Unit 3 Is this your pencil?

Section A 1a-1c

Step 1Warming up

1. Prepare a box of school things before class and collect some items (pen, ruler, cup, book, pencil…) from the students and ask：

What's this in English?

What's that in English?

(Help them answer like this: It's a/an…)

Have them work in pairs to practice the questions.

Ss: It is a pen.

The teacher goes on to take all the school things out of the box and teach the students how to say the various school things in English. Let one or two students, or if time permits, three or four to come to the front to put the school things into the box or pick them out of the box and say the names of the things. If the students get them right, they can get some small gifts.

2. Provide more words by showing the students the picture in 1a.

T: What can you see in the picture? (Collect their answers. Also ask them to finish 1a by themselves. Check their answers.)

3. Let the students read the new words aloud after the teacher. Then try to remember the new words.

Step 2Presentation

1. Pretend that you don't know whose these things are and ask A:

“Is this your book？” And lead him/her to answer: “Yes, it is. It's mine.”

Then take another one and ask its owner: “Is this your…？” Help him/her to answer: “No, it isn't. It's his.”

Have the students ask and answer in pairs. (Maybe when they do this, they'll make mistakes, so the teacher comes to them and gives them help if necessary.) Then ask them to act their dialogues out. e．g.

—Is this your book?

—Yes, it is. It's mine.

—Is this your schoolbag?

—No, it isn't. It's his/hers.

2. Tell the students: my book＝mine; his book＝his; her book＝hers

Step 3Research Cooperation

1．Listening: Section A, 1b.

(1)Listen and number.

a. T: Listen to the recording for the first time.

b. T: Number the conversations from 1—3 while you are listening to them for the second time.

(2)Check the answers.

T: Let's check the answers.

[答案] 321

2．Reading.

a. T: I would like you to read the conversations together.

b. T: Would you please read them in pairs?

c. T: Who would like to read to the class?

3．Translate and explain.

a. T: Let's translate the conversations into Chinese. Would you please work in pairs?

b. T: Let's translate the conversations together now.

c. S: Can you tell me when we ask questions “Is this your…？” or “Is that your…？” 

4．Pair work: Section A1c.

Practice

a. T:  Would you please practice the conversation with the things you and your partner have?

b. T: I will give you an example first.e.g.

T: Mary, is this your pen? 

S: No, it isn't. It's his pen.

c. Please present your conversation to the class. Who would like to have a try?

Step 4Language points

名词性物主代词

mine, hers, yours 等是名词性物主代词，相当于一个名词，即相当于“形容词性物主代词＋名词”，在句中可单独使用，而形容词性物主代词只能和名词一起使用。

Step 5Exercises