Unit 4 My dayReading (I)I. Teaching aims and learning objectivesBy the end of the lesson, students should be able to:1. identify specific information about school life and activities;2. practice reading skills by learning Millie’s article;3. learn the new words and expressions.II. Teaching contents1. New words and expressions: first, each other, practice, wish, would2. New structure: After class, we often chat with each other or play in theplayground. We practice after school on Wednesday afternoon. We always have a good time at school.III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty1. Read the passage in different ways;2. Describe Millie’s day and try to talk about the students’ school life.IV. Teaching proceduresStep 1 Lead-in1. Ask some questions about the students’ daily life.T: Good morning boys and girls! Now we are middle school students. Do youlike your school? What do you think of your school life? What do you often doat school?2. Learn the new words and expressions in the passage. have lessons, do morning exercises, play in the playground, read books,practicing playing volleyball, do after-school activities, chat with each other,have a good time【设计意图：通过一些与课文有一定关联性的问题——学生的日常校园生活引入本节课所要学习的课文，先让学生对话题有一定的联想。这既能活跃课堂气氛，又能调动学生学习的积极性。】Step 2 Presentation1. Watch the video and ask two questions about Millie’s school life.(1) Which is Millie’s favorite subject?(2) What does Millie like doing?2. Read and find.Ask the students to read the passage again and try to find the things Milliedoes at different time.3. Sum up what each paragraph is about.4. Read and ask.Read the passage again and try to ask your partners questions in pairs.T: We know a lot about Millie’s school life, it’s time for us to have acompetition. Work in pairs, and ask your partners questions as many aspossible. Let’s find which pair can ask and answer the most! Ready? Go!Question models:


(1) Which subject is Millie good at? (2) What does Millie like doing on Tuesday and Thursday?【设计意图：为了阅读形式的多样化，提高学生的综合能力，第二遍精读以两两合作形式进行，一问一答。问题是开放形式的，学生可以在想问题、找问题、答问题的过程中再一次加深对文章的理解。】Step 3 Practice1. Read aloud together and decide whether the following statements are trueor false.T: This pair asks and answers the most. All of you are clever! It’s time for meto enjoy your reading! Please hold your books and read the article together!After reading, please decide the following statements are true or false.(1) Millie likes her school very much.(2) School starts at 8:15 at Millie’s school.(3) English is Millie’s favorite subject.(4) Millie seldom chats with her friends after class.(5) Millie only goes to the Reading Club on Tuesday.(6) Millie is a member of the school swimming team.2. Finish the dialogue according to the text. J: I know your friend Millie is now at Sunshine Middle School. When does herschool _____ in the morning?T: At eight. They do ___________ first. Their lessons _______ at 8:15.J: Does Millie like _______?T: Yes, she does. She’s good at it.J: Does she have many friends at school?T: Yes. She has _______ friends there. They often _______ with each other orplay in the playground after class.J: Do they have a library?T: Yes, they do. They also have a __________. They often read books there on_______ and _________.J: Does Millie like sports?T: Yes. She likes playing volleyball. She’s in the school _____________. They__________ after school on _________________.3. Try to retell Millie’s day by referring to the table above. T: After reading, we know that Millie also has a colourful school life. Try toretell her school life after class and we will share it next class. You also can tryto write about your school life. That’s all for today. See you!【设计意图：不同形式的阅读使得学生对文章结构掌握得更加清晰，对内容理解得更加透彻，在这种情况下完成最后的两部分练习就变得得心应手。】V. Homework1. Read the text aloud;2. Memorize the new words and expressions in the text.