Lesson 78

Period: The Second Period

Properties: Recorder

Teaching Aims:

A. Knowledge: (1) Remember the 4-skill words

(2).The simple past tense

B. Ability: (1) Enhance the students’ 4 skills. Especially, the reading ability.

(2)Encourage the students to write diaries in English

C. The moral purpose: Students should help each other.

Language Focus:

1.New words: page, the summer palace, herself, turn on/off, after a while, not…any more, make faces, whole.

2.Revise the simple past tense.

3.How to write a diary in English.

4. Understand the meaning of the whole text.

Teaching Procedures:

Warming up:

Morning report: Ask several students to say only one sentence about a happy thing or a sad thing. Eg.

(1).Yesterday, my father bought me a new bike.

(2).On March.2nd. I had a big birthday party.

Last Sunday, I had a good time in Wang Xiang park.

The day before yesterday, I passed the exam.

Last Monday, I was ill.

On March.15th, I lost my lovely pen.

My pet dog died the day before yesterday. Etc.

Then ask: How can you remember all of the past things?

Expected answer: To keep a diary is a good way.

Step1 Pre-read

Show students a page of an English diary. Explain how to begin writing a diary in English. Then show students a page of the Chinese diary. Let students know the difference.

Eg. Monday March 4th 2002 2002年3月4日 星期一 天氣：晴

2 Students’ book , page27. part1. have students discuss the questions in small groups, then share their answers.

Step2 Presentation

Ask: “What’s the main idea of the diary?” Give students three minutes to skim the text for the main idea. (Ling Feng takes care of the baby.)

Ask the questions in workbook page92 exercise.1. Ask several students to share their answers. Teach the new words: page, the Summer Palace, herself, turn on/off, after a while, not--- any more, make faces, whole. Etc.

Step3 Practice

Show students 8 sentences about the baby’s action. Then ask students to arrange the right order of these sentences.

She woke up.

She began to cry.

She stopped crying and listened to the music.

She cried again.

She was asleep.

She watched and listened, she didn’t cry any more.

She laughed happily.

She cried harder and harder.

Check the answer:(5),(1),(2),(8),(3),(4),(6),(7).

Ask: How did Ling Feng look after the baby?” Ask students to make a similar clue of Ling Feng’ action.

Expected answer: (1),He talked to the baby.

(2),He turned on the radio.

(3), He turned off the radio.

(4),He started to sing.

(5), He made faces, jumped like a monkey.

Step4 Act

Ask students to practise in pairs(3 students each). One explains the action, the other two do Ling Feng’s and the baby’s action.

Step5 Post task

Say: This Sunday, I have something to do. I have no time to look after my baby. Can you help me take care of my 5-year-old daughter?

Ask students to discuss how to arrange that day. Ask some groups to share their answers and see which is the best group.

Step7 Homework

Finish off the workbook exercise.