Unit 4 My day
Reading (II)
I. 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;
II. Teaching contents
1. Phrases: 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 practise after school on Wednesday.
We always have a good time at school.
We often chat with each other.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
Understand the useful phrases and sentence structures.
Retell Millie’s school life in third person.
Use proper phrases and sentence structures to describe their own school life.
IV. Teaching procedures
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 got from Reading I)
What does she do at school in the morning?
What time do they begin to have lessons?
What’s her favourite subject?
Does she have any friends at school?
What do they do after class?
Do they have many lessons in the afternoon?
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Millie’s 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 Presentation
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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:
a. from… to…, in the morning/afternoon/evening (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 ________ ________ ________.
b. practise (We practise 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 practising 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 _______ ________ ________ in the morning at school.
c. do morning exercises (Usually we do morning exercises first.)
T: Does Millie usually practise reading 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 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.
d. chat with, each other (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
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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 ________ ________ ________ ________.
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 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 ______________________________________________________.
f. 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 _______ _______ ________ their teacher. Look, how happy the teacher is!
(Teacher shows the pictures 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 correctly
T: 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 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 don’t __________________________________.
(We don’t 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?)
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 minutes.)
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
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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 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 give a help. Have a try! (Teacher shows a set of pictures of Millie’s school life. Students prepare for several minutes. )
2. Show time.
T: Now, Let’s invite some of you to introduce Millie’s school life. Any volunteer? (Teacher invite one or two students to retell Millie’s 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 Development
1, Finish Part C on P46 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 phrases 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.
(Teacher should invite at least two students. One student talks about his/her own school life, the other introduce group mate’s school life. )
【设计意图】由文本话题Millie’s 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. Homework
1. Practice talking about your own or someone else’s school life with your classmates.
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2. Remember the useful phrases and sentence structures.
3. Finish the exercises of Unit 4 in the workbook.
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