2.　　 　Talk about weather and clothes

1.　　 Master the news in this lesson: jeans，weekend， wool， cotton， blouse， be made of

2.　　 weather and clothes

1.　　 New words in this lesson：A：jeans，weekend， wool， cotton， blouse， be made of (four skills) B：round/all year around，iron，tidy (get familiar with them)

3.　　 Class Closing

T: Practise your likes and dislikes after class, It’s your oral homework and don’t forget the written homework in your activity books. Let’s call it a day. Bye, boys and girls!

Lesson 4 On a School Day

2.　　 New lesson

Step 1: lead in

T: Do you like watching TV? I like some programs very much. For examples, “Talking Straight” (shihua shishuo ) and “Sons and Daughters of the East” (dongfang zhi zi). Do you like them? The project you are going to do is to interview each other. You can ask your classmates many questions just like the hosts or hostess do in the TV programs, such as Wang Xiaoya, Li yong and so on. Of course, you have to use English! But it’s fun! I’m sure you will like it.

Step 2: Listen and find use information

T: Listen to the tape please and find the answer of this question: Who does Danny want to interview?

(show the rubber dinosaur and draw some “tears” on its face)

T: These are Danny’s tears. Do you like dinosaurs? (Yes!) but Danny is unhappy now. Do you want to know the reason? Read the text on Page 4 with the title of “She’s so Beautiful!”　

Step 3: Read and discuss

After the Ss read the text fast and silently, let the Ss discuss the following question:

Why is Danny scared? ( Because he wants to talk to Sandra)

Do you think Danny and Sandra will become good friends? Why? (Yes, they will become good friends. Because girls like dinosaurs and they have a nice talk to each other)

What is Sandra like? (She’s beautiful.)

Check the answers with the whole class.

Step 4: Further reading and further discussion

T: Read the text a second time and have a further discussion about it. Answer more questions about it.

1)　　 Do they like Miss Cox’s surprise in their English lesson?

2)　　 Why can the students call their English teacher “Miss” Cox?

3)　　 What colour does Sandra love?

4)　　 What does Sandra dislike?

5)　　 What are Sandra’s interests?

Step 5: Explain some new words and phrases (see Text Explanation of Lesson 3)

Step 6: Project 2

1)　　 T: It’s a interview project. So you can be the host or hostess now. You can ask any question that you are interested in. Let’s prepare some small cards for the interview first.

2)　　 Guide the Ss to make interview cards like this:

Interview Chart 1

Interview Chart 2

Help the Ss remember some useful words for the charts. such as “food” , “clothes”, “animals” and “colours”. List the verbs that students know to fill in the charts.

Examples of possible questions and answers:

Q: What is your favourite 　　　　　　?

A: My favourite 　　　　　　is 　　　　　.

Q: What do you love/hate to do?

A: I love /hate to 　　　　　　.

Q: Do you like to 　　　　　　?

A: Yes, I like to 　　　　　　/ No, I don’t like to 　　　　　　.

Q: What do you like best about your school?

A: I like 　　　　　　best.

Q: Who is your best friend?

A: 　　　　　is my best friend.

(Have Ss find a partner and take turns interviewing each other.)

T: Ask your partner those questions and write down their answers. Then fill in your charts.

(If time permits, collect the Ss answers and talk about the results of their interviews.)

1.　　 Class opening

1)　　 Greet the Ss in everyday English. Help them respond in correct way.

2)　　 Correct the exercises of activity books

3)　　 Ask “Who’s on duty?” Listen to the students’ report. They may talk about the date, the weather, their favourite colour, book , sports or film. Give them words and expressions when necessary to help them.

4)　　 Draw a picture “an unhappy artist” on the blackboard.

T: Look at the “long” face of the artist. He is unhappy, yes? When is he unhappy? Guess the reason, please

Give the Ss a few minutes to talk about the reason in order to start the new lesson.

1) Draw some pictures or find some pictures for the characters in this lesson: Danny, Jenny, Miss Cox and Brain.

2) Write down the key new words on cards.

1)　　 A rubber toy of dinosaur

What do you hate?

I want to talk to Sandra

I don’t know her, either.

I like donuts best