Period 4
Vocabulary
Teaching aims and demands:
1. Learn about the school subjects.
2. Review and learn the adjective nouns about people’s opinion.
3. Grasp the opposites of the adjective nouns.
Teaching difficulties and importance:
1. Grasp the new words such as art, geography, language, PE, science, useful, unimportant, useless, unpopular and so on.
2. Can give opinion on different school subjects.
Teaching preparation:
Computer and the timetable
Teaching steps:
Step I. Lead in
Ask some questions about the reading.
Ask 2-4 students to sum up John and Nancy’s school lives.
Step II. Pre-task
Task 1 T: We know John’s favorite subject is Home Economics. Because he likes cooking and sewing. What’s your favorite subject?
S: Chinese, Math, English, PE……
Look at the pictures and teach the Ss the new words:
Ask: What class is it? What can you learn from each subject?(Teacher can give a table.)
Art You can draw and paint pictures.
Computer Studies
Geography
History
Home Economics
Languages
PE
Science
Task2 Finish Part A on Page 27.
Step III. While-task
Task 1 Some adjective words to show one’s opinion on different school subjects.
T: I think Home Economics is very interesting, but History is very boring.
What do you think of the subjects?
Is the Art lesson very easy/difficult/important/unimportant/useful/useless?
S: Yes, it’s……/I think……
Point out: useful careful unimportant unpopular useless careless
Encourage the Ss to say more words like this.
Task 2 Finish Part B on Page 27.
Step IV. Post-task
Fill in the blankets with the right forms.
1. The song is _________(popular) now, but I still like it.
2. I like Daniel because he can tell ___________(interest) stories.
3. The bus left 5 minutes ago. It’s _______(use) to run to the stop.
4. What a ______(bored) book. I can’t read it any more.
5. It is ___________(important). We don’t need to go there.
Step V. Homework
1. Remember the new words.
2. Finish the exercises.