Mary’s parents work in a restaurant.

Ⅳ.Difficult points:

1) Learn to write a diary talking about daily activities.

2) Learn to use the General Past Tense to describe activities in the past.

Ⅴ.Preparation:

Prepare some paper for letters

Ⅵ.Teaching resources: word cards, tape recorder, paper for letters.

Ⅶ.Type of the lesson: learning and writing

Ⅷ.Teaching procedure

1.Warming up:

1) Check the homework of Lesson 6 in the activity book, giving them some explanations if necessary.

2) Review yesterday’s lesson by using the card for inducing a teacher.

3) Talk about daily activities to prepare for today’s lesson.

2. New lesson:

Step 1: Lead in

T: I, together with my son, went to visit my parents last week. We had a good time there. It’s a small village and I enjoyed the fresh air. We also went to the fields. My son was very interested in the insects; he knew lots of plants, too.

What did you do last week? Where did you go? Did you enjoy your time there? What happened to you?

(Ask some volunteers to introduce their activities in the late weeks, guiding them by the above questions. Remember to praise them for their performance. Then others will be encouraged to share their experiences. Try “pair work” later.)

Step 2: Listening the tape

T: I’ve known what you did last week. Today’s we’ve got a page from Jenny’s diary book. Let’s share what happened to Jenny. There are two questions for you after listening to the tape.

1) What did Jenny do after school yesterday?

2) Where do Mary’s parents work?

Ok, let’s listen to the tape and get the answers to the questions.

(Check the answer with the class. 1) Jenny played basketball after school . 2) Mary’s parents work in a restaurant.)

Step 3 : Reading and discussion

T: Now it’s time for you to read the text by yourselves. Read it silently, please. You can get more about what Jenny did. Then have a discussion with the following questions:

1) About basketball: Did Jenny make any new friends? Who was on Jenny’s team? Who was on the other team? Did Jenny’s team win the game?

2) About last Saturday: Who bought Jenny a pair of jeans? Did she wear them to school? What other did Jenny and her mother buy?