1. Section B , Part 1. Match the countries with their languages.

2.　　　 Have a chat.

Step 2 Revision

Check the homework. Ask Ss to act it out when they meet their favorite star in the street.

Step 3 Practice

3.　　　 Suppose the Ss meet their favorite star in the street, and what questions you can ask the star.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　Period Three

Teaching aims:

Learn to communicate with their partners about their pen pals in English.

Ability aims:

Through Group work, improve the Ss’ ability of cooperation.

Teaching difficulty:

How to read pen pal’s letters in English and share the information in the letters with your partners.

Teaching steps:

Step 1 Warming-up

2.　　　 Do the exercises in Book1.

1.　　　 Practice the dialogues with their partners.

3.　　　 Report: Some Ss say their favorite pen pals in front of the class.

e.g. My pen pal is… He/She is from… He/She is.. years old. He/She lives in …He/She speaks….. He/She likes….

Step 6 Exercise

Do some exercises on the slide. See if Ss have problem and help them.

Step 6 Homework

2. T: What kind of pen pals do you want? Why?

Group work. Get students choose their favorite pen pals from other countries according to the pictures given by teacher.

Ss ask each other in their group.

1. T: Do you have a pen pal ? (Yes/No.) I have one .

Show the picture. Ask Ss to ask me some questions about my pen pal. See who can ask more questions.

2. Ss talk about themselves with their partner. Use “Where are you from? Where do you live? What language do you speak? What do you like?” etc.

Step 5 Task Two-Choosing a pen pal

1. Talk about some famous people about their names, nationalities, cities, languages, hobbies, etc. First T practices with Ss, then S1 does it with Ss, finally practice it in pairs. Some pairs make a drill in front of the class.