初中英语人教版七年级下册sectionA1a-2c.doc

Unit 8 Is there a post office near here? Section A 1a-2cTeaching objectives Knowledge objectives: Students can understand and master words about places in English ,such as post, office, post office, police, police station, hotel, restaurant, bank, hospital, street, pay, near, across, across from, front, in front of, behind, town, aroundAbility objectives: Students will be able to use simple English to express how to ask and answer about places .Emotional objectives: (1) Let students learn about places we often use in life, and know their functions. (2) Understand some English expressions of places (3) Cultivate the students competitive cooperation through competition and group work.Teaching Key and Difficult pointsKey points: (1) Words about places: post office, police station, hotel, restaurant, bank, hospital, street, pay phone, park, and so on.(2) Sentences about how to ask and answer about places。Difficult points: How to ask and answer questions about places accurately.Teaching methods: Situational teaching method, task-based teaching method, pair work, group work, Teaching prepare: PPTTeaching steps:Step1. Ask the students to try to read the new words in this unit according to the phonetics given by themselves and underline the difficulties they meet. (the most difficult words: restaurant, hospital, neighborhood. )Give them a few minutes to deal with the problems they have in their pronunciation in pairs or groups. (S/SS)：1.Read the new words. 2.Check the answers.1. 邮局_2. 警察局_3. 餐馆_4. 旅馆 _ 5. 街道_6. 公园_7. 银行_ 8. 医院_ 9. 在这附近_10. 付费电话_ Step2Do you know these places? Show learning aims:1.Students can understand and master words about places in English ,such as post, office, post office, police, police station, hotel, restaurant, bank, hospital, street, pay, near, across, across from, front, in front of, behind, town, around2.Students will be able to use simple English to express how to ask and answer about places .T: Now, look at some pictures and lets guess what places are they, Ok?Ss: Ok!T: Look at the first picture, Which place ?Ss:邮局.T: Now read after me in English, I read one time and you read three times, post office.Ss: Post office, post office, post office! T: How do you spell post office?Ss: P-O-S-T ,O-F-F-I-C-E, post office.T: Very good, lets write it on the blackboard together, p-o-s-t, o-f-f-i-c-e, post office. Read after me, post office.(I read one time, and you read two times)T: Now, look at the second picture, Which place?Ss: 警察局.( Present the words: police station, hotel, restaurant, bank, hospital, street, pay phone, park.)Step31.PresentationAsk students some questions.T: Whats the name of the road in front of our school?Ss: Wenhua Road.T: Is there a hospital near our school?S1: Yes, there is. Its on Wenhua Road.T: Is there a post office near our school?S2: No, there isnt.T: Are there any restaurants near our school?S3: Yes, there are. 2.1a Match the words with the places in the picture。T: Let the students finish activity 1a and check the answers.Ss: Practice the wordsT: Can you read the places in1a? Ss: Yes/No, I can/ I cant.T: Lets check it. I read the alphabet and you tell me the name of the place it stands for in English ,Ok?Explain the language points in the picture:Bridge Street 大桥街 Center Street 中心街 Long Street 长街 on Bridge Street 在大桥街上3.1b Listen and circle the places you hear in 1a.T: The teacher plays the recording .Ss: Say his(her) answers. At last, check the answers.Listening strategy: Pay more attention to the names of places.: The teacher read and explain the conversation. -Is there a hospital near here? -Yes, there is. Its on Bridge Street. Excuse me , is there a police station near here ?No , there isnt. But There is a police station on Center Street .Ss: The students make their own conversations with their partners and show them.Tep4 Work on 2a ;T:Give Ss many pictures about prepositionsfor position. Such as in, on, across from, next to, between and , behind, in front of.Ss:1. Read sentences first, and look at pictures to understandthe prepositions for position. 2.Match the sentences with the pictures. Write each number in the box. (2a)3.The students check the answers. 4. Read the sentences after the teacher.Step 5. Work on 2b;T: From the conversations we know they are talking about theway to some places. Where is every place? Please pay attention to the prepositions of place and fill in the blanks with them.Ss: 1.The Ss listen and fill in the blanks with the words in the box. next to, in front of, between, behind, across from, on2. Check the answers.3. Read 2b after the tape.Listening strategy: Let the students go through the blanks and pay more attention to the prepositions of place.Step 7. Pair work .T: Ask the Ss to ask and answer questions about the places in 1a on page 43.Ss: Act out the conversationsTeachers wordsT: Boys and girls! In life, please tell a stranger the position of a place. You must get into the habit of helping others.Teachers wordsT: Boys and girls! In life, please tell a stranger the position of a place. You must get into the habit of helping others.Step6:exercisesT:Show some exercises on the big screen. Ss: Fill in the blanks and check the answers.Step7 T: Boys and girls! What did you learn in this class? Please discuss in groups. Ss: Ss summarize the key points.Homework: 1. Remember the words and sentences.2.