Step

Interaction pattern

Student activity

Teacher activity

Introduction

(5 minutes)

1.The whole class work.

2.Pair work.

3.Individual work.

1.Focus their attention on the teacher.

2.Ask and answer questions in pairs to revise the greeting of new year.

e.g.

A:Hello! Jane! Happy New Year!

B: Hello, Maggie. The same to you. Nice to see you again.

A:Nice to see you, too. What did you do during your winter vacation?

B: I went to Shanghai to visit my grandparents. And you?

A:I went to Hong Kong to visit Disneyland.

B:Great! How did you go there?

A:I went there by bus. How did you go to Shanghai?

B: I went there by plane.

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3.Brainstorming. Try to express the means of transportation as many as you can.

By bus, by train, on foot, by bike, by subway, by car, by plane, by ship, by boat

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1.Get students ready for learning.

2.Help the students to revise the  greetings of new year and lead to the means of transportation.

3.Help the students to learn and revise the means of transportation. Get ready for the next activity in this class.

Presentation

(10 minutes)

Individual work and pair work.

1.Do 1a. Look at the picture in 1a. Ask and answer questions like this:

T: Where are they?

S:They are at the school gate.

T:How does Kangkang often go to school?

S:He goes to school by bike.

T: How about Helen?

S:She often goes to school by subway/underground.

Learn new words of this section, gate, by, subway, underground, etc.

2.Listen to 1a twice individually. Then choose correct answers to fill in the blanks after  listening.

A. by bus

B. by bike

C. on foot

D. by subway/ 

underground Kangkang comes to school _______.

Jane comes to school _______.

Helen comes to school _______.

Michael comes to school _______.

Check the answers with your partners.

Present new words and means of transportation with the help of the picture. Revise the greetings of new year. Play the tape recorder and check the answers.

Consolidation

(10 minutes)

1. Pair work.

2.The whole class work and group work.

1.Do 1b. Read the sentences in 1b and choose the correct one for each picture. Then check the answers with your partners. Discuss with your partners and try to find the rules of means of transportation.

2.Read 1a after the tape. Then practice the conversations in groups of three. Some groups act out the conversations.

1.Help the students to find the rules of means of transportation.

2.Help the students practice their spoken English. Consolidate the means of transportation.

Practice

(10 minutes)

1.Individual work and pair work.

2.Individual work and pair work.

3.Individual work.

4.Group work.

5.Individual work and pair work.

1.Do 2a. Look at the pictures in 2a. Match the pictures with the correct phrases individually. Then check the answers with your partners.

2.Listen to 2b. Match the means of transportation in 2a with the people. Check the answers with your partners.

3.Listen to 2b again and match the names with the activities.

A: Mr. Zhang

  Kangkang

  Ms. Black

  Jane’s uncle

  Miss Gao

  Ellen

  Zhao Lin

  Mr. Brown

  Wu Hui

B: go to school

  go to work

  go to Wuhan

  go to Shanghai

  go to Nanjing

  go fishing

  go home

Then try to use the names, the activities, and the means of transportation to make up sentences.

e.g.

Mr. Zhang often goes to Shanghai by plane.

Kangkang usually goes to school by bike.

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4.Do 3a. Divide the class into nine groups. Every group reads one group of words. Discuss in groups and find the rules  of sounds about e,ea/ee,ea,ei,d,dge by yourselves. Then one student in each group reads out the sound and teaches the sound to the whole class. Then the whole class listen to the tape recorder and check the sounds. Finally, read the sounds and words aloud after the tape.

5.Do 3b. Try to read the words in 3b. Circle the words with the sound /1/ or /e/ individually. Then listen to the tape and check the answers with your partners.

1.Check the answers.

2.Play the tape recorder. Check the answers.

3.Play the tape recorder. Let students make up sentences by themselves.

4.Play the tape recorder and help the students check the sounds. Correct their sounds while they are reading.

5.Play the tape recorder. Check the answers.

Production

(10 minutes)

1.Group work.

2.Group work.

1.Sit in groups of four. Do a survey about how your group members often go to school.

Then one student in each group reports the result to the whole class.

e.g.

In our group, A often goes to school by bike. B often goes to school by bus. C often goes to school on foot. D often goes to school by subway.

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2.Make up new conversations with the structures and the means of transportation you have learned in this section. Then some groups act out the conversations.

e.g.

A: Happy New Year!

B: The same to you. Nice to see you again. 

A: Nice to see you, too.

B: Do you go to school by bike?

A: Yes. What about you? How do you often go to school?

B: I usually go to school on foot. My home is near our school.

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1.Make sure the students know how to express the means of transportation.

2.Help the students to use the structures they have learned in Section A to make up new conversations. Students can not only use what they have learned today but also get ready for Section B.

3.Assign the homework:

Review the words and practice the conversations in Section A with your partner；

Make up a new conversation similar to 1a with your partner, talking about means of transportation. Then report it to the class the next day;

Preview Section B.

Teaching reflection：

    在本节课中，学生学会了如何表达日常交通方式，同时也复习了有关新年的问候。但是由于语用习惯的关系，学生在用“by+交通工具”的表达方式时偶尔会出现多了一个冠词的错误表达。因此教师应在学生的口头操练中加以纠正，帮助学生养成正确的语用习惯。

Topic 1   I usually come to school by subway.

Section A

1.—Happy New Year!                        gate           

—The same to you!                        by            

2.—Nice to see you again!                    subway        

—Nice to see you, too.                     underground    

3.—How do you usually come to school?        always                

—I usually come to school by bus/subway...    come on       

                                         on foot