Language Focus:

1.Using the simple present tense to express simple truth.

2.Using the present continuous tense to describe an action what is taking place at the time of speaking.

3.Using predicative adjectives to describe animals.

Main and difficult points:

1.Using the simple present tense to express simple truth.

2.Using the present continuous tense to describe an action what is taking place at the time of speaking.

3.Using predicative adjectives to describe animals.

Procedures

Contents

Methods

Purpose

Pre-task Preparation

Warming-up

Revision

Sing a song

Say something about the weather, month and season

复习旧的知识,引出新的知识。

While-task Procedure

Read a story

Learn the sound

1Tell the students that they are going to read a story about how the different seasons can bring about wonderful changes in nature.

2Play the recording Read a story. The students listen and follow in their books.

3Invite different groups to report back to the rest if the class. The students then colour the pictures.

4Working in groups, the students identify each of the pictures in the Table in Read and tick on page 43. Then they take turns to read the words.

5Ask the groups to look through the story for each of the words and to tick under the picture that the word relates to.

6Invite the groups to report back while the rest of the class checks their answers.

1Play the recording. The students listen and follow in their books.

2Play the recording again, the students listen and repeat.

培养学生综合运用语言的能力。

学习语音规则,帮助学生根据读音规则来认读单词。

Post-task activities

Written

1. Workbook page 31.

2. Workbook page 32.

3. Distribute drawing paper to each group.

培养书面语言的能力。

Assignment

Practice Book 4B, page 38, 39 and 40

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