This lesson is chosen from the section A of unit 9, Book 8B, PEP Junior English. The topic of this lesson is fun places. The main task for ss is to talk about past experiences to some places. Even though ss have learned the present perfect tense in last unit, they may still feel hard to talk about what fun places they have ever been to and what they think of these places. Thus, enough practice will be organized to help ss learn some museums, theme parks and the present perfect tense with been, ever and never.

Based on the analysis above and the new curriculum standard, I set the following teaching aims:

1. Knowledge aim. After the class, ss will understand the basic meaning of some museums and theme parks and the function of the present perfect tense with been, ever and never, such as amusement park, science museum, Have you ever been to sp? I’ve never been to sp etc.

2. Ability aim. By the end of this lesson, ss will be better able to talk about past experiences by using the present perfect tense with been, ever and never.

3. Emotional aim. During the class, ss’ interest in learning English will be increased by talking about fun places.

Next, let’s focus on the key point and difficult point.

The key point is to talk about past experiences to fun places by using the newly learned vocabulary and sentence structures.

The difficult point is to understand that the present perfect tense is used to express a past event that has present consequences.

To achieve the objectives above, I’ll adopt Audio-lingual Approach, Communicative Approach and Situational Teaching Method. And ss’ll learn through cooperation, communication and discussion.

Now, I’d like to describe my teaching procedure.

Step 1 is leading in.

At the beginning of the class, I’ll present pictures of some super special museums around the world to attract ss’ attention, such as the Tap Water Museum in Bejing, the Currywurst Museum in Berlin, the Instant Ramen Museum in Japan, the Underwater Museum in Mexico, the Museum of Broken Relationships in Croatia[kroʊ'eɪʃə], The Museum of Jurassic[dʒʊˈræsɪk] Technology in California and the International Toilet Museum in India.(选择几个) ss will be encouraged to share their experiences to museums or theme parks. This activity can arouse ss interest and lead them to the topic naturally.

Step 2 is presentation.

First, the museums and theme parks of this lesson will be presented, such as history museum, science museum, amusement park etc. And ss will be encouraged to guess what they can see from these museums and parks. Then, I’ll provide some background information. After that, they will rank these places in 1a from their most favorite to the least favorite.

Next, I’ll ask ss questions like “Have you ever been to an art museum?” and instruct ss to give positive and negative answers. So here, ss will learn the sentence structure.

This activity can help ss smooth the way for listening.

So, next is step 3 listening 1b.

First, I’ll lead ss read the chart for 1b and 2 questions will be asked to help ss understand the chart“Who are involved in the conversation? What museums are mentioned?”

Then ss will listen to the conversation between Claudia and Sarah for the 1st time and find out what museums they have ever been to. As for the 2nd time, there are 3 questions for ss to answer. “When did Sarah go to the science museum? Has Sarah ever been to a history museum? What does Claudia say about the history museum?” So, ss will listen carefully to get some detailed information.

Step 4 is speaking.

Ss will act as Sarah and Claudia to talk about the museums in 1b.

Step 5 listening 2a and 2b.

First, I’ll guide ss to look at the map in 2b and lead them to 3 short conversations. Ss will circle the places they hear on the map. When they finish, they will share their answers by describing the places on the map. While ss listen for the 2nd time, there are 3 questions for them to answer.

1. Where are they planning to go?

2. Has Tina, Linda or Frank ever been there?

3. How are they going to get there?

By answering these 3 questions, ss can fulfill the T or F task easily. At the last time, ss will read after the recording and check their answers.

So, next step is practice.

Ss’ll work in pairs to make conversations about the places on the map.

Next, let’s come to summary.

Ss’ll do a survey in groups of 4. One st will interview the other 3 ss about museums or parks according to a form I give them. This summary activity can help ss recall what they have learned from this lesson.

As for the homework, I’ll ask ss to make up a new conversation with their partners on the topic of fun places.

At last, I’d like to introduce my blackboard design.

Unit 9 Have you ever been to a museum?