Lesson 36
Step 1 Revision
1 Revise the story about Uncle Wang's factory and ask some of the Ss to retell the story.
2 Revise the verb forms in Wb Lesson 35, Ex. 4.
Step 2 Listening
SB page 36, Part 1. Listening Cassette Lesson 36. Wb Lesson 36, Ex. 1. Read through the questions before you play the tape. After you have played the tape for the first time, give the Ss a few moments to write down their answers. Play it again, if necessary. Let the Ss check their answers in pairs, then with the whole class.
Listening text
Mr and Mrs Green have lived in China for over two years. They both work. Mr Green works in the
Foreign Languages School. He is an English teacher. He has worked there for about two years.
Mrs Green also works. She started work later than Mr Green. She works in Number 4 Middle School. She has worked there for 15 months. She also teaches English.
Step 3 Pronunciation
Wb Lesson 36, Ex. 2. Speech Cassette
Lesson 36. Play the tape for the Ss to listen and repeat. Isolate and practise the individual sounds. Pay special attention to the consonant clusters.
Step 4 Game
SB page 36, Part 2. Play the game with the whole class. Say I spy, with my little eye, something beginning with D! Help the Ss to guess:
S: Door
T: No.
S: Dog
T: No!
S: Desk
T: Yes! Well done!
Then get the Ss to think of a word. Finally, play the game in pairs.
Step 5 Reading
SB page 36, Part 3. say Read this passage and tell me something about Jim. Get the Ss to say (e. g.) Jim lives at 152 Jianguo Street. Then say What question can weask to get this answer? Help the Ss to reply Where does Jim live? Collect all the questions that the Ss suggest on the Bb. Focus on any grammatical mistakes in the formation of the questions.
Get the Ss to ask and answer the questions in pairs. Speech Cassette Lesson 36. Play the tape for the Ss to listen and repeat. Pay attention to stress and intonation.
Step 6 Checkpoint 9
Go through Checkpoint 9. Discuss any problems that arise. Practise the“useful expressions. ” Make sure the Ss understand their meaning and usage.
Step 7 Test
SB page 36, Part 4. For good Ss, books closed!Weaker Ss can use Jim's passage as a model.
Step 8 Workbook
Wb Ex. 3 is optional. Do the model dialogue with the whole class. The Ss ask and answer in pairs. Ask some pairs to act out their dialogues.
Note the meaning of How long has he been a worker here? in Chinese. Get Ss to translate sentences like I have been a teacher/a student/a doctor for three years. from Chinese to English and see if they can get the verb tense correct.
Homework
Revise the contents of the unit.