Step2 Presentation
教师指着一个男孩提问：
T：Who’s he？ S：He’s a boy．
再指多个男孩提问：
T：Who are they? S：They are some boys．
Show some pictures to the students. Include a boy, some boys, a girl, some girls, a man, some men, a woman, some women.
Teacher: What is in this picture?
Students: There is a boy./girl/man/woman/child
Teacher: What is in that picture?
Students: There are some boys/girls/men/women/children.
Step3 Look, read and say
Page 56, Part 1. Play the tape twice. Ask the students listen and repeat. Pay attention to the students pronounce men and women correctly. At last, explain in Chinese that most words in English are made plural by adding? -s or -es, but that there are some exceptions.
a child---- four children a man--- five men a woman---six women a Chinese---- seven Chinese an American--- ten Americans
Step 4 Presentation
Show the pictures again.
T: How many boys/girls/men/women/children are there?
Ss: There are two children. Or: There is only one.
T: Where is he/she? Or: Where are they?
Is he/she at work/at home? Or: Are they at school?
Ss: Yes, he/she is. Or: No, they aren’t. They are …
Step 5 Ask and answer
Have the Ss ask and answer similar questions in pairs.
Step 6 Count
Look at the picture: Part 3, but before listening to the tape, ask them to count the kites and birds, and the teacher asks: How many kites are there in the sky? How many birds are there in the sky?
The Ss answer: There are thirteen kites and two birds in the sky.
Then read and say in pairs. At last, ask some groups to act it out in front of the class.
Step 7 Teach the new words, using the flashcards.
Step 8 Drawing
Divide the class into some groups, ask them to draw some pictures in pairs.
Then they describe the pictures using: There is a… There are some…
Step 9 Ask and answer
Using the pictures ( they have drawn , Step 7) One group asks:
Is there/ Are there any…?
And the other group answers: Yes, there is. No, there aren’t, etc.
Step 10 Read and say
Page 57 Part 1. Listen to the tape twice. Ss listen and repeat.
Step 11 Look any say
Page 57. Part 2.
Step 12 In pairs
Ask and answer similar questions about the classroom, the bedroom, their school, the teachers’ office, their family in pairs.
Step 13 Consolidation
1．写出下列单词的复数形式：
2．句型转换
1）There is a light near the window．（改为一般疑问句）
2）There is a map on the wall．（改为否定句）