Unit of work

Group 4

The Topic: Our Clothes

The target level: Junior Grade 2

Number of lessons : 5-6

Task (1) Students have a pair-work interview to collect information about when and why people should wear suitable clothes.

Task (2) Students have a group-discussion to design their favorite school uniform, then write a passage about their designed school uniform.

Task 1 Task 2

Purpose To understand why people should wear suitable clothes on different occasions.

To decide what their favorite school uniform should be like

Context An information collector. A school-uniform designer

Process Students in pairs report a fashion show to know some kinds of clothes with Chinese unique characteristic. Then they have to know when and why people should wear suitable clothes on different occasions. They finally learn what kind of materials and styles they can design their favorite school uniform with.

Students discuss in groups to gather opinions about their favorite styles of school uniform from their peers. Then the teacher collects all and makes a list of common ideas on the blackboard. At last the students write a report about the new school uniform.

Product A list of materials and styles for their school uniform

A passage about their favorite school uniform for their headmaster.

Learning Objectives: 1. Functions/ Structures: 1. Talking about ways of dressing.2. Dressing for different occasions.3. Dressing for your body type.4. Talking about different customs and cultures of dressing.5. The use of Object Clause. e.g. Could you tell me what I should wear here?6. It’s +adj. +for sb. to do sth. e.g. It is necessary for us to wear sports shoes on the playground. 7. Specific terms of describing clothes(materials &styles).

Learning Objectives: 2. Vocabularyallow, interview, soldier, pilot, policewoman, officer, require, advise, traditional, Asian, minorities

jeans, overcoat, tie, handbag, sock, scarfnatural, glove, hat, sock, pockets,

personal, choice, style, material, silk, cotton, silver, size, woolen

Learning Objectives:

3. SkillsListening 1. information-getting skills2. note-taking skills

Speaking 1.Organizing one’s opinions and information in a logical way.2. Interactive skills.3. Asking and responding skills.4. Interviewing skills.5. Reporting others’ opinion according to what others say.

Learning Objectives:

3. SkillsReading 1. skimming skill2. skimming for the topic sentences 3. Scanning skill4. Scanning for the specific information (the uses of uniforms, the uniforms for different jobs )

Writing :

Drafting and revising for improvement with the their peers’ and the teacher’s help

Teaching methods and learning activities: Task 1

Pre-task

1. Watching a short video about a fashion show and reporting the fashion

show to someone else.

2. Listening to some materials about clothes.

While-task

1.Interviewing a partner to collect information about wearing different

clothes on different occasions.

2.Exchanging the role of interviewer and interviewee. Then having a discussion

about wearing uniforms.

3. Group-discussion about the present school uniform and designing a new

one if they don’t like it.

Post-task Delivering a speech about the newly-designed school uniform.

Teaching methods and learning activities:

Task 2

Pre-task:1. power-point displaying different kinds of uniforms2. group discussion about what their favorite school uniform should be like

While-task:1. The teacher gathers all kinds of opinions from all groups.2. The Ss write a passage to their headmaster about the newly-designed school uniform as a group.

Post-task:One student from each group reports their design.Ss vote for the best design.

Resources 1. Internet resources

2. Forms for an interview

3. Role-play cards

4. Real materials

5. A tape recorder

6. A video clip

7. A magazine of fashion

8. Pictures

Assessment methods

Teacher evaluation

Observation

Self-assessment

Peer assessment

Teacher feedback

Conferencing

1.Listening to a passage about Li Mei’s favorite clothes in different seasons and choose the clothes Li Mei likes .

2. Listening to a dialogue about school uniforms and answering some questions (p85) 3. Listening to a description of a fashion show and fill in some blanks.

Teaching procedures: Listening

□ dress□ □ jeans pants□ □

□ □ □

shirt

sweater shoes T-shirt□

mini skirt

windbreaker coat

Listen and check( √ ) the clothes Li Mei likes

□

CHOOSE THE RIGHT ANSWERS

1. What does Miss Wang say?A. Our school plans to make uniforms for us.B. Our school plans to hold a sports meet.C. Our school plans to make shoes for us

2.-- Will school uniforms look ugly on us? -- Not really. It depends on ______.A. what color they are.B. who wear them.C. who will design them.

3. It is true that suitable uniforms can ______.A. make us smart.B. show good discipline.C. look ugly on us

Listen to the description of the fashion show and fill in the blank

1. Ann was wearing a _____ and a _____ .2. Amy was wearing _____ and a white _____ .3. Lisa was wearing blue jeans, a _____ , _____

and white _____ .4. Susan was wearing black _____ , a _____

and _____ .5. Sally was wearing _____ , big _____ , a white

_____, a _____ , and a black _____ .

Reading

• Reading dialogues, passages and articles

about uniform or costume:

• 1. Two dialogues( on P 87 and P95)

• 2. The passage Uniforms (p89)

• 3. The passage The Tang Costume (p97)

• 4. Read the materials on P91 &99

• Read to get some information about dressing for different occasions; different jobs need different uniforms.

• To read and find out the Chinese cultures of dressing. Different countries have different fashion cultures.

• Read to learn how important it is to wear uniforms and know more about the Chinese history of The Tang.

• Read to find out how to dress properly.

Purpose of reading

1. After reading materials on P87, 89 and 91,

finishing 1b on P87,89,91, working in groups

of four to find out when and where people

should wear uniforms, and why.

2. Reading the passage The Tang Costume

and finishing 1b on P97 so as to know more

about the Chinese history of The Tang.

3. Having a discussion in groups of four about

Chinese costumes , American and Japanese

clothing .

Activities for reading

Grammar Object Clauses

It depends on who will design our uniform.

She asks what materials they should choose.

Could you tell me when you wear your uniforms?

Could you tell me where the special shoes are?

Kangkang said he watched it.

He said it was wonderful.

She asked Kangkang what he was doing.

He said he was doing his homework.

Grammar Useful expressions

It’s true that suitable uniforms can show

good discipline.

It is important to wear suitable clothes on

every occasion.

It is necessary for us to wear sports shoes on

the playground

Task 1 SpeakingBrainstorming : How many types of clothes do the Ss know?Warming –up : Watch a video clip about a fashion show

Suppose Alan watched the above fashion show about the unique clothes of Chinese --- Tang costume and Cheongsam, and the clothes for 55 minorities in China last Saturday evening, and one student(A) talked with him about that, yet another student(B) knows nothing about it. Now work in group of two: A using object clauses to tell B about the fashion show.

Activities 1 : Pair work—to report a fashion show

Speaking

Many people have to wear uniform. What kind of uniform do people wear? When and why do they wear their uniform? Students interview one of the classmates who pretends to be one of those who wear uniform. Then exchange roles to get more information.

Activities 2: Pair work– to collect information about uniforms.

Speaking

Group discussion about their present school uniform,

exchanging opinions with the rest of the groups. Then

with the help of the teacher, they collect all the

opinions and compare them. Finally one should try to

report to the class what kind of new school uniform

(including material and style) they would like .

Activities 3: Group discussion—to collect opinions about the present uniform and decide how to design their favorite school uniform

WritingWrite a passage to their headmaster about what kind of school uniform they would like to design for themselves.

That’s the unit of work by Group 4 Whatever comments and suggestions will be greatly appreciated!

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