Introduction

(5 minutes)

1.The whole   class work.

2.Individual   work and the whole class work.

1.Focus their   attention on the teacher.

2.Do duty report. Talk about your pen pal.   The whole class answer the teacher’s questions about your pen pal.

e.g.

T: Where does   he/she come from?

S:He/She   comes from...

T:Does he/she   like Chinese?

S: Yes, he   likes it a lot./No, he doesn’t like it at all.

1.Greet students   ready for learning.

2.Help the   students to express correctly. Ask the students some questions about   their pen pal to train their spoken English and listening.

Presentation

(10 minutes)

1.Group work.

1. Read through Sections A-C and fill in the blanks with the correct words in “Grammar”-Present   Simple, in P61. Then check the answers with your group members. Try to answer   as quickly as you can. The group which can answer correctly and the most   quickly can get 10  points. The group which gets the most points will be   the winner in this activity.

1.Act as a   leader and helper in this activity of group competition.

Consolidation

(10 minutes)

1.Group work and   individual work.

1.Find out the   expressions about asking, requests, likes and dislikes in this topic. Then   fill in the forms in “Functions’ individually and check the answers with your   group members. Then make a new conversation, using the expressions you   learned in this topic. Report it to the whole class. Each group can get   different points according to their pronunciation, sentence stress and   liaison.

e.g.

A: Excuse me,   could you please tell me your name?

B: Sure. My   name is ...

A: Do you   like Chinese?

B: Yes, I   like it very  much.

A: Do you   speak English?

B: Yes, I do.

A:My English   is not good. Could you help me with it?

B: No   problem.

1.Make the   students themselves revise and master the functions, sounds, sentence stress   and liaison in this topic by making their own conversations.

Practice

(10 minutes)

1.Individual   work and pair work.

2.Individual   work and the whole class work.

3.Group work.

4.Pair work.

1.Do task 1.   Fill in the blanks with the correct form of each given words. Check with your   partner and then practice with your partner.

2.Do task 2.   Read the following sentences and match them with the pictures. The whole   class check the answers together.

3.Find the   Personal Pronouns in the sentences of task 2. Then discuss with your group   members  and try to find out the usage of Personal Pronouns.

e.g.

I often read them.

Some of them   have blond hair and blue eyes.

4.Underline the   verbs in the sentences of task 2. Then one student reads the sentence in Task   2 and the other student changes “I’ into “He” or “She”. Use the form of the   verbs correctly.

e.g.

A: I like   English very much.

B:He likes   English very much.

A:Every day I   read many letters from my pen pals.

B:Every day   she reads many letters from her pen pals.

...

1.The teacher is   a helper and a leader in checking the answers.

2.Help the   students check the answers.

3.Help the   students find out the usage of Personal Pronouns.

4.Make sure the   students use the verb form correctly while changing the subject.

Production

(10 minutes)

1.The whole   class  work.

1.Do Project.   Write a short passage to introduce yourself, including your likes and   dislikes. Put the passage in a bottle and pass it to a classmate. When you   get a bottle, read the passage and decide if you want him/her to be your   friend. If yes, keep the bottle and be his/her pen pal. Otherwise, keep the   bottle drifting. Finally check who finds his/her friend(s) through the “drift   bottle”.

e.g.

Hello!   My  name is ... Nice to meet you! I am a boy/ a girl. I like English.   And I am good at English. I can help you   learn English. But I don’t like math. Could you help me with my math?   What do you like? Would you like to be my pen pal? Can we make friends?

1.Introduce the   game rules. To be the class controller while the bottle is drifting.

2.Assign   homework:

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

Do a survey. Ask   some of your friends some questions about their likes and dislikes. Write   down the answers and combine the answers into a passage;

Finish Review of   Unit 3; Preview Topic 2, Section A.

Teaching   reflection：

      本课讲练结合，因此设计了小组抢答竞赛，学生的学习兴趣和参与热情被调动起来，同时还学会自行总结所学语法，学会与他人合作互助，学会结合所学语法和功能在同学中找朋友。