初中英语人教版八年级上册unit8 Is there a post office n.doc

Unit 8 Is there a post office near here?Section A (1a-1c)A、Teaching aims： 1. Language points：1) Words：post, office, post office, police, police station, hotel, restaurant, bank, hospital, street, pay, near, across, across from, front, in front of, behind, town, aroundSentences： Is there a hospital near here? Yes, there is. The pay phone is across from the library. The pay phone is between the post office and the library. 2) Grammar： Where questions and answers.There is / are。Is/are there.?2.Aims of emotional attitude and sense of worth： The students learn to cooperate and be helpful by asking for and giving directions in English. Students learn to be confident to communicate with others in English .B、Important and difficult points of teaching:1. Important points：Where questions there be patterns.Prepositions of places.2. Difficult points：How to use the prepositions of places correctly.C、Teaching procedures:. Lead-in: T: Hello, everyone, every year, we go out to travel during summer vacations and winter vacations. We need to ask for and give directions in our everyday life. So in this unit, our language goal is to ask for and give directions. Lets learn some new words first. Then we are going to learn other prepositionsof places. Please look at the following new words: post, office, post office, police, police station, hotel, restaurant, bank, hospital, street, pay, near, across, across from, front, in front of, behind, aroundAsk a few students to try to read them, then the teacher corrects their pronunciations. Presentation: T: Hello, class, we are going to learn something about “there be”, then we try to turn its statements into negative and questions, and also learn its positiveanswerand a negativeanswer .S:Apositiveansweris “Yes, there is “or “Yes, there are.” A negativeanswer is “No, there isnt “, or “No, there arent.”. Drills:Ask Ss to translate some Chinese sentences into English.IV. Pair work: Ask the Ss to ask and answer questions about the places in 1a on page 43. Practice:Listening practice: listen to the tape, and circle the places you hear in 1a. .Summary:There be Prepositions of places.Homework:Learn the new words by heart and make up se