第二册Unit 4 How do you get to school?

Activity 1
　　1. Lead-in: (Slide 1—6 )
　　(1) Revise kinds of transportation using pictures on TV:
　　--bike / motorbike / bus / train / taxi / subway / plane / car / jeep / ship
　　--walk ( on foot )
　　(2) Revise the sentences below by asking and answering with Ss:
　　--How do you get to school?
　　--How does he / she get to school?
　　--How do they get to school?( Ask the Ss who ride their bikes to school
　　to put up their hands. )
　　2. Present the pictures of Jili Middle School and my home, then say: (Slide7)
　　I usually take a taxi to school.
　　It takes about / around 15 minutes.
　　3. Next, lead to the model:
　　A: How do you get to school?
　　B: I take a taxi to school.
　　A: How long does it take?
　　B: It takes about / around 15 minutes.
　　And then read and practice after the teacher.
　　4. Explain ‘ minute’ and ‘ around’ using simplified clocks on the Bb.
　　5. Write down the conversation below when the teacher is making a survey:
　　T: How do you get to school?
　　S: I take the bus / walk /…to school.
　　T: How long does it take?
　　S: It takes about / around 5/15/…minutes.
　　6. Groupwork.
　　7. Act out.
　　Activity 2 ( Listening )
　　1.( Section A, 2a ) Lead the Ss to go through the kinds of transportation
　　and listen, then check some of them that they hear.
　　2. Check with the Ss.
　　3. ( Section A 2b ) Listen again and match the time with the kinds of transp-
　　ortation in 2a.
　　4. Practice and check.
　　Activity 3
　　1. Remind the Ss to be on time for school.
　　2. Lead the Ss to have a look at the children in the countryside, then elicit the
　　answer to the question from Ss: (Slide 8 )
　　How do they get to school?
　　3. ( Slide 9—10 )Play a guessing game, and then ask the Ss to discuss the two singers ( Zhou Jielun and Cai Yilin ) with their partners and talk about
　　their opinions. 
　　Homework
　　Make a survey according to the chart below:
　　Who How  How long Where
　　… … … … … … … …
　　Writing on the Bb:
　　Revision                            New items:
　　1.How do you get to school?            A: How do you get to school?
　　I ride my bike.                     B: I ride my bike / take the …
　　2. How does he / she get to             A: How long does it take?
　　school?                           B: It takes 15 / 20 /… minutes.
　　3. How do they get to school?
　　They ride their bikes.