高职高专实用英语教程教案Unit_5.doc

Unit 5 Invitations Lecturer: Liu Jun Teaching Objectives: Students (Ss) will be able to: Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the texts. Learn some information about Marco Polo’s travel and Tomas Jefferson’s life. Master expressions and patterns for making and declining invitations Get translating skill：Translation of tense Grasp the skills to write invitation letters Teaching Focus: Vocabulary: decline; extra; celebrated; merchant; in search of; set out; journey; be skilled at/in; set sail for; end in; disaster; author; declaration; descent; quarrel; crisis, etc. Expressions and patterns for making and declining invitations Key language points and grammatical structure of the two reading texts. Translation of tense Useful sentences and patterns to write invitation letters Time Allotment: 1st period 2nd period 3rd-4th periods 5th-6th periods 7th-8th periods Warming-up Activities; Listening and Speaking Pre-reading, While-reading, Text structure analysis; further understanding Study for language points; group discussion, exercise checking Summary of reading; Stylistic comments; check exercise; Further reading Further reading/translation exercise/writing Practice Teaching Methods: Explanation Group discussion Blank filling Questions and answers Multi-media Performance Teaching Procedure: 1st Period Brainstorming: Ask students to discuss “What weekend activities do you know?” and make a list. Ss: Study for a test/ go to a movie /travel /surf the internet/visit my grandfather /play basketball /have a party and so on. How to give PROPER responses to the invitations? I’d like to very much. That’s great. Oh, I’d love to. That sounds a good idea. Thank you. How to DECLINE invitations? Oh, I’m really sorry. I’ve done too much of it. I really don’t feel like it tonight. I’m really not in the mood. Thanks for asking, but I have to stay home with my mom. She is sick. Happy birthday to you. Not now. Maybe another time. A friend of mine