Teaching Content: This lesson is about the new sentence pattern"by doing". It can help the students to talk about how they study. Teaching Objectives :

( 1 ) Knowledge objective

Students could master some expressions of English learning methods and sentence patterns like "I study ... by ...".

(2) Ability objective

Students could talk about how to learn English and describe their study in sentence pattern "by doing".

(3) Emotional objective

Students could help others to learn English while communicating. It can strengthen their confidence.

Teaching Key Points:

(1) Master the usage of sentence patterns like "How do you study ... I study ... by ...".

(2) Express their ideas in the "by doing" structure.

Teaching Difficult Points:

Describe English learning methods with abundant vocabulary and use these methods effectively.

Teaching Aids :

Multi-media, some related pictures.

Teaching Procedures :

Step 1 Leading in and Warming up (5 minutes)

The teacher will play a video and lead in the topic"learning to learn". Students will talk about some learning methods they know with the language structure "by doing"

(Justifications: Playing a related video will help students recall their old times of studying and make preparations for the next step.)

Step 2 Presentation (10 minutes)

(1) Students use the pictures on Page 1 to predict phrases about learning methods with the language structure "by doing".

(2) Students will do exercise from la.

(Justifications: Students will understand the usage of"by doing" better through this part. They can also master some phrases related to English learning methods.)

Step 3 Listening (10 minutes)

Students will do some listening exercises from lb, 2a and 2b. They can gain some methods to learn English while listening.

(Justifications: Students will know the usage of"by doing" completely through listening materials. Also, they can imitate pronunciation from listening materials and gain key phrases from listening exercises.)

Step 4 Practice (10 minutes)

Two students work in a group to do a conversation exercise according to the content from 2a and 2b.

(Justifications: Students can practice making conversations according to listening materials and enhance their understanding of the usage of "by doing".)

Step 5 Consolidation (5 minutes)

Two students work in a group to practice the conversation. Then change their roles.

(Justifications : Students will enhance their understanding of English learning and improve the skills of listening and speaking.)

Step 6 Summary and Homework (5 minutes)

Summary: Students will recall what they have learned today. The teacher can repeat them.

Homework: Students will do some exercise on the textbook and make sentences with "by doing".

(Justifications: This will help students recall what they have learned today and check whether they have mastered the knowledge.)

Blackboard Design :

New sentence patterns:

How do you study for a test

I study by working with a group.