Introduction

(5 minutes)

1. The   whole class   work.

2.Individual work and pair work.

3. Group work.

4.Individual work.

5. Pair work.

1. Focus their attention on   the teacher. Sing the English song— “Are you sleeping?” together to   begin the class.

2. Do duty report. Write a letter   to your friend to tell him/her about your school life. Then check your letter   with your partner. Some students read your letters to the whole class.

e.g.

Dear Hu Bin,

     I am a   student of Class 5, Grade 7. My school   life is interesting. I like it very much. Now let’s share my school   life with you.

     Class   begins at...

3.Do brainstorming. Sit in groups.   Try to say the words and expressions in this topic as many as you can.

4.Look at the pictures which are   shown by the teacher. Try to guess what the person in the picture is doing.

5.Fill in the blanks and revise the   adverbs of frequency. Then check the answers with your partner.

I _____ every day.

My sister ____ twice a day.

I _____ three times a year.

I never _____.

I often ______.

...

1. Get students ready for learning.

2. Help the students to   express correctly. And help them revise Section C at the same time.

3.Let the students  revise the   words and expressions by themselves.

4.Help the students to revise the “Present   Continuous” in this topic.

5.Help the students to revise the   adverbs of frequency.

Presentation

(10 minutes)

Individual work and pair work.

Read through Sections A-C. Fill in   the blanks in  “Functions” individually. Then check the answers with   your partner.

Help the students revise the   functions in this topic.

Consolidation

(10 minutes)

Pair work.

Work in pairs.   Talk about   your school life with your partner and make a new conversation. Practice the   conversation in pairs and then some pairs report it to the whole   class.

e.g.

A: What time does class begin?

B: It begins at 8:00.

A:How many classes do you have in the morning?

B: We have four classes in the   morning.

...

Help the students to consolidate   the words and expressions by making and   practicing conversations.

Practice

(10 minutes)

1. Individual work and pair   work.

2.Individual work and pair work.

1. Do Task 1. Sing the   English song— “The days of a week” together. Then ask and answer questions   like this:

A:What day is your favorite day?

B: ...

A: Why?

B: Because...

...

Then listen to the tape and fill in   the blanks in the table. Check the answers with your partner. Then the whole   class check the answers together.

2. Do Task 2.  Answer   the teacher’s questions, “What is the   month after January?” “February.”

Read the questions before reading. Get   some information about the passage.

Then read the passage. Answer the   questions in 2 individually. Then check   the answers with your partner.

1. Play   the tape recorder. Check the answers.

2. Help the students learn to predict before reading. Check   the answers.

Production

(10 minutes)

1. Individual work and pair   work.

2.Individual work and pair work.

1. Read the passage in Project   about the study habits, underline the words, never, often, seldom.

Read the passage again and tell   True or False.

(1)I usually do my homework after   supper.

(2)I never listen to MP3 when I   study English.

(3)I use a dictionary to learn new English words.

(4)I always speak English after class.

(5)I seldom write new sentences   every day.

2. Write   a passage about your own study habits with the words in the box in 2. Then compare   your study habits with your partner’s and   discuss how to improve your study habits.

e.g.

I usually do   my homework from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. When I   study English, I usually use a   dictionary because I think it’s useful.

...

1. Help the students to get ready   for the information output.

2. Make the students develop good   study habits.

2.Assign   the homework:

Revise the words and expressions in   this topic. Complete the Exercise Book；

Go on writing the passage to   compare your study habits with your partner’s；

Preview and finish Review of Unit 5.

Teaching reflection：

    在本课中，学生结合听力训练、阅读训练以及综合探究等活动，复习和巩固了一般现在时和现在进行时的用法，对科目、时间和数量的提问以及对科目的看法和原因的表达。本课的探究活动中，学生将自己的学习习惯写成书面材料与他人进行比较，教师可引导学生取他人之长，避自己所短，不断改进自己的学习方式，从而提高学习效率。