7A Unit2 Comic Strip & Welcome to the Unit

陈赜

Teaching aims:

1.Make the students master the following new words and phrases:

wake up, want to do, go to sleep, just, have fun, get up, am, pm , do morning exercises, do after-school activities, do homework, eat supper

2.Make the students grasp the following new expression:

Is it time for breakfast?               What are you going to do today?

3. Make the students understand Millie’s day at school.

4.Make the students use the simple present tense to describe their days at school.

5.Make the students love their school lives better.

Teaching emphases:

1.Make the students master the new words, phrases and expression.

2.Make the students understand Millie’s day at school.

Teaching difficulties:

Make the students use the simple present tense to describe their days at school.

Teaching aids: Tape

Teaching procedures:

Step One   Presentation

Present the new words and phrases.

1. T: Look at the picture: What is it?

Ss: It’s a clock.

T: Yes, it’s an alarm clock. It wakes me up in the morning. ( present: wake up)

2. T: Look at the picture: what’s in the picture?

  S: Have fun                   T: The boy has fun.

3. T: Is it time for fun?

  S: No, it’s time for our lessons.

4. T: Look at the picture: What does she do?

  S: She goes to bed.

  T: go to bed = go to sleep                  She goes to sleep.

5. T: Do you like sleeping?                 Ss: …

T: Do you like doing some reading?       Ss:…

T: Let’s look at some pictures.

Ss: do some reading, do morning exercises, have lessons, do after-school activities, eat supper, do homework (read after the teacher)

Step Two Comic Strip

1. T: This is a day at our school.

    Do you remember our friend Eddie? What do you think of his day?

2. T: Listen and answer: What’s Eddie going to do after breakfast?

Ss: He wants to go to sleep.

3. T: Read and answer more questions.

1)Does Eddie get up late?

Yes, he does.

2)What are Eddie’s favorite activities?

He likes eating and sleeping.

3)What does Hobo think of some dogs?

Some dogs don’t know how to have fun.

4)What do you think of Eddie, a hard-working(勤劳) dog or a lazy(懒惰) dog?

He is a lazy dog.

4. Read the dialogue after the teacher

5. Practice & Act out the dialogue

Step Three Welcome to the Unit

1.      T: Now, do you know Eddie’s day well?

Ss: have breakfast—go to sleep---have lunch---go to sleep

2.      T: What about Millie’s day?

3.      Look at the pictures and tell: What does Millie do at different time.

4. Try to do “T” or “F” questions according to the table.

(1)    Mille does morning exercises at 7.30.           (F) ---8am

(2)    Mille has lessons at 8.25 a.m and 1.30 p.m.       (T)

(3)    Mille does after-school activities at 3.30 p.m.          (F) ---4pm

(4)    Mille goes to bed at 10.00pm.                                   (F) ---9.30pm

5. Fill in the blanks:

Millie is a happy girl. She is 12 years old. She studies at Beijing Sunshine Secondary School. She loves her school. She has many friends here.

In the morning, she gets up at 6.30a.m. She _has_ breakfast at 7.00 a.m. Then she goes to school at 7.30a.m. At 8.00 a.m. she does morning exercises. After that, she _has_ lessons at 8.25 a.m.

She _has_ lunch at 11.50a.m. At 1.30 p.m. she _has_ lessons again. She finishes classes at 4p.m. At 4 p.m. she _does_ after-school activities. She goes home at 5pm. She _does_ her homework at 5.30 p.m.

She _eats_ supper at 6.30 p.m. At 7.00 p.m. she _watches_ TV. At 9.30 pm she _goes_ to bed.

6. T: We know Eddie’s day and Millie’s day. What about ourselves?

Please complete the table of “My day”.

You can put “ wake up, have fun, go to sleep…” into it.

7. Talk about your day at school.

8. Language points

9. Translate some phrases

Step Four   Homework

1. Practice the dialogue more after class.

2. Talk about your day at school with your classmates.