Language Focus:

Words: province, enjoyable, rush, rail, railway, lively, comfortable, scenery, offer, magazine, practise, moving, click

Phrases: all kinds of,  keep doing something

2. Grammar: The Object Clause.

He says that he wants to speak to the headmaster.

He says that he won't be free until tomorrow.

Teaching objectives

1.    Read the passage and try to answer the questions in WB Ex 1

2.    Read the passage fluently and the pronunciation should be right.

3.    Master the following materials as 4skills:

Words: province, enjoyable, rush, rail, railway, lively, comfortable, scenery, offer, magazine, practise, moving

Phrases: all kinds of,  keep doing something

3 skills: word: click

Properties: Recorder, Overhead Projector, Pictures

Teaching Procedures:

1.       Organization of the class

Talk about Jim’s travel

II. Revision

1. Oral

That’s very kind of you.

as soon as possible= as soon as one can

except= but

leave a message to sb.

take a message for sb.

2. Revise the Present Perfect Tense. Ask: Have you ever been to Beijing? How long have you been there? See if the students can answer them correctly.

3. Revise how to make a telephone call. Ask the students what they will say in the telephone call, help the students to answer with “Hello.” “Could I speak to…?” “This is…speaking.” “Who’s  that, please?” write them on the blackboard.

4. Do some exercises about the objective clause

III. Presentation

Take out two telephone sets, make a telephone call with the students. Ask one best student to answer the telephone:

T: Could I speak to Mrs Yang, Please?

S: I’m sorry. She isn't in. May I help you?

T: That’s very kind of you. I hope to see her on Friday. Could you take a message for me?

S: Certainly.

T: Many thanks. Goodbye.

S: It’s my pleasure.

Have the students practise in pairs, make sure they can make the dialogue freely.

IV. Listen, read and act

Part 1. Speech Casette. Play the tape for the students to listen, then play the tape again for the students to repeat.

 Have the students read the dialogue in pairs and ask two or three groups to read.

 Ask one group to act out the dialogue.

V. Presentation

 Play games with Polly says the teacher says sentence, then asks one student to repeat it, begin with: Polly says…

T: I want to see Miss Yang.

S1: Polly says that she wants to see Miss Yang.

T: I want to go home as soon as possible.

S2: Polly says that she wants to go home as soon as possible.

T: I will go to Beihai soon.

S3: Polly says that she will go to Beihai soon.

Explain the grammar The Object Clause in Chinese, get the students to understand it.

Do Exercise 2 in the workbook to help the students understand the grammar easily.

VI. Practice

The teacher says a word, have the students ask and answer in pairs. For example:

The teacher says: “The girl is reading English.” The students may ask and answer like:

SA: What does the teacher say?

SB: She says that the girl is reading English.

Say sentences as many as possible, make sure the students can ask and answer correctly.

Part 2. Talk about the dialogue of Part 1. Get the students to work in pairs.

VII. Workbook

Do Exercise 1 in pairs, check with the whole class.

For Exercise 2, work on it as homework.

VIII. Homework

Finish off the exercises in the workbook.