What time is it now? (Hour hand pointing to 1.)

S: One o'clock.

Go on practicing asking and answering questions about time.

T: I usually get up at six in the morning and I know you get up early, too. What about the children in foreign countries? Let's learn something about their times.

Step Ⅴ Listening

In this procedure, ask students to finish the listening task. Help them fill in the following table and then finish Activity 1b .

T: We're going to listen to an interview about Rick's morning. Please listen carefully and finish the table.

Show the following.

Actions Times

getting up

going running

eating breakfast

taking a shower

going to school

Check the answers. Play the recording again and ask students to draw a line from the clock time to the correct picture.

Step Ⅵ Homework

1. Ask students to do pairwork in 1c after class.

2. Ask students to learn the words and phrases by heart.

Period 2 Listening and speaking

Target language

1. Words && phrases

shower, take, always, busy, morning, so, make, schedule, why, because, oldest, longer, take a shower

2. Key sentences

When does ...?

What time does ...?

He / She takes / eats / gets / goes ...

Ability goals

Enable students to learn to ask and answer questions about the shower times.

Learning ability goals

Help students learn how to ask and answer questions about the shower times.

Teaching important / difficult points

How to ask and answer questions about the shower times.

Teaching aids