How many kites are there? Lesson 45-46

（两课时）

一．教学目的

1．复习、巩固第十一单元的There be句型。

2．掌握四会单词和词组child/ children, man/ men, woman/ women, at work/ at home/ at school要掌握读音，写法和用法。

3．教学There be的疑问形式：Is there a cat in the bee？及其肯定、否定回答。

4．巩固There be句型及其特殊形式How many…are there?

二．重难点

1．名词复数的不规则变化，如：man – men woman – women child – children 要求学生读准、写准、用准。

2．How many…？句型中How many接可数名词复数的用法。

3．掌握、运用There be句型的肯定形式与疑问形式的转换，并会作肯定与否定回答。

三．教师教法

利用实物、挂图复习句型What’s…? There is a…/ There are some…利用幻灯片、图画教学名词的复数形式。围绕教室的实物教学Is there…？句型，提问Is there a book on the desk?帮助学生做出肯定回答：Yes，there is．再举几个应用肯定回答的实物，然后让学生两人一组一问一答进行练习。待到学生熟练，再教学Is there a book in the desk？帮助学生做出否定回答：No，there isn’t．再举出几个应用否定回答的实物，帮助学生做出否定回答，然后成组练习。

四．教具

录音机、挂图、投影片、（微机）书、笔、尺等实物。

五．教学过程 

Step 1 Revision

利用教室里的实物复习句型What’s…? There is a…/ There are some…Where is it/ Where are they？如：
T：What’s in the picture？ S：There is／ are…
T：Where is it？／Where are they？ S：It’s…／They are…

Step 2 Presentation

教师指着一个男孩提问：

T：Who’s he？ S：He’s a boy．

再指多个男孩提问：

T：Who are they? S：They are some boys．
Show some pictures to the students. Include a boy, some boys, a girl, some girls, a man, some men, a woman, some women.
Teacher: What is in this picture?
Students: There is a boy./girl/man/woman/child
Teacher: What is in that picture?
Students: There are some boys/girls/men/women/children.

Step 3 Look, read and say

Page 56, Part 1. Play the tape twice. Ask the students listen and repeat. Pay attention to the students pronounce men and women correctly. At last, explain in Chinese that most words in English are made plural by adding? -s or -es, but that there are some exceptions.

a child---- four children a man--- five men a woman---six women a Chinese---- seven Chinese an American--- ten Americans

Step 4 Presentation

Show the pictures again.

T: How many boys/girls/men/women/children are there?
Ss: There are two children. Or: There is only one.
T: Where is he/she? Or: Where are they?
Is he/she at work/at home? Or: Are they at school?
Ss: Yes, he/she is. Or: No, they aren’t. They are …

Step 5 Ask and answer

Have the Ss ask and answer similar questions in pairs.

Step 6 Count

Look at the picture: Part 3, but before listening to the tape, ask them to count the kites and birds, and the teacher asks: How many kites are there in the sky? How many birds are there in the sky?
The Ss answer: There are thirteen kites and two birds in the sky.
Then read and say in pairs. At last, ask some groups to act it out in front of the class.

Step 7 Teach the new words, using the flashcards.

Step 8 Drawing

Divide the class into some groups, ask them to draw some pictures in pairs.
Then they describe the pictures using: There is a… There are some…

Step 9 Ask and answer

Using the pictures ( they have drawn , Step 7) One group asks:
Is there/ Are there any…?
And the other group answers: Yes, there is. No, there aren’t, etc.

Step 10 Read and say
Page 57 Part 1. Listen to the tape twice. Ss listen and repeat.

Step 11 Look any say
Page 57. Part 2.

Step 12 In pairs

Ask and answer similar questions about the classroom, the bedroom, their school, the teachers’ office, their family in pairs.

Step 13 Consolidation

1．写出下列单词的复数形式：

2．句型转换

1）There is a light near the window．（改为一般疑问句）

2）There is a map on the wall．（改为否定句）

3）There is a map on the wall．（与a Kite构成选择疑问句）

4）Is there a for in the picture？（否定回答）

Step 14 Homework

1．根据课文内容，编排新对话。用There + be句型描述教室。

2．抄写课本上的句型、句子并翻译。同时指出语言点。

3．完成练习册。

六．板书