Lesson 4

Note： The aim of Part 1 -Word families is to revise spelling rules as well as English sounds and transcriptions .

Step 1 Revision

Revise the Present Continuous Tense by miming an action. Get the Ss to guess what you are doing： You're flying a kite! You're riding a bike! etc.

Ask some Ss to come and mime other actions for the class to guess .

Step 2 Word families

Write on the board： Lesson Four, the fourth lesson.

SB page 4, Part 1. Speech Cassette Lesson 4. Ss listen and repeat. Note that the letters at the top of each list show the different spellings that are used for each sound. Practise these sounds individually before practising the whole words.

Show the Ss a flashcard and ask them to pronounce the word written on it.

Do Wb Ex. 1. The answers are： short, thank, young, love.

Step 3 Presentation

Get the class to count quickly from 1 to 100, pointing to individual Ss at random and asking them to give the next number in sequence.

Ask questions about the class： How many girls/boys are there in this class? How many Young Pioneers are there? How many students like basketball/ swimming/flying kites? etc.

Step 4 Practice

SB page 4, Part 2. Read through the table with the Ss and ask some questions about it. Then Ss ask and answer in pairs, making up their own questions.

Step 5 Checkpoint 1

Discuss the Grammar section in Checkpoint 1 with the Ss, drilling, giving examples and explaining difficult points when necessary.

Practise the pronunciation of the “useful expressions” and give examples of their use.

Step 6 Test

Give the Ss a short dictation test：

At school, * all the students* are working hard* today. *Lucy and Lily* are cleaning the classroom. *Jim is carrying* some books* in a big box. *Li Lei is putting* his ruler and eraser* in his pencil-box. *What about Polly? * Oh, *Polly is sleeping!

Write the English names： Lucy, Lily, Jim, Polly on the Bb if your Ss find it hard to spell them.

Step 7 Workbook

Wb Lesson 4, Exx. 2-4.

Ex. 2 may be done orally first, and then in writing. Check the answers.

For Ex. 3, get the Ss to fill in the blanks with appropriate words.

Ex. 4 is optional. Read through the dialogue with the Ss. The Ss practise it in pairs. Get some pairs to act it out.

Homework

Finish off the Workbook exercises.

Get Ss to do Ex. 2 in their exercise books.

《Lesson 4》