6.　　 what’s the matter?

5.　　 How tall are you?

4.　　 We are in the same class.

3.　　 I’m happy to see your e-mail.

2.　　 There are about 900 students in our school

1.　　 I am in Grade Eight, this year.

Step 3: vocabulary exercise

Give the students a few minutes to finish the exercise on page 10 about vocabulary. Make them pay attention to the right form of the words. For example, the second word should be “friends”--- the plural form of friend because “friend ”is a countable noun and is modified by “some”. For the third and fifth blankets, we should use the “singular form” because the usage of the simple present tense. Remind the students of the subjects. Ensure the students can understand the meaning of all the sentences.

Step 4: Practice

1)　　 Project some pictures about the class first. Ask the students to describe what they see in the pictures and talk about their likes and dislikes.

2)　　 Show the pictures of clothes in different colours. Make the students make up dialogues in pairs. Then write a short passage about what they talked with each other.

Step 5: Review exercise

Do what is required in the textbook. Draw a timeline to show the first two weeks of using this Student Book. On the bottom of the timeline, write what happened to the characters in the book. On the top, write what happened to the student. Guide the students fulfill the task successfully. Help them use the proper form of the verbs (past forms).

Step 6: Activity book

Finish off all the exercises in students’ activity book.

Step 7: Class Review Activity

Have the class games as a review activity.

1)　　 “Draw me” game:

The purpose of this game is to review clothes and personal description. Review new words from this unit as well as some other verbs that students already know.

Belt　　 cap　 makeup　 teenage　 in fashion　　 coat　　 dress　

blouse　 hat　 a pair of　　 skirt　　　 swimsuit　　　 scarf　 jacket

girl　　 　boy　　 T-shirt　　 red　　　 green　　　 yellow　　 green

white　　 black　　 brown　　 old　　 tall　　　 short　 thin　 fat

2)　　 “Stop! GO!” game:

The purpose of this game is to review the phrases of introduction for this unit.

How do you do?

Nice/glad to see/meet you.

My name is 　　　　　　. I’m a student here.

3)　　 Category Drill:

Practising use “Miss/ Mrs./Mrs/Ms”

3.　　 Class closing:

1)　　 Asking for volunteers to sum up, in their own words, what they learned in this unit.

2)　　 Asking the students what they likes best about this unit

singing “On a School Day”

8. He was 　　　　　. He couldn’t move.

A ill　　　　 B sad　 　　C happy　　　 D scared

(Keys: Ⅰ. 1.B 2.A 3.A 4.D 5.B　

7. ---Which team 　　　　　the game yesterday?　 ---Ours. Their team did badly.

A lost　　　　 B lose　　　　 C won　　　 D win

6. The Chinese ping-pong players will join the math. Let’s 　　　　　them success (成功).

A want　　　 B wish　　　 C hope　　　 D think