Unit 4 My day
Comic strip & Welcome to the unit
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. describe Eddie’s day;
2. ask and answer questions about Millie’s day;
3. use the new vocabulary to talk about the students’ own day.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phrases: wake, wake up, shall, hill, seldom, out, go out, need, rest, just, have fun, have breakfast/lunch/dinner, have lessons, after-school activity, homework, go to bed, usually, never, be late for, start, quarter, past
2. New structure: I seldom go out.
Some dogs just don’t know how to have fun.
I’m never late for it.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
1. Report one’s daily activities and ask for information about others’ daily activities;
2. Use seldom and never correctly.
IV. Teaching procedures
Comic strip
Step 1 Presentation
1. Learn the new words.
2. Watch the cartoon and complete the table.
3. Read aloud after the tape and learn the language points.
(1) Shall we do …? = Let’s do… = What/How about doing …? = Why don’t we do …?
(2) go walking in the hills
go + v-ing e.g. go swimming/shopping/fishing …
(3) seldom go out = not often go out
(4) need a good rest
need sth. need to do sth. need sb. to do sth.
(5) Some dogs just don’t know how to have fun.
4. Read after the tape and ask if the students have any problems with the comic strip.
5. Play in roles and practice in pairs.
T: Please play in roles and act out the story. I’ll ask some pairs to act in front of the class. Now, please practice in pairs.
【设计意图:展示生词和语言点,并通过表格梳理漫画
内容
财务内部控制制度的内容财务内部控制制度的内容人员招聘与配置的内容项目成本控制的内容消防安全演练内容
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Step 2 Consolidation
1. Report and develop the story.
2. Complete a short story about Eddie’s day.
One day, Hobo _____ up Eddie in the morning. He wants to go walking in the _____ with Eddie. But Eddie says he _____ goes out because he is always very busy at home. After _____ up in the morning, he needs to have _____ and have another sleep. Then it’s time for _____. In the afternoon, he needs a good _____ again. What do you think Eddie does in the evening and at night? Yes, he has _____ and sleeps. Oh, Eddie is busy eating and _____ all day! Doesn’t he know how to have _____? (wakes, hills, seldom, getting, breakfast, lunch, rest/sleep, supper/dinner, sleeping, fun)
3. Check the answers and read the short story aloud.
【设计意图:通过改写,考察学生对知识的掌握情况,并让学生发挥想象力改编故事,锻炼了学生的思维。】
Welcome to the unit
Step 1 Presentation
1. Listen to the conversation in Part B and complete the table.
2. Read after the tape.
3. Check the students’ understanding of some phrases and sentences.
I’m never late for school.
start lessons
at a quarter past eight
enjoy school
T: OK, do you have any questions to ask me? “I’m never late for it.” Who can translate it into Chinese? What does “never” mean?
4. Develop the conversation.
【设计意图:通过书上提供的表格进行扩展练习。】
Step 2 Consolidation
1. Complete the passage, check the answers and read the passage aloud.
T: OK, you really did a good job. Now are you clear about Millie’s daily activities? Please complete this short passage about Millie’s day.
Millie is a hard-working student. She ______ up early in the morning. She goes to _______ at 7:20. She’s _______ late for school. Before the first lesson starts, Millie and all her classmates do morning ________. She has lunch at ten to ________. The school finishes at four ______ in the afternoon. Then it’s time for after-school ________. She always has fun. In the evening, Millie watches TV for ______ an hour. It’s her favourite time of the day. Then she needs to do her __________. She always does it carefully. She usually goes to _______ at 9:30.
2. Report your day.
(1) Complete the table in the book about the students’ own days.
T: Now, I know something about Eddie’s and Millie’s days now. Next, I’d like to know about your day. Please write down the time and the activities in the table.
(2) Practice reporting the students’ own days.
T: OK, please try to report your day according to the table you finished just now. I’ll give you only two minutes to practice. Please try to make your report clear and interesting.
(3) Ask a student to report and the other students to listen carefully.
T: Time is up! Are you ready to report your day? When one student is telling about his or her day, the others should listen carefully. I will ask you questions after the report. Who’d like to be the first to tell us about your day?
T: Thank … for your report. Now questions for the other students. Are you ready? Question 1 …
【设计意图:让学生结合自己的实际情况练习,达到学以致用。】
V. Homework
1. Practice talking about your daily activities with a new partner;
2. Finish the exercises in Period 1 of Unit 2 in the Workbook.
【教学反思】