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Unit 4 School days
第1课时
Welcome to the unit
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Activity 1: Let’s enjoy and say
Tick-tock! Tick-tock! What time is it? It’s seven fifteen. (7:15) I say: seven. You say: fifteen.
Seven.
Fifteen.
Play a game: I say. You say.
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Activity 2: Learn and practise
What time is it?
6:30 a.m.
6:30 p.m.
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Activity 2: Learn and practise
What time is it?
More examples.
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Activity 3: Let’s know about Millie’s day
Look at the table of Millie’s day and try to answer the questions.
● What time does she get up in the morning?
● What time does she have breakfast in the morning?
● What time does she go to school in the morning?
She gets up at 7 a.m.
She has breakfast at 7:20 a.m.
She goes to school at 7:40 a.m.
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Activity 4: Learn and say
Read the words and phrases correctly. Pay attention to the pronunciation.
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Activity 4: Learn and say
Form a group of four and make sentences one by one.
Model:
Student A: She gets up at 7 a.m.
Student B: She has breakfast at 7:20 a.m.
Student C: She goes to school at 7:40 a.m.
Student D: She does morning exercises at 8 a.m.
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Activity 4: Learn and say
Work in groups and perform in front of the class. Vote for the best group according to the following criteria.
Pronunciation Fluency Content
(the phrases) Confidence
Criteria:
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Activity 5: Ask and answer
Make your own table. Talk about your activities with your partner. Practise it like this:
S1: What time do you get up in the
morning?
S2: I get up at seven in the morning.
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Activity 6: Listen and learn
Listen to the dialogue and answer the question.
What do Millie and Simon like best about their school days?
Millie likes the after-school activities. Simon likes club activities.
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Activity 6: Listen and learn
Read after the tape and try to circle Millie’s and Simon’s activities in their school.
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Activity 6: Listen and learn
Learn the difficult expressions.
慢跑一会儿
排球俱乐部
玩得痛快;得到乐趣
交朋友
在工作日
起床
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Activity 7: Role-play
Act out the dialogue in pairs.
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Activity 7: Role-play
Present your performance and vote for the best pair according to the following criteria.
Pronunciation Intonation Body language
Confidence
Criteria:
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Activity 8: Talk about your favourite part at school
Talk about your favourite part at school.
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1. Describe your school day. (Required)
2. Search for the different activities at school
between in China and other countries and
write a report. (Optional)
Homework
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Thank you!
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第3课时
Grammar
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Activity 1: Ask and answer
Answer some questions about your school life.
● What time do you go to school every day?
● On what day do you usually have your History lessons?
● When do you usually have your Chinese lessons?
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Recording:
Hi, I’m Lucy. Today is my birthday. I was born at 1:00 p.m. on April 23rd. It was in 2008. This year, my birthday is on Saturday. My parents gave me some gifts and a birthday cake in the morning.
Activity 2: Listen and find
Listen to the recording about Lucy’s birthday party, and find the prepositions of time. Then try to think how to use these prepositions of time properly.
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Activity 3: Learn and summarise
Read the following sentences that have the preposition “at”. Then go through the summary for the preposition “at” and read out the examples.
Millie usually gets up at 7 o’clock.
Children in China start school at 6 years old.
Rules:
We use “at” before the exact time, such as time of a day, age, mealtime, festival (a period) etc.
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Activity 3: Learn and summarise
Read the following sentences that have the preposition “on”. Then work out the rules for the preposition “on” and read out the examples.
We don’t go to school on Saturday.
Our summer holiday starts on 1 July.
We have a Biology class on Tuesday morning.
We have lots of fun on Children’s Day.
Rules:
We use “on” before a specific day, such as days of the week, date, etc.
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Activity 3: Learn and summarise
Read the following sentences that have the preposition “in”. Then work out the rules for the preposition “in” and read out the examples.
We read English in the morning.
Our new term starts in September.
We have a field trip in autumn.
We took a trip to a farm in 2022.
Rules:
We use “in” before a period of time, such as months, seasons, years and centuries.
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Activity 4: Read and practise
Sandy is talking to her grandma about her school life. Complete their conversation with the correct prepositions of time.
in
at
On
on
in
on
at
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Activity 4: Read and practise
Read the conversation and role-play it.
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Activity 5: Talk about your school life
Talk with your partner about your school life, using the prepositions of time. Then make a report and evaluate each other’s performance according to the criteria.
Criteria:
Pronunciation
Body language
Content
Confidence
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Activity 6: Read and learn
Read the passage about Daniel.
Daniel always gets up at 6. He usually has two eggs and a bottle of milk in the morning. He often goes to school by bus at 7:30. Sometimes he goes home on foot on cool days. He seldom has rice at dinner, he likes noodles instead. He never has junk food because it is unhealthy.
always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom, never
adverbs of frequency
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Activity 7: Look, learn and summarise
Look at the graph in Part B. Answer some questions with the proper adverbs of frequency. Then summarise the usage of the adverbs of frequency.
The usage of the adverbs of frequency:
always>usually>often>
sometimes>seldom>never
How often…?
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Activity 8: Complete the notes
Sandy is writing about how often she and her classmates exercise. Look at the graph above. Then help her complete the notes below.
seldom
often
usually
never
always
sometimes
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Activity 9: Write sentences about your school activities
Try to write six sentences about your school activities, using the six adverbs of frequency. Then make a report and evaluate each other according to the criteria.
Pronunciation
Body language
Content
Confidence
Criteria:
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1. Revise the usage of the prepositions of the time and adverbs of
frequency. (Required)
2. Finish the exercises on the worksheet. (Required)
3. Write a short passage about your school life, using the
prepositions of the time and adverbs of frequency. (Optional)
Homework
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Thank you!
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第4课时
Pronunciation
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Activity 1: Follow, read and learn
Look at the two tongue twisters.
Mr Cook says to a cook, “Look at the book. It’s good for you to cook food.”
2. Mr Keep says to the keeper, “Look after the bird. It’s
very clever.”
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Activity 1: Follow, read and learn
Find the letter groups in the two tongue twisters that have the vowels: /iː/, /ʊ/, /uː/, /ə/, /e/.
Mr Cook says to a cook, “Look at the book. It’s good for you to cook food.”
2. Mr Keep says to the keeper, “Look after the bird. It’s
very clever.”
/iː/ keep keeper
/ʊ/ cook look book good
/uː/ food
/ə/ clever after keeper
/ɜː/ bird
/e/ clever
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Activity 1: Follow, read and learn
Read a poem and try to find the vowels /e/, /ɑː/, /ɔː/.
Good weather, bright star.
Father Horn is in his car.
Shakes head, plays the guitar.
With Dog Corner goes far.
/e/ weather head
/ɑː/ star father car guitar far
/ɔː/ Horn Corner
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Activity 2: Read and learn
Read the following words. Pay attention to the sounds of the letter groups in bold.
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Activity 2: Read and learn
Read after the recording and try to write them.
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Activity 3: Read and distinguish
Read the words below. Distinguish the sounds of the letter groups and put each of the words in the correct place of the phonetic tree.
cool,
noodle
cook,
foot
free, team
first,
world
part, start
hall,
sport
healthy,
ready
never,
player
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Activity 3: Read and distinguish
Read the words together.
cool,
noodle
cook,
foot
free, team
first,
world
part, start
hall,
sport
healthy,
ready
never,
player
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Activity 4: Listen and read
Look at the pairs of words in Part B and read the first word of each pair. Then try to read the second one correctly.
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Activity 4: Listen and read
Listen to the recording and read after it together.
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Activity 5: Practise saying the phrases
Listen to the recording of Part C and read after it. Pay attention to the sounds of the letter groups in bold.
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1. Review the vowel pronunciations and practise reading
them aloud to improve your fluency. (Required)
2. Write a few sentences introducing your school life using
the vowel sounds we’ve learned today. (Optional)
Homework
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Thank you!
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第5课时和第6课时
Integration
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Activity 1: Look and say
Look at the pictures and talk about the pictures with your teacher.
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Activity 2: Discussion
Discuss the following questions in a group of four.
● What do you like about your field trips?
● Why do you think so?
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Activity 3: Listen and talk
Look through Part B and pay attention to place, time, traffic, activities and so on.
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Activity 3: Listen and talk
Listen to Part B and help Sandy complete the notes.
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8:30
5:30
grow
lesson
pick
our family
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Activity 3: Listen and talk
Introduce the field trip according to the notes you have completed.
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Activity 4: Listen and judge
Listen to Sandy and her classmates’ dialogue in Part C and judge “T” or “F”.
Sandy and her classmates are talking about school field trips.
( )1. Amy thinks the field trip is noisy.
( )2. Simon thinks everybody tries their best to make things better
on the field trip.
( )3. Sandy thinks the field trip is always too boring.
( )4. Sandy wants to clean her school by herself.
F
T
F
F
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Activity 5: Ask and answer
Talk with your partner about your opinions on the field trips.
Practise it like this:
S1: What do you like about the field trip?
S2: I like it because I can learn a lot knowledge beyond books.
S1: That’s great. What about you?
S3: I can learn how to work with others.
S1: Exactly. I think it is meaningful to have the field trip.
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Activity 6: Do a survey
Finish the table below with the information about your school.
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Activity 6: Do a survey
Make a presentation on hands-on learning at your school according to the table above.
I take part in a hands-on learning named ... We have it once a month. We hold it on the afternoon of Friday. About 200 students attend it. We always work on the farm and help farmers pick up apples and learn how to grow apples. We get a lot of knowledge beyond books and feel happy to know “no pains, no gains”.
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Activity 7: Read and answer
Read Sandy’s article in Part D2 and answer the following questions.
● What is Sandy’s hands-on learning?
● When does her group work?
● What do they do in the group?
● What does Sandy like to do in the “class farm”?
● What can she learn through chores?
Taking turns to do different chores.
On Mondays.
Usually, Simon cleans the window, Daniel sweeps the floor, and Sandy cleans the blackboard and empty the bins.
She likes to water the plants there.
She can learn about teamwork through chores.
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Activity 8: Write and share
Collect some useful words and expressions on hands-on learning and write an outline. Then revise the writing in a group and rewrite it.
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Activity 8: Write and share
Evaluate your partners’ articles and tell the reasons according to the criteria.
Criteria:
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Activity 8: Write and share
Correct your article. Then show your article.
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1. Describe your school hands-on learning. (Required)
2. Introduce hands-on learning in other schools. (Optional)
Homework
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Thank you!
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第2课时
Reading
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Activity 1: Free talk
Hello, boys and girls.
Let’s talk about your school days.
● What time do you usually get to school?
● How many classes do you have in a day?
● Where do you have lunch?
● Which subject do you like best?
● What’s your favourite sport?
● What do you like most about your school days?
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Activity 2: Read and fill
Millie wrote an email to her online friend Tommy. Listen to the tape and try to get the useful information about the life in Sunshine Middle School. Then fill in the form below.
School starts
Lessons begin
Have Biology classes
Do after-school activities
Have a field trip
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Activity 3: Read and learn
Listen to the tape and read after it to know the pronunciation of each sentence. Then discuss the two questions in groups.
● What are some interesting classes at your school?
● What activities do you often do after school?
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Activity 3: Read and learn
Listen to the tape again and read after it. Imitate the pronunciation and intonation carefully.
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Activity 3: Read and learn
Learn the key words and expressions.
做早操;晨练
开始
语言
令人大为惊奇的
生物学
生物
大自然;天性
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Activity 3: Read and learn
Learn the key words and expressions.
排球队
训练,练习
野外考察,实地考察
动身去,到……地方去
采,摘;挑选
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Activity 4: Read and retell
Retell the passages according to the information in the form.
School starts
Lessons begin
Have Biology classes
Do after-school activities
Have a field trip
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Activity 4: Read and retell
Prepare for the presentation. Then perform in front of the class. Vote for the best student according to the following criteria.
Pronunciation
Fluency
Content
Confidence
Criteria:
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Activity 5: Think and say
Complete the chart and talk about it in pairs.
exercises
famous writers
living things
nature
activities
field trip
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Activity 5: Think and say
Listen to the tape carefully. Write a T if a sentence is true or an F if it is false. Then correct the false one(s).
F
F
T
F
F
T
8:00
Chinese
twice
farm
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Activity 6: Quick question, quick answer
Ask and answer quickly by using the general questions below in pairs.
● Do you get up at 7 in the morning?
● Do you do morning exercises on weekdays?
● Do you have a PE lesson on Monday afternoon?
● Do you have a Football Club in your school?
● Do you like reading English novels?
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Activity 7: Introduce Tommy’s school life
Tommy is writing an email back to Millie. Complete his email with the correct forms of the words and phrase in the box below.
term
works
languages
amazing language field trip practice nature term team works
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Activity 7: Introduce Tommy’s school life
Tommy is writing an email back to Millie. Complete his email with the correct forms of the words and phrase in the box below.
team
practise
field trips
nature
amazing
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Activity 8: School activities preference interview
Role-play as an interviewer and an interviewee, discussing school activities preferences.
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Activity 8: School activities preference interview
Ask and answer questions using “adj.” such as “interesting” “amazing” and so on.
Now please present your discussion in the form of an interview. You can work as interviewers and interviewees, discussing school activities preferences.
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Activity 9: Think and share
Discuss the questions in Part D in pairs.
1. What do you think about Millie’s school life?
2. What lessons do you like best?
3. What do you think is special about your school life?
Share it with your classmates.
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1. Describe your school life. (Required)
2. Search for the different school lives between
in China and other countries and then write a
report. (Optional)
Homework
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Thank you!
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Blues
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