Part AB全国优秀课堂实录

Chapter 6

When I was young Liu Xiaoxia I.Warmer

Listen to a song——Yesterday once more. Show all the photos of the pupils when they were young. II. Presentation 1. Good morning,children. Did you enjoy the video? The songs’ name is Yesterday once more. They are your photos when you were young. You were so lovely. I like the video very much because I love you.

2. Look at this photo. Who is she? Guess! (She is you-Miss Liu.) Are you sure? Yes, it was me when I was five years old. Now I can read many books and I can swim in the sea. But when I was five, I could read some books. I couldn’t swim in the sea.

3. This is my photo album. You are looking at some photos of when I was young. Which photo do you want to see? You can choose.

Look at my first baby picture. I was one year old at that time. What could I do when I was one? When I was one, I could walk.al /ɔ:/ walk, not “work”. Walk.

When we want to talk about something we were able to do in the past, we can use “could.” So we can say: I could walk. I could sing. I could do some things.

What couldn’t I do when I was two? I couldn’t throw a ball when I was two.

We can use “when” at the beginning or middle of a sentence.

What could I do when I was three? When I was three, I could use a spoon. What could you do when you were four? I could count to 100 when I was four. What couldn’t you do when you were five? When I was five, I couldn’t skate.

What could you do when you were six? We could play the piano when we were six.

What couldn’t you do when you were seven? When we were seven, we couldn’t dive.

What could you do when you were eight? I could ride a bike when I was eight. III. Drill 1.Let’s do pair work. Who wants to come to the front to do pair work with me? …, please.

I could set the table when I was five. I couldn’t ride a bike when I was six. What about you?

I could … when I was ...

I couldn’t … when I was ….

Great! Give me five. Thank you. 2. Now you do pair work, please. … Which pair can show? … Wonderful!

3. Look. Who is she? She is Linda. Linda was nine years old at that time.

What could Linda do when she was nine? When she was nine, she could run fast.

Look. Who is he? He is Tom. Tom was ten years old at that time. What couldn’t Tom do when he was ten? When he was ten, he couldn’t make a sandcastle.

4. Let’s do group work.

I will be C. Who wants to be A? You, please. Who wants to be B? You, please.Who wants to be D? You, please. We stand like this. A, B, C, D. D, listen carefully and

remember what A and B say. Now A, please. B, please. C: What could she / he do when she / he was …? D, please. … Super. Thank you. IV. Practice 1.Let’s make a poster. For example: Xie Zihan, Hou Songluoyi, Lan Haochen and I are in a group. First, we put our photos on the paper. Next we write sentences. “When I was three/six …, I could …I couldn’t…

After that the group leader can come to the front and introduce the poster. E.g. When Xie Zihan was …he could… he couldn’t…

When Hou Songluoyi was …she could… she couldn’t…

When Lan Haochen was… he could… he couldn’t…” Are you clear? Go…Which group can show? Group leader can talk about what you could and could not do. … Excellent/

Put your poster here, please.

Which group can try? …

outstanding/ That’s really nice. / Well done. /Fantastic. / Good job. / Remarkable. / Nice work. / Super star./ Awesome…

You were lovely when you were young. Now you are ten years old. You can do many things. You are amazing. I’m very proud of you! V. Summary What did you learn today?

When I was young, I could … I couldn’t…

VI. Homework Talk about your abilities in the past to your parents.

VII. Blackboard What could you do when you were one? When I was one, I could walk.

could/couldn’t

What couldn’t you do when you were seven?

When we were seven, we couldn’t dive.