Procedures

Contents

Methods

Purpose

1.Warm-up

Games.

T and Ss play the game.

Warm-up and revision of the adjectives

2. Presentation

Introduce the change of a frog with the language focus “…ago, it was…Now it is…”

Try to use the new sentences to describe the change of a frog

To introduce the simple past tense

3. Drilling

To drill the sentence pattern “It was…Now it is…”

Ss complete the sentences with the scientific knowledge.

To consolidate the sentence pattern

4.Presentation

Introduce the change of a butterfly.

Ss learn the new words and get to know the life cycle of a butterfly.

To learn the new words and describe the life cycle of the butterfly with the target language.

5. Practice

The passage about the life cycle of a butterfly.

Ss listen, imitate and practise reading.

To consolidate the life cycle of a butterfly.

6. Practice

The change of a student

Ss talk about the pictures.

For the further consolidation of the new sentence pattern.

7.Consolidation

Writing down the changes of the frog or the Ss themselves.

Choosing one topic and finish the writing.

To consolidate the target language in written form.