1. Do the exercises in the activity book

3. Wang Mei helps him with his math because Wang Mei is very good at math.

T: Good. We should keep practicing our English, too. We should help each other and learn from each other.

Post-reading

Encourage students to discuss in groups about ways to improve their learning, meanwhile practice expressing advice giving using the target languages:

T: You did a good job. Today, everyone studies hard. But we should find good ways to learn better, right?

S: Yes!

T: Well, now, form groups just like you did last period.

Give students enough time to form groups according to their favorite subjects.

T: Ready?

S: Yes!

T: OK. First look through the emails again and tell me the way to give advice.

Help students to summarize ways to give advice. After that, show students the following expressions.

　 i.　　　 make…do…

ii.　　　 a lot of fun/lots of fun

iii.　　　 Everyone…except…

iv.　　　 See sb. do…

　v.　　　 The best way to do…is to…

vi.　　　 Be good at…

vii.　　　 Help…with…

viii.　　　 Except/besides

Allow them enough time to discuss, referring to the chart given below. After that, ask each group to give their advice.

Show the following chart on the PowerPoint and ask the student to fill in the blanks.

Sample answers:

Step III Grammar

Have a further study of the present perfect tense. Here are some sentences from the text:

a. I have written three English e-mails today.

b. Our English teacher has told us that the best way to learn English is to use it.

c. So you have helped me to learn English.

d. She has helped me with my math homework.

Help students to find out that when the subject is the third singular personal pronoun, instead of using have, we use has.

Step VI Homework

a. Do the exercises in the activity book.

b. Write an e-mail to a friend in English and give him/her some good advice on how to learn a subject well.

Period 4Tick-tock

Target language目标语言

a. 重点词汇及短语：

clock, half, half an hour, quarter,(a) quarter to three, Not yet

b. 认读词汇及短语;

clap, snap, tick-tock, yet

Ability goals能力目标

Enable the students to talk about time in different ways

Learning ability goals学能目标

Help the students to sing the song and learn to talk about time.

Teaching important points教学重难点

Learn to express time in different ways fluently.

Teaching methods教学方法

Listening, singing, and playing a game.

Teaching aids教具准备

The multimedia computer.

Teaching procedures and ways教学过程与方法

StepI Lead-in

Duty report

T: Good morning/ afternoon, class.

Ss: Good morning/afternoon, Mr /Mrs…

T: Who is on duty?

S1: I am.

Then ask the students to listen to the student’s duty report and answer some questions about the report.

Guessing game

T: Well, listen carefully; here is a riddle: what changes a boy into a man and a girl into a woman?

Ss: Time.

T: Wonderful! Time and tide wait for no one (时不我予). We have to cherish it, right?

S: Yes!

T: Tell me what’s the time now?

S2: It’s 8:10.

T: Yes, we can also say it’s ten past eight. Now let’s learn how to talk about time in different ways, would you like to learn to express time by singing a song?

Ss: Hooray!

StepII Singing

T: Look the title. What’s the song about?

Ss: It’s about telling time. It’s the sound of a clock.

T: Yes. First, listen and for the second time follow the tape.

Group singing

Divide the class into three groups. Have the class read Ms Liu’s instructions in the book. They sing in groups and different groups sing different words.

Listen again

T: Now listen again and follow the tape for a few times.

Singing

Ask the students to listen and practice singing with and without the tape for a few times.

Step III Practicing

Try to use “half, a quarter, to, past /after”.

T: What’s the time?

S: 8:00.

T: What’s the time?

S: 8:20.eight twenty. /twenty past eight./twenty after eight.

T: What time is it?

S: 9:45.It’s nine forty-five. /It’s a quarter to ten.

Practice telling the following time like this:

8:30, 9:40, 7:20, 6:20，10:30, 11:35, 12:45, 1:25…

Enable the students to tell the time as quickly as possible.

Step IV Come to “Let’s Do It”

Show the timetable on the PowerPoint, and then talk with a partner about each other’s timetable.

Sample answers:

Step V Homework

2. Yes He uses a lot such as writing Emails and making telephones and his teacher gives them a lot of projects in English class. They often practice their spoken English.

1. Li Ming thinks the best way to learn English is to use it.

3. Li Ming’s second favorite subject is math. How does he learn math?

Sample answers:

2. Has Li Ming used English? How?

1. What way does Li Ming think is the best way to learn English?

2.　　　 Read the materials in the reader.

Period 3 E-mail

Teaching goals教学目标

a.　　　　 重点词汇及短语

study, except, funny, smile, soon, math, way, exam, tonight, quiz, a lot of (lots of) help…with…

b.　　　　 认读词汇及短语

physical, education, P.E. mathematics, project, examination, be short for…, see sb. do…, make…do…, Everyone…except…, have an exam

Ability goals能力目标

Enable the students to give advice on how to learn a subject well by E-mail.

Learning ability goals学能目标

Help students learn to write E-mails to give advice.

Teaching important points教学重点

Focus on how to give advice by using the target languages.

Learn the Present Perfect Tense.

Teaching difficult points教学难点

Expressions of giving advice.

Teaching methods教学方法

Listening, reading, discussing and getting the information they need.

Teaching aids教具准备

The multimedia computer.

Teaching procedures and ways教学过程和方法

StepI Revision

a. Duty report

b. Recall the students the structure and usage of the present perfect tense.

Step II Reading

Enable students to read the two e-mails and find some expressions to give advice.

Pre-reading

T: Last period, we talked about …

S: Our favorite subjects.

T: Do you still remember what Danny’s favorite subject is?

S: P.E.

If most students cannot give the answer, ask them to look through Lesson 11 and recall the text.

T: And do you know Li Ming’s?

S: …

T: And do you know how he learns a subject well?

S: …

T: Well, next, read the two emails and answer the following questions.

While-reading

Ask students to read the two emails and show students them the following questions:

Who wrote the emails?

In China, we students have a lot of homework every day. What about Danny? Does he have a lot of homework?

Possible answers:

1. Danny and Li Ming.

2. Danny has lots of homework every day. All his teachers make him study very, very hard. His head is always tired.

…

T: Now let’s read Li Ming’s Email and think over the following questions:

Show them on the PowerPoint.

1.　　　 Do the exercises in the activity book.

3.　　　 She’s going to get the information from Li Ming.

StepIV Come to Project

Ask students what their favorite subjects are. Help the class form groups that share the same favorite subject. And also give the reasons.

Remind the students to using clues given in Project. Encourage them to share their favorite with others, meanwhile help them know their favorite subjects better and become more confident and active in learning these subjects. If time is limited, ask the students to collect what they have found after class, and then give a show.

Sample

In this way we can lead the students to understand the importance of learning their subjects.

T: You did a good job. Everyone has his / her own favorite subjects. If you learn it well, it will help you do what you like to do in the future. Work harder, you’ll be the best.

Step V Homework