Step 1: Warming-up

1. Greetings.

2. Sing a song named Never say never by Justin Bieber. The lyrics like this.

And. never say never

I will never say never!

I will fight till forever!

Whenever youl knock me dowm

I will not stay on the ground

Pick it up

Invite students to share their feelings after singing and find out which word repeated most.

Tell stuidents this song is full of fighting spirit and“never" is repeated most. Then 1ead in the topic.

Step 2: Presentation

1. Read the dialogue for students and ask them to get the main topic.

2. Ask students to listen to the tape and find out the differences of the way to school among three characters.

3. Write these answers on the blackboard and 1ead them to observe the underlined adverbs'meanings they stand for. (I usually come to school on foot. I often come by subway. I always take a bus.)

4. Make a conclusion and explain their usage to students.:“never" means not on any occasion,“seldom" means not often, "sometimes" means occasionally rather than all of the time, “often”means many times, “usually" means most often and“always" means on every occasion.

Step 3: Practice

1. Mechanical drill

Ask students to fill in the blanks according to the pictures on the screen with the adverbs of frequency they ve 1earned.

(1) Lenny

plays basketball with his friends, he watches TV at home and he does the housework. (often, seldom, never)

(2) Mariais a shy girl. She___goes shopping even she is invited and she____ eat by herself. (never, always)

2. Meaningful drill

Encourage students to talk about their daily activities and use some adverbs of frequency.

Five minutes will be given to students.

Step 4: Production

Instruct students to have a discussion about the saying“The early bird catches the worm”,

and then share with class what they think about.

Step 5: Summary and homework

Summary: invite a student to be a little teacher and summarize today's lesson, and remind them to foster a healthy and scientific 1ifestyle.

Homework design a schedule for themselves and introduce in next class.