Introduction

(10 minutes)

1.The   whole class work.

2.Individual work and the whole class work.

3. Group work.

1.Focus their attention on the   teacher.

2.Brainstorming.   Try to say the means of   transportation as quickly as you can.

3.Do duty report. Act out the new   conversation you prepare with your partner before class which is similar to Section   A 1a, talking about means of transportation. Then report it to the   class.

e.g.

A: How do you usually come to   school?

B: I usually come to school by   bike. What about you?

A: I usually come to school on   foot. Does C usually come to school by bike?

B: No. He/She usually comes to   school by bus. He/She lives far away from the school.

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1.Get students ready for learning.

2.Write down the words of means of   transportation on the blackboard to help the students revise the means of transportation.

3.Help the students revise the   means of transportation.

Presentation

(10 minutes)

1.Individual work.

2.Individual work and pair work.

3.Individual work.

1.Do 1a. Look at the picture in 1a. Read the sentences in 1b. Try to predict the conversation in 1a. Get ready for the listening task.

2.Do 1b. Listen to 1a. Complete the sentences with usually, always, often, sometimes, seldom or never  . After that, check the answers with your partner.

3.Listen to 1a again and try to fill in the form.

1.Make the students predict before listening.

2. Play   the tape recorder. Check the answers.

3.Play   the tape recorder. Help the students learn to get specific information   while listening.

Consolidation

(5 minutes)

1.The whole class work and group   work.

2.Individual work and pair work.

1.The whole class read after the   tape. Then read 1a in groups.

2.Do 1c. Read 1a again. Fill in the blanks in 1c with the correct words from the list in 1b individually. Then check the answers with your partner.

1.Play the tape recorder. Make the   students pay attention to the sentence   intonation and pronunciation.

2.Make the students find the   adverbs of frequency from 1a by themselves.

Practice

(10 minutes)

1.Individual work and group work.

2.Pair work.

3.Individual work, pair work and   the whole class work.

4.Pair work and individual work.

5.Individual work, pair work and   the whole class work.

1.Do   2a. Study the example to understand the two ways of expressing means of transportation. Then fill in the blanks in 2a. Discuss and check the answers in groups. Try to find the rules by yourselves. Then present the rules to the whole class. Check the rules with the help of the teacher.

2.Do 2b. Ask and answer questions about the pictures in 2a with your partner, using two ways of expressing means of transportation. Then some pairs act out the dialogs.

e.g.

A: How does Li Xiang go to school?

B: He often goes to school by bike.   / He often rides a bike to school.

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3.Do 3. Read the form in 3 before   listening. Predict the listening material.   Learn the new words: watch TV, soccer/football, movie/film.   Then listen to the passage about Nancy’s activities and check the correct answers individually. Then check   the answers with your partner. The whole class listen again and check the   answers together.

4.Look at the form in 3 and try to   retell the passage to your partner. Then some students retell the passage to   the whole class.

e.g.

Nancy often walks to school.   She sometimes takes a bus to school. She always   does her homework in the evening. She never watches TV in the   afternoon. On Sundays, she usually plays soccer with her friends. She seldom   sees a movie.

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5.Do 4. Look at the pictures in 4.   Write down the means of transportation   in the pictures. Then match the first four   sentences with the pictures. Check the answers with your partner. Then   the whole class learn to chant together.

1.Make the students find the rules   of two ways of expressing the same meaning by themselves. Help them check the rules.

2.Help the students to express   correctly.

3.Play   the tape recorder. Check the answers.

4.Make the students learn to retell   the passage with the help of the form.

5. Check the answers.

Production

(10 minutes)

Group work.

Sit in groups of four. Make a   survey. Ask the other three students in your group about the following   questions：

(1) What time do you usually get up on weekdays?

(2) How do you usually come to   school?

(3) Do you watch TV on weekdays?

(4) Do you play soccer on Sundays?

(5) Do you see movies on weekends?

Then some students report the   survey result to the whole class.

e.g.

In our group, A usually gets up at   about 6 o’clock. He usually comes to school on foot, but sometimes by bus. He   seldom watches TV on weekdays. But he often plays soccer on Sundays.   Sometimes he sees movies with his parents on weekends.

B...

1.Make the students use the new   words and the adverbs of frequency to ask and answer in groups. Then make   them to report to the whole class.

2.Assign   the homework:

Review the words and expressions in   this section;

Practice the   conversation   of 1a;

Preview Section C-1a.

Teaching reflection：

    在这节课中，学生在听、说、写、唱的活动中，学习并操练了频度副词以及交通方式。因为频度副词听上去相差甚微，学生可能容易混淆，教师可结合图示、百分比等直观材料帮助学生加以巩固。此外，学生对于用“介词by加交通工具”和“动词短语”两种不同的方式来表达交通方式还不够熟练，甚至会出现错误使用，因此，教师可以在课外额外设置一些笔头练习，让学生在介词短语和动词短语互相转换的练习中不断熟练和进一步巩固。