3. I haven’t learned/didn’t learn how to tell time yet.

2. Ms Liu has been/was in our school for a long time.

1. Mr. Wei has taught/taught in this school for many years.

2. They/He felt surprised.

Reading

Ask the students to read again and do Exercise 1 in the activity book.

Fill the chart on the PowerPoint.

Sample answers:

Help the students to retell the text with the help of the chart above.

Step III Grammar

Do Exercise 4 in the activity book. Show the exercises on the PowerPoint. Help the students to review and practice the present perfect tense.

Choose the correct words.

1. Brian’s class gave talks to the class about their favorite subject.

2. How did he feel?

Sample answers:

1. What did Brian do that day?

2.　　　　 Do the exercises in the activity book

Period 7 Karen’s Hair Stood Up!

Target languages 目标语言

a. 重点词汇及语法：

each, boat, physics, finally

b. 认读词汇及短语：

give a talk, be surprised

Ability goals能力目标

Enable the students to sum up important things happened to write diaries like Brian.

Learning ability goals学能目标

Help the students to organize important points logically to write a diary.

Teaching important points教学重点

Help the students to summarize the main points of this lesson.

Teaching difficult points教学难点

Help the students to organize some things happened in their daily lives and write a story about that.

Teaching method教学方法

Reading, retelling, discussing.

Teaching aim准备教具

The multimedia computer.

Teaching procedures and ways教学过程与方法

Step I Lead-in

Help student to review what they have learned about during this unit.

T: How is it going, class?

S: Fine, Mr. / Ms…

T: During this unit, we have talked about …

S: My favorite subject!

T: Good! We also give advice on…

S: How to learn a subject well.

T: That’s it! And also Irfan’s …

S: Report on his favorite subject.

T: So we know Irfan has a lot of fun in studying China, right?

S: Yes.

T: Do you think your classes are interesting?

S: Yes. / No.

T: Well, if you like it, you will find a lot of fun.

Step II Reading

Help the students to learn this diary entry.

T: Do you still remember Brian?

S: Yes!

T: He wants to tell us a lot of interesting things in his class. Do you want to know?

S: Of course!

T: Well, next, let’s listen to the tape and share his happiness.

Listening

Ask the students to listen to the tape with the following questions on the PowerPoint.

1.　　　　 Write a letter or an Email to Irfan and tell him some things he doesn’t know about China.

Sample version:

Dear Irfan,

We have learned your report on China today. You said you love Chinese food. And do you know Peking roast duck? Peking Duck is the most delicious food in Beijing.

Eating Peking Duck is seen to be one of the two things you must do while in Beijing. The other one is climbing the Great Wall. If you come to China, you can eat the best Peking Duck in the Quan Ju De Restaurant.　

I hope you can come to eat it in China someday.

Your friend,

…

2.　　　 He has learned about Chinese food.

T: Well, what else can we tell Irfan about China except food and festivals?

Help them to speak out Chinese clothes, Chinese music, places of interest and traditional stories like Chang’e.

Post-reading

Read the story again and fill in the blanks

Show the exercise on the PowerPoint.

Irfan’s favorite subject is_________. He_____ it because he can learn a lot about_______ countries of the world. Irfan wants to____ to China. He wants to know_____ about China. China is_____, the Chinese_____ is great, too. Irfan ____ Chinese food. It is delicious. Irfan’s _____ restaurant is the “Beijing Beijing Peking House”

Sample answers:

social studies, likes, different, go / travel, more, great, food likes/loves, favorite

Step IV Grammar

Help students to learn the tag questions.

T: Everyone, you have had a better idea of Irfan’s report, right?

S: Yes.

T: Have you got any questions?

S: Yes. Would you please explain this sentence: That’s a funny name, isn’t it?

T: Good question. That’s what we will learn today. It is named Tag-question(反意疑问句)

Show the italic part to the students. And then teach them about Tag-question. Details refers to Teaching Resources(教学资源库)

Step V Culture background

Explain Mothers’ Day and Fathers’ Day to the students.

T: Mother’s Day and Father’s Day first started in America. Mothers’ Day is on the second Sunday in May every year. On that day, people buy gifts for their mothers to show their thanks and love. Fathers’ Day is on the third Sunday in June every year. People do similar things as on Mothers’ Day---buying gifts for their fathers. Then it’s popular all over the world. People show their love for mothers and fathers who devote all their lives to their families. We should show our thanks to our mothers and fathers, too.

Step VI Homework