2． Ability Objects

(1) Teach the students to use the new words．

(2) Train the students to narrate past events with the Past Perfect Tense．

(3) Train the students’ listening and speaking skills with the target language．

1． Knowledge Objects

(1) Key Vocabulary　　 oversleep

(2) Target Language　　 What happened?

I overslept． And by the time I got up, my brother had already gotten in the shower．

4. Rewrite the paragraphs.

Step 7. Blackboard Design

3. Make another sentence with each adjective below:

　crispy, sweet, salty, sour

2. Finish off the exercises on pages 39-40 of the workbook.

1. Revise all the language points in this unit.

4. I like eating something sour.

Step Ⅲ Part 2

This activity provides reading and writing practice using the target language.

First, teach the names of the five inventions with books closed like this:

Show a real abacus to the class and say,

We call this an abacus in English.

Write the word abacus on the blackboard. Then point to it and teach the students to read it.

Do the same with the other four inventions-umbrella, binoculars, camera and bicycle.

As a bicycle is too big, show a picture of it instead of a real object. Then ask the students to open their books.

Read the instructions to the students. Be sure that the students know what to do.

Have the students look at the sample. Ask a good student to read the sentence to the class. Correct any pronunciation errors to make sure the student are providing a good model for the rest of the class.

Provide the information of the other four inventions on the blackboard:(Or ask the students to find out the information by reading an encyclopedia or looking up information on the internet as homework. )

umbrella: about 4 000 years ago in Assyria, China and Egypt.

binoculars: 1854 Ignatio Porro in Italy

camera: 1827 by Joseph Nicephore who took the first picture

bicycle: 1880s in England.

Let the students write paragraphs about these things on their own.

Move around the classroom and provide help as necessary.

Ask several children to read their paragraphs to the class. Correct the answers with the rest of the students.

Have the students exchange their paragraphs with their partners.

Get them to look over the articles carefully, correcting any mistakes they may have made in writing.

Sample answers

The abacus was invented in the sixth century by Chinese people.

The umbrella was invented about 4. 000 years ago in Assyria, China and Egypt.

The binoculars were invented in 1854 by Ignatio Porro in Italy. The camera was invented in 1827 by Joseph Nicephore who took the first picture in the world.

The bicycle was invented in 1880s in England.

Step Ⅳ Just for Fun!

This activity provides reading and speaking practice with the target language.

Ask the students to look at the cartoon pictures.

Look at the cartoon pictures. What was invented in the pictures?

Help the students to answer like this:

A battery-operated tennis racket was invented.

Then discuss why the cartoon is funny with the class. Help the students to say,

To invent a battery-operated tennis racket is a strange idea.

Step Ⅴ Summary

In this class, we’ve practiced using some adjectives and written paragraphs about the inventions. At last, we enjoyed a funny cartoon.

All of you have done very well.

Step Ⅵ Homework

3. The dishes in that restaurant are too salty.

2. The chicken soup is too sweet. Mom put much sugar in it by mistake.

1. The potato chips are crispy. All the children love eating them.