Lesson 7

Step 1 Revision

Write on the board： Lesson Seven, the＿lesson. Ask Who can write the right word?（seventh）. Get a student to write it on the board in the blank. Revise by bus/car/bike, on foot, etc, by using flashcards. Ask individual Ss How do you usually come to school?

Step 2 Presentation

Tell the Ss Miss Gao usually comes to school by bike, but sometimes she comes by bus. Show the meaning of sometimes by writing the days of the school week on the Bb. For Monday to Friday write by bike, and for Saturday write by bus. Practise the but sometimes structure with other examples, then get the Ss to make up sentences about themselves.

Step 3 Read and act

SB page 7, Part 1. Speech Cassette Lesson 7. Books closed! Ask IS it a nice day? Let the Ss listen to the dialogue to find the answer. Ask a number of comprehension questions： How does Mr Wu usually come to school? What is wrong with his bike? etc. Books open! Play the tape again. Ss listen and repeat, then practisein pairs. Point out the short form Morning is less formal than Good morning.

Note the negative form of Don't you usually come to school by bike? shows surprise.

The answer Yes, I do. is short for Yes, I usually come to school by bike. Get some Ss to act out the dialogue. See if they can do it from memory, only using their books for reference when they forget the words.

Step 4 Ask and answer

SB page 7, Part 2. Discuss each picture with the class, then get the Ss to ask and answer in pairs, for example, How does Mr Green/ Mr Wu/Miss Gao go to work? Check the answers in random order.

Step 5 Survey

SB page 7, Part 3. Group work. Ask the Ss How many students in your group come to school on foot/by bike/bus/car? Get each group to report its answers. Write the results in figures on the Bb. Then ask How many students in the class come on foot? Ss work out the answer from the figures on the Bb. They write the answers in Wb Lesson 7, Ex. 1. Ask the Ss to spell out the numbers in English.

Step 6  Workbook

Wb Lesson 7, Exx. 2 and 3.

Ex. 2 presents  a contrast between the Present Continuous (“at the moment”) and the Present Simple (“in the present period of time”）tenses. Do two examples orally with the Ss, then let them write out the sentences. Discuss the answers with the whole class．

For Ex. 3, Ss choose the correct prepositions and fill in the blanks. The answers are:1 at;

2 to, on; 3 in; 4 with; 5 of, on; 6 by, by;

7 behind; 8 with;  9 under; 10 from; 11 by.

Note：Like other exercises,  some classes may find this one difficult, Remember the exercise is not intended to be a test. It is intended to practise.

If you think the Ss are likely to make too many mistakes if they do it on their own, do it orally in class first. They can do the sentences for homework. This approach may work well with many exercises in the Workbook.

Homework

Do Ex. 2 in the exercise books. (This may be done orally in class first.)

Revise the new language items in Unit 2 for a test.