4 Today is Saturday. What day is it tomorrow? d) Saturday. 5. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer. Keys: 1. c 2. d 3. b 4. a Step 7 Work in pairs. 1. Ask and answer like this.
—Today is … What day is it tomorrow? —It’s …
Step 8 Listen and write.
1. Play the recording of Activity 5. 2. Listen and write.
1. ________________ 5 .________________ 2. ________________ 6. ________________ 3 .________________ 7. ________________ 4. ________________
3. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer. Step 9 Write.
1. Ask the students to read the words in Activity 6. 2. Complete the table in Activity 6.
1 What ____________ is it today? 2 Today is Tuesday. Tomorrow is ___________. 3 Thursday, Friday, ____________ 4 ___________, Monday, Tuesday.
5 It’s Wednesday today. Tomorrow is ________
3. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer.
Keys: 1. day 2. Wednesday 3. Saturday 4. Sunday 5. Thursday Step 10 Work in pairs. 1. Ask and answer like this. A: What day is it today? B: It’s …
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A: What day is it tomorrow? B: It’s …
A: My favourite day is… What day is your favourite day? B: It’s … 2. Work in pairs.
Unit 2 What’s the weather like? Step 1 Lead in:
1. Review the text of Unit 1.
2. Show some pictures, ask the students to look at the pictures, then talk something about the pictures. 3. Introduce the new words. Step 2 Vocabulary study: 1. Show some pictures by PPT. 2. Ask and answer:
What’s the weather like today? 3. Learn the new words. 4. Read the new words. Step 3 Listen and repeat.
1. Ask the students to read the words in Activity 1 silently.
2. Play the recording and ask the students to listen and read the words. ① spring ② summer ③autumn ④ winter ⑤ warm ⑥ hot ⑦ cool ⑧ cold Step 4 Listen and match.
1. Ask the students to look at the pictures in Activity 2. 2. Read the words in Activity 2 silently.
1. It’s cool in autumn. 2. It’s hot in summer. 3. It’s cold in winter 4. It’s warm in spring.
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3. Look through the words in Activity1.
① spring ② summer ③autumn ④ winter ⑤ warm ⑥ hot ⑦ cool ⑧ cold
4. Play the recording and ask the students to listen and read the words. 5. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer. Step 5 Listen and point.
1. Ask the students to look at the pictures in Activity 3. 2. Ask and answer like this:
1) —What’s the weather like in spring? —It’s warm.
2) —What’s the weather like in winter? —It’s cold.
3) —What’s the weather like in autumn? —It’s cool.
4)—What’s the weather like in summer? —It’s hot.
3. Listen again and say. 4. Work in pairs. Step 6 Write.
1. Ask the students to read the words in Activity 6. 2. Fill in the blanks in Activity 5.
1.—What’s the ____________ like in London in autumn? —It’s cool.
2.—What’s the weather _____________ in New York in __________? —It’s cold.
3.—_____________________ in Hong Kong in summer? —It’s hot.
4.—_____________________ in Beijing in spring? —__________________
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3. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer. Keys: 1. weather 2. like, winter 3. What’s the weather like 4. What’s the weather like, It’s warm 4. Now listen and check. Step 7 Work in pairs.
1. Show a map of China. Talk about the weather. 2. Ask and answer like this.
—What’s the weather like in Harbin in winter? —It’s cold. 3. Work in pairs.
Unit 3 What’s your favourite sport? Step 1 Lead in:
1. Review the text of Unit 1 and 2.
2. Show some pictures, ask the students to look at the pictures, then talk something about the pictures. 3. Introduce the new words.
1. basketball 2. football 3. swimming 4. table tennis Step 2 Vocabulary study: 1. Show some pictures by PPT. 2. Ask and answer: What’s your favourite sport? 3. Learn the new words. 4. Read the new words. Step 3 Listen and number.
1. Ask the students to look at the pictures in Activity 2. 2. Read the words in Activity 1.
3. Play the recording and ask the students to listen and number. 4. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer.
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Keys: b d a c
Step 4 Listen and read.
1. Ask the students to look at the pictures in Activity 3. 2. Talk something about the pictures.
3. Play the recording and ask the students to listen. 4. Ask the students to read the conversation silently.
5. Play the recording and ask the students to listen and read the conversation. 6. Read the conversation together.
Tony : What’s your favourite sport, Daming? Daming: Football!
Tony: It’s my favourite sport too! Daming: Let’s play football after school. Tony: OK. Good idea!
Betty: What’s your favourite sport, Lingling? Lingling: Swimming. Betty: I like swimming too.
Lingling: Let’s go swimming on Wednesday. Betty: OK. 7. Act it out.
Step 5 Read and number.
1. Ask the students to read the sentences in Activity 4. 2. Read and number.
a) What’s your favourite sport? □ b) Let’s play basketball after school. □ c) OK. Good idea! □ d) Basketball! □ e) I like basketball, too. □ Keys: a1 b4 c5 d2 e3
3. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer.
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