Ⅲ. Teaching Difficulties
Present continuous
Target language: What are they doing? They are having a picnic.
Ⅳ. Teaching Procedures
Step 1 Revision
Check the homework. Ask two pairs to act out their telephone call.
Step 2 Section C 1a
1. Show the picture to the students and get the students to talk about the picture.
2. Play the recording for the students and tick the words they hear.
3. Check the answers.
Step 3 Section C 1b
1. Imitate the sound of the telephone ringing and show two pictures of Kangkang and Jane and present the following conversation:
A: What are they doing?
B: They are making a telephone call.
Ask the students to repeat the conversation and understand the meaning.
2. Ask the students to ask and answer according to the picture.
What is Maria doing? She is preparing food.
What is Jane doing? She is washing the dishes.
What is Michael doing? He is carrying water.
What is Marias dog doing? It is looking at the food.
Step 4 Section C 2 Look, ask and answer
1. Show the pictures and ask one student to present the dialogue as an example with the teacher.
What is she doing?
She is eating an apple.
2. Ask the students to ask and answer according to the pictures in pairs first.
3. Ask the students to ask and answer about the pictures one by one.
Step 5 Section C 3
1. Let the students look at the picture and talk about it and encourage them to use some words and phrases theyve learnt.
2. Play the recording for the students to repeat the sentences.
3. Give the students a few minutes to read the sentences and ask them to pay attention to the following words: playing, singing, flying, running, collecting.
Step 6 Section C 4
Tell the students that they are going to listen to some actions about Tom. Ask the students to listen and number the actions from 1-6.
Step 7 Summary
Revise some key words and target language:
1. carry water, collect firewood, look at, wash the dishes, sing songs,
2. What is Maria doing? She is preparing food.
What is Jane doing? She is washing the dishes.
What is Michael doing? He is carrying water.
What is Marias dog doing? It is looking at the food.
4. playing, singing, flying, running, collecting.
Step 8 Section C 5
Let the students to chant.
Step 9 Homework
Read the sentences in Section C 3.
Unit 4 Having fun outside the School Lets have a picnic
The Fourth Period
Ⅰ.Teaching Aims and Demands
1. Knowledge Objects
Review some target language in Section A-D.
Oral practice.
Present continuous.
2. Ability Objects
Communicative competence.
Ⅱ. Teaching Key Points
Key vocabulary: lonely, next, basket, listen, have a meeting, at home
Review some target language in Section A-D
Hello? This is Maria. May I speak to Jane?
Can I give her a message?
All right. Ill give her the message.
Sorry, she is not here\ in\ at home.
Could you ask her to call me back this afternoon?
What are they doing? What is he\she doing?
They are having a picnic. He\she is washing dishes.
Ⅲ. Teaching Difficulties
Present continuous
Oral practice.
Ⅳ. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Revision
1. Show some pictures to the students and get them to ask and answer according to the pictures.
What is he\she doing?
He\She is running.
2. Ask a few students to act and the others ask and answer according to his or her action.
Step 2 Section D 1a
1. Draw a picture and say: Look at the man. He is at home, but he is lonely and he would like to have a picnic with his friends and then have a meeting. Repeat the sentences and teach the new words and phrases:
at home, lonely, have a meeting
2. Section D 1a. Ask the students to look at the pictures and say: old Mcdonald is lonely too. He would like to have a picnic with his friends. What food can you find in the picture?
