【正文】 e their writings with the Ss in class. Step7 Debate Divide Ss into two groups to have a debate. Topic Having pen pals is good or not good. A thinks it39。s name is __________. His new pen pal39。s letter and then help the partner to fill in ID card of my partner39。 ability of reading. 3. Use the knowledge they learned in the life.( , MSN, OICQ) Teaching difficulty: the knowledge they learned in their life. to write an introducing themselves to their pen pals. Teaching steps: Step 1 Warmingup and revision 1. Greetings. 2. Revise the new words and expressions. 3. Revise the conversations they learned the last day. 4. Some Ss report their collection in the homework. Step 2: Reading. 1. The students open the books, turn to Page 6 and read the first letter. After that, the students answer three simple questions. 2. The students read after the tape and go on answering some more questions. a card about Bob. Ask individual Ss to plete it. 4. Some Ss say something about Bob. Step 3 Competition Work on 3b. Divide the Ss into two groups, and plete the pen pal39。ability of reading. 2. Learn to ask the information (. nationality, cities people live, languages and their hobbies etc.) 3. Learn write a reply to their pen pals. Functions: 1. Talk about countries, nationalities, cities and languages。s name? (2) Where is he/she from? (3) What language does he/she speak? (4) Where does he/she live? Ss in groups of four. Ss fill in the chart with the information they get from other group members by asking. the Ss to give the whole class a report. Other Ss can take notes (write the Ss39。s her favorite subject？ T Gives the Ss several minutes. Some groups answer the questions and report about SoYoung. Step 7 Task Two gives every student an English letter and a chart before the lesson. Ss read their letters and underline the key words. T asks some questions like: 　(1) What39。s letters in English and share the information in the letters with your partners. Teaching steps: Step 1 Warmingup 1. Greetings. 2. Have a chat. Step 2 Revision Check the homework. Ask Ss to act it out when they meet their favorite star in the street. Step 3 Practice 1. Section B , Part 1. Match the countries with their languages. 2. Memory game Let the Ss repeat the following sentences: People in China speak Chinese. People in Japanese speak Japanese. People in the USA, UK, Australia and Canada speak English. People in Singapore speak English and Chinese. People in France speak French. Step 4 Listening 1. Work on 2a, listen and number the questions they hear. 2. 2b. Play the tape again and write short answers to the questions in 2a. 3. Show a card about Lucy on the slide. Ss plete the chart and let Ss say something about Lucy39。s in .... One by one in groups. See which group does best. (4) 4. Pairs ask and answer the picture using Where is ...from? He/She is from... Where does he/she live? He/She lives in .... Step 2 Presentation T: They are from different countries. And they speak different languages. Do you know what languages they speak? Talk about the children on the map. See how many languages the Ss know and teach the new words like Japanese, French. Step 3 Task One 1. Match the countries and the languages. What languages do they speak in...? They speak.....in China/Australia/... 2. Work on 3a. Step 4 Pair work 1. Talk about some famous people about their names, nationalities, cities, languages, hobbies, etc. First T practices with Ss, then S1 does it with Ss, finally practice it in pairs. Some pairs make a drill in front of the class. 2. Ss talk about themselves with their partner. Use Where are you from? Where do you live? What language do you speak? What do you like? etc. Step 5 Task TwoChoosing a pen pal 1. T: Do you have a pen pal ? (Yes/No.) I have one . Show the picture. Ask Ss to ask me some questions about my pen pal. See who can ask more questions. 2. T: What kind of pen pals do you want? Why? Group work. Get students choose their favorite pen pals from other countries according to the pictures given by teacher. Ss ask each other in their group. 3. Report: Some Ss say their favorite pen pals in front of the class. . My pen pal is... He/She is from... He/She is.. years old. He/She lives in ...He/She speaks..... He/She likes.... Step 6 Homework 1. Practice the dialogues with their partners. 2. Suppose the Ss meet their favorite star in the street, and what questions you can ask the star. Period Three Teaching aims: Learn to municate with their partners about their pen pals in English. Ability aims: Through Group work, improve the Ss39。Unit 1 Where is your pen pal from? Teaching Goal: 1. General aims: A. Talk about where people are from B. Talk about nationality, nation and language C. Talk about where people live 2. Particular aims: A. Language Focus. (1). Talk about nationality, people and languages (2). Ask and answer where people live. 　B. Language goals 　 (1). Change your own information with your pen pals. 　 (2). Ask some questions using where. 　 (3). Ask words somebody talk about. 　C. Language structures: 　 (1). Where is /are... from? 　 (2). Where do/does ... live? 　 (3). What language do /does...speak? 　D. Useful words and phrases: 　 Words: Canada, France, Japan, the United States, Singapore, Australia, the United Kingdom, English, French, Japanese 　 Phrases: e from, live in, live on, a little, in school, at school, tell...about, like going to the movies 　E. Grammar language: 　 (1). Special question with where (2). Noun changes into adjective word, for example country change into nationality and language and people. F. Teaching difficulties: (1) the names of the countries and the languages. (