Step |
Interaction pattern |
Student activity |
Teacher activity |
Introduction (8 minutes) |
1. The whole class work. 2. The whole class work. 3. Group work. 4. The whole class work. 5. The whole class work. |
1. Focus their attention on the teacher. 2. Students report their homework to review the knowledge of Section A. 3. Students discuss in groups on how to prevent the traffic accidents. 4. Students report the results of the discussion. 5. Students observe the picture and prepare for the new lesson. |
1. Greet the students and make them ready for learning. 2. The teacher asks the students to report the homework. (1) Let the students retell the advantages of riding bikes. (2) Let the students report the traffic rules they searched after class. 3. The teacher shows the pictures of the traffic accidents and offers the following facts: Every year, 700,000 people die from the traffic accidents all over the world, and 100,000 people die from the traffic accidents in China. How amazing! Then how to prevent the traffic accidents? Discuss in groups and report your opinions. 4. The teacher lets the students tell their ideas. 5. The teacher asks the students to look at the picture of 1a, and leads to the new lesson: Kangkang and Michael are talking about the traffic accident in Caishikou Street. Let’s watch the flash of 1a and find out their opinions about how to prevent the traffic accidents. |
Presentation (10minutes) |
1. The whole class work. 2. The whole class work. 3. Individual work. 4. The whole class work. 5. Group work. 6. The whole class work. |
1. Students watch the flash and find out the answer to the leading question. 2. Students check the answer. 3. Students watch the flash and underline the new words. 4. Students tell the new words, and then learn and grasp the new words with the help of the teacher. 5. Students discuss in groups to find out the difficult points and sum up the main points. 6. Students underline in their books and make some notes. |
1. The teacher plays the flash of 1a. Ask the students to find out the answer to the leading question. 2. The teacher lets two students tell the answer. 3.The teacher plays the flash again and asks the students to underline the new words. 4. The teacher asks two students to tell the new words. Teach the new word careless by showing a paper with many wrong answers. Teach the new word helmet by showing a real helmet to the students. Teach the word light-colored by pointing at a light-colored coat of the students and comparing it with a dark-colored coat. 5. The teacher asks the students to learn in groups to find out the difficult points in the conversation. At last let them sum up the main points of the conversation. 6. The teacher makes a summary to explain the key points and difficult points to the students. (1) when riding = when we are riding (2) get a fine |
Consolidation (10 minutes) |
1. The whole class work. 2. The whole class work. 3. The whole class work. 4. The whole class work. 5. Individual work. 6. The whole class work. 7. The whole class work. 8. The whole class work. 9. Pair work. |
1. Students read the conversation after the recording sentence by sentence. 2. Students try to follow the speed, paying attention to the pronunciation and intonation. 3. Students read 1a, and then complete the sentences. 4. The students check the answers. 5. Students retell the sentences of 1b. 6. Students find out more sentences about expressing advice from 1a. 7. Volunteers tell their answers. 8. Students find out the sentences containing adverbial clauses of condition. 9. Students act out the conversation of 1a. |
1. The teacher plays the recording sentence by sentence. 2. The teacher plays the recording without stopping. 3. The teacher lets the students read 1a, and then complete the sentences. 4. The teacher asks two students to tell the answers. 5. The teacher asks the students to retell the sentences of 1b. 6. The teacher lets the students find out more sentences expressing advice from 1a. (1) We should … (2)Why don’t we/ not … 7. The teacher asks the students to tell the answers. 8. The teacher asks the students to find out the sentences containing adverbial clauses of condition. Pay attention to the tense of them. 9. The teacher asks the students to act out the conversation of 1a in pairs. |
Practice (10 minutes) |
1. The whole class work. 2. Group work. 3. Individual work. 4. Individual work. 5. The whole class work. 6. The whole class work. 7. Individual work. 8. The whole class work. 9. Group work. |
1. Students look at the pictures of 2a. Understand them based on the given words. 2. Students use if to discuss the results of breaking the traffic rules. 3. Students report the results of the discussion. 4. Students match the parts of the sentences to make traffic rules. 5. Students read the traffic rules and remember them. 6. Students listen and read these sentences. Pay attention to the stress and understand the focus of each sentence. 7. Students try reading the sentences alone. 8. Students read the sentences correctly. 9. Students work in groups and play the If Chain Game of 3b. |
1. The teacher asks the students to look at the pictures of 2a and understand them based on the given words. 2. The teacher asks the students to use if to discuss the results of breaking the traffic rules. 3. The teacher asks the students to report the results of the discussion. 4. The teacher asks the students to match the parts of the sentences to make traffic rules. 5. The teacher lets the students read the traffic rules and remember them. 6. The teacher plays the recording of 3a for the students and lets the students listen and read these sentences. Ask them to pay attention to the stress and understand the focus of each sentence. 7. The teacher lets the students try reading the sentences alone. Note that they can change the emphasis of a sentence when they change the word that is stressed. 8. The teacher asks the students from different groups to read the sentences correctly. Organize them to have a competition. 9. The teacher asks the students to work in groups and play the If Chain Game of 3b. |
Production (7minutes) |
1. Group work. 2. The whole class work. 3. The whole class work. 4. The whole class work. 5. The whole class work. 6. Individual work. |
1. Students discuss the slogans for the activity. 2. Students write down the slogans, using adverbial clauses of condition. 3. Students report their results. 4. Students check the slogans with the teacher. 5. Students summarize Section B with the teacher. 6. Students finish the homework after class. |
1. The teacher asks the students to discuss in groups. Your school will have a public activity about traffic safety. Discuss the slogans for the activity. 2. The teacher asks the students to write down the slogans with adverbial clauses of condition. 3. The teacher asks the representatives of each group to report their results. 4. The teacher sums up the activities. The group with the most and correct sentences of adverbial clauses of condition wins. 5. The teacher shows the summary to the students. 6. The teacher assigns homework: (1) Review the summary after class. (2) Ask the students to make at least five sentences with “if”. Pay attention to the tense. (3) Search the Internet for some information about bicycles to prepare for Section C. |
Teaching Reflection |
The students are amazed at the number of the people who died from the traffic accidents every year. They realize that it’s very important to follow the traffic rules. And they do very well in making traffic rules. They can understand the usage of adverbial clauses of condition well. |