Unit8 Is there a post office near here.doc

Unit 8 Is there a post office near here?Language goalIn this unit Ss learn to ask for and give directions on the street.New language Is there a bank near here? Yes, there is. Its on Center Street.Wheres the supermarket? Its next to the library. Is there a pay phone in the neighborhood? Yes, its on Bridge Street on the right. Locations in the neighborhood such as post office, hotel, restaurantDescriptive words such as new, old, dirty, cleanDescriptions of location such as across from, next to, betweenPeriod 1New words: post office, restaurant, library, supermarket, bank, park, pay, street, center, mail, near, bridge, across, between, front, behindLanguage structures: Is there a bank near here? Yes, it is. / No, there isnt. Wheres the bank? Its on Center Street.Teaching stepsStep1 Leading inT: Ask two rows of three Ss each to stand facing each other in the front of the classroom. Point to Ss standing in front and ask the class to repeat the questions and answers.T: Wheres Yang Li? (Point to two Ss standing beside each other) Yang Li is next to Li Peng.T: Wheres Zheng Wen?(Point to two Ss in different lines facing each other.) Zheng Wen is across from Sheng Lin.T: Where s Lin Jiahui?( Point to one student standing between two other Ss.) Lin Jia hui is between Sheng lin and Li Dai.Step2 . LearningSection A 1a Learn the new words in 1a. The new words are: post office, restaurant, library, supermarket, bank, park, pay, street, center, mail, near, bridge, across, between, front, behind.After learning the new words, ask Ss to match each word on the list with one of the pictures.Step3 ListeningListen and circle the places you hear in 1a. The answers are: restaurant, post office, supermarketStep4 PairwokIn pairs, the Ss practice the conversation Is there a bank near here? Yes, it is. / No, there isnt.Wheres the bank? Its on Center Street.Ask several Ss to say some of their questions and answers for the class. Step 5.Learning2a T: Point out the six sentences. Say each one of the pictures. Then ask Ss to match each sentence with one of the pictures.Step6 Listening Listen to 2b and fill in the blanks with the words in the box.Step7 Pairwork Ask and answer questions about the places in 1a. Using the following conversation: Wheres the supermarket? Its next to the library.Let the Ss practice in pairs then ask some pairs to do it in class.Homework1. Recite and copy the new words.2. Copy the sentences in Grammar Focus.课后记：Period 2Key points: Excuse me. Is there a hotel in the neighborhood?Yes, there is. Just go straight and turn left. Its nest to Supermarket.Step1 Revision1. Dictate the new words and drills we learnt yesterday.Step2 Leading-inT has a conversation with one student. The conversation is following:- Is there a bank near here?- Yes, there is. Its on Center Street.Write the new words on the Bb. They are excuse, straight, turn, left, right, down, open, clean, quiet, dirty, market, houseStep3 LearnLearn the new words with the whole class.Ask a student to point out the place that Paul wants to get to. Ask Ss to read the conversation again. Match the sentences with the pictures. Write each number in the box.3b Point to the questions below each picture and ask a student to read them aloud.Step4 Practice1. Section B 1a. Match the words with the pictures below.Step5 PairworkAsk your partner about where he or she lives. Using Is there a big supermarket near your house? Yes, there is.Step6 ListeningListen and circle the places you hear in 1a.Listen again. Draw a map of Michaels neighborhood in the box.Homework:Copy the new words they learned today and the conversations in 3a.课后记： Period 3New words: garden, district, enjoy, walk, through, beginning, tour, visit, place, have funLanguage structures: learn to describe the place.3a This activity provides reading practice using the target language.Ask Ss to read the paragraph to the class or read it yourself.Answer any questions Ss may have.Read the instructions aloud.Check the answers.3b This activity provides guided reading and writing practice using the target language. Point out the guide and the blank spaces in it. Read it aloud saying blank each time you come to a blank line.Please write one word in each blank space in the guide. Look at the picture for the answers.Check the answers.4a This activity provides guided writing practice using the target language.Ask Ss to work individually.Point out the description in 3b and say, now write your own neighborhood. Use sentences like these.4b This activity provides open-ended oral practice using the target language.Call attention to what the person in the picture is saying. Ask a student to read the statement to the class.Ask Ss talk with their partner about their own neighbourhood. Tell about the streets and buildings. And ask partner will draw a picture of the neighbourhood.Homework:Copy the new words and recite them.Write a description of a kind of animal.课后记： Period 41 Review the words in this unit.Ask Ss to check all the words they you know.Ask Ss to find out the meanings of any words they dont know.2 Ask Ss to write five new words in their notebooks. After Ss have recorded their new words, ask them to share their lists with other Ss.3 This activity provides reading practice focusing on the grammatical structures used to ask and say where things are.Ask stud