Simon Paul lives in the country
Step 1 Warming up
1. Introduce Nanjing
(1) T: Hello, boys and girls. Nice to meet you, here. Look, there are so many teachers here. Let’s say hello to them. And they come from different cities.
Maybe this is the first time to come to Nanjing. So would you please introduce our city Nanjing to them?
(2) S( Introduce)
(3) T: Here’s a short video about Nanjing. Let’s watch and try to say the names of the places.
T(Help the students say the names: Mochou Lake, Xuanwu Lake,Mount Zijin, Confucius Temple, Ming Tomb, Qinhuai River.
2. Learn the new words “river, mountain, lake”
T: Look they are… It’s a river. It’s a mountain. And it’s a lake.
Teach the words.
3. Introduce Bob and Simon and learn “city mouse, country mouse”.
T: We live in the big city, Nanjing. The little mouse lives in a city, too. He is a country mouse. His name is Bob. He has some cousins. They live in a country. Look at this mouse. His name is Simon.
S(Learn to read “ city mouse, country mouse, country mice”.)
4. T: They live in a country. What does country mean in Chinese? And we can say “countryside”. Have you been to a country? Let’s imagine: What’s in the country?
Step 2 Presentation
1. Predict
T: Today, let’s come to Simon’s country. What can you see in the country?
Teach “field, forest, island”
T: And then let’s enjoy a story about Simon’s family.
2. Listen to the introduction and read
3. Let’s predict
Listen to Daddy and learn “Would you like to…?”(Write on the blackboard)
Read after the tape.
Let’s predict: Would Simon like to visit his cousin Bob in the city? How about Peter and Jim? And why? Discuss in groups of four.
4. Read silently.
Are we right? Let’s read silently and find the answer in the dialogue and underline the sentences.
Check the answer.
Read and teach “too many, either, nowhere, I’ve never been too”(Write on the blackboard.)
5. Let’s read loudly.
T: This time let’s read loudly and try to imitate. Try to read like Daddy mouse, Mommy mouse and Baby mouse.
6. Let’s act.
T: You read very well. Now please act in five or four.
Step 3 Consolidation
T: Jim would like to go to the city. But Simon and Peter wouldn’t. What would they talk? Maybe Jim would say: Go with me, brother. I heard that in the city there was/ were… Perhaps Simon and Peter would say: Don’t go to the city, Jim. In the city,…We can… in the country. Discuss in pairs. One is Jim the other is Simon or Peter.
Step 4 Task
T: How about you? Where would you like to live in, the city or the country?
