Note: During this lesson, starting with Step 2 of Revision, the students should be in small groups for the entire lesson. Before you start the lesson, give the students some type of signal so they know when to stop talking in their group and listen to you. This signal could be a clap of the hands or something silly like you saying “hi”and the students replying “ho”.In this way you will get the focused attention of the students when you need to talk to the class as a whole.

1　 Repeat Step 5 in Lesson 78. Instead of an action chain, get the students to work in groups of four so that they have more chances of talking.

2　 Play “Polly Says”but add like this to each command: Polly says stand up like this (stand up with arms folded). Make a tree like this (hold your arms out like a tree), etc. Explain that like this is used to show a person how to do something.

3　 Revise the new verbs in Lesson 78 and add run.

Step 2　 Presentation

1　 Teach high. In small groups of four, have students work together to produce instructions on how to fly a kite. Say Now is a good time to fly a kite. Can you fly a kite? Ask several students, Do you like to fly a kite? Each group will work together to tell me how to fly a kite. You may need to give the instructions in Chinese. There should be at least 5 steps in flying a kite. Make sure the students write their steps in the imperative. For example: 1 Have a friend hold the kite. 2 Run fast. 3 Let go of the kite. 4 Pull on the string. 5 Catch the wind. 6 Have fun! Remember, the instructions may change from group to group. Be sure to walk around the class and give help where needed. You may need to help with some new vocabulary, but that's OK. Don't make the students responsible for knowing special vocabulary other than what is on the list for this lesson.

2　 Ask one person from several groups to read their instructions for the whole class.

Step 3　 Read and act

1　 SB Page 18, Part 1, Speech Cassette Lesson 79. Books closed. Ask Can Ann fly the kite? (No.) Play the tape. Check the answer. Play the tape again. Students listen and repeat.

2　 Explain that Great! means the same as Good! except it is a little stronger feeling of excitement. It is used when something exciting happens (e.g. No homework today.—Great!)

3　 Have the students read the dialogue as a class. The girls read Ann's part and the boys read Ling's part.

4　 Close pair work and open pair work.

Step 4　 Practice

Replace a kite with a model airplane or a frisby. Get the students to make a new dialogue. They should include in their dialogue the phrase, throw it like this instead of run with it like this. The students may also change other parts of the dialogue as they desire.

Step 5　 Make a survey

1　 SB Page 18, Part 2. Read the instructions to the students. However, have the students fill out only the first four spaces, by asking the other students from their own group. Make sure they understand what to do by asking several students What are we doing? (translate into Chinese if necessary). They should answer We ask everyone in our group: what is your favourite sport? (in Chinese) Once you are sure the students understand, let them work in groups to fill out the survey. Walk arou

nd and make sure they are speaking English. Make sure that they are filling out the form themselves, and not just switching papers and everyone is writing their own answers. Remember, this is a speaking activity.

2　 Now have two small groups working together—groups of eight, to make a team. The students from Group A survey the students from Group B, and fill out the last four spaces of the survey.

3　 Have the students in their team of eight answer the last two questions. Then ask one person from each team to give the results of the survey.

Step 6　 Workbook

SB Page 91, Lesson 79, Exx. 1 and 3.

Listening Text

1　 LI LEI: Hi, Jim. Are you good at swimming?

JIM: No, I'm not. I don't like swimming very much.

LI LEI: What's your favourite sport?

JIM: Basketball.

2　 LIU YING: Tom, are you good at skating?

TOM: Yes, I am.

LIU YING: I think it's your favourite sport.

TOM: You are right!

3　 LIN TAO: Hi, Lily. Is volleyball your favourite sport?

LILY: No, it isn't. Skiing is my favourite sport.

The answers are: Jim: basketball; Tom: skating; Lily: skiing

For Ex. 3, have the students practise the dialogue in pairs. Then have them tell each other their story as if they are Han Mei.

Culture note: In many Western countries football is the favorite sport. However, in Canada, especially in the winter, ice hockey is very popular. In America, the favorite sport changes with the season. In the fall, American football is popular, in the winter, basketball, and in the spring, baseball. Football, or soccer, as it is called in America, though it isn't as popular as American football, basketball and baseball, is gaining in popularity with well over 600,000 children, both boys and girls, playing organized soccer every year.

Homework

Finish off the Workbook exercises.

Learn the dialogue in Wb Ex. 3 by heart.

Lesson 79教学设计示