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The second period: Section A (2c-4)
Step1 Revision[
Task 1:Ask the students to revise the names of the clubs they have learnt. Do the 
actions and ask the students what the thing is.
Task 2: Ask the students:  What can you do? What can’t you do? Can you play chess? 
Can you play the guitar? Can you sing? What club do you want to join? Can you play 
it well? If time permits, ask the student who says he can do it to show something 
he can do.
Step 2 Presentation:
Task1: (Listening practice)
2a. Ask the students to read the context in 2a on Page 60. Ask one student to read 
the clubs in the box. And ask another two students to read the dialogue. Ask all 
of them to listen to the recording carefully, circle the clubs they hear. Play the 
recording the first time. Students only listen. Play the recording a second time. 
This time ask the students to circle the club they hear from the recording. The 
answers are: English club, music club and chess club. And then ask the students to 
repeat the dialog.
Task 2(Listening practice)
2b. Ask the students to look at the dialogues of 2b on the right. Ask them if they 
can fill in the blanks directly.  Play the recording the first time. Students only 
listen. Play the recording a second time. This time ask the students to fill in the 
blanks with the words they hear from the recording. The answers are: do , to , want, 
club, play, can’t. Then ask the students to listen and repeat the dialogue.
Task 3
3a. Ask the students to put the conversation in order. The first one is given. The 
right order is 2,3, 1, 4.  
Step3 Survey
After finishing task 2 in step1.the teacher can ask: Can he play the guitar? Can 
he play it well? Maybe there are all kinds of answers. Some of the students may say 
I don’t know. 
3b.Page 61 the left part and 2c on Page 60.
The teacher asks the students make a survey, and fill in the blanks.
Name Can  Play well or not Can’t club why
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Ask the students to practice the dialogues by asking: What can you do? Can you dance? 
Can you play the guitar? Can you play it well? What club do you want to join? etc. 
the teacher goes round the classroom , gives help if necessary.
Ask some groups of students to act out their dialogue.
Step 4 Oral practice
3b  Page 61.the right part2
Ask the students to share the information they got from their friends. Help the 
students with he or she wants to join the music club.
 Example: I am Lisa, I can sing, but I cannot sing well. I can swim. I think it is 
hard. I want to join the swimming club. My friend Tom can play the guitar but he 
can’t play it well. And he can’t play chess. He wants to join the chess club. He 
thinks it is interesting. He wants to learn it. If the students can do the report 
like this with the help of the teacher, they will be quite happy, and they will learn 
much knowledge.
Step 4: Homework:
Task 1:
4 group work:
Suppose  you  are  a  boss,  you  want  to  get  some  good  workers.  How  to  write  an 
advertisement.
Focus students on the advertisement. Elicit the kind of personal qualities that would 
be good for the job, eg.  A good teacher, a good swimmer, and write them on the board. 
Then elicit questions from the qualities on the board. eg. Can you teach children? 
Can you help kids with swimming?
Divide the class into small groups and have them take turns interviewing each other 
for the job. 
Walk round the class offering language support as needed.
Practice  Can  you  help  kids  with … ?  Pay  more  attention  to  the  things  after 
“with”. Eg
Can you help kids with swimming/ chess/ playing chess/ singing?
For feedback, ask students if they have found someone for the job. Why? What can 
they do? Why not? What can’t they do?
Homework: Workbook Page 39. Part 3, 4.