BythetimeIgotoutside,thebushadalreadyleftTheFifthPeriodⅠ．TeachingAimsandDemands1．KnowledgeObjects（1）KeyVocabularyannounce,describe,convince,panic,setoff,authority,reveal,hoax,flee/fled/fled,spaghetti,girl-friend,Show,marry,thrill,getmarried,reply,ending（2）ThereadingpassagesaboutAprilFool’sDay．（3）WritestorieshappenedonAprilFool’sDay．2．AbilityObjects（1）Trainthestudents’readingskill．（2）Trainthestudents’writingandspeakingskills．Ⅱ．TeachingKeyPoints1．Teachthestudentsthenewvocabulary．2．Helpthestudentsunderstandthethreearticles．3．GuidethestudentstowritestorieshappenedonAprilFool’sDay．Ⅲ．TeachingDifficultPoints1．Helpthestudentsunderstandthethreearticles．2．HelpthestudentswritethestorieshappenedonAprilFool’sDay．Ⅳ．TeachingProceduresStepIRevision1．Revisethethreeboy’sstorieshappenedonAprilFool’sDay．Askthreedifferentstudentstotelltheirstoriestotheclass．2．Checkthehomework．StepⅡ3aReadtheinstructionstothestudents．You’llhavetoreadthreearticles．ThethreearticlesareaboutthreedifferentstorieshappenedonAprilFool’sDay．Notallofthemaretrue．Tellwhichofthesestoriesisthemostbelievableandwhichistheleastbelievable．Andyouhavetotellthereasonsaswell．Atlast,thinkoverifyouwouldbefooledbyanyofthestories．Readthefirstarticletotheclass．Thestudentslookattheirbooks,listentotheteacherandfindouttheanswerstothequestionsintheinstructions．Afterreading,askthestudentsifitisbelievableandwhy．Askseveralstudentstotelltheiropinionsonthebelievabilitythefirstarticle．Theymaysaylikethis:Ithinkitisbelievablebecausetheexacttimeandperson’snamearegiveninthefirstsentence,or,Idon’tthinkit’sbelievablebecauseIthinknoonedaredtofoolthepeoplelikethat．Dothesamewiththetwoarticlesleft．Asktwogoodstudentstoreadthearticlesinsteadoftheteacher．Elicitstudents’reasonsfortheiranswers．Atlasttellthestudentsthecorrectanswer．StepⅢ3bReadtheinstructionstotheclass．Playtherecordingagaintohelpthestudents．Askthreedifferentstudentstoreadthenotestotheclass．Helpthestudentsmakesentenceswiththenotesfirst．Aftermakingsentences,askthestudentstowriteamagazinestoryaboutNickinActivities2aand2b,usingthenotesbelow．Astheywrite,movearoundtheroomofferinghelpandansweringquestionsasneeded．Afteraroundtenminutes,askastudenttoreadthecompletedarticletotheclass．Therestoftheclasshelpcorrectthemistakesthestudentmayhavemade．Getthemtocheckeach’other’swritingcarefullyinpairs．StepⅣ3cReadtheinstructionstotheclass．Besurethatthestudentsknowwhattheyareaskedtodo．Atfirst,havethestudentsthinkwhattheymightwriteabout．Thentellthemtomakealistofideasbeforestartingwriting．Thelistshouldincludethethreeparts,whathappenedfirst,whathappenednext,andwhatyoufinallyrealized．Writeasamplelistontheblackboard:Nextaskthestudentstowritetheirjokes．Asksomestudentstoreadtheirarticlestotheclass．Correctasmanyofthearticlesaspossibleinclass．StepⅤ4Readtheinstructionstotheclass．Reviewthemeaningsoffunniest,mostembarrassingandmostcreative．Havetheclasshavealookatthesampleconversationintheboxbeforereading．Askapairofthestudentstoreadittotheclass．Thenaskthestudentstoreadtheirstoriestotheclass．Afterallofthestudentshaveread,asktheclasstovoteforthefunniest,mostembarrassingandmostcreativestories．StepⅥHomework1．Readthethreearticlesaloudafterclass．2．Correctthemagazinestoryandthejokeyouhavewritten．3．Trytorememberthenewvocabulary．
