Step2 Listen to the text with the following questions:
Why is Jenny angry with Danny?
Which is Danny’s seat?
Step3 After listening to the tape, answer the questions and read through the whole text. Make sure they understand the meaning. Deal with the language points at the same time. ( using the slide projector)
Step4 Listen to the tape again and let the students read after it.
Step5 Practice
Have them read the dialogue aloud and correct their pronunciation if necessary. Then have them act it out in roles.
Step6 Come to “LET’S DO IT”: Draw a map of the inside of a train. Draw the seats and write their numbers. You should also draw the door, washroom, stairs and hot water room on the map. Describe your map to a partner. Where do you like to sit? Why?
Do this part in class if time permits.
Step7 A test
1. I see him ____ away.
A. to run B. run C. runs D. ran
2. I _____ but ____ nothing.
A. looked, looked B. looked , saw
C. saw, looked D. saw, saw
3. The ____ behind the tree is Mary’s father.
A. man B. woman C. boy D. girl
Step8 Summary
Today we learn a dialogue about getting on the train. Hl Ming and his friends get on the train. They are very excited. Danny sits on the wrong seat. He takes another man’s seat. He has an argument with Jenny. In this text we learn some words such as look and see. We should be able to use them. You must practice after class.
3. Homework
1) Understand the meaning of the text
2) Learn to use the mastery words
3) Finish the exercise in the activity book
4) Read the next reading in lesson 10
Lesson 10 What Are They Looking at?
Teaching content:
1. Mastery words: find, their, woman, point
2. a dialogue about what they see through the train window
3. There is/are…
Teaching goals: At the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
1. understand the meaning of the text
2. remember the mastery words
3. find and use the list of mastery vocabulary in lesson 16
Teaching key points: 1. There is/are….
2. Difference of some words: see, look, watch, find
Difficult points: the usage of some words
Teaching aids: tape recorder, slide projector, word cards
Type: dialogue
Teaching procedure
1. Class opening
1) greetings in English
2) duty report (say anything he/she likes to say)
3) check the homework of last lesson
2. New lesson
Step 1 Lead in
Discuss the questions in “THINK ABOUT IT” with the students:
Look out of the window of your classroom. What can you see?
What can you see out of your bedroom window?
In this part they will have many things to say. Their answers may be different. Gather their answers.
Step 2 Play the audiotape with the following questions:
What do Danny and Jenny see outside?
Can they see a village?
Is there a school outside the train?
Answer the questions and discuss the whole text with the students. Make sure they understand the meaning of the text. Deal with the language points at the same time. The teacher can write the important points on the blackboard or use the slide projector.
Step 3 Listen to the audiotape again and let them read after it.
Step 4 Have them read the text aloud for a few minutes and then let them act out the text in roles.
Step 5 Practice
Divide the class into small groups. Ask them to make up a dialogue that uses loud and quiet. Please read about making up dialogues in “Teaching
Techniques.” To make up a dialogue, the students need to think and be creative! Encourage them to use the dialogue in the student book as an example, not as something to memorize.
Step 6 Deal with “LET’S DO IT”
Work with two partners. Write and practice a dialogue. What else do you think Jenny, Danny and Li Ming see? Present your dialogue to your classmates.
Step 7 A test
词形转换
1)quiet (反义词)__________ 2) read (现在分词) _______
3) bottle (复数) _____________ 4) drawing (原形) __________
5) sing (现在分词) ___________ 6) tree (复数) _________
7) photo (近义词) ___________ 8) woman (复数)________
9) baby (复数) _____________ 10) be (第三人称单数) ________ Step 8 Activity book
If time permits, do exercise 1
3. Homework
1) understand the meaning of the text in lesson 10
2) finish the exercises in activity book
3) next reading in student book
Lesson 11 Danny’s New Friends
Teaching content:
1. mastery words: farm, hear, meet, course, of course, lot, lot of, enjoy
2. A dialogue between Danny and his new friend
3. The usage of some phrases
Teaching goals: At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
1. Understand the meaning of the text
2. Remember the mastery words
3. Find and use the list of mastery vocabulary in lesson 16

