1 Check the homework (Wb Lesson 83, Ex. 3).

2 Revise compound sentences by doing Wb Lesson 84, Ex. 5.

Step 2 Presentation

Draw a picture of a man on the Bb. Say This man lives on an island. He is alone. He lives by .... Get the students to say himself. Give a model sentence, like this: No one looks after him - he looks after himself. Then say: No one helps him. Get the students to say He helps himself. Repeat with find food/ grow crops / cook for / do the washing, etc. Then draw a woman, and repeat the steps.

Finally, draw the man and woman together and practise in the same way.

Step 3 Read and act

SB Page 34, Part 1, Speech Cassette Lesson 84. Play the tape of the first dialogue for the students to listen and repeat, then get the students to practise it in pairs. Ask some pairs to act it out, with suitable actions. See who can make up their own dialogue! Repeat with the second dialogue in the same way.

Step 4 Practice

SB Page 34, Part 2. In pairs, have the students practise the dialogues orally. Then divide the class into two groups. Each group takes a role in each of the dialogues. Then orchestrate the two groups to read the dialogues together. Pay attention to pronunciation and intonation. Do Wb Lesson 84, Ex. 2.

Step 5 Listening

SB Page 34, Part 3, Listening Cassette Lesson 84. Wb Lesson 84, Ex. 1. Play the tape while the students fill in the chart in their workbooks.

Listening text

John and Alice are twins. They are only seven years old, but they try to do everything themselves. John can make model planes and ships all by himself. Alice can draw beautiful pictures by herself. John likes to make and repair things. When his parents buy him a toy, he often breaks it into pieces and then put the pieces together to make it the same as it was.

Alice likes to make things, too. When her mother or father gives her a doll, she usually makes clothes for it. Her mother taught her how to make them, and now she can make them all by herself. When the twins are at home by themselves, they often stay in their own room and do their own things. But they help each other when either of them needs help. John helps Alice carry her schoolbag when it is heavy. Alice helps John look after his clothes when he is playing football on the playground. They don‘t agree with each other sometimes, but they are good friends.

The answers are: John can make model planes and ships. He likes to break toys and put the pieces together again. He helps Alice carry her schoolbag when it’s too heavy. Alice can draw beautiful pictures. She likes to make clothes for her dolls. She helps John look after his clothes when he plays football.

Step 6 Practice

SB Page 35, Part 4. In pairs have the students make sentences. Then ask several pairs to share some of their sentences with the class. Do Wb Lesson 84, Ex. 5 orally in pairs.

Step 7 Writing

SB Page 35, Part 5. Have the students work individually to unscramble the note. Then let them check their answer with their partners. Finally, go over it with the entire class. The letter should read as follows:

Dear Han Mei,

Thank you again for inviting us to your home. We really enjoyed the evening. We‘ll never forget the great food! We’d like to invite you home for dinner next Friday. We hope you can come. Love,

Ann and Sue

Step 8 Checkpoint 21

Go through Checkpoint 21 in the usual way. Go over the grammar notes on page 155 of the SB. Give the students more practice with reflexive pronouns and compound sentences if necessary.

Step 9 Test

Write the following sentences on the Bb. Tell the students to add the proper conjunction to make each pair of the following sentences into one compound sentence and add the correct reflexive pronoun.

1 I cooked dinner _____. Then I watched TV.

2 They picked out a present by _____. Their friend didn‘t like it very much.

3 I’m poor. I always enjoy _____.

4 Help _____ to some more chocolate. Don‘t eat too much.

5 We went to Urumqi this summer. We enjoyed _____ very much.

6 This was the first time to live by _____. He had to do all his own cooking.

7 She liked studying by ____. She always studied alone.

Step 10 Workbook

Wb Lesson 84, Exx. 4 and 6. For Ex. 4, have the students work in pairs. If time permits ask several of the pairs to act out the story for the class.

Have the students do Ex. 6 individually, then check the answers.

Ex. 7 is optional. The students can do this individually.

Homework

Finish off the workbook exercises.

Review reflexive pronouns and compound sentences.