Step 1 Revision

Books closed! Revise the story in SB page 15, Part 1. Ask the questions in SB page 15, Part 2.

Step 2 Word families

SB page 16, Part 1. Speech Cassette .

Practise the pronunciation of these words. Pay special attention to the/u/ sound: make sure the Ss do not prolong it. Use flashcards to practise the words in the usual way. /(+/is a new sound. (See Appendix Ⅱ in TB1.)

Wb , Ex. 1. The answers are： good, book, Who, Sue.

Ask the Ss to distinguish/u/from/u:/when reading what Polly says.

Step 3 Stress and intonation

SB page 16, Part 2. Speech Cassette .

Get the Ss to show the stress and intonation with gestures as they say these sentences.

Step 4 Presentation

Ask a student of his/her plans for one day next week. Get other Ss to ask questions about other days. Then ask e. g. Can he/she go shopping on Tuesday? Help the Ss to reply No, he/she can't.

He's/She's going to play basketball.

Pairwork：Ss write down their plans for next week, then ask their partner Can you go shopping on Friday? etc.

Step 5 Ask and answer

Wb , Ex. 2. Ss ask two friends about their plans for next week. Get some Ss to report their answers.

Step 6 Checkpoint 4

Go through the be going to sentences and the adjective forms in Checkpoint 4. Explain any difficulties that the Ss raise. Review the expressions in Checkpoint 4(See page 17 of the TB.)

Step 7 Test

Write this dialogue on the Bb and get the Ss to copy it and fill in the blanks.

Lin Tao：We're going to play football tomorrow.

Sam：Great! ____?

Lin Tao：Sure! You're welcome!

Sam：____?

Lin Tao：We're going to play at two o'clock.

Sam：I see. ____?

Lin Tao：We're going to meet outside the park gate.

Sam： All right! See you tomorrow!

Lin Tao： ____!

Suggested answers：1 Can/May I come?

2 What time are you going to play?

3 Where are you going to meet? 4 See you then. /Goodbye.

Step 8 Writing

Wb , Ex. 3 may be done orally. Then get the Ss to fill in the blanks with suitable answers.

Homework

Finish off the Wokbook exercises.

Learn the contents of Checkpoint 4.

Write down the complete dialogue in Wb Ex. 3 in the exercise books.