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．Ⅱ．TeachingKeyPoints1．Trainthestudents’listeningandspeakingskillswithtargetlanguage．2．Teachthestudentsthenewvocabulary．Ⅲ．TeachingDifficultPoints1．Guidelisteningandoralpracticeusingthetargetlanguage．2．Helplearntousethenewvocabularycorrectly．Ⅳ．TeachingProceduresStepIRevision1．RevisethearticleinActivity3aonpage70byaskingseveralstudentstoreadit．2．Dictatesomewordsandphrases:3．Checkthehomework．StepⅡ1aReadtheinstructionstothestudents．Remembertoreadthesentenceinthebrackets．PointtothechartwiththethreeheadingsNouns,VerbsandAdjectives．Readthewordsinthebracketstothestudentsandhelpthestudentstounderstandthemeaningsofnouns,verbsandadjectives．Getastudenttoreadthesampleanswerstotheclassbeforetheystartsay,Foolcallalsobeaverb．Askthestudentstocompletethechartontheirown．Correcttheanswersbyaskingthreestudentstoreadtheiranswerstotheclass．StepⅢ1bAskastudenttoreadtheinstructionstotheclass．Askanotherstudenttoreadtheexampleontheright．Workinpairsnow．Tellyourpartneraboutsomethingthathashappenedtoyourecently．NotetousetwoormorephrasesfromthelistinActivityla．Gettilestudentstotalkinpairs．Movearoundtheclassroomcheckingtheirworkandofferinglanguagesupportasneeded．Aftertheyallfinishtalking,asksomepairstosaytheirconversationstotheclass．StepⅣ2aSaysomethingaboutAprilFool’sDaytothestudentsCallthestudents’attentiontothefourpictures．Askthestudentswhatishappeningineachpicture．Askfourdifferentstudentstodescribethepictures．Readtheinstructionstotheclass．Playthetapethefirsttime．Thestudentsonlylisten．Thenplaythetapeagain．Askthestudentstowriteeachboy’snameinthecorrectbox．Checktheanswersbyaskingdifferentstudentstotelltheirownanswers．StepⅤ2bReadtheinstructionstotheclass．Therearesixphrasesinthebox．Yourtaskistofindoutwhosayseachofthephrases,Dave,NickorJoeafterlisteningtothesamerecording．Andwrite"D"forDave,"N"forNickand"J"forJoesontheshortlinesbeforethephrases．Lookatthefirstone．Theanswerhasbeengivenasasample．Playtherecordingthefirsttime．Thestudentsonlylisten．Thenplaytherecordingagain．Askthestudentstowritethelettersintheblanks．Asksixdifferentstudentstoreporttheiranswerstotheclass．Checktheanswerswiththeclass．StepⅥ2cThisactivityprovidesoralpracticeusingthetargetlanguage．Firstplaytherecordingagain．Pauseaftereachsentenceandgetthestudentstorepeat．Doitatleasttwice．Askastudenttoreadtheinstructionstotheclass．Thenhavethemlookatthesampleconversationontheright．AskapairofthestudentstoreadandtrytocontinueitThenaskthestudentstoworkinpairs．Eachpairmakestwoconversationsusinginformationfromtheearlieractivities．Movearoundtheroomastheywork,offeringhelpasneeded．Askoneortwopairstosaytheirconversationstotheclass．StepⅦHomework1．Writesomethingthathashappenedtoyourecently．UsetwoormorephrasesfromthelistinActivity1a．2．WriteaconversationinActivity2c．
