2． Ability Objects

(1) Train the students’ writing, listening and speaking skills with the target language．

(2)Train the students to use the new vocabulary．

1． Knowledge Objects

(1) Key Vocabulary

costume, show up, exhausted, embarrassed, empty, fool, April Fool’s Day, go off, stay up

(2)Target Language

When I got there, I found that he had fooled me．

After an hour, the other kids showld up, and I realized that my brother had fooled me．

By the time I got to match class, I was exhausted because I had stayed up all night studying．

I found out that my friend had fooled me．

2． Write a conversation in Activity 3c．

Step Ⅷ Blackboard Design

Unit 9　 By the time I got outside, the bus had already left．

The Fourth Period

1． Write the answers to the questions in Activity 3b．

2． Unfortunately, by the time I got there, the bus had already left．

Step Ⅲ 3b

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

Call the students’ attention to the photo of the woman sleeping． The girl is sleeping． She may oversleep． How about you?

Have you ever overslept?

Get a students to answer the question simply, such as Yes, I have． /No, I haven’t．

Then ask one student to read the instructions to the class．

We can see six questions in the box．

You’ll have to read the questions in the box and you have to describe the circumstances in which these things happened．

Explain that describe the circumstances means to tell when, where and how the things happened．

Ask one student who has ever overslept to answer the first question and describe the circumstance． Help him or her use the Past Perfect Tense to describe the circumstance．

Then ask students to read the questions and write their answers in their exercise books． Tell them that they have to describe the circumstances if their answers are Yes, and there should be at least one sentence with the Past Perfect Tense in each description． Move around the classroom providing sentences to the ones who need． Ask several students to share their stories with the class． Correct any mistakes they may make． Let them check the answers in pairs．

Step Ⅳ 3c

This activity provides listening and speaking practice using the target language． Ask the whole class to read the instructions together． Then call the students’ attention to the sample conversation on the right． Ask a pair of the students to read the conversation to the class． Please ask your partner the questions in Activity 3b． Ask more questions if he or she says "Yes"．

Ask the students to work in pairs． Encourage them to ask as many questions as they can． As they work, move around the room offering help and answering questions as needed． Ask some pairs to say their conversations to the class．

Step Ⅵ Summary

Say, In this class, we’ve learned an article． And we’ve done much practice in reading, listening, speaking and writing．

We’ve done much practice with the target language．

StepⅦ Homework

1． …by the time I woke up, my father had already gone into the bathroom and…

12． got to class

Sentences with the Past Perfect Tense in the article:

11． got to school

10． bell ringing

9． got a ride with a friend