BythetimeIgotoutside,thebushadalreadyleftTheFourthPeriodI．TeachingAimsandDemands1．KnowledgeObjects（1）KeyVocabularycostume,showup,exhausted,embarrassed,empty,fool,AprilFool’sDay,gooff,stayup（2）TargetLanguageWhenIgotthere,Ifoundthathehadfooledme．Afteranhour,theotherkidsshowldup,andIrealizedthatmybrotherhadfooledme．BythetimeIgottomatchclass,IwasexhaustedbecauseIhadstayedupallnightstudying．Ifoundoutthatmyfriendhadfooledme．2．AbilityObjects（1）Trainthestudents’writing,listeningandspeakingskillswiththetargetlanguage．（2）Trainthestudentstousethenewvocabulary．3．MoralObjectHaveyoueverbeenfooledonAprilFool’sDay?Shareyourstorywithyourfriends．Ⅱ．TeachingKeyPoints1．Trainthestudents’listeningandspeakingskillswithtargetlanguage．2．Teachthestudentsthenewvocabulary．Ⅲ．TeachingDifficultPoints1．Guidelisteningandoralpracticeusingthetargetlanguage．2．Helplearntousethenewvocabularycorrectly．Ⅳ．TeachingMethods1．Listening2．PairworkandgroupworkⅤ．TeachingAidAtaperecorderⅥ．TeachingProceduresStepIRevision1．RevisethearticleinActivity3aonpage70byaskingseveralstudentstoreadit．2．Dictatethefollowingwordsandphrases:bell,ring,gooff,rush,runoff,ontime,givesb．aridelock,breakdown．3．Checkthehomework．StepⅡ1aThisactivityreviewsvocabulary,introducessomenewvocabulary,andprovideswritingpractice．Readtheinstructionstothestudents．Remembertoreadthesentenceinthebrackets．PointtothechartwiththethreeheadingsNouns,VerbsandAdjectives．Readthewordsinthebracketstothestudentsandhelpthestudentstounderstandthemeaningsofnouns,verbsandadjectives．Teachthestudentstoreadthenewvocabularybelow:costume,showup,exhausted,embarrassed,empty,fool,AprilFool’sDayWritethemontheblackboardorshowthemonascreenbyaprojectorwhileteaching．Tellthechildrenthemeaningofeachwordanddoalittleexplanation．Thencallthestudents’attentiontothelistofthewordsontheleft．Askastudenttoreadthemandtellthemeaningsatthesametime．Findoutthewordswhichthestudentsdon’tunderstandandgivesomeexplanation．Pleaseputthesewordsinthecorrectcolumnsinthechart．Somewordscanbeputinmorethanonecolumn．Getastudenttoreadthesampleanswerstotheclassbeforetheystartsay,Foolcallalsobeaverb．Forexample,Hefooledme．SoitisputinbothColumnNounsandColumnVerbs．Askthestudentstocompletethechartontheirown．Correcttheanswersbyaskingthreestudentstoreadtheiranswerstotheclass．AnswersNouns:fool,costume,change,clockVerbs:fool,invite,empty,gooff,getup,getdressed,showup,realize,change,stayupAdjectives:embarrassed,empty,exhaustedStepⅢ1bThisactivityprovidesguidedoralpracticeusingthetargetlanguage．Askastudenttoreadtheinstructionstotheclass．Askanotherstudenttoreadtheexampleontheright．Workinpairsnow．Tellyourpartneraboutsomethingthathashappenedtoyourecently．NotetousetwoormorephrasesfromthelistinActivityla．Gettilestudentstotalkinpairs．Movearoundtheclassroomcheckingtheirworkandofferinglanguagesupportasneeded．Aftertheyallfinishtalking,asksomepairstosaytheirconversationstotheclass．StepⅣ2aThisactivityprovidesguidedlisteningpracticeusingthetargetlanguage．SaysomethingaboutAprilFool’sDaytothestudentslikethis:EveryyearonthefirstofApril,Americansdosillythingstosurpriseeachother．Forexample,someonemighttellyoutogototheteacher’sofficetogetyournewbook．Butthereisnobookatall!Callthestudents’attentiontothefourpictures．Askthestudentswhatishappeningineachpicture．Askfou...
