1、Unit 4 My dayReading (II) I. Teaching aims and learning objectivesBy the end of the lesson, students should be able to:1. talk about Millies school life in form of a dialogue;2. retell Millies school life in third person according to the pictures;3. talk about their own or others school life;II. Tea
2、ching contents1. Phrases: in the morningafternoonevening, each other, have a good time, chat with, best wishes2. Structures: Our school starts at eight in the morning from Monday to Friday.Usually we do morning exercises first.We practise after school on Wednesday.We always have a good time at schoo
3、l.We often chat with each other.III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficultyUnderstand the useful phrases and sentence structures. Retell Millies school life in third person.Use proper phrases and sentence structures to describe their own school life.IV. Teaching proceduresStep 1 Lead-i
4、nFree talk T: Hi guys! Do you know the girl in the picture? Whos 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. (Studen
5、ts talk about the questions according to the information theyve got from Reading I)What does she do at school in the morning?What time do they begin to have lessons?Whats her favourite subject? Does she have any friends at school?What do they do after class?Do they have many lessons in the afternoon
6、?What do they often do in the afternoon? How does Millie like her school? 【设计意图】通过相关 Reading I 的师生问答导入新课，正对 Millies school life 的学生间互问互答，帮助学生回忆并再现文本信息，以开展后续的相关学习。Step 2 Presentation1. Useful phrases and sentence structures: Show pictures of Millies school life to explain language points, and then pr
7、ovide more(pictures or translations) for students to practice:a. from to, in the morning/afternoon/evening (Millies 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 tim
8、e 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
9、School. It opens at two oclock _ _ _ _ Monday _ Friday. It closes at eight thirty _ _ _. b. practise (We practise after school on Wednesday.)T: What does Millie do on Wednesday afternoon? (Teacher shows a picture of playing volleyball.) Look, Whats she doing now? She is practising volleyball. We can
10、 also say: She is practicing playing volleyball. (Teacher shows another picture) Please complete the sentences. Look, these students _ _ _ in the classroom. They often _ _ _ in the morning at school.c. do morning exercises (Usually we do morning exercises first.)T: Does Millie usually practise readi
11、ng English at school? What does she usually do first at school? (Teacher shows a picture of doing morning exercises.) Yes, she usually do 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 show
12、s 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.d. chat with, each other (We often chat with each other.)T: What does Millie often do after class? (Teac
13、her 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 f
14、riends at school. When they meet at the school gate, they say _ _ _ _. If they meet something difficult, they always _ _ _. Sometimes they _ _ _ _.e. have a good time (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
15、 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 doesnt think Eddie _.f. best wishesT: (Teacher shows a picture) At the end of
16、 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. Its Teachers Day. Many students are giving their _ _ _ their teacher. Look, how happy the teacher is!(Teacher shows the pictu
17、res to present the useful phrases 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 correctlyT: Here are some sentences in Chinese. Can you put them into English? 我爸爸总是在晚上七点到七点半收看新闻联播。My father always
18、watches CCTV-news _. (My father always watches CCTV-news from seven to seven thirty in the evening.)周一上午我们不做广播操。We dont _. (We dont do morning exercises on Monday morning.)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 often _?(Are you chatting with Millie by writing emails to each other
19、?)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.)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.)(Students think about the answers individually for several minu
20、tes.)T: Now, Lets check the answers one by one. If you think the answer is right, please read after him/ her twice. If you dont think so, put up your hand to help correct it.【设计意图】语言要点的解析帮助学生正确理解文本，与一反三的操练帮助学生应用和巩固语言要点，为下一环节转述文本打下扎实的基础。 Step 3 Practice1. Retell Millies school life.T: You have a bett
21、er understanding on Millies school life. Can you introduce Millies school life in your own words? Those pictures will give a help. Have a try! (Teacher shows a set of pictures of Millies school life. Students prepare for several minutes. )2. Show time.T: Now, Lets invite some of you to introduce Mil
22、lies school life. Any volunteer? (Teacher invite one or two students to retell Millies school life.)【设计意图】鼓励学生将第一人称的 email 用第三人称看图说话的形式进行转述，所提供的图片成为学生转述的线索，降低难度，提高积极性。 Step 4 Development1, Finish Part C on P46 of the textbook. T: Do you think Millies school life is interesting? What about your schoo
23、l 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 phrases and structures theyve learnt in class.) 2. Talk about s
24、tudents 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! Lets 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 on
25、e of your group mates school life. (Teacher should invite at least two students. One student talks about his/her own school life, the other introduce group mates school life. )【设计意图】由文本话题 Millies school life 拓展到谈论学生自己的学校生活，已完成课本练习 C 的书面表达形式，帮助学生整理思路，为后续的说做好准备。让学生在小组中讲述自己的学校生活，通过小组互助的方式，减少讲述过程中可能出现的错
26、误，提高语言表达的正确率。为下一步课堂展示做好充足的准备。同时，鼓励有能力的学生在介绍自己学校生活的基础上，尝试谈论其他组员的学校生活，为不同层次的学生提供不同的提升空间。学生上台讲述自己的学习生活，或者介绍同学的学校生活，让学生将书本知识应用到实际生活当中来，让他们感受英语的语用价值和交际功能。在应用中培养学生英语学习的成就感。V. Homework1. Practice talking about your own or someone elses school life with your classmates.2. Remember the useful phrases and sentence structures.3. Finish the exercises of Unit 4 in the workbook.
