Teaching Plan
U4 My day
Comic strip and welcome to the unit
Teaching aims
By the end of the class, students are expected to
1 Learn to introduce their daily activities and make a simple description of their day.
2 Learn to express time in English accurately.
3 Develop a good life habit and form a healthy lifestyle.
Teaching important points
1 Help students learn how to introduce their daily lives.
2 Help students learn how to express time in English accurately.
Teaching difficult point
Help students learn how to express time in English accurately.
Teaching procedures
Step 1 Warming up
1 Before class, play the song “Happy day”.
2 Watch a short video and list the daily activities mentioned in the video.
3 Review the daily activities mentioned in the video with the students’ body languages.
Step 2 Free talk to help students learn the following new words and structures
1 It’s time to go to school.
It’s time for school.
It’s time to do sth.
It’s time for sth.
2 seldom (pronunciation, meaning, spelling)
3 have fun = have a good time
4 Shall we do sth
Step 3 Learn the dialogue between Millie and her aunt
1 Listen and answer the following two questions.
When does Millie go to school every day
What time does Millie start lessons
2 Read the dialogue after the tape and try to imitate the pronunciation and intonation.
3 Act out the dialogue.
Step4 Learn about time expressions
1 Learn about the two time expressions in the dialogue between Millie and her aunt.
2 Discuss different time expressions using detailed examples.
3 Draw a conclusion about different time expressions.
4 Do some practice about time expressions to consolidate what has been learnt.
Step5 Talk about Millie’s day according to the table on P43.
1 Make a dialogue about Millie’s day according to the table.
2 Act out the dialogue.
Step6 Talk about Eddie’s day
1 Listen to the conversation on P42 and answer the following two questions.
What does Eddie like doing
What do you think of Eddie
2 Fill in the blanks.
3 Think: Why don’t you think Eddie has fun in his life
Who should we learn from, Millie or Eddie Why
Step7 Talk about your own day
1 Choose one of the topics: talk about your weekday or talk about your weekend.
2 Choose one of the forms: make a dialogue with your partner or give a report.
Step8 Summary
1 Think how to spend every day in your life.
2 Sing the song “Happy day” together.