Lesson 4: The WishTeaching Content:Mastery words and expressions: wish, in the middle of, stone, friendship, reciteTeaching Aims:1. Learn how to sing foreign songs.2. Know more about the foreign culture.3. Learn about the styles of all kinds of poems in other countries.Teaching Important Points:1. Master the main idea of the song.2. Grasp the use of “without”.3. Make a similar song like this.Teaching Difficult Points:The use of “without”.Teaching Preparation: picturesTeaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, picturesType of lesson: new lessonTeaching Procedure:Step1: Listen to the tape for several times. At the same time, ask the students to sing after it. Test how long they grasp the rhythm of the song.Step2: Read the song as a poem. Let the students read the poem as a lyric line by line.Step3: Make a poem like this.Divide the class into several groups. Make the similar this. Every group makes a poem. Then present it to the class. If the others have other better ideas, they can give their advice.Step4: Do with the language points.Make sentences with the important phrases: in the middle, without.S1: Danny sits in the middle of the classroom.S2: There is a stone in the middle of the road.S3: Fish cant live without water.S4: We cant finish the work without your help.Step5: Come to “PROJECT”.Finish the task in groups.1. Everyone in the group chooses one pattern of these poems and writes one by yourself.2. After writing the poem, show it to the others in the group.3. Each exams the others poems and gives his advice.4. After examine all of their poems, change them with the other group. Give their reasonable advice.5. The teacher gives them chances to express themselves.Step6: Homework.1. Finish off the exercises in the activity book.2. Go on the next reading in the student book.Summary: The students are familiar to the Chinese poetry, but the foreign ones are hard for them. When the students practice, the teacher should give them a hand if necessary. It is a challenge for the Chinese students to write foreign poems. Encourage them more in order to stimulate their interests of learning English.- 2 -用心 爱心 专心