3.　　　 Why do plants need sunlight?

2.　　　 What is it used for?

1.　　　 What is this?

3.　　　 Know the main parts of a plant and what they use water and sunlight to do.

Teaching Difficult Points:

Use the Simple Present Tense

Teaching Preparation: a plant

Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, plants

Type of lesson: new lesson

Teaching Procedure:

Step1. Play a game.

Put some things in a box. Then let a student come to the front and touch every thing. Describe what it is like and let the students guess what it is. Divide the class into two groups and have a match. Which team is better?

Step2. Bring a plant to the class and let the students ask questions about plants by themselves.

Pointing to the plant, they may begin like this:

1. Describe the process that a plant grows.

2.　　　 What does a plant use sunlight, water do?

Teaching Important Points:

1.　　　 Learn about what a plant needs if it wants to live well.

2.　　　 Go on the next reading in the student book.

Summary:

Review the text is very important. The students know what they will take to the class, what is useful to the study. Let them to observe the vegetables that we eat. What parts do we eat? What is it used for? Can they draw pictures of them?

Lesson 11: Look after Your Plant!

Teaching Content:

Mastery words and expressions: look after, over, glass, be made of

Oral words and expressions: sprout, desert, use…to do…

Teaching Aims:

1.　　　 Finish off the activity book.

6.　　　 What parts do we eat?

Let them answer the questions in English. If they have trouble, help them immediately.

Step2. Listen to the tape and let the students complete the answers correctly.

Step3. Read the text and check the answers.

Step4. Practice

Let the students take out the pictures they bring to the class. Work with partner. Talk about the main parts of a plant and the main use of them. If they have difficulty, they can look at their book.

Step5. Listen to the tape again and imitate after it until they can read it fluently and correctly.

Step6. Let some students read the text in class. Find the mistakes and correct them.

Step7. Homework