Teaching Objectives:

　　1.Get more information about Bill Gates.

2.掌握I’m sure that. . .句型的运用。

　　3. Grasp the using of Articles.

　　Language focus:

　　1. Object clause

　　I’m sure that. . .

　　2. Articles: a, an, the

　　3. Useful expressions

　　l) plan to do sth.

　　 2)

　　3) millions of, thousands of, hundreds of

　　4) decide to do sth.

　　5) give away

　　6) It’s adj. for sb. to do sth.

　　Properties: Tape-recorder, Overhead projector

　　Teaching procedures:

　　 Step 1 Revision

　　1.To dictate new words learnt.

　　2. To say something about Bill Gates.

　　3. Get the students to say something about themselves.

　　Step 2 Leading-in

　　Say “We all love our parents. We have special days for them. Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. Do you know when these days are? Have you spent these special days with your parents? What did you do for them? Are you going to buy something as presents?” Call them to answer.

　　如果学生感兴趣时间允许的话，教师可讲讲关于父亲节的信息，使学生增加对父母亲的爱。

　　Then say: Let’s see what Kate and Jim’s plan is for Father’s Day.

　　Step 3 Read and practice

　　Play the tape for the students to listen carefully and try to find out the answer: Will Kate buy a gift to her father? 或者播放本课对话的视频文件：Lesson 91情景对话。

　　Teach the new words: T-shirt, pleased，教师可展示物体和表情图片教学。

　　Then get students to repeat after the tape.

　　教师也可播放此对话的动画文件：Lesson 91 Read and practise让学生跟着朗读对话，并讲解I’m sure that . . . /I’m sure if . . .句型的用法，并让学生练习。

　　教师还可播放视频文件：I'm sure句型，让学生观看此句型的运用。

　　Explain: plan to, be pleased, I’m sure

　　Then get the students to read in pairs and act it out in front of the class. (They may add the role of the mother to make some suggestions about the present.)

　　Step 4 Read and complete

　　Students read the passage and fill in the blanks with the proper articles, (the answers: a, a, The, a, the, a, a, the).

　　Explain the using of articles. 教师可运用动画来进行演示讲解。

　　Learn the new words: disease, TB, decide, etc. Compare lucky with unlucky and million with billion.

　　Explain some words and phrases.

　　1. millions of, thousands of, hundreds of

　　1) There are thousands of people in the square.

　　2) Millions of people die of disease every year.

　　2. It’s+ adj. + for sb. to do sth.

　　(1) It’s easy for them to climb the trees.

　　(2) It’s good for you to do more sports.

　　Step 5 Listening practice

　　Students listen to the tape and fill in the blanks on Page 111.教师可运用听力课件进行教学，可根据学生的不同水平选择方式：Lesson 91课文听力练习。

　　The answers are: friends, when, grew, different, young, smarter, 9, 10, talked, sometimes, understand, better, science, interested, at, famous, bright.

　　Step 6 Exercises in class

　　1. Rewrite the sentences.

　　1) When shall we go to see our teacher?

I’ m not sure ______________________.

　　2) Can they finish the work in time?

　　I’m not sure ______________________.

　　3) The little girl is waiting for us.

　　I’m sure ______________________.

　　4) What shall I do to help him?

　　I’m not sure ______________________.

　　5) How can we solve the problem?

　　I’m not sure _____________________.

　　2. Fill in the blanks with proper articles.

　　1) Yesterday I saw________ girl in the street. I don’t know the nationality of________ girl.

　　2) –There is_________ green apple and _________ red one on the table. Which one would you choose?

　　–Of course. I’ll have ________ red one.

　　3)_________ earth moves round________ sun.

　　4) There was_________ strange man asking for you just now.

　　5) That’s ________easy job.

　　Keys: 1.l) I’m not sure when we shall go to see our teacher.

　　2) I’m not sure if/whether they can finish the work in time.

　　3) I’ m sure the little girl is waiting for us.

　　4) I’m not sure what I shall do to help him./what to do to help him.

　　5) I’m not sure how we can solve the problem./how to solve the problem.

　　2. l)a, the　2)a, a, the　3)The, the　4)a　5)an

　　Step 7 Homework

　　1. Tell the story of Bill Gates to your friends or parents.

　　2. Do exercises on page 111.

　　3. Finish off the workbook exercise.

　　Writing on blackboard