Introduction

(5 minutes)

1. The whole

 class work.

2. Individual work.

3. Group work.

1.Focus their attention on the   teacher.

2.Do   duty report. Talk  your notices about the Lost and Found.

e.g.

LOST

My red bag. A black wallet and my school student card is in it.   Please call 538-9721. Thank you!

FOUND

An English book and a blue pen.

Please call 211-3788.

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3. Have a group   competition. Look at the pictures in PPT with some parts covered. Every group   has three chances to guess what the people in the pictures are doing. If your   answer is right, your group can get one point. The group which can get the   most points will be the winner in this group competition.

e.g.

Is he running?

Yes, he is.

No, he isn’t.

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1.Get   students ready for learning.

2. Help the students to revise   notices about the Lost and Found.

3.Organize   the group competition to help the   students revise the “Present Continuous”.

Presentation

(10 minutes)

1. Individual work and pair   work.

2. The whole class work and   pair work.

3.Individual work and pair work.

1. Do 1a. Look at the three pictures in 1a. Learn some new words: around, few, game, sit, ping-pong, lesson, write, blackboard, at the back of. Then fill in the blanks with correct form of the new words.

(1)In Picture 1, a few  students are running _______ the   playground. Some students are having a soccer_______. Many students are _______   there and watching.

(2)Helen is playing _______ with   Ann in Picture 2.

(3)The students in Picture 3 are   not having _______. Wang Wei is _______ a   letter. Sally is cleaning the _______   at _______ _______ _______ the classroom.

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2. Look at the pictures in 1a again. Answer the teacher’s questions and predict the content of the passage in 1a. Then ask and answer questions in pairs according to the three pictures in 1a.

T: Is Helen dancing?

S: No, she isn’t dancing.

T: What is she doing?

S: She is playing ping-pong with   Ann.

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3. Do   1b. Skim the passage in 1a   and check your prediction. Then scan the passage and try to match the   activities with the students in 1b individually.

Then ask and   answer questions according to 1b in pairs. Some pairs read your dialogs to the whole   class and check the answers together.

e.g.

A: What are some students doing?

B: They are having a soccer game.

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1. Use the pictures in 1a to help the students learn some new words and learn to use them. Get them ready for the next step.

2. Help the students to use   the “Present Continuous”in different   sentence patterns.

3.Make   the students learn some reading skills. Check the answers.

Consolidation

(10 minutes)

Individual work.

Do 1c. Underline the structure be+v.-ing in 1a and read them aloud.

e.g.

are running

are having a soccer game

are playing basketball

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1Consolidate the structure of the  “Present Continuous”.

Practice

(10 minutes)

1. Group work.

2. Individual work and pair   work.

3. Pair work.

4. Group work and pair   work.

5. The whole

class work.

6. Individual work and pair   work.

7. Pair work and the whole class   work.

1. Sit in groups of three.   Retell the passage in 1a with the help of the three pictures. Then some groups retell it to the whole class.

2. Look at the pictures in 2a and complete the sentences individually. Then check the answers with your partner.

3. Do 2b. Work in pairs.   Ask and answer questions with the information in 2a.

A: Is the boy cleaning the   blackboard?

B: No, he isn’t.

A: What is he doing?

B: He is drawing pictures.

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4. Observe what your

classmates around you are doing   now. Fill in the form. Then talk about your form with your partner. Some   students report your surveys to the whole class.

5. Play a game—“What’s missing”.   Look at the sounds in the PPT. Try to say the missing sounds.

6. Read the sounds in 4a aloud. Try to write down the words and complete the sentences. Then check your answers with your partner. Some students tell your answers to the whole class.

7. Do 4b. Try to read the   chant in 4b in pairs. Pay attention to the stress and liaison. Correct your   stress and liaison each other. Then the whole class read the chant after the   tape. Some students chant to the whole class.

1. Help the students practice their

spoken English.

2. Practice the

“Present   Continuous”   in written work. Check the answers.

3. Make   the students   practice the “Present Continuous”   in different sentence patterns.

4. Make   the students   do a survey to practice the “Present

Continuous”.

5. Show   some sounds   in the PPT to help the students revise the sounds they have learned in   Section A.

6. Check   the answers.   Correct the students’ spelling.

7.Play the tape recorder. Correct   the students’ stress and liaison.

Production

(10 minutes)

Individual work and group work.

Write a passage about what your   classmates around you are doing according to 3 individually. Then check your   passage with your group members and check the passage with each other.

e.g.

Now, A is   writing a letter. B is sleeping. The teacher may be angry. C is talking with D…

1. Help the students to   consolidate the “Present Continuous”   in written work and learn to check the passages each other and find the mistakes.

2. Assign the

homework:

Review writing the passage about   what your classmates are doing；

Preview Section D.

Teaching reflection：

      在本课中，学生的学习活动有阅读活动、笔头操练、口头操练、调查、读音写词、句子的重读与连读等，活动量较大，容量较多，因此，由于时间的关系可能无法在一个课时完成，老师们可以自行按照教学实际安排进度。