BOOK: Oxford English (Shanghai Edition) 3B M3U3
TOPIC: Season
AIMS: 1. Structures: Combine several patterns to describe the season.  
      2. Function: Using phrases and sentences to communicate with other learners. 
LANGUAGE FOCUS: Using expressions to describe seasons.
AIDS: Work sheet, Small pieces of paper, Cassette, A cassette player, Multi media 
 
| PROCEDURES | CONTENTS | METHODS | 
| I. Pre-task   preparation | Warmer Guessing game | T: Show how many letters of the word.(There are six letters.) Ss: Finish Guessing two words. Ss: Write down the other seasons. T:  Check. Sa: Tell and spell. | 
| II. While-task   procedure | Say and act (P40)                     Why does Kitty like summer? She likes summer, because… | (Screen) 1)  T: Ask the students to look and listen at first and then do true or false. 2)      Ss: Look at the screen and listen to the tape. 3)      Ss: Do “T” or “F”. 4)      Sa-Sb: Check the answers in pairs.   (Show the answers)   5)      Sa: Find the clues---that means where the correct answer comes from --- on the screen   (Show the question and pattern) 6)      T: Ask students to find the reason that Kitty likes summer. 7)      Ss: Read with the tape. 8)      Ss: Read by themselves.   9)      Sa: Tell one reason to oneself.  10) T: Check.   | 
| A new passage.    | (Screen) 1) T: Ask students to read the passage and tell them how to finish the table. 2) T: Model some items. 3) Ss: Finish the table by oneself. (Show the answers) 4) Sp: Check the answers. | |
| III. Post-task    activity | Rearrange a new passage. | 1)      Sa: Choose the poster. 2)      T: Give the envelope with small pieces of paper.  3)      Sa: Hand out the paper to group members. 4)      T: Tell how to start the active. 5)      Sgroups: 1. Read the paper by oneself 2. Read and put the paper in order 3. Read together and make some changes.    | 
| Free talk  | (video) 1)  Sa: Choose the season you like and join the groups. 2)  Sgroups: Read the poster and add                                   more sentences about the season      if necessary. | |
| V. Assignment | 1. Read “Say and act”             on page 40. 2. Write a short passage about the season you like.   |   | 
 
 



 
 
    
 
 




