1) When do people usually have yard sales?

2) What kinds of things do people sell in a yard sale?

3) Why do people like to have a yard sale?

Step III Presentation (3a&3b)

1. Task 1: Read the article in 3a as quickly as they can and think about: What is his family going to sell at the yard sale? At the same time, master the new words, expressions and main meaning.

2. Ss answer the question. Then find out the new words in the text and understand the meaning.

3. Task 2: Ask a student of each group to get the task note. Translate the paragraphs according to the task note, the teacher explains language points and the usage of them.

4. Task 3: Read carefully the passage again with the questions in 3b and find out the answers.

1) Why did they decide to have a yard sale?

2) What do they want to do with the money from the sale?

3) Why does the son want to keep his train and railway set?

4) How can the old toys be useful again?

5) Have you ever thought about having a yard sale to sell your things? What would you do with the money you raise?

Later, each group opens the task notes, answer different task.

5. Play the tape and Ss follow it sentence by sentence.

Step IV Practice

1. Task 4: Retell the article.

2. Task 5: Find the words or phrases in the article which can be replaced and write them next to the words. (3c)

Step V Consolidation

Do the exercises to consolidate the target language if there is time.

Step VI Summary

　In this class, we've learned some key words. We've also learned some important language points such as no longer, to be honest and so on.

Step Ⅶ Homework

1. Write about what you would do with the money raised from a yard sale.