Sing "The Family in Our House" to review members of the family mastered in Level Key Concepts
I am older/younger than __
INTRODUCE
Show a picture of my family. Introduce my family to the students.
T: Look, this is my father and mother. My father is fifty-seven years old. This is my mother. She is fifty-five years old. Are they young? ( No, they are old.)
T: Look, Who are they? Can you guess? Yes, they are my grandfather and my grandmother.Teach these two words.Are they old? (Yes, they're very old.)
T: Who is she? Guess. She is my sister.Yes,I have one sister.I don't have brothers.
Ask: Do my father and mother have sons? How many daughters do they have?
My sister is thirty. I’m twenty-eight. Who is older? My sister. My sister is older than me. I’m younger than my sister.
T: My father is older than me. My mother is older than me. Older, what’s meaning. Younger, what’s meaning.
Make up the sentences
Ask the students to make up the sentences with older /younger than.
USE THE STUDENT BOOK AND AUDIOTAPE
Ask the students to look at the books. Discuss the pictures:
How many people are there in Li Ming’s family?
Who are they?
Explain Why Li Ming has two grandfathers and grandmothers.
Does Li Ming has brothers and sisters?
Look at the Smith family.
Discuss:
Where does Jenny’s family live?
Who are in Jenny’s family?
How old are they?
Play the audiotape as the students follow in their student book.
SING A SONG
Jenny is twelve. Bob is twenty. Bob is older than Jenny. Bob is older than Jenny. Lynn is eight. Lynn is eight. Lynn is younger than Jenny. Lynn is younger than Jenny.
PRACTICE
Ask the students to introduce their family in groups.
PRESENT
USE THE ACTIVITY BOOK
Class Closing
可向同学们介绍知识窗：
同学们你们知道family的由来吗？Family就是Father and mother, I love you.这句话的每一个单词首字母组合而成的。在国外，小朋友们起床以后的第一件事就是对父母说这句话。
五、板书设计
Lesson 1: Fathers Mothers Brothers and Sisters
grandfather grandmother
father mother
son daughter
(brother) (sister)
六、练习：
(一)、用家庭成员填空。
I have two _________ and _____________ .
My __________ and __________ have one son, he is my ________ .
My sister is my father and my mother's __________ .