2 In pairs, have the students fill out the form. Walk around the room and give help when needed. Check the answers, write them on the Bb.
3 Read the passage aloud together as a class.
Step 9 Checkpoint 19
Go through Checkpoint 19. Make sure the students understand countable and uncountable nouns. Refer to SB1B Pages 174 -175 , for the notes on Nouns.
Step 10 Workbook
SB Page 86, Wb Lesson 76, Exx. 1 and 3-6. Ex. 1 should be done as a class for pronunciation practise. Exx. 4-6 can be done in pairs. For each of the exercises, have the students work together to fill in the blanks and then pratcise the dialogues. Be sure to wander around the room and give help as needed. For each exercise you may choose several pairs to give their dialogue for the class. Exx. 7 and 8 are optional.
Step 11 Test
Write the following dialogue on the board. Have the students copy it down and fill in the blanks with an appropriate answer. Instruct them that they may not use the same answer twice. Answers will vary, but as long as they are appropriate, mark them correct.
A: Im hungry, whats for supper?
B: I am cooking ________,________ and ________.
A: Mm, it looks good! What about something to drink?
B: What do you want? A: I would like ________.
B: Im sorry, we dont have any.
A: Thats OK, then I would like a_________ of _________.
B: We have that. Would you like something else for supper?
A: Do we have any ________?
B: Yes, I would like that too!
Homework
Finish up the Workbook exercises.
Revise the dialogues in the Wb exercises.
Some ideas for extra practice or enrichment
1 To practice skimming, bring in extra pieces of literature, maybe fairy tales, or articles from magazines. Make 5 or 6 copies of the material. Divide the students into small groups of 5-6 students and give each student in each group the same material. Tell them that they will practise skimming. Review how to skim (see note in lesson 76, Step 8). Then give the class one or two minutes to skim the material (time may vary according to the length of the article). Then have each group discuss what they skimmed. Students will probably have slightly different ideas concerning what the material is about. However, by doing this exercise in a group, the whole group should be able to come up with the main idea.
2 Music is always good to use to “spice up” your lessons. Students are very interested in music in English, and there are many tapes and CDs in China that have songs in English from popular singers. If the song is simple, you can teach it, or part of it to your students. If the song is more complex, play it for your students and have them use it for extra listening practice, writing down the words they hea
