畅游学海敢搏风浪誓教金榜题名。决战高考，改变命运。凌风破浪击长空，擎天揽日跃龙门Unit 4 My day
Reading (II)
Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. talk about Millie’s school life in form of a dialogue;
2. retell Millie’s school life in third person according to the pictures; 3. talk about their own or others’ school life. Teaching contents
1. New expressions: in the morning/afternoon/evening, each other, have a good time, chat with, best wishes
2. Structures: Our school starts at eight in the morning from Monday to Friday. Usually we do morning exercises first. We practice after school on Wednesday. We always have a good time at school. We often chat with each other.
Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
1. Understand the useful expressions and sentence structures; 2. Retell Millie’s school life in the third person;
3. Use proper expressions and sentence structures to describe their own school life. Teaching procedures Step one温故习新，导引自学
correct prepared exercises and solve the problem Step two交流质疑，精讲点拨 Step 1: Lead-in Free talk
T: Hi guys! Do you know the girl in the picture? Who’s she? Which school does she study in? Does she love her school? Wow, it seems that you know Millie very well. I want to know something about her school life. Can you help me? Please ask and answer my following questions in pairs. (Students talk about the questions according to the information they’ve
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got from Reading I)
(1) What does she do at school in the morning? (2) What time do they begin to have lessons? (3) What’s her favourite subject? (4) Does she have any friends at school? (5) What do they do after class?
(6) Do they have many lessons in the afternoon? (7) What do they often do in the afternoon? (8) How does Millie like her school? Step 2 Presentation
1. Useful phrases and sentence structures.
Show pictures of Millie’s school life to explain language points, and then provide more pictures or translations for students to practice: (1) from … to …, in the morning/afternoon/evening e.g. Millie’s school starts at eight from Monday to Friday.
T: (The teacher shows the picture of a school.) When does Millie go to school in a week? She goes to school from Monday to Friday. What time does the school start? It starts at eight in the morning. When does the school start on Monday? It starts at eight in the morning on Monday. We can also say: It starts at eight on Monday morning. (Teacher shows another picture.) Please complete the sentences.
This is the library in Sunshine Middle School. It opens at two o’clock ________ ________ ________ ________ Monday ________ Friday. It closes at eight thirty ________ ________ ________. (2) practice
e.g. We practice after school on Wednesday.
T: What does Millie do on Wednesday afternoon? (Teacher shows a picture of playing volleyball.) Look, what’s she doing now? She is practicing volleyball. We can also say: She is practicing playing volleyball. (Teacher shows another picture.) Please complete the sentences.
Look, these students ________ ________ ________ in the classroom. They often _______
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_______ ________ in the morning at school. (3) do morning exercises
e.g. Usually we do morning exercises first.
T: Does Millie usually practice reading English at school? What does she usually do first at school? (Teacher shows a picture of doing morning exercises.) Yes, she usually does morning exercises first. Exercise can be used as a countable noun. It means “操练习题”. Exercise can also be used as an uncountable noun. It means “运动、锻炼”. (Teacher shows another picture.) Please complete the sentences.
The students always ________ ________ ________ first before maths lessons. They have some maths ________ to do in class. After class, they like to do some ________ in the playground. (4) chat with, each other
e.g. We often chat with each other.
T: What does Millie often do after class? (Teacher shows a picture of Millie and her friends.) She often chats with her friends. What can you see in the picture? Millie is chatting with her friends. We can also say: Millie and her friends are chatting with each other. (According to the picture) Please complete the sentences.
Millie has a lot of friends at school. When they meet at the school gate, they say ________ ________ ________ ________. If they meet something difficult, they always ________ ________ _______. Sometimes they _______ ________ ________ ________. (5) have a good time
e.g. We always have a good time at school.
T: After class, Millie and her friends often chat with each other. Sometimes they play in the playground. How happy they are! They have a good time. We can also say: They have fun./They enjoy themselves. (Teacher shows another picture.) Please complete the sentences. Eddie is busy eating and sleeping all day! Hobo doesn’t think Eddie ________________. (6) best wishes
T: (Teacher shows a picture) At the end of the email, Millie wrote down: Best wishes! We can also say: All the best!/Take care! (Teacher shows another picture) Please complete the sentences.
Today is 10th September. It’s Teachers’ Day. Many students are giving their _______
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_______ ________ their teacher. Look, how happy the teacher is!
Teacher shows the pictures to present the useful expressions one by one. Make sure the students understand them and can use them correctly.
2. Check whether the students can understand the meanings and use them correctly. T: Here are some sentences in Chinese. Can you put them into English? I’ll give you several minutes to think about the answers.
(1) 我爸爸总是在晚上七点到七点半收看新闻联播。
My father always ???watches CCTV-news _________________________________.
(My father always watches CCTV-news from seven to seven thirty in the evening.) (2) 周一上午我们不做广播操。
We don’t __________________________________.
(We don’t do morning exercises on Monday morning.) (3) 你在和米莉以互发电子邮件的方式聊天吗？
Are you _______________ Millie and her online friends _______________?
(Are you chatting with Millie and her online friends by writing emails to each other?) (4) 放学后，凯迪通常先去舞蹈俱乐部练跳舞。
__________, Kitty usually _______________ the Dancing Club _________.
(After school, Kitty usually practices dancing in the Dancing Club first.) (5) 瞧，我的同学们正在操场上开心地玩耍。
Look, my classmates _________________________________.
(Look, my classmates are having a good time in the playground.)
T: Now, Let’s check the answers one by one. If you think the answer is right, please read after
him/her twice. If you don’t think so, put up your hand to help correct it. Step 3 Practice
1. Retell Millie’s school life.
T: You have a better understanding on Millie’s school life. Can you introduce Millie’s school life in your own words? Those pictures will help you. Have a try! (Teacher shows a lot of pictures of Millie’s school life. Students prepare for several minutes. ) 2. Show time.
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T: Now, Let’s invite some of you to introduce Millie’s school life. Any volunteer? (Teacher invites one or two students to retell Millie’s school life.) Step 4 Development
1. Finish Part C on Page 46 of the textbook.
T: Do you think Millie’s school life is interesting? What about your school life? Can you say something about your school day? Please have a look at Part C. Write about your day. (Teacher walks around in class to help the students in need and encourage the students to write as much as they can with the proper expressions and structures they’ve learnt in class.)
2. Talk about students’ own school life.
T: Now, work in groups of four to introduce your own day to your group mates. Help each other to correct the mistakes. 3. Show time.
T: Well! Let’s invite some of you to talk about your school life, shall we? You can introduce your own school life. And you can also talk about one of your group mate’s school life. Step three当堂反馈，拓展迁移 《学评》
Step four Homework:
1. Practice talking about your own or someone else’s school life with your classmates; 2. Remember the useful expresssions and sentence structures; 3. Finish the exercises of Unit 4 in the Workbook. 【教学反思】
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