Module 4 My everyday life.Unit 1 What day is it today?Ⅰ. Analysis of the text:In this text students will learn how to ask and answer “What day is it today?”, “What’s the weather like today?” , “What’s your favourite sports?”.Ⅱ. Arrangement of teaching in this moduleThree periods for this module, one period for one unit.Ⅲ. Teaching focus:1. Students will comprehend and produce the sentence structures.2. Students will learn about activities and the weather .and some sentences about them.3. Students will successfully request information about activities and the weather .and can talk about their activities the like.4. Key vocabulary and phrases:day, today, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, yesterday, birthday, favourite, spring, summer, autumn, winter, warm, hot, cool, cold, weather, like, basketball, football, swimming, table tennis, sport, let, us, let’s=le t us, play, after, school, idea5. Key structures:1) What’s your favourite sport?2) Do you like watching television?3) Can you speak English?4) What’s the weather like in summer?6. Be skilled in oral expression of asking and answering everyday life.Ⅳ. Teaching aims:1. Listening: To understand the listening parts in the text about activities and the weather.2. Speaking: To master the sentence structures and practice.3. Reading: To know something about activities and the weather.4. Writing: Write a composition about “ My favourite sport”Ⅴ. Teaching Procedures:Step 1 Lead in:Step 1 Lead in:1. Review English expression of colours.2. Show some pictures by PPT, ask and answer “What colour is it?”.3. Ask and answer. What day is it today?4. Learn new words: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Thursday, Friday, SaturdayStep 2 Vocabulary study:1. Show some pictures by PPT.2. Ask and answer: What day is it today?3. Learn the new words.4. Read the new words.Step 3 Listen and read.1. Play the recording and ask the students to listen.2. Ask the students to read the conversation silently.3. Play the recording and ask the students to listen and read the conversation.4. Read the conversation together.5. Act it out.Step 4 Work in pairs.Monday—Good morning, class. What day is it today?—It’s Monday.—Yes, it’s Monday. Write it in your book.—M-O-N-D-A-Y, Monday.—What day is it tomorrow?—Tuesday.—Yes, tomorrow is Tuesday.Step 5 Listen and repeat.1. Ask the students to look through the table in Activity2.2. Play the recording and ask the students to listen.3. Listen and repeat.4. Now point, ask and answer.What day is it? It’s …5. Work in pairs.Step 6 Read and match.1. Ask the students to look through the sentences in Activity 3.2. Match the sentences.1 Today is Wednesday. What day is it tomorrow? a) Sunday.2 Today is Friday. What day is it tomorrow? b) Tuesday.3 Today is Monday. What day is it tomorrow? c) Thursday.4 Today is Saturday. What day is it tomorrow? d) Saturday.5. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer. Keys: 1. c 2. d 3. b 4. aStep 7 Work in pairs.1. Ask and answer like this.—Today is … What day is it tomorrow?—It’s …Step 8 Listen and write.1. Play the recording of Activity 5.2. Listen and write.1. ________________ 5 .________________2. ________________ 6. ________________3 .________________ 7. ________________4. ________________3. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer.Step 9 Write.1. Ask the students to read the words in Activity 6.2. Complete the table in Activity 6.1 What ____________ is it today?2 Today is Tuesday. Tomorrow is ___________.3 Thursday, Friday, ____________4 ___________, Monday, Tuesday.5 It’s Wednesday today. Tomorrow is ________3. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer.Keys: 1. day 2. Wednesday 3. Saturday 4. Sunday 5. Thursday Step 10 Work in pairs.1. Ask and answer like this.A: What day is it today?B: It’s …A: What day is it tomorrow?B: It’s …A: My favourite day is… What day is your favourite day?B: It’s …2. Work in pairs.Unit 2 What’s the weather like?Step 1 Lead in:1. Review the text of Unit 1.2. Show some pictures, ask the students to look at the pictures, then talk something about the pictures.3. Introduce the new words.Step 2 Vocabulary study:1. Show some pictures by PPT.2. Ask and answer:What’s the weather like today?3. Learn the new words.4. Read the new words.Step 3 Listen and repeat.1. Ask the students to read the words in Activity 1 silently.2. Play the recording and ask the students to listen and read the words.① spring ② summer ③autumn ④ winter⑤ warm ⑥ hot ⑦ cool ⑧ coldStep 4 Listen and match.1. Ask the students to look at the pictures in Activity2.2. Read the words in Activity 2 silently.1. It’s cool in autumn.2. It’s hot in summer.3. It’s cold in winter4. It’s warm in spring.3. Look through the words in Activity1.① spring ② summer ③autumn ④ winter⑤ warm ⑥ hot ⑦ cool ⑧ cold4. Play the recording and ask the students to listen and read the words.5. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer.Step 5 Listen and point.1. Ask the students to look at the pictures in Activity 3.2. Ask and answer like this:1) —What’s the weather like in spring?—It’s warm.2) —What’s the weather like in winter?—It’s cold.3) —What’s the weather like in autumn?—It’s cool.4)—Wha t’s the weather like in summer?—It’s hot.3. Listen again and say.4. Work in pairs.Step 6 Write.1. Ask the students to read the words in Activity 6.2. Fill in the blanks in Activity 5.1.—What’s the ____________ like in London in autumn?—It’s cool.2.—What’s the weather _____________ in New York in __________?—It’s cold.3.—_____________________ in Hong Kong in summer?—It’s hot.4.—_____________________ in Beijing in spring?—__________________3. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer. Keys: 1. weather 2. like, winter 3. What’s the weather like4. What’s the weather like, It’s warm4. Now listen and check.Step 7 Work in pairs.1. Show a map of China. Talk about the weather.2. Ask and answer like this.—What’s the weather like in Harbin in winter?—It’s cold.3. Work in pairs.Unit 3 What’s your favourite sport?Step 1 Lead in:1. Review the text of Unit 1 and2.2. Show some pictures, ask the students to look at the pictures, then talk something about the pictures.3. Introduce the new words.1. basketball2. football3. swimming4. table tennisStep 2 Vocabulary study:1. Show some pictures by PPT.2. Ask and answer:What’s your favourite sport?3. Learn the new words.4. Read the new words.Step 3 Listen and number.1. Ask the students to look at the pictures in Activity2.2. Read the words in Activity 1.3. Play the recording and ask the students to listen and number.4. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer.Keys: b d a cStep 4 Listen and read.1. Ask the students to look at the pictures in Activity 3.2. Talk something about the pictures.3. Play the recording and ask the students to listen.4. Ask the students to read the conversation silently.5. Play the recording and ask the students to listen and read the conversation.6. Read the conversation together.Tony : What’s your favourite sport, Daming?Daming: Football!Tony: It’s my favourite sport too!Daming: Let’s play football after school.Tony: OK. Good idea!Betty: What’s your favourite sport, Lingling?Lingling: Swimming.Betty: I like swimming too.Lingling: Let’s go swimming on Wednesday.Betty: OK.7. Act it out.Step 5 Read and number.1. Ask the students to read the sentences in Activity 4.2. Read and number.a) What’s your favourite sport? □b) Let’s play basketball after school.□c) OK. Good idea!□d) Basketball! □e) I like basketball, too. □Keys: a1 b4 c5 d2 e33. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer.4. Listen again and check.Step 6 Write.1. Read the words in Activity 5.basketball football swimming table tennis2. Complete the table.3. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer.Keys: go swimming play basketball play football play table tennis Step 7 Work in pairs.1. Ask and answer like this.—What’s your favourite sport?—…—Let’s … this afternoon.—OK...2. Work in pairs.Step 8 Listen and write.1. Play the recording and ask the students to listen.2. Fill in the blank.A: What’s ___________________ sport?B: I like ______________.A: Let’s ____________.B:. OK.____________.3. Now listen again and check.Keys: your favourite swimming go swimming Let’s go。
