4.　　　 Activity 1b (pair work)

(1)　 Ask students to talk about their answers in 1a with the sample conversation.

(2)　 Ask a pair of students to show the conversation to the class.

Step 4. Listening

3.　　　 Activity 1a

Ask students to read the questions on page 21 and write “A” for always, “U” for usually, “s” for sometimes and “N” for never.

Get students to finish the task on their own.

2.　　　 Make an investigation, use the structure: do you ever …?

The students need to answer with “yes” or “no”, and then give the reason.

1.　　　 Learn the key vocabulary.

3.　　　 Make comment on students’ performance.

Step2. Review

(This activity reviews the usage of always, sometimes, usually, and never)

Help students review and remind students of the exact meanings of the adverbs frequency.

Step3. Presentation

2.　　　 Check the homework: ask students to talk about the topic that was given by the teacher in the last class.

The topic is “What can you do at school and what can’t you do at school?”

Step1. Pre_task

1.　　　 Greet the class as usual.

Teaching methods:

Listening and speaking methods

Cooperative competence

Teaching aids:

A tape recorder, blackboard

2.　　　 Talk about agreement and disagreement.　

Teaching difficult point:

Talk about agreement and disagreement with the target language.

Teaching key points:

1.　　　 Study the key vocabulary and target language.