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Unit 4 My day
The first period Comic strip+ Welcome to the unit
Teaching aims and demands:
1. To talk about routines and activities.
2. To respond to questions about daily life.
Teaching methods:
1. Free talk.
2. Listening, reading, saying, practicing.
3. Teaching with pictures and by multimedia.
4. Work in pairs.
Teaching important points:
1. Words and phrases study.
2. To talk about Millie’s day.
Teaching difficult points:
To talk about students’ own activities.
Teaching procedure:
Step1. Free talk
1. Talk about the activities we often do in a day with students.
2. Present some pictures and talk about some more activities.

Step2. Presentation
Present pictures about Hobo and Eddie. Ask students to listen and answer.
l Does Eddie get up late?
l What are Eddie’s favourite activities?
l What does Hobo think of some dogs?
l What do you think of Eddie, a hardworking dog or a lazy dog?
Step3. Practice
1. Listen and repeat the dialogue.
2. Work in pairs, then act it out.
3. Talk about Eddie’s day according to the dialogue.
get up have breakfast go to sleep have lunch go to sleep
Step 4. Presentation
1. Present some pictures and talk about some activities.

get up eat breakfast do morning exercises eat lunch

have lessons do after-school activities watch TV
2. Present words and phrases and learn them.
3. Present Millie’s activities and understand some phrases.
Step5. Practice
1. Present Millie’s day and ask students to make a dialogue like this:
A: When does Millie usually get up?
B: She usually gets up at 6:30.
A: When does Millie usually go to bed?
B: She usually goes to bed at 9:30.
2. Ask students to talk about their activities in a day in groups of four, and fill in the form on P43.
Step 6. Consolidation
Ask students to give a talk about your activities in a day with the phrases they have learned in class.
Step 7. Summary
Useful expressions:
l want to do sth. 想做某事
l get up 起床
l eat breakfast / lunch / supper 吃早饭/午饭/晚饭
l have lessons 上课
l go to bed 上床睡觉
l do after-school activities 做课外活动
l do morning exercises 做早操
l When does she usually get up?
l She usually gets up at …
l It’s time …该……
Step 8.Homework:
1. Remember the new words and expressions in this lesson.
2. Tell your e-friend about your schoollife and complete a happiness chart for the E-friendship Club’s website.

Handwriting:
Unit 4 My day
(The first period)
Eddie’s day Millie’s day My day
get up get up eat breakfast
have breakfast go to school
go to sleep do morning exercises
have lunch have lessons have lunch
go to sleep do after-school activities
go home do homework
watch TV go to bed
Language points:
l It’s time for sth./to do sth.
l How to have fun
l Do morning exercises
l Do after-school activities

Feedback:
1. What students have got: Students learn to talk about daily activities step by step from Eddie’s day to Millie’s day to My day. It’s easy for students to learn to talk about their activities in this way.
2. What to improve: Try to let students learn with books closed and it’s better to offer students real situations. Create more chances to let students communicate with each other.
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