算太坏。

8. lonely adj. 孤独的；寂寞的

e.g. I don’t feel lonely because I made new friends here.

我不觉得孤独因为我交了新朋友。

9. used to 曾经， 过去

e.g. Jack used to be short, but now he’s tall. 杰克过去很矮，但现在高了。

Step 3 Discussion

1. 1a. Look at the ways you could help others. Then list other ways.

2. Ss discuss with their partners and write the ways one could help others:

  ① Help to plant trees by the river. 

  ② Help to clean up the city park. 

  ③ Visit the old people in the old people’s home. 

  ④ Help young kids to learn English. 

Step 4 Listening

1. T: Tell Ss to read the sentences in the chart. Make sure they know the meaning of the sentences.

2. 1b. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and number the ways the boy and girl could help others.

(Key: 3, 2, 4, 1)

Step 5 Pair work

1. Let Ss read the conversation in the picture.   

2. 1c. Use the information in the chart of 1b to make other conversations.

     A: I hope to work outside.

     B: You could help to clean up the city parks.

     ……

3. Let some pairs act out their conversations.   

Step 6 Listening

1. 2a: 

T: A group of students are planning a City Park Clean-up Day. Listen and check (√) the things they are going to do to tell people about it.

1. Look at the pictures in 2a. Discuss the things they are going to do.

2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and check the pictures.

3. Play the recording again to check the answers.

Answers: b, c, e

2. 2b:

1. Let Ss read the sentences below. Explain some main sentences for the Ss.  Make sure they know what to do.

2. Play the recording for the Ss to write the correct words in the blanks.

1. We need to _____ ___ ____ a plan to tell people about the city park clean- up.

2. Clean-up Day is only two weeks    from now. We can’t ___ ___ making a plan.

3. We could ___ ___ signs.

4. Let’s make some notices, too. Then I’ll ____ them ____ after school.

5. We could each ____ ___ 10 students and ask them to come.

3. Play the recording again to check the answers.

Answers:  1. come up with 2. put off  3. put up  4. hand, out  5. call up

Step 7 Pair work

1. 2c. Tell Ss to make a conversation using the information in 2a and 2b.

2. Let one pair to read out their conversation first.

 e.g.

  A: We need to come up with a plan for the City Park Clean-Up Day.  

  B: Let’s have lunch first.  

  A: No, we need to start now. Clean-Up Day is only two weeks from now.  

 B: You’re right. We can’t put off making a plan. As we talk, I’ll write down all our ideas. Then we can decide which ideas are best. 

  A: Let’s make some notices, too. Then I’ll hand them out after school.

B: And we could each call up ten students and ask them to come.

3. Ss act the conversation in pairs. Ask some pairs to act out their conversations.  

Step 8 Reading and Role-play

1. Read the conversations and answer the two questions:

① Where’s Helen going to work this summer?

   __________________________________

② What did Tom do to help the old people?  

  ____________________________________

Answers: She’s going to work in an old people’s home.

Reading the newspaper or just talking to the old people.

2. Read the conversation after the teacher.

3. Practice the conversation with their partner. Then let some pairs to act out the conversation.