UNIT TWO  After-school Activities

Teaching objectives

1.      to talk about the schoolwork and after-class activities

2.      to use adverbs of frequency

3.      to ask for information

4.      to express opinions

Schoolwork

Internet

Words and expressions:

chat with sb.       .get along (with)         have access to

download          sometimes             never

ago               once / twice a week / a month

more and more      search…for            top

Sentence patterns:

How are you getting along…? ( Pretty well, thanks.)

How often do you …? ( About once a month./ Not very often.)

I’m sorry to hear that.

Chat with…on the Net

Did you log on?

Do you have time for fun?

I take part in hobby group activities.

Lucky you. I have very little time for fun.

Structures:

Adverbs of frequency:

1. often, always, usually, sometimes, never

2. once a week, twice a month, three times a yeay

3. every two weeks / months / years

1.      to do tuning in and to learn new words and text

2.      to learn notes to the text and discovering language

3.      to do developing skills―listening and speaking

4.      to do developing skills―reading and writing

5.      to go over the text, do some dictations and to check exercises

I. Look at the picture and guess what the boys are doing now.

II.Questions:

1.      Have you got any computers at home / in your school?

2.      What do you do on the computer?

3.      How long do you do the things above?

III.Look at the pictures about the text and then answer the following questions.

1.      What is the girl doing now?

2.      Where is she?

3.      Where is the boy doing now?

4.      Are they chatting each other on the Net?

1.      Review the phonetic symbols. Show them the cards with the phonetic symbols of the new words they are going to learn.

2.      Read after the tape.

3.      Read by the students themselves. (T: Correct the pronunciation.)

4.      Ask one student to read the words and the others should follow him or her.

5.      Give the students a few minutes to remember the Chinese meaning of the words.

(T: Say English   S: Say Chinese)

6.      Read by the students themselves again.

I.. Listen to the tape of the text.(two times) and complete the tasks.

  Task 1: Answer the questions:

A.What are the boy and girl doing?

B.What is the nationality of the girl?

C.Is she Lijie’s friend or classmate?

D.What are they talking about?

E.How often does the boy do projects?

F.What does he do for fun?

G.Does the girl have little time or much time for fun?

Task 2: Work Book P26 Comprehension check on the text

II. Listen to the tape and read after the tape. (Books open)

III.Read the text by the students themselves.

IV.Role-play the text.

Written work:

1.      Copy the new words of Part 1 and text.

2.      Do comprehension check on SB.

Oral work:

1.      Read and recite new words.

2.      Read the text fluently.

Warming-up

Role-play the text.

Revision

Spell the new words and expressions on the blackboard. (2 students)

Language focus

Key expressions:

1. chat with sb…與某人聊天/閑談

  Who did you chat with on the Internet? 你和誰在網(wǎng)上聊天？

  David and Jane chatted on the Internet about their school life. 戴維在網(wǎng)上與簡聊學(xué)校生活的情況。

2. have access to 有接近（進(jìn)入或使用）……的機(jī)會（權(quán)利）

  Do you have access to the Internet? 你能使用國際互聯(lián)網(wǎng)了嗎？

  Students have access to the library after school. 學(xué)生們放學(xué)后可在圖書館借閱圖書。

  Children have access to the books. 孩子們可以使用這些書籍。

  You can have access to the information on the hot line. 你可以使用熱線上的資料。

3. download  vt. 下載

  You can download some information about your hobbies. 你可以下載有關(guān)你業(yè)余愛好的資料。

  I downloaded some interesting stories from the Internet. 我從國際互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上下載了一些有趣的故事。

4. sometimes  ad.  有時，間或

  I sometimes send e-mails to my friends at weekends. 有時候我在周末給我的朋友們發(fā)電子郵件。

  Sometimes I chat with my Net-pals about football. 我有時候與網(wǎng)友侃足球。

5. never  ad.  從未；永不；決不

  I never play computer games. 我從來不玩電腦游戲。

  I was never late for school. 我上學(xué)從未遲到過。

  I never tell lies. 我從不說謊。

6. ago  ad.  以前，以往

  Linda called you 10 minutes ago. 琳達(dá)十分鐘前給你來過電話。

  We visited the Space Museum three days ago. 我們?nèi)�天前參觀了航天博物館。

7. once / twice a week / month 每星期/月一次/兩次

  We have computer lessons once a week. 我們每周上一次電腦課。

  We have hobby group activities twice a week. 我們每星期有兩次興趣小組活動。

  We go to the cinema once a month. 我們每月看一次電影。

8. get along (with)…

  How are you getting along at school?

9. How often do you…?

  A:How often do you do projects? 你多久做一次課題？

  B:About once a month. 大約每月一次。

  A:How often do you surf the Internet? 你多久上網(wǎng)（瀏覽國際互聯(lián)網(wǎng)）一次？

  B:Every day. 我每天都上網(wǎng)。

  A:How often do you send e-mails to your brother? 你多久給你哥哥/弟弟發(fā)一次電子郵件？

  B:Every two weeks. 兩周一次。

10. I’m sorry to hear that. 聽了這話/消息我很難過。

   A:Zhang Ying is very ill. 張英病得很厲害。

B:I’m sorry to hear that. 聽了這消息我很難過。

   A:Li Hong’s granny died yesterday. 李紅的奶奶昨天去世了。

   B:Really? I’m sorry to hear that. 真的嗎？聽了這消息我很難過。

11. pretty well 相當(dāng)好

   pretty  ad. 相當(dāng)，非常  又如：

   He’s a pretty good student. 他是個相當(dāng)不錯的學(xué)生。

   He studies pretty hard. 他學(xué)習(xí)非常努力。

   I’m getting along pretty well. 我近況很好。

12. hobby groups 興趣小組

   hobby group activities 興趣小組活動

13. I have very little time for fun. 我很少有時間玩。

   Have time for fun 有時間玩

   注意little和a little的區(qū)別。little  a. [表示否定]（數(shù)量或程度上）不多的，微少的，少到幾乎沒有的；a little [表示肯定]（數(shù)量或程度上）一些，一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)。如：

   He knows little English. 他不大懂英語。

   He knows a little English. 他懂一點(diǎn)兒英語。

14. dull  a.  愚笨的；枯燥的，如：

   a dull boy 呆頭呆腦的男孩。

   These books are dull. 這些書籍很無趣。

   This film is very dull. 這部電影太無聊。

15. log on

   Did you just log on?

16. lucky

   You are lucky. / Lucky you.

17. Notes to the text (SB P156)

Discovering language

I. Look at the charts and answer the questions below. (Text Book)

II.Practice ( Make sentences by students themselves )

   Homework

Oral work:

1.      Recite the text

2.      Make up short dialogues according to WB/P27 III.

Written work:

1.      Do language focus on WB.

Period 3

Warming-up

Act out the dialogue of yesterday’s oral work.

Revision

Topic: School life / English Corner / Favourite food and sports / family / English Evening / Birthday Party

Additional words

I. Vocabulary of Part 2 (Show them the cards with the phonetic symbols of the new words.)

II.homeage 主頁                index 索引

  network  網(wǎng)絡(luò)                browse 瀏覽

  password 密碼，口令          browser 瀏覽器

  code 代碼                    input 輸入

  chat room 聊天室              output 輸出

Developing skills

Listening & Speaking

1)      Listen to the tape twice and complete the questionnaire.

2)      Act out the conversation. (2 students)

Suppose you work with the School Students’Union, you want to find out whether high school juniors have enough time for fun. Conduct a survey of your classmates and then write a report for your headmaster.

Task 1:Work out a questionaire in groups of four                                                

Task 2:Use the completed questionnair to interview your schoolmates, and make a note of their answers.

Task 3:Write a report on the survey results for your headmaster and then e-mail him.

Homework

Oral work:

Written work:

Quick responses:

1.What do you always do?

2.When do you usually get up?

3.Do you often watch TV?

4.Do you sometimes visit your friends?

5.Do you often go to the cinema?

6.Do you ever tell lies?

7.Do you never come to school late?

Go over the new words of Part 2 and recite the text.

Reading

1. Read the passage and decide if the following statements are true or faise. Tick the right boxes.

2. Notes to the reading

1) Now more and more students have access to the Internet.

現(xiàn)在越來越多的學(xué)生能使用國際互聯(lián)網(wǎng)。

more and more 越來越多；后接名詞，如：

more and more cars 越來越多的汽車，more and more highrises 越來越多的高樓

more and more… 越來越……；后接形容詞或副詞，如：

more and more beautiful 越來越美麗，more and more expensive 越來越昂貴，如果是單音節(jié)的形容詞或副詞，則是：

faster and faster 越來越快，closer and closer 越來越靠近，better and better越來越好

2) Still others use the Net to study. 還有人在網(wǎng)上學(xué)習(xí)。top  a.  最上面的；最好的；最重要的  如：

the top 頂層，floor the top price 最高價，a top student 優(yōu)秀學(xué)生，尖子生

top  n.  頂部，最好的部分  如：still  ad.  還有，此外還有  又如：

I still have another question. 我還有一個問題。

3) You can search these websites for information.

你可以搜尋這些網(wǎng)站尋找資料。

search for 搜尋；搜索；搜查，search此處用作不及物動詞，如：

The policemen are searching for the thief. 警察正在搜尋竊賊。

search…for… 在……中搜尋（搜索）……，search此處用作及物動詞，如：

The policemen searched the building for the thief. 警察在大樓里搜尋竊賊。

4) You can also access many of the world’s top libraries.

你也可以有機(jī)會進(jìn)入世界上一流的圖書館。

The house is at the top of the hill. 這所房子在山頂上。

She is always at the top of the class. 她在班上總是名列前茅。

Writing

Write about Li Ming’s weekly activities in eight to ten sentences. Use the word and table cues.

1.      Give the students a few minutes to finish the passage.

2.      Let some students read their compositions.

3.      Write some common mistakes on the blackboard and ask some students to correct.

Do writing on WB.

1.      Recite the text.

2.      Diction

1)      How are you getting along at school?

2)      I logged on about half an hour ago.

3)      I take part in hobby group activities twice a week.

4)      We do a school project every four month.

5)      Lucky you. You have a lot of time for fun.

6)      All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

1.      Do listening on WB.

2.      Check other exercises.

Go over Lesson 2 and preview Lesson 3.