Unit 5 Our School Life
Topic 1 How do you usually come to school?
Section A needs 1 period. Section A需用1课时。
The main activities are 1a and 2a. 本课重点活动是1a和2a。
Ⅰ. Aims and demands目标要求
1.(1) Learn some means of transportation:
by bike, by subway, by bus, on foot, by plane, by car, by train, by ship, by boat
(2) Learn other new words and phrases:
gate, the same to, come on, go to school, Ms., grandmother, group
2. Learn adverbs of frequency:
often, usually, always
3. Review the present simple tense.
—Do you often come to school by bike?
—Yes. I do./No, I don’t.
4. Talk about how to go to school.
—How do you usually come to school?
—I usually come to school by subway./I always come to school by bus.
Ⅱ. Teaching aids 教具
录音机/交通工具的模型/图片
Ⅲ. Five-finger Teaching Plan 五指教学方案
Step 1 Review 第一步复习(时间:5分钟)
复习日常用语并呈现1a内容。
Ⅳ.疑点探究
本课我们学习了介词by表示“用，靠；通过，借助于(方式、手段)”时的用法。如：by car, by plane, by ship等。
用来表示交通方式的介词还有in和on。如：in a car, on a bus等。此时交通工具前要加限定词。但on foot意为“步行；走”。foot前不需任何限定词，foot也不能用复数。(建议：教师可在总结课上或练习课上补充。)
Section B needs 1 period. Section B需用1课时。
The main activities are 1a and 2a. 本课重点活动是1a和2a。
Ⅰ. Aims and demands 目标要求
1. Learn some new words and phrases:
weekday, early, bird, catch, walk, ride, park, do (on e’s) homework, watch TV, television
2. (1)Go on learning adverbs of frequency:
seldom, never, sometimes
(2)Review the present simple tense.
I always get up at about six o’clock.
Li Xiang often comes to school by bike.
3. Go on learning adverbs of frequency and means of transportation in different expressions.
(1) I seldom walk to school.
I never go to school by subway.
(2) —How does Maria go home?
—She sometimes goes home by subway. / She sometimes takes the subway home.
4. Encourage the students to be diligent.
The early bird catches the worm.
Ⅱ. Teaching aids 教具
Section C needs 1 period. Section C需用1课时。
The main activities are 1a, 2 and 3. 本课重点活动是1a, 2和3。
Ⅰ. Aims and demands目标要求
1. (1) Learn other words of frequency:
once, twice
(2) Learn other new words and phrases:
life, American, or, few, have lunch, at school, day, have a rest, play, basketball, football, go swimming, and so on, ball, more, talk, game, listen to, music, read, library, must, first, week, every
2. Learn how to express frequency.
How often do you go to the library?
Once/Twice/Three times a week./Very often./Every day./Seldom …
3. Talk about the daily activities.
play soccer, play basketball, read books, go swimming, go fishing, listen to music, watch TV, do one’s homework, go to the park, m eet friends, cook, go to the zoo
4. Learn about the differences of the school life between American students and Chinese students.
Topic 2 He is running on the playground.
Section A needs 1~2 periods. Section A需用1~2课时。
The main activities are 1a, 2a and 3. 本课重点活动是1a, 2a和3。
Ⅰ. Aims and demands目标要求
1.(1) Learn the names of school buildings:
playground, gym, dormitory, lab, computer room, dining hall, classroom building, swimming pool
