Teaching Aims:

1) Get Ss to understand what is a programme

2) Practise Ss listening ability

Teaching procedure:

Step 1. Review and lead-in

Ask Ss to remember a passage “My Final Year”. From this passage, let Ss understand after-school activities can also help Ss get into a good college. Then tell Ss

in the task we’ll report school activities in this unit and before learning it we must know the programme of school activities.

Step 2. Understand a programme

1. Ask Ss to read the introduction to programme, and find out:

a. What is a programme?

b. What does a programme include?

2. Take today for example. Ask Ss to complete the programme.

Date: 15th Sept.

Day: Thur.

Time: 3 p.m.

Venue: Classroom7

Event (activity): having English class

3. Listen to the tape

a. First make up a dialogue with a student. It’s about a programme of our school. At the same time, ask one student to the blackboard to fill in the form as the following.

Event Time

Get up 6.00 a.m.

Have breakfast 6.30 a.m.

Have classes 7.00 a.m. - 11.45 a.m.

Have lunch 12.00 a.m.

Have classes 2.20 p.m. – 6.00 p.m.

Have supper 6.30 p.m.

Do homework 7.00 p.m. – 9.00 p.m.

Go to bed 11.00 p.m.

b. Listen to the tape and fill in the timetable on page 12.

Ask Ss to listen twice, then check with desk mate, at last listen again and check the answers together.

Step 3. Complete a timetable for a school programme

1. Ask Ss to read the timetable on page13, then listen to the tape twice.

2. Check the answers.

Step 4. Assignment

Ask Ss to make up a dialogue according to the timetable.