2.　　　 She’s going to talk about China.

1.　　　 She has studied about Canada, Australia and England.

3.　　　 How is she going to get the information about China?

Sample answers:

2.　　　 What country is she going to talk about?

1.　　　 What countries has she studied?

2. Talk about your favorite subjects after class.

Period 2 What’s your Favorite Subject?

Target language目标语言

a. 重点词汇及短语：

hall, noon, group, everything, cool, stop, o’clock, turn out (the light)

b. 认读词汇及短语：

social studies, go for a walk，we do have art, stop doing

Ability goals 能力目标

Enable the students who like the same subject to discuss what their favorite subjects are.

Learning ability goals学能目标

Help the students learn to share their favorite with others and also have a better idea of what they like best.

Teaching important points教学重点

Focus on talking about why they take these subjects as their favorite.

Teaching difficult points教学难点

Help the student to know the importance of learning the subjects well.

Teaching aids教学准备

The multimedia computer.

Teaching procedures and ways教学过程和方法

Step I Lead-in

T: Good morning / afternoon, class.

Ss: Good morning / afternoon, Mr. / Ms…

T: Who’s on duty?

S1: I am.

S1 tells the class a story and then asks 2-3questions about the story to check the understanding.

T: Well done! Do you still remember what we talked about last period?

S: The favorite subjects!

T: Good! I know some of you like English, some like math. Do you know what my favorite subject is?

Encourage students to guess, help them review the subjects they have learned last period.

T: (One student says Chinese.) Bingo！I like Chinese very much. Because, I like reading, and there are so many beautiful words. Have you learned…?

Choose one of the text students have learned before and recite the wonderful part together with them. Help them to be active.

T: Beautiful! You are so clever! Now, listen carefully, I want to tell you a story. One night, I read a novel named… I like it so much, and I read it until 11 pm. Suddenly, the room goes dark. Do you know what happened?

S: The lamp was broken!

T: That’s it! The lamp was turned out. That means the lamp does not work, and the room goes dark. Got it?

S: Yes!

T: You see, I love reading so much. Have you got any interesting stories about your favorites?

S: Yes!

T: Great! I’d like to listen to that very much. But first, let’s look at the text and see what Danny, Jenny and Brian are talking about. OK?

S: OK!

Step II Listening and discussing

Ask the students to listen to the tape and find out what subjects Jenny, Brian and Danny like best and the reasons they like the subjects. While the students are discussing, walk around and give them a hand if necessary.

Here are possible answers:

Danny’s favorite subject is P.E. because he likes exercise.

Brian likes art best because he liked drawing when he was a little boy.

Jenny’s favorite subject is social studies because she loves learning about people in other countries.

After that ask students to role-play this conversation. Pay attention to their intonation and pronunciation.

Step III Come to the Reader---Jenny’s E-mail “Why I love Social Studies?”

Ask the students to read it and answer the following questions on the PowerPoint.

1. Do the exercises in the Activity Book.

1. have been 2.have cleaned 3.has come 4.Did / come

Step VI Homework

4.____he_____(come)to Beijing a year ago?

Sample answers:

3. He_____ (come) to Beijing before.