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Unit 1 Lesson 1 After School(第二课时)
Lesson Focus
• Verbs
• Talking about your after-school routine
• Adverbs of frequency
• Words with the sound /a/
Exercise 6
Purpose: to help students correct the placement of adverbs of frequency
· Write these sentences from Exercise 4 on the board: 1. My grandparents always watch the evening news on TV.; 2. I often play basketball with my friends.; 3. I usually study my notes first.; 4. They seldom have the time. Diagram the sentences with your students. Point to the first sentence and ask "Which is the subject of the sentence? Who does the action?" Elicit and underline My grandparents. Elicit and underline the subjects for the other sentences: 2. I; 3. I; 4. They. Then ask "What is the verb in the first sentence?" Elicit and circle watch. Elicit and circle the verbs for the other sentences: 2. play; 3. study; 4. have. Ask "What are these words between the subjects and the verbs?" Elicit adverbs of frequency. Point out that adverbs of frequency can come between the subject of the sentence and the verb. Explain that there are some other places where adverbs of frequeney can come in a sentence. If you feel your students are ready to do the exercise, you may skip this step.
· Direct students to the Sentence Builder chart. Give students a few moments to look at the sentences. Then read the sentences aloud, saying the adverb of frequeney by itself with the sentence, for example, " Sometimes, we watch TV at home. Usually, we watch TV at home. We always watch TV at home", etc. Then point to the sentences on the board and ask " Which sentence in the Sentence Builder has the adverbs of frequency in the same place as these sentences?" Elicit the second sentence. Then ask " Which adverbs of frequeney can also come at the beginning of the sentence?" Elicit sometimes and usually. Ask "Where else can sometimes and usually come in the sentence?" Elicit at the end. Revise by stating this rule: "Adverbs of frequency can come between the subject