Introduction

(10 minutes)

1.The whole   class work.

2.Individual   work.

3.The whole   class work and individual work.

4.Pair work.

1.Focus their   attention on the teacher.

2.Do duty   report. Talk about something related to the topic in this section.

3.Play “bingo”   game. Make a table with nine grids. Score out the words which you hear. When   the words are in line of three, stand up and say “bingo” loudly.

4.Practice the dialogues and expressions in Section A in   pairs. Then report to the class.

1.Greet students   ready for learning.

2.Help the   students to express correctly.

3.Read the words   of Section A: could, tell, sure, pen pal, some, with, problem, well, often. Help the students to   revise them.

4.Check their   pronunciation, the sentence stress and liaison while they are practicing.

Presentation

(10 minutes)

1. Pair   work.

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

1. Do 1a. Student A takes out the passage he/she wrote in last class and changes it with his/her friend, student B, whom he/she found in last class. student B   reads the passage to C student. C asks some questions about A.

e.g. “Who is   the letter from?”, “Does he speak English?”,   “Does he live in England?” B   answers the questions according to A’s passage.

After that, B   and C fill in the blanks in the following short passage together:

The passage is   from A. He is B’s ___. In the letter, he says he ____ in China now. He ____ a   little English. He ___ to find a friend to ___ him ____ his English.

Then one student   reads the passage you have finished to the class.

2.Look at the   teaching pictures of 1a and the table in 1b. Try to know some backgrounds and get the main idea of the conversation. Then listen to the tape with 1a covered. Complete the table in 1b. Check the answers with your partner. Then listen again and the whole class check the answers. Look at 1a and read after the tape sentence by sentence.

1.Remind the   students to use correct forms of the verbs and personal pronouns while asking   and answering. Present some new words in this section: live, say, lot, a   lot, about.

2.Show the   teaching pictures of 1a. Lead the students to guess before listening. Play the tape.

Consolidation

(5 minutes)

1.Group work and   pair work.

2.Individual   work and pair work

1.Do 1c. Read 1a in groups and then practice the conversation in pairs. After that, make up a new one and act it out with your partner.

2.Do 1d. Complete   the passage based on 1b individually. Then   discuss the answers with your partner and report it to the class.

1.Correct the students’ pronunciation,   sentence stress, and liaison.

2.Check the   answers. Make sure the students use the form of the verbs correctly.

Practice

(10 minutes)

1.Individual   work.

2. Pair work.

1.Do 2a. Read the four questions in 2a. Guess the main idea of the listening material and write down the answers you think. Then listen to 2a and write down the key words. Report the answers to the class. Pay attention to the correct form of the verbs come, live, like,   speak.

2.Do 2b. Make a   short report with the information in 2a, using the words and expressions in the box in 2b. Check with your partner. Then report to the class.

1.Lead the   students to learn to guess the main idea by reading the questions before   listening. Play the tape and check the answers after listening.

2.Lead the   students to correct the mistakes each other. It will make them feel more   confident before reporting in front of the class.

Production

(10 minutes)

1.Group work.

1. Sit   in groups of eight. Ask and answer some questions one by one with the verbs   in the box, using the correct form of the verbs.

e.g.

A:Do you have   a knife?

B:Yes, I do.   Does he want a knife?

C: Yes, he   does. Does Kangkang know a lot about English?

D: No, he   doesn’t.

1.Check out if   the students use the correct forms of the verbs.

2.Assign   homework:

Review the words   and practice the conversations in Section B with your partner;

Practice 1a with your partner;

Write a short   passage about your pen pal, using the verbs: like/speak/want/live;

Preview the   words in Section C.

Teaching   reflection：

谈论笔友的话题贴近学生实际生活，但是由于语言习惯的不同，学生在对实义动词的第三人称单数一般现在时以及由此引出的一般疑问句中助动词does的用法有一定的障碍和困难。因此教师应该引导学生在课堂的听、说、练的活动中，反复操练进而熟练掌握实义动词的第三人称单数一般现在时的一般疑问句、肯定和否定回答。