Unit6ADayintheLifeSectionAGrammarFocus

Studentswillbeabletomastertheusageofspecialinterrogativesentencesledby"what","whattime",and"when"toaskaboutdailyactivitiesandtime.Theycanaccuratelyconstructsuchsentenceslike"Whatdoyoudoafterschool?","Whattimedoesyourschoolstart?",and"Whendoyouusuallygotobed?".

Studentswillbeabletousetimeexpressionscorrectlytoanswertheabovementionedquestions.Theycanexpresstimeprecisely,forexample,"Igetupatsixthirtyeverymorning."and"Wehavelunchataquartertotwelve."

Throughpracticingthesegrammarpoints,students'oralandwrittenEnglishexpressionabilitieswillbeimproved.Theycandescribetheirownandothers'dailyroutinesclearlyandaccuratelyinEnglish.

Masteringtheusageof"what","whattime",and"when"toaskquestionsaboutdailyactivitiesandtime.

past...to/past...ectlyusingvarioustimeexpressions,suchas"at+specifictime","halfpast...","aquarterto/past...".

Usingthesimplepresenttensecorrectlytodescribedailyroutinesinbinationwiththelearnedinterrogativesentencesandtimeexpressions.

Thisunitfocuseson"ADayintheLife",andtheGrammarFocuspartinSectionAplaysacrucialrole.Itsystematicallypresentsthekeygrammaritemsofthisunit,whicharespecialinterrogativesentencesledby"what"and"when"andthetimeexpressions.Thesegrammarpointsarefundamentalforstudentstodescribedailyactivitiesandunderstandothers'dailyroutines.Theybuildasolidfoundationforstudentstofurtherdeveloptheirlanguageskillsintermsofspeaking,listening,reading,andwritingaboutdailylifetopics.

Thecontentofthispartiscloselyrelatedtothepreviousandfollowingsections.Itnotonlyreviewsandconsolidatesthevocabularyandsimplesentencepatternslearnedinthepreviousdialoguesbutalsopavesthewayformoreplexlanguageexpressionsandindepthunderstandingofthetextinthesubsequentsections.

Bythetimeoflearningthisunit,studentsinGradeSevenhavealreadylearnedsomebasicEnglishwordsandsimplesentencepatterns.Theyhaveacertainfoundationinvocabularyrelatedtodailyactivities,suchas"getup","gotoschool","havelunch",etc.Intermsofgrammar,theyhavebeenexposedtothesimplepresenttenseinsomesimplesentences,buttheirunderstandingofitisstillatarelativelybasiclevel.

教學(xué)環(huán)節(jié)一Warmingup

Greetthestudentsandstartasimpledailyconversation.Forexample,theteacherasks,"Howwasyourweekend?"Encouragestudentstoanswerwithsimplesentences,suchas"Iplayedbasketballontheweekend."ThiscancreatearelaxedEnglishspeakingatmosphereandarousestudents'interest.

Then,showsomepicturesofdailylifeactivities,suchasastudentgettingup,havingbreakfast,andgoingtoschool.Pointtothepicturesonebyoneandaskstudents,"Whatcanyouseeinthispicture?DoyouknowhowtoaskabouttheseactivitiesinEnglish?"Guidestudentstorecalltherelevantvocabularyandleadtothetopicofthislessonaskingaboutthetimeofdailyactivities.

教學(xué)環(huán)節(jié)二TeachingProcedures

（GrammarExplanation）

Writethethreequestionwords"what","whattime",and"when"ontheblackboard.

Explaintheirusagesrespectively:

"What"isusedtoaskaboutthecontentofanactivity.Giveanexamplelike"Whatdoyoudoafterschool?"Explainthatwhenwewanttoknowwhatkindofactivityapersonisengagedin,weuse"what".

"Whattime"isusedtoaskaboutaspecifictime.Forexample,"Whattimedoyougetup?"Illustratethat"whattime"isoftenusedwhenwewanttoknowtheexacttimepointofanactivity.

"When"isusedtoaskaboutatimerangeorfrequency.Forinstance,"Whendoyouhavelunch?"Explainthat"when"canbeusedinamoregeneralsense,notjustforaspecifictimepoint.Itcanbeusedtoaskaboutatimeperiodduringwhichanactivityusuallyoccursorhowoftenanactivityhappens.

Brieflyreviewtheformationandusageofthesimplepresenttense.Emphasizethatwhendescribingdailyactivities,weusuallyusethesimplepresenttense.Forexample,"Igetupat6:30everymorning."Theverbformshouldbeinthebaseform(forI/you/we/they)orthethirdpersonsingularform(forhe/she/it).

（PracticeandConsolidation）

3a5minutes

Letstudentspletetheexercisesinpart3aindependently.Inthispart,studentsneedtouse"what","whattime",or"when"topletethesentences.Theteacherpatrolsaroundtheclassroomandgivesindividualguidancetostudentswhohavedifficulties.Afterstudentsfinish,checktheanswerstogether.Asksomestudentstoreadouttheirpletedsentencesandexplainwhytheychoosethatparticularinterrogativeword.

3b5minutes

Studentsworkinpairstoaskandanswerquestionsaccordingtothetimesinbracketsinpart3b.Onestudentasksaquestionwith"whattime"or"when"basedonthegiventime,andtheotherstudentanswers.Forexample,ifthetimeis"7:00",onestudentmayask"Whattimedoyouusuallygetup?"andtheotheranswers"Iusuallygetupat7:00."Theteacherinvitesseveralpairsofstudentstoshowtheirconversationsinfrontoftheclassandgivesfeedbackandevaluation.Praisethestudentsfortheircorrectusageandencouragethosewhomakemistakestocorrectthem.

3c5minutes

Dividestudentsintogroupstopletethepassagefillinginpart3c.Inthispassage,studentsneedtofillinthecorrectformsoftheverbs.Eachgroupdiscussesandfillsintheblankstogether.Afterthat,arepresentativefromeachgroupreportstheanswerstotheclass.Theteachersummarizesandexplainsanydifficultpointsinthepassage,especiallyfocusingonthecorrectformofthesimplepresenttenseusedindifferentsituations.

3d5minutes

Studentsworkinpairstoroleplayaccordingtopart3d.StudentAasksstudentBabouthis/herweekendroutine,andstudentBanswers.Forexample,StudentAmayask"Whatdoyoudoonweekends?Whendoyouusuallystartdoingyourhomework?"StudentBanswersbasedonhis/herrealsituation.Theteacherwalksaroundtheclassroom,listenstothestudents'conversations,andgiveshelpandguidancewhennecessary.

（ExpansionandApplication）

Createanewsituation.Supposethereisaninternationalstudentexchangeprogram,andstudentsneedtointroducetheirdailyroutinestoforeignstudents.Letstudentswriteashortpassageabouttheirdailyroutines,includingthetimeofgettingup,havingmeals,goingtoschool,havingclasses,andafterschoolactivities.Theyshouldusethelearnedinterrogativesentencesandtimeexpressionsasmuchaspossible.

Afterstudentsfinishwriting,asksomestudentstoreadouttheirpassages.Otherstudentslistencarefullyandcanaskquestionsiftheyhaveanydoubts.Thisactivitycannotonlyfurtherconsolidatethegrammarknowledgebutalsoimprovestudents'