Lesson 81

Period: The First Period

Properties: 1) a recorder 2) some pictures

3) some pieces of paper

Teaching Aims:

1.The Ss can use the following words and phrases:

clever, yourselves, find out, fall off, teach oneself, piano

2.The Ss can use the following expressions; using the reflexive pronouns

1) She didn’t hurt herself

2) She taught herself

3) Learn all by oneself

4) Could she swim when she was … years old ?

Language Focus:

1) The modal verb “could” when talking about the past experience

2) The reflexive pronouns

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1 Revision

1 Check the homework (Wb Lesson 80, Ex. 7).

2 Revise the reflexive pronouns the students have already learned. Step 2 Presentation

1 Draw a picture of Jim on the Bb.

2 Say This is Jim. He‘s at home. His father is at work. His mother is shopping. Repeat, then ask Who’s at home? Yes, Jim. Is his father / mother at home? No. Jim‘s alone. He’s all by himself. Practise (all) by himself.

3 Draw a picture of Betty on the Bb. Talk about Betty in the same way, using her father / mother and She‘s (all) by herself.

4 Ask two students to open the door. Then ask one of them to close it: Please close the door (all) by yourself. Repeat with other students and other tasks. Introduce -selves (ourselves, yourselves and themselves) in the same way.

5 Tell the students / am going shopping. I want to buy a hat. I want to buy Li Lei some shoes. I want to buy Han Mei a dress. I want to buy myself a coat. Ask What do I want to buy Li Lei / Wei Hua / Han Mei / myself? Get the students to say You want to buy yourself a coat/... Point out the use of myself.

6 Tell the students You are going shopping. You want to buy your friend and yourself something. Write the following on the Bb:

What do you want to buy your friend / yourself? What does he / she want to buy his / her friend? What does he/she want to buy himself/ herself? Now divide the students into groups of four and have them ask and answer the-questions you have just written on the Bb. Walk around and give help as needed.

Step 3 Read and act

SB Page 31, Part 1, Speech Cassette Lesson 81. Look at the pictures. Ask What’s Lily doing ? Play the tape of the first dialogue for the students to listen and repeat. Then the students practise the dialogue in pairs. Repeat with the second dialogue.

Step 4 Ask and answer

SB Page 31, Part 2. Go through the dialogue together with the class, picking out one student to talk about. Add an age into the dialogue. Ask the student you have chosen as your partner about him / her. For example, pointing to a student ask Could she swim when she was 3 years old? If you don‘t know, you can ask him / her. Then continue with the dialogue. In small groups of three or four, have the students practise the dialogue substituting the italic words with the ones from the box.

Step 5 Practice

SB Page 31, Part 3. Teach the two-word verb, find out. Get the students to work in pairs and fill out the chart. Then come together as a class and discuss what the students have found out. Ask a student. What did you find out about____? Help the students to answer, / found out that he / she could read when he / she was 4.

Step 6 Workbook

Wb Lesson 81, Exx. 1-3. For Ex. 1 work together as a class and do it orally. The students should work orally in pairs for Ex. 2. Point out more verbs which can take reflexive pronouns as the object, e.g. cut, enjoy, help, hurt, etc. For Ex. 3, have the boys read the Professor’s part and the girls read the girl‘s part. Then have a class discussion about the cultural difference.

Note: It is customary for a younger person to help an older person, or at least offer to in both Western and Chinese cultures. However, the way to offer help is different. For example, in the dialogue in Page 97, Ex. 3, the Chinese girl says. Let me carry your bag for you. In Western cultures this sounds demanding. It is more polite to ask. May I help you carry your bag? Further in the dialogue the Chinese girl is showing concern for the elderly man in saying, Be careful. Walk slower. Let me help you. However, again, this is a Chinese way of showing concern. From a Western point of view, it sounds like the girl thinks the man is too old and weak to walk up the stairs by himself. In English, the Chinese girl simply wouldn’t have said anything because the man already turned down her offer of help. Instead, she could walk up the stairs with him, talking with him as if with any other adult, regardless of age.

Homework

Finish off the workbook exercises.

Review the reflexive pronouns.