Lesson 4

Lesson 4 Section B

I. Teaching aims and demands : Students practice using the target language.

II. Teaching key and difficult points:

A. Vocabulary original , the same as, in style, nicer, haircut, inexpensive, comfortable

B. Target language

I think Erin should tell her friend to get different clothes.

Friends shouldn’t wear the same clothes.

They are the same as my friend’s clothes.

III. Teaching methods: Audio-lingual methods

IV. Teaching aids: a tape recorder

V. Teaching procedure

Activity 1. Revision

This activity introduces the key vocabulary.

Task 1.Read the instructions in 1a. Ask a student to read the sentences to the class.Read each s entence again and ask the Ss to repeat it. Then explain in their own words that each sentence means.

For example: T: What does original mean?

S1: Different from others. Not the same.

T: Correct. When something is original, it is not like all the others. Can you give an example? S1:My watch doesn’t have numbers on it. It has pictures of faces instead of n umbers. My watch i s original.

T: Correct. It’s not like all the others.

Task 2.Point out the write-in line in front of each sentence. write VI if the statement is very imp ortant to you, write I if the statement is somewhat important to you, and write NI if it is not im portant.

Task 3. Talk about the answers with the class.

Activity 2. Listening

Task 1. Read the instructions. Point to the three items students will be listening for:

Say you will be listening to a radio advice program. People call in for help with a problem and ot her people call up with advice. They will be talking about one of these problems. Please chech th e problem they talk about.

Task 2. Play the recording the first time. Students only listen.

Task 3. Play the recording a second time.Ask the students to put a check in front of these proble ms. Then check the answer.

Activity 3.Listening and writing

A. Listen carefully and fill in the chart with the advice that you hear .Then check the answers .

B. Listen again and fill in the chart. Then check the answers.

Activity 4. Pairwork

Task 1.Read the instructions. Task 2.Ask two students to read the conversation to the class. Task 3. Work with the partners and say what do you think Erin should do.

Ask some pairs of students to say part of their conversation to the class.

Homework 1.Review the vocabulary .2.Write your own conversations about advice.

Lesson 5 Reading and writing

I.Teaching aims and demands :

Students practice the target language by reading and writing.

II. Teaching key and difficult points:

A.Vocabulary except, upset, find out, do wrong, what to do, lonely, argue

B.Target language

What should I do ? You could be more friendly. You should try to be funny.

Everyone else in my class was invited except me. I’m very upset and don’t know what to do.

I just found out that my friends were planning a birthday party for my best friend,…

III. Teaching methods: Audio-lingual methods and Control-writing.

IV. Teaching aids: a tape recorder

V.Teaching procedure

Step 1. Revision Task1. Check the homework. Ask and answer. Task2.Revise the vocabulary. Step 2. Reading and writing

Task 1.Teach these words: except: Everyone has a bike except Jim. Everyone has a bike beside s Jim.

find out: learn, Please find out where they live.

I can’t think what I did wrong.I don’t know what to do.

Task 2. Ask the students to read the instructions.

Task 3. Ask the students to read the letter and underline the problem on their own.

Correct the answers.

Step 3. Writing Task 1. Read the instructions.

Ask a student to say some of the advice they might give. Write the key words on the board. Task 2. Ask the students to write the letters on their own.

Task 3. Ask some students to read their letters to the class.

Step 4. Writing on your own. 1. read the instructions. 2. ask the students to say some problems they might write about. 3. ask some students to read their letters.

Step 5. Groupwork 1.Ask the students to read the instructions. 2. Ask two students to read the dialogue.

3.Ask another pair of students to give their advice for one of the problems.

4.Ask students to complete the work in groups.

5.Ask a few students to share the sample convers ations.

Step 6.Self Check 1.Ask the students to do the exercises on their own .Then check the answers.

1. Read the letter and then write some advice.3.Ask a few students to read their letters of ad vice.

3. Just for fun. Ask two students to read the conversation to the class.

Homework 1.Review the vocabulary . 2.Finish off the writing exercises.

Lesson 6 Reading and writing

I. Teaching aims and demands : Students learn to master the reading skills.

II.Teaching key and difficult points: