Language Focus:

1.       Functional and notional items

Ask about how long somebody has done something

2.       Language materials

Words: suppose, riddle

Phrases: all one’s life

Sentences: The more trees, the better

Grammar: The difference between the past indefinite tense and the present perfect tense

Teaching Objectives

1. Learn to talk about how long somebody has done something

2. Try to understand the whole lesson and read it fluently, the pronunciation and intonation should be right.

3.    Master the following materials as 4 skills

Words: suppose

Sentences:

The more trees, the better

How long has she worked there?

She’s worked there for…\since…

4.    Master the following materials as 1 skill

Word: riddle

Properties: Recorder; Overhead Projector; Pictures

Teaching Procedures:

I. Showing aims

Get the students to know what they will learn in this lesson and what they will do in this class:

1. To master some useful expressions.

2.To learn the dialogue and act out the dialogue.

3.To use the Present Perfect Tense freely.

II. Revision

1. Check the homework

2. Revise the passage of Lesson 10. Ask: What have you done to the environment? Have you done anything to harm the environment? What have you done to protect the environment? Help the students answer correctly. Then ask: How can you make our world more beautiful? Get several students to give their own idea.

III. Presentation

Present this dialogue:

A: Have you been a teacher?

B: Yes, I have.

A: How long have you been a teacher?

B: Two weeks.

First get the students to practise in pairs, then make similar dialogues.

IV. Presentation

   Part 1. Listen and answer: 

What has Ling Feng gone to do?

Why should we plant more trees?

When will Mike plant trees?

Will Jim go together?

Read and Learn

*leave sth. somewhere 把某物落在某地

 leave it on my desk

*go with sb. to do sth. 和某人一起去做某事

*The more trees, the better.

 Eg. The harder we study, the better we will do in our lessons.

= If we study harder, we will do better in our lessons.

The colder the weather is, the worse it will be.

= If the weather is colder, it will be worse.

The more interesting the story is, the more popular it will be.

= If the story is more interesting, it will be more popular

*suppose 假如，假设

eg. I suppose you will come.

I don’t suppose he can do it. 否定时要把否定提到前面主句

*tell me the time

Read the dialogue and ask some students to act it in class

V. Practice

Have the students practise the dialogues in pairs, then ask some pairs to act out the dialogue in front of the class.

VI. Read and answer

Have you ever planted trees since you came to our school?  S1:

How long have you been at this school?  S1:

How about your brother \father\sister?  S2:

Has he ever planted trees?  S2:

Where does he worked\studied? S2:

How long has he been there? S2:

Ask and answer in pairs

VII. Guessing games

Get the students to guess the riddles. If time permits, do it in class, if there is no time, do it after class.

VIII. Workbook

Do Exercise I in class. Have the students do it individually, then check with the whole class. First, Do Exercise 2 orally, then write down the sentences.

IX.  Homework

Finish off the exercises in the workbook.