Clean your room

　　Ask and answer: How often do you take a shower?

How often does he take a shower?

　　Let Ss ask and answer in pairs, using always, usually, often, sometimes, hardly ever(几乎没有) or never.

Step 5: Homework

Period Two ( Section A 2a-2b)

Teaching Aims:

　　1. Students can learn to talk about activities and how often to each other

　　2. Students can listen, talk, read and write these words correctly

Teaching Difficulties:

　　1. Words: once, twice, internet, program, full, swing

　　2. Phrases: swing dance

　　3. Sentence patterns: How often do you shop? I shop once a month.

How often does Cheng watch TV? He watches TV..

Teaching Aids:

　　Tape recorder; Multi-Media.

Teaching Procedures:

　　Step 1 ：Greeting.

　　Step 2 ：Revision

　　What do you usually do on weekends?

　　What does he usually do on weekends?

　　What do they usually do on weekends?

　　Step 3 : Presentation

　　Show a calendar to students .

　　T: What's this ? Can you name it ?

　　Ss : It's a calendar .

　　T : Very good . Look , this is the weekend . Saturday and Sunday are the weekends .What do you do on weekends ? First have students discuss and answer the question like this .

　　A : What do you do on weekends ?

　　B : I often play football.

　　Then direct out "how often ...?"

　　A : What do you usually watch TV on weekends ?

　　B : I usually watch TV on weekends .

　　A : How often do you watch TV ?

　　B : I watch TV once a week/three times a month/every day(告诉学生这是表频率的词)...(The teacher must help students answer the question.因为这可以加强学生对语言的感知，用这个办法反复练习两三组句子，学生自然就会这种语言的表达了)

　　Step 4 Listening and writing

　　First have students listen listen to the tape once .

At the same time , tell students the conversation about Cheng is talking how often he does