8BUnit 3 Online tours
Welcome to the Unit zhoulian 2015-3
Teaching aims:
1. To name the different parts of a computer.
2. To grasp and talk about the basic uses of computers.
3. To know the main topic of this unit.
Teaching steps:
Step 1 Learning targets and New words
Present the learning targets.
Show some pictures of new words.
Get the students to read them follow the teacher.
Step 2 Free talk
What do you usually do when you are free?
Learning about computers
Annie, Simon’s cousin, wants to learn about the different parts of a computer. Look at the picture below and help her write the correct answers in the boxes.
keyboard main unit mouse screen
Lead the students to say something about the computer.
Show the picture of a computer, revise the names of each unit.
Continue to lead: What else can we do with a computer?
Step 3 Presentation
Present some pictures of different uses of computers.
chat with friends
play games
send and receive emails
do word processing
search for information
watch videos
The teacher act the dialogue with a student and then get the students to practice with their partners.
A: What do you usually use your computer for?
B: I usually use it to...
A: Why?
B: Because ...
A: How often do you use your computer for this?
B: ...
Step 6 Presentation
Get the students to talk about this question:
Do Eddie and Hobo know well about computers?
Step 7 Listen and answer
Listen to the recording and answer the questions:
What do Eddie and Hobo think the computer look like?
They think it looks like a TV.
Do you know what "the remote control" really is?
It is a mouse.
Step 8 Read the dialogue and act it out!
Give the students some time to practice the dialogue with their partners and then ask some groups to come to the blackboard to perform for the rest.
Step 9 Homework
1. Revise what we learn today by heart.
2. Do the exercises in the exercisebook.