Teaching class: Class 3 ,Grade 4
Teacher: Chen Ruyi
Teaching topic: Unit 1 My friends (Oxford English Book 3A)
Unit 1 My friend
Ⅰ. Language focus：
1.Asking Wh-questions to find out a person's identify.
e.g. Who are you
2.Using indefinite articles to mention something or someone for th first time.
e.g. I'm a girl
3.Using adjective to describe people.
e.g. I'm tall./He's short.
Ⅱ. Language skills
1. Speaking
Using modelled phrases to open and maintain an interaction by providing in formation in response to
factual question
e.g.Who are you I'm a girl .I'm short.
2.Listening
Locate specific information in response to simple questions
3.Writing
Add personal ideas and information to writing when a framework is provided
Ⅲ.Materials:
1.Student's Book 3A page 15
2.Cassette 3A and a cassette player
3.Picture Cards of fat , thin , big ,small , tall, short .
Ⅳ. Teaching Procedure
Step 1 Warm Up
1.Sing an English song: :The alphabet song
2.GREetings
Hello!/ Hi!/Good morning!/How are you etc.
3.Ask some pairs to make dialogue
e.g. S1: Hello, I'm x x, What's your name
S2: Hello, I'm x x
S1:How are you
S2.I'm fine, thanks. How are you
S1.I'm fine too, thanks.
S2: Good bye!
S1: Good bye!
Step 2 Pr-task Preparation
1.Review:boy ,girl .
2.Introduce tall,short
a. Show a photo and point to the photo. Ask: Who's she
to elicit: She's Miss Chen.
T: Yes, it's me. Who's she (point to my friend)
to elicit: She's my friend. I have some friends
(Write down on Bb)
b. T: Now look at the photo . I'm tall. She's short.
(Write down 'tall' 'short' on Bb)
Students repeat tall .
Draw a stick on Bb
T: Is he tall
Ss: Yes
T:Who can draw a short man here
(Ask a student to draw it on Bb)
T: Is he short
Ss: Yes.
Students repeat short
3.Introduce fat, thin
a. Draw a fat people and a thin people on Bb to illustrate fat , thin
b. Students repeat fat , thin
4.Introduce small , big
a. T: He is fat and he is big too
(point to a fat and big boy)
Students repeat big
b.Show a big apple
T: Is it big
Ss: Yes
T draws a big apple on Bb.Then draw a small apple on Bb
T: Is it big
to elicit: No, it's small.
Students repeat small.
Step 3 While-task Procedure
1.Show some pictures on Bb
e.g.. T: Who is fat Please pick it out .
Let individual student pick out.
2.Show some pictures
T:Would you say something about the picture . For example , He is young . He is tall . etc
Invite individual students to say out.
3.Pla the cassette for look and say .
4.Students listen and repeat.
5.Encourage students to talk about themselves in terms of size and sex, using the About me model.
e.g., I'm a girl . I'm tall .I'm big etc.
Invite some students to talk
Step 4 Post- task Activity
1.Play a guessing game . One. student is blind folded.
The rest of class chooses a member which will describe himself / herself.
The blindfolded student make guesses . The rest of the class confirms or denies the guess with yes /no .
2.Finish off workbook page 1.
a.Explain : Tick
b.Read 1 and 2 on page 10.
c.The students complete 3 and 4.
d. The students trace and write in the missing words and tick the cornet boxes.
e.Students draw their pictures in the panel and complete th description .
Step 5 Consolidation
1.At this stage Grammar practice Book 3A page 12
could be used to practice and consolidate the
language in this section further .
2.Homework
a.Copy nw words for three times
b.Read the text on page 15 for twice
Ⅴ . Writing
Unit 1 My friends
tall short big small fat thin
英语 - Unit 1 My friends (Oxford English Book 3A)
