Unit 4 My dayGrammarI. Teaching aims and learning objectivesBy the end of the lesson, students should be able to:1. use prepositions to talk about time correctly;2. use the adverbs of frequency correctly;3. grasp the usage of “how often”;4. use these items of grammar to talk about their daily life.II. Teaching contents1. New words and expressions: would, would like, life, all the best, rollerskating2. New structure: How often do they exercise?III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty1. Know better about some usages of the prepositions of time;2. Tell the difference between “how often” and “how many times”.IV. Teaching proceduresA. Prepositions of timeStep 1 Presentation1. Find out the expressions which should be put after “in/on/at” one by one.2. Read the expressions together.3. Find out more similar expressions.4. Work out the rules.(1) in: in the evening (part of day), in December (months), in 2013 (years), inwinter (season)(2) on: on Sunday, on December 31st (days & dates), on the evening of July4th, on Monday afternoon (parts of a specific day), on Children’s Day (specificholidays or days)(3) at: at seven, at noon, at lunchtime (time of day), at (the age of) 16 (age),at the Spring Festival (specific holidays or festivals), at the weekend 【设计意图：通过设计新生找教室的情境，让本来枯燥的语法稍显活泼些。让学生通过“分—总—分”的方式，在老师的带领下进行归纳、演绎，培养学生发现规律、主动思考、主动学习的能力和习惯，这样的过程和方法使学生掌握得更加牢固】。Step 2 Practice 1. Finish the exercises on Page 47 on the Students’ Book.2. Fill in the blanks with “in”, “on” or “at”.(1) We don’t go to school _______ Sunday. (on)(2) My birthday is _______ April 1st. (on) (3) We’re going to see the doctor _______ four o’clock. (at) (4) He often takes Eddie for a walk ________ the evening. (in)(5) They have a long holiday ______ November. (in)(6) He was born ________ 1992. (in) (7) He likes reading newspapers _______ breakfast. (at) (8) She starts learning English _______ 6 o’clock. (at)


(9) It’s cold _______ winter in China. (in)(10) They play the game ________ the evening of 31st October. (on) (11) We’ll have one party _______ next week. (/)(12) My friends give me some presents _____ Christmas every year. (at) (13) He got home ________ the morning of the 4th last month. (on) (14) The story happened ________ a cold winter morning. (on) (15) I never go to a party _______ Halloween. (on) (16) My father seldom has free time ________ the weekend. (at) (17) It sometimes snows _______ winter in Wuxi. (in) (18) He often takes Eddie for a walk ________ the evening. (in) (19) My family usually get together to have a big dinner _______ the Mid-autumn Festival. (at)(20) He always goes to the library _______ Mondays. (on) 【设计意图：及时总结复习，为下面的习题做好充分的准备。两个练习，从书本到课外，由简到难，层层递进，旨在让学生扎实掌握三个介词的用法。】B. Adverbs of frequencyStep 1 Presentation1. Show the six adverbs of frequency.2. Finish the exercises on Page 48 on the Students’ Book.(1) Simon loves playing football. He _____ plays football in the playground.(often)(2) Sandy doesn’t have much time to play tennis. She ______ plays tennis.(seldom)(3) Amy is a member of the swimming team. She ______ swims after school.(usually)(4) Daniel doesn’t like basketball. He _____ plays it. (never)(5) Kitty goes to her dancing lesson every day. She _______ dances for half anhour. (always)(6) Millie _________ goes roller skating, but she’s not good at it. (sometimes)3. Work out the rules. (2) Find out the usages of “how often”.Show some examples to help students find out the different usages. Findout and remember the usages of “how often”. Tell the differencebetween “how often” and “how many times”.a. Sandy never reads books about sports.→How often does Sandy read books about sports?b. Millie borrows books from the library once a week. →How often does Millie borrow books from the library?c. The club has a “Reading Week” every year. →How often does the club have a “Reading Week”?d. Simon goes to the Reading Club three times a week. →How often does Simon go to the Reading Club?e. Simon goes to the Reading Club three times a week. →How many times a week does Simon go to the Reading Club?


【设计意图：引导学生自己总结出使用的规则。在扩充练习中进一步补充对频率副词提问的方式，并就学生容易搞错的难点进行操练，即how often和how many times的区别。有层次的练习带领学生由浅入深、层层深入，以达到对课本知识必要的拓展和延伸。】Step 2 Practice T: We have learned a lot about the prepositions and the adverbs. Do you haveconfidence to challenge the game? It has three levels. Only if you pass thefirst level, you can go on to the next one. Only if you pass all the levels, youwill win. Do you have confidence?1. Fill in the blanks. Do you know much about the school? (1) The new term begins ______ September 1st. (on)(2) The school day starts ______ 8 a.m. (at) (3) The students don’t need to go to school ______ Saturday. (on) (4) The students chat with each other _____ lunchtime. (at) (5) The school has an outing _____ spring or autumn. (in) (6) Every class has a party _____ Christmas. (at) (7) The school has an “Art Festival” _____ December. (in) (8) The students go running _____ cold winter mornings. (on) (9) The students go to different clubs _____ every Tuesday afternoon. (/) 2. Answer the question and fill in the blanks.Do you know much about the teachers?(1) Ask and answer. a. How often does Miss Zhou watch a film? (Once a week.) b. When does she watch a film? (On Friday afternoon.) (2) Fill in the blanks.Mr Liu does exercise ________ _________. _________ he goes jogging, __________he plays badminton. (every day, Sometimes, sometimes) He goes jogging _____ ______ ________, and he plays badminton ____________ _________. (in the evening, at the weekend)3. Make a dialogue and report. Do you know much about the classmates? A: What do you like to do at/after school every day?B: I like …A: How often do you …?B: I …A: When do you do it?B: I do it on/in …_______ likes to _______ at/after school. He/She … He/She does it on/in … T: When your classmates report, the rest of you should listen to them carefullyand take some notes. After that, you should say something about their report.These sentence patterns can help you.【设计意图：游戏通过听、说等方式谈论老师、同学及自己的日常活动，其内容与学生的实际生活紧密相连，激发学生的参与兴趣。】V. Homework


1. Practice talking about your daily activities with a new partner by using theprepositions of time and the adverbs of frequency; 2. Finish the exercises of this period in the Workbook.【教学反思】