Introduction

（8 minutes）

1. The whole

class work.

2. Group work.

3. Group work.

4. The whole

class work.

5. The whole

class work.

6. The whole

class work.

1. Focus their attention

on the teacher.

2. Students work in groups 

and play the If Chain

Game.

3. Students tell the results of breaking the traffic

rules, using adverbial

clauses of condition.

4. Students retell the

advantages of riding

bikes in Section A.

5. Students show some

information about the bicycles they collected after class.

6. Students know more

information about the bicycle.

1. Greet the students and get them ready for learning. Play the flash of If you are happy.

2. The teacher asks the students to work in groups and play the If Chain Game. One student makes up a sentence with if. The next student says an if sentence with the first sentence’s result, paying attention to the tense.

3. The teacher asks the students to tell the results of breaking the traffic rules with adverbial clauses of condition.

4. The teacher lets the students retell the advantages of riding bikes in Section A.

5. The teacher asks the students to show some information about the bicycles they collected after class.

6. The teacher shows the picture of a bicycle rider and introduces something to the students to lead to the new lesson: The bicycle is used all over the world. It’s the most common vehicle. People use it for school, for work, for sports and so on. But when we ride bicycles, we must pay attention to the safety of ourselves first.

Presentation

(10minutes)

1. Individual

work.

2. The whole

  class work.

3. Individual

work.

4. The whole

  class work.

5. Individual

work.

6. The whole

  class work.

7. The whole

  class work.

1. Students tick the rules

that bicycle riders

should know.

2. Students check the

answers.

3. Students read the

passage and find out

the topic sentence for

each paragraph.

4. Students check the

answers.

5. Students match the

topic sentence with

each paragraph based

on the activity above,

and then write a title

for the passage of 1a.

6. Students check the

answers.

7. Students learn the new words with the help of the teacher.

1. The teacher asks the

students to tick the rules

that bicycle riders should

know.

2. The teacher lets two

students give the answers.

3.The teacher lets the

students read the passage

and find out the topic

sentence for each

paragraph.

4.The teacher asks two

students to speak out the

topic sentences.

5.The teacher asks the

students to match the

topic sentence with each

paragraph based on the

activity above, and then

write a title for the

passage of 1a. Finish 1b.

6. The teacher asks the

students to give the answers.

7.The teacher asks the

students to read the

passage again and

underline the new words.

Teach the new words

truck, signal, reflector,

injury by showing the

pictures of them. Teach

the new word safety by

showing the word safe to

the students. Teach pay

attention to, notice, in

case of, and in a word by

showing their Chinese

meanings. 

Consolidation

(10 minutes)

1. The whole

class work.

2.The whole

class work.

3. Group work.

4. The whole

class work.

5. Individual

work.

6. Individual

work.

7. Individual

work.

8. The whole

class work.

1. Students read the passage

after the recording

sentence by sentence.

2. Students try to follow

the speed, paying

attention to the

pronunciation and

intonation.

3. Students discuss in

groups to find out the

difficult points and

sum up the main

points.

4. Students underline the key points in their books and make some notes.

5. Students read the first paragraph of 1a, and then answer the question.

 6. Students read the

second paragraph of 1a, and then answer the question.

7. Students read the third paragraph of 1a, and then answer the last three questions of 1c.

8. Students check the

answers.

1. The teacher plays the

recording sentence by

sentence.

2. The teacher plays the

recording without

stopping.

3. The teacher asks the students

to learn in groups to find out

the difficult points in the

conversation. At last let them

sum up the main points of the

passage.

4. The teacher makes a

summary to explain the key points and difficult points to the students.

(1) pay attention to (doing) sth.

(2) use sth. for (doing) sth.

(3) in case of

(4) in a word

5. The teacher lets the students read the first paragraph of 1a, and then answer the question: What do people use bicycles for?

6. The teacher lets the students

read the second paragraph of 1a, and then answer the

question: Why is bicycle

riding a good exercise?

7. The teacher lets the students read the third paragraph of 1a, and then answer the last three questions of 1c.

8. The teacher asks two students to give the answers.  

Practice

(10 minutes)

1. The whole

class work.

2. Individual

work.

3. The whole

class work.

4. Individual

work.

5. Individual

work.

6. Group work.

7. Individual

work.

8. The whole

class work.

9. Individual

work.

10. Individual

work.

11. The whole

class work.

1. Students read the words in the box of 2 and the sentences of 2.

2. Students complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in the box.

3. Students check the

answers.

4. Students read the

sentences aloud.

5. Students retell the

passage of 1a.

6. Students talk about the pictures with the given phrases in groups.

7. Students tick the ones

that bicycle riders should 

do and cross the ones

they shouldn’t do.

8. Students write down

the sentences with the

given words according

to the pictures.

9. Students show their

sentences.

10. Students finish the

written work.

11. Students read their

passages aloud.

1. The teacher asks the students to read the words in the box of 2 and the sentences of 2. Teach the new phrase look out.

2. The teacher asks the students to complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in the box.

3. The teacher asks two students

to give the answers.

4. The teacher asks the students to read the complete sentences.

5. The teacher lets the students retell the passage of 1a according to the sentences of 2.

6. The teacher lets the students look at the pictures of 3. Then ask them to talk about the pictures with the given phrases in groups.

7. The teacher lets the students tick the ones that bicycle riders should do and cross the ones they shouldn’t do.

8. The teacher lets the students try writing down the sentences with the given words according to the pictures.

9. The teacher asks the students to show their sentences.

10. The teacher asks the

students to write a

passage according to the sentences.

11. The teacher asks some

students to report their

passages.

Production

(7minutes)

1. Group work. 

2. The whole

class work.

3. The whole

class work.

4. The whole

class work.

5. The whole

class work.

6. Individual

work.

1. Students make a

survey in groups.

2. Students write down the report.

3. Students report their results.

4. Students learn to follow the traffic rules and be careful when they ride bikes.

5. Students summarize

Section C with the

teacher.

6. Students finish the

homework after class.

1. The teacher asks the students

to make a survey in

groups and interview their

groupmates about the

bicycle traffic accidents

around them and the

traffic rules they know.

2. The teacher asks the

students to write down the

report.

3. The teacher asks the

representatives of each

group to report their

results.

4. The teacher sums up the

activities. The group with

the most and correct

sentences wins. Tell the

students the best way to

be safe is to be careful.

5. The teacher shows the

summary to the students.

6. The teacher assigns

homework:

(1) Review the summary

after class.

(2) Ask the students to

write a passage about the bicycle safety.

(3) Preview Section D.

Teaching Reflection

The students know about that bicycle riding is good exercise, but it’s also very dangerous if we don’t follow the traffic rules, so we must be careful when riding.