T: He is working at the office.

Teach word "office" and phrase "at the office". Show a card of "office" and students read it. First, the students read the word together, then read it one by one. 【设计意图】：将本节课所要学习新单词放在情境中，更便于学生理解和识记。同时将新单词的音标呈现在课件中，注重语音教学。做到词不离句，句不离篇。 3、Learn the text.

T: Tom's father is working at the office. Now he is writing an email to Tom. （1）Now watch the video and try to answer the questions. T: Read the questions together.

Where is he now? What is he doing? When will he be home?

【设计意图】：课文整体呈现，为学生提供使用语言的环境。用多媒体课件展示以上问题，给学生提出要求，他们会有目的的去听，然后小组合作，解决问题，会培养学生的自主学习能力和团结协作能力

（2）Students answer the questions. （3）Listen and repeat.

【设计意图】：学生听录音跟读、模仿，有助于学生标准语音、语调的形成。学生能整体感知课文，初步理解对话的内容。

（4）Now open your book and read the text. You can work in groups.

【设计意图】：同学们小组内读课文，找出自己不会的地方并解决，教师巡视课堂，解决难题。

Step 3: Extension

1、Say something about Tom's family to practice the main sentences. He/She is ________. He/She will be ______.

【设计意图】：通过flash展示Tom一家人一天所做的事情，通过师生互动、小组互助等形式既练习了本课的重点句型，让学生了解知识的情境运用，开发学生的发散性思维，极大激发了学生学习的积极性。 2、Lucky words.

Students watch the video and each group choose pictures to do exercise.