Unit Two What day is it today?TEACHING AIMS: students can ask and answer questions about the days of the week and daily activitiesTEACHING KEY: to help students to comprehend Conversation and vocabularyTEACHING AIDS: pictures, tape and some transparenciesTEACHING PERIOD: the first periodPROCEDURES:Getting ready Bring in large calendar and sports equipment, e.g. a basketball, a ping-pong paddle, etc, to class. T: What day is it today? (Point to the days of week on the calendar, then point to the current day of the week.) Oh, its (Tuesday). Hold up a basketball. T: I play basketball on (Tuesday). (point to the day on the calendar again.) Give the basketball to various Ss and have Ss repeat the sentence I play basketball on (Tuesday). Hold up other pieces of equipment, e.g. a ping-pong paddle and pretend to play. T: I play ping-pong on Sunday. (Point to Sunday on the calendar.) Give equipment to various Ss, model sentences and have Ss repeat.Using the book T: open your books. Lets listen to the tape. Play the tape and point to each picture. T: Lets listen again and repeat. Play the tape, pausing after each sentence to have Ss repeat. Put Ss into four groups for the roles of Gogo, jenny Tony and Mrs. Green , who is Tony and jennys mom. Play the tape again, after each sentence for each group to repeat its part. Encourage groups to add actions, e.g. pretending to play each sport in the dialog.Extension activity TB p.24Vocabulary Getting ready Put picture cards9-16 up on the board. T: (point to Sunday) Its Sunday. Repeat. Ss: Its Sunday. Continue with the other days of the week. T: all the days together make one week. (Show picture card 16.) we repeat. Ss: week.Using the book T: open your books to page 10. Listen to the tape and repeat. Point to each day as you say it. Play the tape and have Ss repeat each day of the week. For the word week, have Ss circle a week on the calendar in the picture. T: is it Wednesday? (Point to Saturday.)Ss: no, it isnt. Its Saturday. is it Monday?(point to Monday.)Ss: yes, it is. Model if necessary. Point to other days of the week and ask similar questions.Extension activity TB p.24Target Getting ready Point to the pictures in the vocabulary section. T: what day is it today?Ss: its (Thursday). T: what do you do on (Thursday)? S1: I(play the piano)on (Thursday).Using the book Play the tape, pausing after each sentence for Ss to repeat. T: what day is it today? (Point to one strident.)S1: Its (Wednesday.) T: what do you do on (Wednesday)?(point to another student.)S2: I (play soccer ) on (Wednesday). Repeat the activity with several Ss.Extension activity TB p.24Optional activities TB p.26