Step Ⅰ Key Vocabulary

Show the following vocabulary by cards．

Careful-reading to get the detailed information．

Say the words and have students repeat them again and again until they can pronounce them fluently and accurately．

Step Ⅱ Part 1

Read the title Parent helps child to the class． Ask, What do you think the article is about, based on the title?

Look at the picture． Ask students to describe what is happening in the picture．

Ask students to discuss the four questions． Students do not look at the reading text． Instead, they use their background knowledge to try to answer the questions． As they work, walk around, looking at their progress．

When most students finish the task, ask students to compare their answers with a partner,

Elicit answers from the students． Ask, Do you have any other answers? Do not give the correct answers to the students at this point． Wait until students have finished the reading and let them revise their answers accordingly．

Step Ⅲ Part 2

Go through the instructions with the class．

Ask students to complete the task individually or in pairs． Make sure students discuss their reasons in English． As they work, walk around the classroom offering help as necessary．

Ask students to read their answers． Encourage students to use complete sentences．

Step Ⅳ Part 3

Look at the story． Pay attention to the words indicated in bold． Ask different students to guess the meaning． Don’t give them the correct answers．

Ask students to read the article once．

Say, Pay attention to the bold words and expressions． And note any other words or sentences you don’t understand． Read in context, guessing the meanings of words and phrases from the other words around them．

Ask students to read’ the article again for comprehension．

Go through the instructions with the students and have them look at the example． Ask students to complete the next word on the list on the left． Students are matching words to meanings． As they work, walk around the classroom offering help as necessary． Students complete the task． Remind them to look at the story again for extra help．

Have students report their answers． Encourage them to use complete sentences．

Step Ⅴ Part 4

Go through the task with students． Elicit the first answer from students from memory． Check that they understand what they need to do．

Ask students to do the activity on their own or in pairs． Students should try to remember or guess the answers before looking at the reading． As they work, walk

around the classroom offering help students may need．

Check the answers． Invite different students to give their answers and give the correct statements for the ones that are false．

Step Ⅵ Part 5

Read the instructions with the students．

Divide the class into small groups to do the activity． Give students help thinking of different fun and educational activities． Walk around the classroom offering help as needed．

Cheek the answers． Have students share their answers with the class．

Step　Ⅶ Summary

In this class, we’ve practised a lot of reading and writing．

Step Ⅷ Homework

1． Read the story in Activity 2 again for further comprehension．

Train students’ reading and writing skills．

2． Ability Objects

Improve students’ reading and writing skills．

1． Knowledge Objects

Key Vocabulary

die, succeed, sacrifice, path, honor, dead-end road, get into trouble, give up, keep shipping, military school

StepⅠ Revision

Check homework． Ask a student to read the e-mail message in Activity 3a． Then ask a student to read his/her own e-mail message．

StepⅡ Part 1

Look at the words in the box． Ask a student to read them．

Make sure students understand the meaning of the words．

Then say, Fill in the blanks with the words． In some cases, students may need to use another form of the word, for example adjusting for tense or subject/verb agreement．

Ask students to fill in the blanks on their own．

Check the answers． Five students each read a sentence, filling in the blanks． The rest of the students check their answers．

Ask students to make their own sentences with the words, preferably sentences that are meaningful． Move around the classroom． Collect a few students’ answers with mistakes on the blackboard． Then help students correct the mistakes．

Step Ⅲ Part 2

Go through the instructions with the class． Explain them to students．

Get students to complete the work in pairs．

Invite a few students to read the end of the story． Answers will vary but will probably include watching what others do first or asking the host or hostess or one of the guests．

A sample end of the story

…What I finally decided to do was to watch what others do and follow them．

Step Ⅳ Part 3

Do the example with the class to show them how to do a crossword puzzle． Ask students to complete the crossword puzzle on their own． Check the answers with the whole class．

Step Ⅴ Just for Fun!

This activity provides reading and speaking practice with the target language．

Ask students what is funny about the cartoon． Help students to explain． The little boy bought his grandmother a cat instead of a hat, but his grandmother loves it anyway．

Step Ⅵ Summary and Homework

In this class, we’ve done much writing practice using the key vocabulary words．

After class, please finish off the story in 2 in your textbooks． Then finish off the exercises on pages 50-52 of the workbook．

The Seventh Period

1． Make sentences using arrive, meet, spend, behave and imagine．

2． Finish the story．

1． Fill in blanks and make sentences．

3． Moral Objects

You are supposed to learn much more table manners, It is very useful and helpful, especially when you are in foreign countries．

2． Ability Objects

Train students’ writing ability．