1. Integrated skills

2. 单词回顾 学生早读时已预习过本单元单 词，可利用几分钟时间带学生 快速回顾温习。对单词的熟练 度越高，阅读的速率也越高。

3. term hard article careless do/try one’s best piano n. 学期 adv. 努力地；费力地 n. 文章 adj. 粗心的 尽某人最大努力 n. 钢琴 New words and expressions

4. do well in … better violin at the age of show … 做得好 adv. (well 的比较级 ) 较好，更好 n. 小提琴 在 … 岁时 vt. 教；演示；展示 New words and expressions

5. Listen to the report on Suzy and match the subjects with the information on the report card.

6. Sunshine Middle School Suzy Class 1, Grade 7 Chinese Good this term, but she needs to read more and speak more. Maths Suzy loves it and works hard on the subject. She knows a lot about it. English Good work. Suzy writes good articles. History She does not do her best this term. Geography Good, but sometimes she is careless.

7. Listen to Mr Wu’s description about Suzy. Complete the rest of his notes.

8. Suzy Study: good at ________, Maths, _______ and ________ not so good at ___________ Music: _______ of the Music Club plays the piano at school _______ Sports: practises _____ every Monday and __________ Others: nice and ________ Chinese English History Geography member shows hard Wednesday friendly

9. Talk with your partner about his / her report card.

10. Read your partner’s report card and write a note about him / her.

11. Listen to the conversation and act it out.

12. Questions: 1. When did Daniel begin to play the violin? 2. When did Sandy begin to play the piano? He started to play the violin at the age of six. She started to play the piano when she was five.

13. Make your own dialogues and the following expressions may help you.

14. Useful expressions: Can you play …? at the age of … Can you show me how to play …? play … well

15. To preview Study skills on Page 89 To preview Task on Pages 90 and 91 To preview the new words in Unit 8

16. Write your own report card. You can use Suzy’s as a model.