T: We have many kinds of flowers on our campus which make our school very beautiful. But do you know how to plant flowers?

Possible answers: First dig a hole in the earth. Put some flower seeds in the hole. Cover the hole with some soil and then water it.

Then tell the Ss that in this period we are going to learn how to plant things.

Step 3 listening

1. The Ss to listen to the tape with the books closed.

Ask this question: Where is Mum sowing cabbage?

2. Allow the Ss to listen to the tape again. Ask the following questions.

1) Why does Mum keep the box in the shade?

Answer: Mum keeps the box in the shade so that the sun doesn’t burn the little plants.

2) What will make the cabbage plants grow big and strong?

Answer: The powder

Step 4 Reading

Ask them to try to match the pictures with the steps.

1. Put some soil in the box.

2. Sow the seeds and cover them with more soil.

3. Keep the box in the shade.

4. Put the plants in the earth and water them.

5. Plant them in rows in the field.

6. Feed them with some powder.

Step 5 Practice

1. Let the Ss read the dialogue twice in pairs.

2. Ask the Ss to make a similar dialogue with the following topics.

How to plant tomatoes. How to plant potatoes.

How to plant peanuts. How to plant sunflowers.

How to plant cucumbers How to plant eggplants.

Step 6 Language points

T gives the Ss the language points and further explains them

cabbage seed, so that, stop the soil from getting too dry, like you feed chickens

Step 7 Workbook

1. Do Part 2. on Page 17 in the textbook. Here we will deal with the grammar: to express one’s purpose with the phrase “to do”.

Step 8 Summary and further practice

1. Summary

Go over the useful words and expressions and make sure the Ss have learnt how to use them.

2. Ask the Ss to make some other dialogues in which there is the phrase “to do” to express one’s purpose.

Possible topics:

Why do you like collecting stamps?

Why do you like the pop music?

Step 9 Homework

Wb Lesson 17 Ex. 1,2 and 3.

教学设计方案Lesson 18

一Teaching Aims

1. To help the Ss to understand the text completely.

2. To help the Ss to know how to skim the text to find the general idea and to help them to scan the text to locate specific information quickly.

3. To help the Ss to recognize the importance of good environment.

二Teaching procedures