Teaching class: Class 3 ,Grade 4
Teaching time: Sept ,15 , 2003
Teaching Unit: Unit 1 My friends (Oxford English Book 3A)
Teaching contents: fat , thin , big ,small , tall, short .
Unit 1 My friend
Ⅰ. Language focus：
1. Asking Who-questions to find out a persons identify.
e.g. Who are you?
2. Using indefinite articles to mention something or someone for the first time.
e.g. Im a girl.
3. Using adjective to describe people.
e.g. Im tall./Hes short.
Ⅱ. Language skills
1. Speaking
Using modelled phrases to open and maintain an interaction by providing in formation in response to factual question.
e.g. Who are you? Im a girl .Im short.
2. Listening
Locate specific information in response to simple questions.
3.Writing
Add personal ideas and information to writing when a framework is provided
Ⅲ.Materials:
1.Students Book 3A page 15
2.Cassette 3A and a cassette player
3.Picture Cards of fat , thin , big ,small , tall, short .
Ⅳ. Teaching Procedure
Step 1 Warm Up
1.Sing an English song: The alphabet song
2.Greetings
Hello! / Hi! /Good morning! /How are you? etc.
3. Ask some pairs to make dialogue
e.g. S1: Hello, Im x x, Whats your name?
S2: Hello, Im x x
S1: How are you?
S2: Im fine, thanks. How are you?
S1: Im fine too, thanks.
S2: Good bye!
S1: Good bye!
Step 2 Pr-task Preparation
1.Review: boy, girl .
2.Introduce tall, short
a. Show a photo and point to the photo.
Ask: Whos she?
to elicit: Shes Miss Chen.
T: Yes, its me. Whos she? (point to my friend)
to elicit: Shes my friend. I have some friends.
(Write down on Bb)
b. T: Now look at the photo . Im tall. Shes short.
(Write down tall short on Bb)
Students repeat tall .
Draw a stick on Bb
T: Is he tall?
Ss: Yes
T: Who can draw a short man here?
(Ask a student to draw it on Bb)
T: Is he short?
Ss: Yes.
Students repeat short
3.Introduce fat, thin
