Language Goal 【语言目标】 Knowledge Goals 【知识目标】 Narrate past events unexpected，backpack，oversleep，block，worker，above，burn，alive，airport，till，west，cream，pie，bean，market，fool，discovery，lady，cancel，officer，believable，disappear by the time，give…a lift，in line with，show up，by the end of，costume party，sell out 1.When I woke up it was already 8：00 a．m.! 2．Before I got to the bus stop，the bus had already left. 3．As I was waiting in line with the other office workers，I heard a loud sound. 4．By the time I got to the airport，my plane to New Zealand had already taken off. Understand past perfect tense. Learn to use adverbial clauses with when，before，as，by the time to narrate past events. 1.Develop listening，speaking，reading and writing skills by using the target languages. 2．Learn to narrate past events using adverbial clauses with “when，before，as，by the time”. 1.With the help of this unit's study，students learn to pay more attention to safety. 2．Learn something about April Fool's Day. Section A(1a－2d) Section A(3a－4c) Section B(1a－1e) Section B(2a－2e) Section B(3a－3b) & Self Check Key Words Key Phrases Key Sentences Key Grammar Ability Goals 【能力目标】 Moral Goals 【情感目标】 Teaching Time 【课时】 Five periods Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5
本单元Section A的中心话题是讲述发生过的意想不到的事情，学习的语言项目是了解过去完成时态描述过去某一时间或动作之前已经发生或完成了的动作，运用一般过去时态描
述过去某个时间里发生的动作或存在的状态。这部分的重点是让学生能够用适当的时态叙述过去发生的事情，特别是意想不到的事件。教学难点是让学生明白一般过去时态和过去完成时态的区别，并能正确运用这两种时态叙述过去发生的事情。Section B依旧围绕“让人出乎意料的事件”这一话题展开，内容从学生的生活琐事、意外事故过渡到生活中出其不意的玩笑，特别是愚人节发生的让人难以预料的事情。这部分的学习重点依旧是掌握一般过去时态和过去完成时态，学习难点是能够在写作中熟练运用这两种时态。
The First Period—Section A(1a－2d)
Teaching Important Points 【教学重点】
Key words & phrases： unexpected，backpack，oversleep by the time；give…a lift Key sentences： 1.What happened to the girl?
2.By the time I got up，my brother had already gotten in the shower. 3.When I got to school，I realized I had left my backpack at home. 4.Before I got to the bus stop，the bus had already left. Key structure： had＋done
when/before/by the time＋clause
e．g.When I got home，I realized I had left my keys in the backpack.
Teaching Difficult Points 【教学难点】
★Practice the past perfect tense and the adverbial clauses with when，before，as，by the time to narrate past events.
Teaching Aids 【教学工具】
A tape recorder，pictures，CAI or multimedia courseware.
Teaching Steps 【教学过程】
★Step 1 Leading in 【新课导入】 1．Greeting
2．Warming－up
Get the students to review some verbs and their past forms.
Quickly ask individual students to say out the past forms of the verbs the teacher gives. ★Step 2 Cooperative inquiry 【合作探究】 1．Finish the task in 1a
①Show the pictures in 1a.Get the students to say the phrases to express the situations of the pictures.
get up late，take a shower，run/hurry to…，miss the bus，left the schoolbag at home ②Read these phrases and write them down.The teacher asks about the pictures. Did the girl have a good or bad day?
Then discuss in pairs，asking：What happened to the girl？Get the students to answer with complete sentences，using the phrases.
2．Finish the task in 1b
①Read the instructions.Get the students to focus on the verb forms in the recording. ②Play the recording for the first time.Students listen and try to fill in the blanks. ③Play the recording a second time.Listen and check their answers.
④Get the students to focus on the sentences.Teach the past perfect tense.Write the structure：had＋done.
3．Finish the task in 1c
①Read aloud the sentences.Then read the model conversation in 1c.
②Show pictures in turn and get the students to talk about what happened to Mary.Take turns to play the role of Mary.
4．Finish the tasks in 2a－2b
①Show PPT or pictures.Ask questions：Where is Mary in the pictures？Is anything good or bad happening to her？What is it about?
②Play the recording for the first time.Number the pictures in 2a.And ask some students to say their answers.
③Read the sentences in 2b.Play the recording again.Students listen and complete the sentences. ④Play the tape once more.Check the answers with the whole class.Read aloud the sentences.Then students listen and repeat.
5．Finish the task in 2c
①Read and role－play the conversation.Then get students to retell the story about Mary. ②Students tell the end of the story.First discuss in groups and then share in class. 6．Finish the task in 2d
①Talk about the picture and guess the conversation.Ask：What can you see in the picture？Can you guess what the dialogue is about?
②Ask the students to read aloud the conversation in 2d.Then role－play it in pairs.
③The teacher removes the verbs or verb phrases in the dialogue.Play the recording and get the students to fill in the blanks.
④Check the answers with individual students.Write and learn these items：go off，woke up，rushed out，eat breakfast，brush my teeth，wash my face，got to，gave me a lift
⑤Play the recording and get the students to follow the teacher in the recording.Then role－play the conversation.
★Step 3 Homework
1．Retell the story about Mary's morning. 2．Write the events in the five pictures in 1a.
3．Translate the following sentences into English. (1)你发生了什么事？
________________________________________________________________________ (2)今天早晨我到学校时，迟到了10分钟。
________________________________________________________________________ (3)我到达班级时，数学老师已经开始上课了。
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Board Design 板书设计
Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.
Section A(1a－2d)
get up late，take a shower，run/hurry to…，miss the bus，left the schoolbag at home
go off，woke up，rushed out，eat breakfast，brush my teeth，wash my face，got to，gave me a lift
had＋done
when/before/by the time＋clause What happened to the girl?
By the time I got up，my brother had already gotten in the shower. When I got to school，I realized I had left my backpack at home. Before I got to the bus stop，the bus had already left.
Teaching Reflection 【教学反思】
In this period，students will learn to practice the past perfect tense and they will review the adverbial clauses with when，before，by the time…The main teaching points are practicing listening and speaking.We help students to review some verbs and phrases in their past forms.And they will practice telling stories with the tense and the adverbial clauses.This is also the difficulties for the students.
The Second Period—Section A(3a－4c)
Teaching Important Points 【教学重点】
Key words & phrases： block，worker，above，burn，alive，airport，till，west，cream，pie，bean，market in line with，show up，by the end of Key sentences： 1.I was about to go up when I decided to get a coffee first.
2.As I was waiting in line with other office workers，I heard a loud sound.
3.Before I could join the others outside to see what was going on，the first plane had already hit my office building.
Key structure： had＋done
when/before/by the time＋clause
e．g.Almost ten years later，I woke up at 10：00 a．m.on February 21，2011 and realized that my alarm had never gone off.
By the time I got to the airport，my plane to New Zealand had already taken off.
Teaching Difficult Points 【教学难点】 ★Practice the past perfect tense and simple past tense.
Teaching Aids 【教学工具】
A tape recorder，pictures，CAI or multimedia courseware.
Teaching Steps 【教学过程】
★Step 1 Leading in 【新课导入】 1．Greeting
2．Brainstorming
Quickly ask questions about unexpected events happened to the students. 3．Read aloud the conversation in 2d.
★Step 2 Cooperative inquiry 【合作探究】 1．Finish the task in 3a
①Show pictures on PPT about the September 11th terrorist attacks and other events.Talk about them and ask the students to learn the new words.
e．g.On September 11，2001，something unexpected happened in America.A plane hit the World Trade Center.The buildings were burning．And the black smoke rose above the two buildings.
②Read the passage quickly and answer the first question.
③Read the passage carefully and ask questions about each paragraph.Help students to learn the new items.Get students to sum up the details about each event.
2．Finish the task in 3b
①Read the instructions.Get the students to find the key words and difficult sentences.Discuss and learn these words and sentences.
②Scan for the exercises in 3b.The teacher helps. 3．Finish the task in 3c
①Read the words and expressions in 3c.Get the students to retell the story in the groups.
②Ask some students to retell the story to the whole class.Show some sentences on the board to help.
③Safety education.Teach them how to save themselves or escape to safety when meeting with accident.
3．Finish Grammar Focus
①Read aloud the sentences in the grammar frame until fluently.Find the sentences in different tenses.
②Discuss the two past tenses.Compare them with each other and learn how to use them.
③The teacher gives more sentences as examples.Get the students to sum up and learn the tenses.Teach the structures and their usage.Remind the students of the verbs and the order of the two actions.Practice some sentences.
4．Finish the task in 4a
①Students make full sentences on their own，the teacher reminds them of the tenses. ②Get the students to check in pairs and then in class. 5．Finish the task in 4b
①Read the verbs and phrases in the box in 4b.Then ask individual student to write their past forms and past participle forms.
②Students fill in the blanks on their own.
③Ask students to say out the full sentences to the class.Ask them why they fill those. 6．Finish the task in 4c
①Show the half sentences and ask different students to say their sentences.Make as many sentences as they can.
②Get the students to write two true sentences and one imaginary sentences.Ask some to read out their sentences.Let others tell which is imaginary.Tell the reasons.
★Step 3 Homework
1．Tell about their unexpected events.Prepare for report in the next class. 2．Write a short story to tell about an unexpected thing. 3．Translate the following sentences into English. (1)我到达车站时，发现我把身份证丢家里了。
________________________________________________________________________ (2)今天早上我醒来时已经8点了。
________________________________________________________________________ (3)我到达学校时，第一堂课已经开始了。
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Board Design 板书设计
Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.
Section A(3a－4c)
had＋done
when/before/by the time＋clause On September 11，2001，something unexpected happened in America.Two planes hit the World Trade Center.Two buildings were burning．And the black smoke rose above the two buildings.
Teaching Reflection 【教学反思】
In this period，we should practice the key structure and the clause carefully in reading and speaking activities.We must learn some new words and expressions in reading，and it is necessary to get the students to pay enough attention to the verbs and their forms.
When we learn grammar，we get the students to read enough sentences and sum up the main structures and compare the different tenses.Students can practice grammar by using the language.The students should practice in different activities.And we'd better have them write their own sentences and tell their own stories.In this way they may practice the tenses and the structures.
The Third Period—Section B(1a－1e)
Teaching Important Points 【教学重点】
Key words & phrases： fool
costume party
Key sentences： 1.—What happened to Dave on April Fool's Day? —A friend invited him to a costume party.
2.When I got there，I found that it wasn't a costume party. Key structure： The simple past tense and the past perfect tense.
Teaching Difficult Points 【教学难点】 ★Use the structures to tell an unexpected thing.
Teaching Aids 【教学工具】
A tape recorder，CAI or multimedia courseware.
Teaching Steps 【教学过程】
★Step 1 Leading in 【新课导入】 1．Greeting
2．Brainstorming
Ask two students to tell their stories about unexpected events. ★Step 2 Cooperative inquiry 【合作探究】 1．Finish the task in 1a
①Tell a story to present new words.
Yesterday my friends invited me to a costume party.I dressed up like Father Christmas.I sang and dances and I gave gifts to my friends.I enjoyed myself very much.But then I didn't hold my cup of tea carefully.It dropped on the floor.The tea splashed on my hands and get my pants wet.I was so embarrassed，and my face turned red.
②Read aloud the words in the frame.And put them in the correct columns in the chart. ③Students check their chart in pairs and the teacher asks some students to check the class. 2．Finish the task in 1b
①Ask the students to tell their partners something happened.Use the beginning in the box.Work in pairs.
②Ask some students to share their stories in class. 3．Finish the task in 1c
①Look at the pictures in 1c.Tell them these are about April Fool's Day.Guess their feelings. ②Play the recording for the first time.Students listen and write down the persons' names. 4．Finish the task in 1d
①Read the phrases in 1d and know what to do in the next step.
②Play the recording for the second time.Get the students to write D，N or J in 1d. ③Play the recording once more.Students repeat and check the answers in 1c and 1d. 5．Finish the task in 1e
①Read the conversation.Ask students to retell the April Fool's Day stories about the three. ②Students work in groups.
③Ask some students to retell the stories in class. ★Step 3 Homework
1．Tell an April Fool's Day story.
2．Write a few sentences about April Fool's Day. 3．Translate the following sentences into English. (1)你发生什么事了？
________________________________________________________________________ (2)昨天我的朋友邀请我参加他的生日聚会了。
________________________________________________________________________ (3)今天早上我的闹钟没响，所以我起床迟了。
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Board Design 板书设计
Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.
Section B(1a－1e)
April Fool's Day
fool，embarrassed，costume party
What happened to Dave on April Fool's Day? A friend invited him to a costume party.
Teaching Reflection 【教学反思】
In this period，we should get the students to do more practice in listening and speaking.So we can ask them to tell their stories，listen to others' stories and write about their unexpected things.They will improve their capacity of oral output in the listening and speaking activities.The teacher lets them learn new words and phrases when they were listening to the story.That was what they were interested in.And they may learn quickly and easily to remember the new words.
The Fourth Period—Section B(2a－2e)
Teaching Important Points 【教学重点】
Key words & phrases： discovery，lady，cancel，officer，believable，disappear sell out
Key sentences： 1.By the time people realized that the story was a hoax，all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.
2.By the end of the day，more than 10，000 people had phoned the TV station to find out how to get this water.
Key structure： by＋past time＋past perfect tense
e．g.By the time police officers announced that the story was a hoax，thousands of people had left their homes.
Teaching Difficult Points 【教学难点】 ★Use the words and past perfect tense to tell a story.
Teaching Aids 【教学工具】
A tape recorder，CAI or multimedia courseware.
Teaching Steps 【教学过程】
★Step 1 Leading in 【新课导入】 1．Greeting
2．Warming－up
①The teacher tells about his/her April Fool's Day story.
②Get the students to tell their stories about their April Fool's Day. ★Step 2 Cooperative inquiry 【合作探究】 1．Finish the task in 2a
Show a few pictures of April Fool's Day.Tell the class about the origin and customs of April Fool's Day.
play jokes on sb.，be fooled 2．Finish the task in 2b
①Teach the students how to read quickly.Read the first or last sentence of each paragraph quickly and get to know the main idea of the passage.
②Read the passage in 3－5 minutes.Finish the task in 2b.Find the main idea of each paragraph. 3．Finish the task in 2c
①Read the questions in 2c.Then carefully read the passage again and answer them. ②Ask individual students and check their work. 4．Finish the task in 2d
①Read aloud the passage and learn the new words and phrases in it.
take place，play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other，no more，be sold out，lose weight，by the end of the day，find out，end up being not very funny，get married
②Get the students to fill in the blanks in 2d.
③Ask some students to say the answers and check them. 5．Finish the task in 2e
①Tell the stories of their April Fool's Day in groups of four.See whose story is the funniest. ②One student from each group tells his/her story to the class.Then the teacher and the class discuss and elect the funniest story.
★Step 3 Homework
1．Read aloud the passage in 2b fluently and retell the stories in it. 2．Write one of the stories the students told in class. 3．Translate the following sentences into English. (1)人们发现这个故事不是真的。
________________________________________________________________________ (2)到那天结束时，所有的花都卖光了。
________________________________________________________________________ (3)到警察宣布这是个骗局时，成千上万的人已经离开了他们的家。
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Board Design 板书设计
Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.
Section B(2a－2e)
April Fool's Day
play jokes on sb.，be fooled use background knowledge
By the time people realized that the story was a hoax，all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.
Teaching Reflection 【教学反思】
In this period，the most important thing is reading.It is a good time to train the students' ability of reading quickly and efficiently.In the reading，they do a lot of exercises.They learn how to read quickly and find the main idea in the paragraphs.
After reading，they use the words and phrases to tell their own stories.In this way，they can learn and remember them well.
The Fifth Period－Section B(3a－3b) & Self Check
Teaching Important Points 【教学重点】
Key words & phrases： lucky，unlucky，cancel，accident，unexpected Key sentences： 1.I will always remember the date…
2.That was the luckiest/unluckiest day of my life… 3.What a lucky/an unlucky day! Key structure： had＋done；past tense
e．g.When I woke up this morning，my brother had already gotten in the bathroom.
Teaching Difficult Points 【教学难点】
★Use the words and structures to write about a luck/an unlucky day.
Teaching Aids 【教学工具】 CAI or multimedia courseware.
Teaching Steps 【教学过程】
★Step 1 Leading in 【新课导入】 1．Greeting
2．Talk about the luckiest/unluckiest day and write down the key points on the blackboard. ★Step 2 Cooperative inquiry 【合作探究】 1．Finish the task in 3a
①Read the instructions and the main contents in 3a.Ask several students to tell their luckiest/unluckiest day.
②Get the students to write down their details in the chart.
③Ask the students to say out their stories using the details they have written in the chart. 2．Finish the task in 3b ①Read the key points in 3b.
②Write their stories on their own.Use their details in 3a.
③Exchange their writing work with each other.They can learn from each other and help each other.
④Check their work with the whole class.Get three of the students to read aloud their stories. 3．Finish the tasks in Self Check Activity 1
①Teach the class to finish the task in this way.
First，read through the passage and get the main idea of it.Next，choose the words according to the contest.Pay attention to the word forms.Then，read the passage again and check the meaning and the spelling.
②Fill in the blanks on their own.The teacher walks around.
③In groups，check and correct the work with each other. ④Show the result on the board and read aloud the passage. Activity 2
①Ask students to think of ways to finish the answers on their own and then share in the groups. ②Ask some groups to read their creative answers to the class.
③The others of the class may write down the most creative answers in their textbooks. ★Step 3 Homework 1．Tell sb.your special day.
2．Imagine you always ride your bike home from school.But today you have to walk home.Write the imaginary story.
3．Translate the following sentences into English. (1)在我正在做最后一题的时候，考试结束了。
________________________________________________________________________ (2)我会永远记得那一天，我在买东西的时候，我的手机丢了。
________________________________________________________________________ (3)这是多么不幸的一天啊！
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lucky，unlucky，cancel，accident，unexpected 1．I will always remember the date…
2．That was the luckiest/unluckiest day of my life… 3．What a lucky/an unlucky day!
When I woke up this morning，my brother had already gotten in the bathroom.
Teaching Reflection 【教学反思】
This is the last period of the unit.In the unit，we will do a lot of work to practice words and expressions about telling a luckiest/an unluckiest day.Students learn to use the structures and the past tense.Writing is the most important in the period.The teacher could help the students write from oral practice and teach them to use the example sentence patterns.
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