Unit One  How often do you exercise?

Section A

Period  Two

By Susan at Lizhai Junior High

Learning Aims

1)    Make sure that the students can use the target language correctly and fluently

What do you usually do on weekends?

I usually surf the internet and do my homework.

How often do you surf  the internet?

I sometimes surf the internet. I surf the internet twice a week.

Most of the students do homework every day.

2)    Make sure that we can use the adverbs and adverbial phrases correctly.

Kitty often goes shopping.   Kitty goes shopping four times a week.

3)    Make them clear about the use of “ hard”, “hardly” “ hardly ever” “can hardly” “how often” “how many times” and “ how long”

Ability Goal

To train the students ability of teamwork and language expression

Learning difficulties 

Aim 1 and Aim 3

Learning methods

Discover method           Communicative approach

Task based language approach

Learning steps

Step 1. Organization and revision

Use a game to revise all the key phrases in Section A

exercise         go skateboarding      go to the movies

read books     surf the internet   watch TV

go shopping     do homework

Step 2. Task One (任务一)

Suppose you are a reporter for a magazine, your editor wants you to find out what students usually do on weekends. Can you make a survey in your group and then do a report in front of class?

  E,g  A:   What do you usually do on weekends, Jim ?

       B:   I usually play soccer and do homework.

       …

  A report, you may begin like this:

 Hello, everyone. We did a survey about what activities we usually do on weekends . Here are the results. …

Step 3  Task Two （任务二）

The editor thinks you did a good job. Now he gives you a challenging task. He wants you to find out how often students in your class do these activities. Can you interview at least three students in your class and then make a report in front of the class?

A:  Hello, Ben. How often do you surf the internet?

        B:  I surf the internet once or twice a week.

                …

A report, you may begin like this:      

 Hello, everyone. We interviewed some students in our class about how often they do these activities. Here are the results.……( It’s best if you can use  all students…, some students…, most student…, No student…,etc.)

Step 4. Task Three（任务三）

    I have trouble in learning English, I need your help.

  你能正确区分hardly 和 hard 吗？

            你知道hardly ever和 can hardly 的意义吗？

            怎样区别疑问词How often, how many times 和how long?

Challenge One

Choose the right answer

1.         Jim is really tired. He can ______  move on.

2.         Jim is a good teacher. He works very _______

3.         Jim ______ ever eats outside. He usually eats at home.

4.         This math problem is too _______, Jim can’t work it out.

(   hardly              hard     )

Challenge Two

Change these sentences to questions.

1.      They visit their grandparents twice a month.

2.      They visited their grandparents twice last month.

3.      They watched TV (for) two hours last weekend.

4.      Our classroom is twelve meters long.

Step 5  Summary