Unit 4 Then and now

UnitUnit 4 4 ThenThen andand nownow B B ReadRead andand writewrite GradeGrade SixSix ChenChen ZhenghongZhenghong LearningLearning aimsaims 1 Be able to listen say and read words race nothing thought felt cheetah trip woke dream 2 Be able to listen and say sentences There are many animals in the race But suddenly he tripped and fell 3 To listen and comprehend the passage and to do the exercises ImportantImportant pointspoints DifficultDifficult pointspoints ImportantImportant point point Be able to listen and say sentences There are many animals in the race But suddenly he tripped and fell DifficultDifficult pointpoint To listen and comprehend the passage and to do the exercises LearningLearning preparationpreparation Multimedia courseware word cards LearningLearning stepssteps StepStep 1 1 Warm upWarm up 1 Golden eyes The words blink then missing Ss say the words as quickly as they can 2 Sharp eyes Half part of every verbal phrase is hidden Ss hands up as quickly as they can to say the phrases StepStep 2 2 Preview Preview T Last night I had a dream Did you have a dream last night To draw forth answering Yes I did No I didn t Wu Yifan had a dream about the race To help Ss comprehend the meanings of had a dream and race StepStep 3 3 Presentation Presentation Listen to the recording the first reading number the pictures 1 Show a cartoon of the race to compare fast with slow 2 His father ran very fast but Wu Yifan could not To review the past time of run and can The second reading Read carefully and answer the following questions a Why was Wu Yifan worried b What happened when Robin gave him some water c Why did he wake up 1 He thought I could run fast at school why am I so slow now a To learn the base verb of thought blackboard design think thought b Ss answer How did Wu Yifan feel 2 What happened then Ss find out T broadcasts the recording Then let a student read this paragraph find the past time and match the past time with the base verbs To learn the past time of say blackboard design say said 3 There was a second race Wu Yifan ran like a cheetah He could win the race T explains the pronunciation of cheetah What animal can run very fast Ss answer 4 But did Wu Yifan win the race Why To learn Suddenly Wu Yifan tripped and fell Blackboard design trip tripped fall fell 5 Then Wu Yifan woke up He found he was in bed It was all a dream T explains the past time of wake gives emphasis to pronunciation of woke blackboard design wake woke 6 Listen and imitate 7 Ss read the passage A student a paragraph StepStep 4 4 ConsolidationConsolidation ExtensionExtension 1 Circle the past time Ss do and check with T 2 Ss retell Wu Yifan s dream together with T 3 Listen and fill in the blanks 4 T tells her dream to Ss 5 Did you have an interesting dream Write several sentences about it Ss describe their dreams StepStep 5 5 HomeworkHome