The First Period

　　Dimension targets:

　　l Develop an awareness and enjoyment of the basic sound patterns of English through participating in saying and enacting a rhyme

　　l Establish and maintain relationships in carrying out classroom activity

　　l Obtain and provide objects in simple classroom situations through playing an interactive game

　　l Interpret and use information through matching

　　Language focus:

　　l Using simple imperatives to give instructions (e.g. Come in, please.)

　　l Using simple imperatives to express prohibitions (e.g. Don’t be late.)

　　Language skills:

　　Listening:

　　l Identify key words in an utterance by recognizing stress

　　l Recognize alliterative and rhyming words

　　l Discriminate between words with different initial sounds j-, k-, l-, and m-.

　　Speaking:

　　l Use modelled phrases to communicate with other learners

　　l Pronounce correctly words in isolation with initial sounds j-, k-, l-, and m-.

　　Materials:

　　l Student’s Book 3A page 11