Step1 Revision
1 Check the homework (Wb Lesson 80, Ex. 7).
2 Revise the reflexive pronouns the students havealready learned.
Step 2 Presentation
1Draw a picture of Jim on the Bb.
2 Say This is Jim. He‘s athome. His father is at work. His mother is shopping. Repeat, then ask Who’s athome? Yes, Jim. Is his father / mother at home? No. Jim‘s alone. He’s all byhimself. Practise (all) by himself.
3 Draw a picture of Bettyon the Bb. Talk about Betty in the same way, using her father / mother and She‘s (all)by herself.
4 Ask two students toopen the door. Then ask one of them to close it: Please close the door (all) byyourself. Repeat with other students and other tasks. Introduce -selves(ourselves, yourselves and themselves) in the same way.
5 Tell the students / am going shopping. Iwant to buy a hat. I want to buy Li Lei some shoes. I want to buy Han Mei adress. I want to buy myself a coat. Ask What do I want to buy Li Lei / Wei Hua/ Han Mei / myself? Get the students to say You want to buy yourself a coat/...Point out the use of myself.
6 Tell the students You are goingshopping. You want to buy your friend and yourself something. Write thefollowing on the Bb:
Whatdo you want to buy your friend / yourself? What does he / she want to buy his /her friend? What does he/she want to buy himself/ herself? Now divide the students into groupsof four and have them ask and answer the-questions you have just written on theBb. Walk around and give help as needed.
Step 3 Read and act
SBPage 31, Part 1, Speech Cassette Lesson 81. Look at the pictures. Ask What’s Lily doing ?Play the tape of the first dialogue for the students to listen and repeat. Thenthe students practise the dialogue in pairs. Repeat with the second dialogue.
Step 4 Ask and answer
SBPage 31, Part 2. Go through the dialogue together with the class, picking outone student to talk about. Add an age into the dialogue. Ask the student youhave chosen as your partner about him / her. For example, pointing to a studentask Couldshe swim when she was 3 years old? If you don‘t know, you can ask him / her.Then continue with the dialogue. In small groups of three or four, have thestudents practise the dialogue substituting the italic words with the ones fromthe box.
Step5 Practice
SB Page 31, Part 3. Teach the two-word verb, find out. Get thestudents to work in pairs and fill out the chart. Then come together as a classand discuss what the students have found out. Ask a student. What did you findout about____? Help the students to answer, / found out that he / she couldread when he / she was 4.
Step6 Workbook
Wb Lesson 81, Exx. 1-3. For Ex. 1 work together as a class anddo it orally. The students should work orally in pairs for Ex. 2. Point outmore verbs which can take reflexive pronouns as the object, e.g. cut, enjoy,help, hurt, etc. For Ex. 3, have the boys read the Professor’s part and thegirls read the girl‘s part. Then have a class discussion about the culturaldifference.
Note: It is customary for ayounger person to help an older person, or at least offer to in both Westernand Chinese cultures. However, the way to offer help is different. For example,in the dialogue in Page 97, Ex. 3, the Chinese girl says. Let me carry your bagfor you. In Western cultures this sounds demanding. It is more polite to ask.May I help you carry your bag? Further in the dialogue the Chinese girl isshowing concern for the elderly man in saying, Be careful. Walk slower. Let mehelp you. However, again, this is a Chinese way of showing concern. From aWestern point of view, it sounds like the girl thinks the man is too old andweak to walk up the stairs by himself. In English, the Chinese girl simplywouldn’t have said anything because the man already turned down her offer ofhelp. Instead, she could walk up the stairs with him, talking with him as ifwith any other adult, regardless of age.
Homework
Finish off the workbook exercises.
Review the reflexive pronouns.