教学目标：

（一）知识目标

1. To learn how to meet and describe people.

2. To learn to guess the meaning of new vocabulary according to the context.

3. To learn to understand the whole meaning of the text by asking and answering some questions.

（二）技能目标

1. To use pair work to study new words .

2. To use scanning and skimming to improve their reading ability.

3. To use tasks to train students’ cooperative habits.

（三）情感目标

To learn to be friendly to other people.

教学重点：

How to teach new vocabulary efficiently in class.

教学难点：

To use different ways to let most of the students be interested in reading and learn how to read.

教学过程：

一、Warm-up

1. Revision about the words and their explanation. （competition）

want to=would like to like…better than=prefer…to

be good at= does well in well-known= famous

very small= tiny not safe= dangerous

have a good time= enjoy oneself though= although

not…any longer= no longer make sick people better=doctor

二、Pre-reading preparation

1. Introduce two new characters appeared in the cartoon.

The boy is called Hi, do you know why ? Because he is high or tall. The robot is called Lo,because he is low or short.

We wiil meet them in every chapter. They will make some jokes or puns and tell us what we will learn in this chapter.

2. Look at the picture in the cartoon and read the dialogue between the two characters. （pair work）

3. Learn to use English to explain the meaning of pen-friend= someone you write letters to as a hobby.

4. Discuss the meaning of cartoon and share opinions. （they can use Chinese to explain when necessary）

5. summarize the cartoon: Hi and Lo are thinking of the meaning of Pen-friend in two different ways. The boy is thinking of the meaning we have just learned—someone you write letters to, but Lo is thing of a friend who is a pen. That’s funny, isn’t it?

6. Read the dialogue in groups and ask: what is the topic of this chapter?—Pen-friend.

三、While-reading procedure

1. One thing which we often write about in a letter to pen-friends is sports. Can you tell the names of various sports?

2. Look at the exercise 1 on P2. Look at the picture and match them with their names.

rugby—橄榄球， hocky-- 曲棍球

3. Read them and discuss which sport is your favorite sport, why?

4. Take a look at the text and tell why it is a letter and not a story or a poem.

Introduce the normal formats of writing an English letter.

Do Exercise B Look and think: explain the meaning of any words in this exercise: title（标题）， signature（签名）， greeting（问候语）， top right corner（右上角）。

5. Tick the things that you can see in this text. Check answers together.

四、Post-reading activity

Listen to the recording and do Exercise B2, when listening is finished, the exercise should be done as well.

五、Assignment

1. Listen to the recording twice.

2. Copy new vocabulary.

3. Write three reasons about your favorite sport.