Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.
The Second Period Section A 2d / Section B 1a–1e
【Teaching aims】
一、听、说、读、写以下词汇：April Fool’s Day, cream, workday, pie, show up, bean, market, fool
二、通过学习，口、笔头掌握下列句型：
1. When I got there, I found that he had fooled me.
2. After an hour, the other kids showed up, and I realized that my brother had fooled me.
3. By the time I got to math class, I was exhausted because I had stayed up all night studying．
三、能够区分名词、动词和形容词；继续学习用过去完成时态来谈论过去发生的事情。
四、通过谈论愚人节发生的一些有趣的故事，了解西方节日。
Difficulties(难点)：用过去完成时态来谈论过去发生的事情。
【Teaching steps】
Before listening Warm-up and revision（课堂热身和复习）
1. 跟读2d模仿语音和语调
2. Role-play the conversation in 2d.
3. Can you translate the following into English?
上课迟到 发出响声
睡醒 穿衣
冲出门 刷牙
洗脸 捎 … 一程
教学设计说明：学习2d，复习上课内容，激活思维。
While listening Presentation（呈现新知识）
1. Show the video. Can you guess what the date it is?
2. Discuss.
What do people usually do on April Fool’s Day?
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“He is an April Fool.”What do you think the phrase means?
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Have you ever fooled someone or have been fooled by someone?
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Now in China, people also play jokes on each other on April Fool’s Day. What did you or your classmates do for fun this year?
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教学设计说明:利用愚人节情景话题，练习本课重点短语句型，同时，对后面听力的进行预测。降低听力难度。
3. Work on 1c.
4. Dave, Nick and Joe are talking about April Fool’s Day. Listen and write each person’s name under the correct picture.
5. Work on 1d.
6. Listen again. Who says each of the phrases below? Write D for Dave, N for Nick and J for Joe.
_____ a costume party
_____ my alarm went off
_____ stayed up all night
_____ was tired
_____ was really embarrassed
_____ the other kids showed up
7. 听录音两遍，完成Dave、Nick和Joe的故事。
Dave’s friend _________ him to a costume party. When he ________ there, he found that he was the only person _______ a costume. His friend _________ him. He was really ______________.
Joe was ___________ first. His friend told him they __________ a math test the next day. By the time he _________ to math class, he was __________ because he _________ up all night studying. Then he found out his friend _______________ him. There was
no math test at all!
Nick got up when his alarm clock ____________. But he arrived at school, he found it was _______. The other kids _______________ after an hour. He realized that his brother ____________ him.
8. Work on 1e.
9. Pair work. Tell April Fool’s Day stories in your group. Use the information in 1c and 1d.
A: What happened to Dave on April Fool’s Day?
B: Well, a friend invited him to a costume party …
10. 观察与思考：
通过刚才的听力训练，你来总结一下下面这些短语的用法。
1）invite sb. to do sth. 意思是______________；invite sb. to some place 意思是_______________。
练习： We invited Tom ________ (join) the Reading club.
2）stay up意思是______________；show up意思是______________。
练习：用stay up或 show up填空
(1) Do you know where Helen is? She was going to attend the meeting but she didn’t _________. (2) It’s a good movie but it’s too late tonight. I don’t want to ______________ that late.
When I got there, I found that he had fooled me.
After an hour, the other kids showed up, and I realized that my brother had fooled me.
He had changed the clock to an hour earlier.
By the time I got to math class, I was exhausted because I had stayed up all night studying．
以上四个句子都含____________时态，它常用的几种方式：用介词by， before等构成的时间短语；用连词when, before, after或者短语by the time引导的时间状语从句.
① I _______ all the exercises before our teacher collected the exercise books.
A. have finished B. finished C. had finished D. finish
② He _____ a composition before he attended the meeting.
A. had written B. has written C. wrote D. writes
③ I____________ (learn) some English before I came to this school.
④ Michael ____________ (hear) the news before his friend told him.
教学设计说明：通过练习，对本课的功能句进行巩固训练。
完成学习目标三。
After listening 1. Groupwork: 在愚人节，你愚弄过别人或被别人愚弄过吗？把你的经历讲给小组成员听吧。可参考下面的问题：
Have you ever fooled someone or have been fooled by someone?
How did you feel when someone fooled you?
What did he/she do when you fooled him/her?
Do you think it is good to fool someone?
2. 小结。
教学设计说明:在会听会写的基础上，进一步提升，把本堂课的知识落实到书面上。
完成学习目标四。
【家庭作业】
把你在愚人节愚弄别人或被别人愚弄的经历写下来。
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