Step Ⅰ Revision

　　Check homework. Invite different studentsto say the answers to the exercises on pages 12～14 of the workbook.

Step Ⅱ 1a

　　This activity introduces the keyvocabulary.

　　Write the key vocabulary words on theblackboard.

　　Ask different students to explain in theirown words the meanings of the words belong to, author and picnic.

　　Belong means to be owned by somebody. Anauthor is a writer of a book or a play.

　　A picnic is a meal eaten out of doors.Then invite two students to draw a plate next to the word plate and a toy carnext to toy.

　　Focus attention on the picture. Havestudents point to each item and say its name. Call students attention to thechart with the headlines clothing. Fun things and kitchen things at the top.Invite different students to explain the meanings of the column heads.

　　Show the correct answers on the screen bya projector.

Step Ⅲ 1b

　　This activity gives students practice inunderstanding the target language in spoken conversation.

　　Point out the sample answer. Say, The nameCarla in the first column connects to volleyball in the second column becausethat's the thing they are talking about. And the word volleyball in the secondcolumn connects with the sentence she loves volleyball in the third column.

　　Play the recording the first time.Students only listen. Play the recording again. This time students listen andmatch each person with a thing and a reason.

Step Ⅳ 1c

This activity provides oral practice usingthe target language.