Teaching Objectives:

Develop the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Revise the comparison of adjectives.

Be about to express the location.

Properties: Tape recorder, map

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1 Spelling and pronunciation

Give two words   and  , ask Ss to give letter combinations that make the two sounds.

Summarize the pronunciation rules of  and  .

Play the tape for the students to listen and repeat.

Practise the pronunciation of individual sounds and show the students flashcards with more words.

Step 2 Word Puzzle: A “Word Ladder”

Have the students complete the word puzzle ladder in the book.

Step 3 Listening

Play the tape for the students to listen, ask What day is tomorrow? and get the main idea

Play the tape 2nd time: answer questions on Page 110 Check answers

Play the tape 3rd time: Listen and Check again

Step 4 Ask and answer

Showing the students the map, ask What is the name of Bill’s hometown?

Play the tape for the students to listen. Check the answer and find it out on the map.

Teach the word village.

Practise the dialogue in pairs. Have the pairs make up their own dialogue asking about their actual hometown.

Ask friends “Where do you live?” (draw a brief map)

Step 5 Read and learn

Teach the word strong by showing a picture or two boys.

Go through the contents of the box with the class, then have the students talk about their best friend in small groups.

Explain be better than sb. at sth./doing

eg. Dim is better than Irene at spoken English.

Rosy is better than Ariel at playing computer games.

Class 3 is better than class 4 at English.

Step 6 Writing

Have the students work individually and write down what they talked about in their small groups.

They may talk about a favorite sports/singing star.

Step 7 song

Learn a song “The More We Get Together”

Step 8 Exercises in class

Choose the right answer.

1. How many floors ______ the building have?

A. doB. does  C. are D. is

2. There are sixty ______ in an hour.

A. months   B. minutes    C. daysD. weeks

3. A city is ______ than a village.

A. smaller   B. more bigger   C. bigger   D. much smaller

4. Do you know a boy ______ Jill?

A. call     B. name  C. callsD. called

5. Jim is ______ than Lily at fishing.

A. good    B. well   C. better     D. best

6. ______ you study,______ you'll learn.

A. Harder, more    B. The harder, more

C. Harder, the more D. The harder, the more

7. Let me show the place ______ you ______ the map.

A. to, in     B. to, on    C. for, on    D. of, in

8. Which floor do you live ______?

A. onB. at  C. in  D. for

Answers: l. B 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. C 6. D 7. C 8. A

Step 9 Homework

1. Writing: My Best Friend or My Favourite Sports/Singing Star.

2. Finish off the workbook exercises..