1　 Revise the plural forms of nouns. Divide the class into halves: They take turns to ask each member of the other team to spell the plural form of a noun.

For example:

A: Basket.

B: Baskets, b-a-s-k-e-t-s.

Team B scores a point.

2　 Revise verbs like eat, think, read, write, etc. Get the students to give plurals such as, eat some bread, and read English books, etc.

3　 Revise Do it like this / that.

Step 2 Presentation

1　 Teach What are you doing? Explain that it refers to what a person is doing at the moment. Present this monologue, performing the actions as you speak: What am I doing? I'm eating/drinking/

swimming/opening/closing the door, etc. Perform the actions again, and this time have the students ask, What are you doing? Tell the students to perform actions, e.g. Count the books please. While the student is counting, ask What are you doing? Help him / her to answer I'm counting the books. Get all the students to read a book. Ask What are you doing? Help them to answer I'm reading a book. Tell them to perform other actions, e.g. Clean the room / Write / Listen to me, etc.

2　 In pairs have student A act out doing something while student B asks What are you doing? Have student A answer I'm …ing. Switch parts.

Step 3 Read and act

SB Page 21, Part 1, Speech Cassette Lesson 81. Students listen and repeat. Have them practise in pairs, performing the actions. They should extend the dialogue as much as they can using (e.g.) I want some help. I can't find my book. Choose several pairs to act in front of the class.

Step 4 Presentation

Ask one girl student who is good at drawing to come up to the Bb and draw a picture. While she is drawing, ask What is she doing? Have the students answer She's drawing a picture. Now have half the class clean the classroom. As they are cleaning, ask the other students, What are they doing? Have the students answer, They're cleaning the classroom.

Step 5 Say and number

SB Page 21, Part 2, Speech Cassette Lesson 81. Section 1. This section focuses on the singular, while Section 2 focuses on the plural. Books closed! Play the tape. Students have to perform the correct action when they hear, e.g. I'm thinking. See who can get the action right! Then books open! Play the tape again. Students listen and repeat. Then, in pairs, they number the pictures. Check the answers.

Section 2. Follow the same procedures as for Section 1. However, before playing the tape, put the class into small groups. Then have the students perform the action as they hear it as a group.

Step 6 Practice

Students work in pairs asking each other questions about the ten pictures. Call out some students to ask the class questions about the pictures.

Step 7 Workbook

SB Page 95, Wb Lesson 81, Exx. 1 and 2. Do Ex. 1 orally first and write down the answers after class. In pairs, do Ex. 2. Check some pairs in class. Ask students to think of more verbs ending in silent e (love, like, take, close, etc.).

Homework

Revise the new language in SB Lesson 81.

Write down the answers to Ex. 1 in the exercise book.

What are you doing? Lesson 81教学设计示例