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Unit 1 How often do you exercise？
Period One
Teaching Aims:
1. Learn to talk about how often do you do things
2. To learn the words of the adverbs of frequency.
Teaching Difficulties:
1.words: exercise, skateboard, hardly, ever, shop, once, twice, time, surf, internet, program.
2.phrases: how often, on weekends, go to the movies, exercise, go skateboarding, always , usually , often , never , hardly ever , sometimes .
3.Sentence patterns: What does she /he do on weekends She often goes to the movies .How often do you shop Once a week / Twice a week ··· .
Step 1 ：Greeting.
1. Teacher: Summer vacation is over. I think you had a wonderful vacation, am I right Did you enjoy your summer vacation Could you please tell us what you did in your summer vacation
2. Encourage students to share their holidays with the whole class.
(Ask more students in the same way)
Step 2： Make a list of the different weekend activities.
First let students list different activities, then
I usually exercise on weekends.
I often go to visit my grandparents.
I sometimes go shopping on weekends.
I hardly ever play computer games on weekends.
I never play cards on weekends.
Let’s talk about the people in the picture below. What does she do on weekends
Step 3：1b Listen and write the letters from the picture above on the lines below.
Get students to focus on the six adverbs in activity 1b and help students to understand:
Always-100% usually- 90% often-80% sometimes-50% hardly ever-10% never-0%
Step 4： Listening (2a and 2b)
Teacher: My friend Cheng is talking about something about his different activities, let’s listen and number the activities you hear.
Teacher: Listen again. How often does Cheng do the activities above
(Help students to finish 2a and 2b)
Step5: Summery
讲解：注意频率副词在句中有不同的位置.
在 be 动词之后:
I’m usually ill on planes.
Are you usually at home on Monday
He isn’t usually ill on planes.
在实意动词之前:
I usually work on Friday.
I sometimes go to London.
Step 5: Homework
Write a passage about what you often do on weekends and how often you do different activities.