Unit5Lesson14MyFirstDay（第一課時(shí)）

LessonFocus

?Feelings,opposites

?Simplepasttense(regularverbs)

?Talkingaboutyourfirstdayofschool.Wordswiththesounds/h/and/j/

Warmup

Exercise1

Purpose:tohelpstudentsknowwordstoexpressfeelings

Directstudentstothephoto.Ask"Whatdoyouthinkishappeninginthephoto?"Ifnecessary,directstudentstotheLessontitleandelicitIt'sherfirstdayofschool.Ask"Doyourememberyourfirstdayofschool?"Elicityesorno.Ifyoufeelyourstudentsareready,youmayskipthisstep.

DirectstudentstotheKeyWords.Say"LookattheKeyWords.Thesearewordswecanusetoexpressourfeelings".Readeachwordaloud,actingout,dramatically,eachfeelingasyoureadit.ThenhavestudentsrepeattheKeyWordsafteryou.Toconfirmmeaning,actoutafeeling,forexample,afraid,andask"HowdoIfeel?"Elicitafraid.FollowthisprocedurewiththeotherKeyWords.YoumayalsousethePictureDictionaryonpage113,Feelings,toteachtheKeyWords.

Say"Onmyfirstdayofschool,Iwas[excited].Whatwasyourfirstdayatschoollike?Howdidyoufeel?"ReadtheExamplealoud,orhaveastudentreadit.Havestudentsgetintosmallgroupsoffourorfive.Havethemdoa"roundrobin"activity,whereastudentaskstheclassmatetohisorherrightWhatwasyourfirstdayatschoollike?Thatstudentanswersandthenasksthestudentonhisotherright.Continueuntilallstudentshaveaskedandansweredthequestion.Monitorasstudentsaskandanswerthequestions,offeringhelpasneeded.Checkstudents'pronunciationoftheKeyWords.

Haveafewstudentstelltheclasswhatsomeoftheirgroupmemberssaidabouttheirfirstdayofschool.Findouthowmanystudentswereafraid,angry,excited,etc.

Iftimeallows,doWorkbookpage95,Exercise1.Alternately,assignforhomework.

Expansion:Don'tStop!

Note:Usetheseactivitiestogivestudentsmorepractice.

Activity1:Havestudentstalkabouttheirfeelingsforother"firsts",forexample,theirfirstdayofsummercamp,theirfirstdayofsecondaryschool,theirfirsttriptoaspecialplace.EncouragestudentstousetheKeyWords.

Activity2;HaveyourstudentstaketurnsactingoutthefeelingsintheKeyWords,eitheringroupsorinfrontoftheclass.Haveotherstudentsguessthefeelings

Reading

Exercise2

Purpose:tohelpstudentsmatchstorieswithcorrectendings

Directstudentstothespeechballoons.Say"Readthefirststoryquickly.Whatfeelingsareinstory1thatdescribetheboy'sfirstdayatschool?"Encouragestudentstoscanthereadingquickly,justtogetthespecificinformation.Whenthey'vefinished,askagain"Whatfeelingsareinstory1thatdescribetheboy'sfirstdayatschool?"Elicitnervous,afraid.Thensay"Readthesecondstoryquickly.Whatfeelingsareinstory2?"Encouragestudentstoscanthereadingquickly,justtogetthespecificinformation.Whenthey'vefinished,askagain"Whatfeelingsareinstory2?"Elicitexcited,nervous.Ifyoufeelyourstudentsareready,youmayskipthisstep.

Directstudentstothetextintheblueboxes.Givethemafewmomentstoreadthetext.Thensay"Readandmatchthestorieswiththecorrectendings".Monitorasstudentsread,offeringhelpasneeded.Ifstudentsneedsupport,youmayhavethemworkinpairstomatchtheendingstothestories.

Whenstudentshavefinishedreading,say"Nowlistenandcheck".Playtherecording,pausingafterthefirststoryifnecessary.Playthestoriesagainifnecessary.

Goovertheanswers,havingstudentssaythemaloud.

Answers

Story1:endingb;Story2:endinga

Exercise3

Purpose:tohelpstudentsanswerquestionsbasedonatext

Directstudentstothequestions.Readthemaloudorhaveastudentreadthem.Thensay"Readthestoriesagain.Answerthequestions".Monitorasstudentsreadandanswerthequestions,offeringassistanceasneeded.Ifstudentsneedsupport,havethemworkinpairs.

Goovertheanswers,havingindividualstudentssaythemaloud.Checkstudents'pronunciationoftheKeyWords.

Answers

1.No,hewasn't.(Hewasexcited.)

2.Ben'smumsaidshelookedverykindandsmiled.ButBendidn'tsayawordtoher.

3.Yes.Forexample,MotherremembersthatwhenBencried,shewalkedbackandchecked.Bendoesn'trememberthat.

Vocabulary

Exercise4

Purpose:tohelpstudentsfindoppositesinthetext

Directstudentstothewords.Readthemaloud.ThendirectstudentstothereadinginExercise2.Say"Readthestoriesagain.Findtheoppositeofthewordsinthetext".Monitorasstudentslookfortheopposites.Ifstudentsneedsupport,havethemworkinpairs.

Goovertheanswers,havingindividualstudentssaythepairsaloud.

Answers

1.remember;2.quiet;3.laughed;4.started;5.sad

Expansion:Don'tStop!

Note:Usethisactivitytogivestudentsmorepractice.Havestudentsgrouptheoppositesbypartsofspeech:verbs:remember,laughed,started;adjectives:quiet,sad.Challengethemtotrytoeupwithotheropposites,forexample,theadjectivesfromLesson13.Otheradjectivesstudentsmayknowarefast≠slow,good≠bad,healthy≠unhealthy,hot≠cold,sunny≠cloudy.Someverbstheymayknowaree≠go,give≠take,sit≠stand,love≠hate.

Grammar:Simplepasttense(regularverbs)

Exercise5

Purpose:tohelpstudentspleteatablewithregularpasttenseverbs

DirectstudentstothestoriesinExercise2.

Ask"Dothestoriestalkaboutsomethinghappeningnoworsomethinginthepast?"Elicitinthepast.Ifyoufeelyourstudentsareready,youmayskipt