Step 1 Lead-in

1. Show the picture of Hermione, a character from the movie series Harry Potter. And present ne w words and phrases by showing her profile.

2. Match the words and phrases with the meanings.

3.Make a conclusion about how to introduce a person: name/age/birthplace/appearance/hobby.

【设计意图；简要总结如何描写人物的思路，同时拓展更多相关词汇，形成文章脉络并锻炼学生的总结能力。】

Step 2 Presentation

1. Show pictures of the six students and tell their names.

T: Eddie and Hobo are our new friends, and we have some other friends from Beijing Sunshine School. Do you still remember them? They are Millie, Simon, Kitty, Amy, Sandy and Daniel. Would you like to know more about them? Now let them us read the text on P8.

2. Watch the video about Millie, Simon, Sandy and Daniel, and finish the exercises of Part B1.

【设计意图】读课文，看视频，掌握课文大意，为下面细节理解做铺垫。

Step 3 Detail reading

1. Read the passage together with the video and answer questions about Millie.

(1) How old is Millie?

(2) Does she like reading?

2. Show the profile of Millie, and ask students to retell Millie’s self-introduction.

Millie: a new student at … /12 year s old/have short hair/love reading

3. Boys read the passage about Simon together, and finish the true or false exercises.

(1) Simon is short. (F)

(2) Simon likes sports. (T)

4. Show the profile of Simon, and ask a boy student to introduce Simon with the help of t he key words.

Simon: tall/like sports/play football after school

5. Girls read the passage about Sandy, and answer questions.

(1) Is Sandy tall and slim?

(2) Does she like music?

6. Show the profile of Sandy, and ask a girl student to make a report about her.

Sandy: tall and slim/long hair/music

7. Read the passage about Daniel together and fill in the blanks of a short passage.

Show the profile of Daniel, and make a report to introduce Daniel.

Daniel: Nanjing/short/Maths

8. Exercise.

Read the whole passage together with the tape, and finish the exercise of Part B3.

T: Boys and girls, we know a lot about the four students. And Mr Wu is writing about his new students. Let’s help him finish the report.

【设计意图：通过完成不同的教学任务，训练学生的阅读方法和阅读速度，在熟悉课文的同时，也为介绍自己和他人做好文本输入。】

Step 4 Practice

1. Play a game “welcome to Hogwarts School”.

T: Have you watched Harry Potter? In the movie, we can find our new friend, Hermione. She is a new student at Hogwarts School of Witchcrafts and Wizardry. And do you want to know more about her friends in the movie? Welcome to Hogwarts School. Each group can choose a number. Behind the number you choose, there’s some information about one of Hermione’s friends. You can discuss with your partners. And then one student in your group should make a report to introduce him or her.

Harry potter: 15 years old/short and thin/brown hair/wear glass/clever/like sports/be good at magic

Ron Weasley: 15 years old/red h air/blue eyes/be from the UK/play chess/brave and helpful

Dumbledore: principal/tall and thin/long white hair/blue eyes/music/nice and kind

2. Make a report to introduce yourself.

T: Today we meet so many new friends, from Millie to Daniel at Sunshine Middle School, and from Hermione to Harry Potter at Hogwarts School. Let’ come back to our school. Here are some sentences about yourself. Please finish these sentences with your own informat ion. And try to make a report to introduce yourself to your classmates. If you need any help, you can discuss in pairs.

My name is _________.      I am a new student at ________.    I am _______years old.

I am from ______ __.        I am _______.                   I have ________ hair.

I love __________.          I am good at ________,

【设计意图：以游戏的形式开展活动，利用关键词让学生分组介绍人物，达到复现课文重点内容的目的。之后进入自我介绍的环节，充分发挥语言的语用功能。以小组合作学习的方式，培养学生与他人合作的能力。】

V. Homework

1. Write a passage to introduce your new classmate ;