Unit2 Where’s the post office?

四都中学 张晓丹 (习 )

问路与指路是常用的生活用语之一，几乎所有的基础英语教程中都会涉及这项内容， JEFC 将这项内容编排在初二（上）第六单元，由此可知，本单元的重要性。

教材分析

词汇

.Names of places:post office 、 library 、 hotel 、 restaurant 、 bank 、 supermarket 、 street 、 pay phone 、 park 、 house 、 garden 、 market.

.Description adjectives:clean 、 dirty 、 new 、 old 、 quiet 、busy.

. 其它：enjoy 、 visit 、 beginning 、 tour 、 through 、 walk 、 hungry.

教学内容

短语

. 介词短语： next to 、 in front of 、 between 、 behind 、 across from.

. 其它： take a walk 、 have fun.

句型

. 掌握 there be 句型。

. 初步认识 if 句型 .

. 掌握指路时所常用的祈使句，包括 go straight 、 turn left/right 、 take the ...turning.

日常交际用语

. 掌握问路常用语： Excuse me.Is there...?/Where is...?

. 了解问路的其它用语： Excuse me.Which is the way to...?/Can you tell me the way to...?

. 词汇

. 句型： there be 句型

. 问路与指路的基本用语

教学重点

. 设计一些学生能够主动参与的活动，让学生能够对所学的知识进行操练与扩展。

教学难点

考虑到所教学生的实际情况以及本单元在本册书中的“前沿”位置，我将本单元细划分为 5个课时（不包括 self-check ）。

第一课时： Section A 1a-1c

第二课时： Section A 2a-2c

第三课时： Section A 3a-4

第四课时： Section B 1a-2c

第五课时： section B 3a-3b

课时划分

1.   教学策略

. 提倡循序渐进的教学过程，使学生在认识新知识时有一个心理适应的过程。

. 倡导“任务型”教学过程，让学生“做中学”，“学”是前提，“做”是目的。

. 因人因材施教。

主要策略

  2. 学习策略

. 倡导合作学习的理念，课堂中使学生有尽可能多的合作机会。

. 强调家庭作业的重要性，提倡学生的自主学习，家庭作业的形式尽可能的多样化，比如让学生准备下节课的一些课堂道具。

1.   知识目标 :

. 谈论问路与指路

. 学 会 方 位 介 词 next to 、 in front of 、 between…and 、 across 、 behind

. 学 会 形 容 词new 、 old 、 busy 、 quiet 、 clean 、 dirty 、big 、 small

教学目标

2. 语言技能

. 能围绕“问路与指路”的交际用语进行交际。

* 能用一些形容词准确地描述和表达自己的观点。

. 能用简单的图表、地图、句子等描述和传递信息

3. 情感目标

. 通过运用简单的问路和引路的交际用语，学会相互合作，培养乐于助人的精神。

. 通过运用问路和引路的交际用语，帮助各个层次的同学树立自信心，敢于用英语进交际。

4. 文化意识

. 了解中西方问路与引路方式的不同．

The first period(Section A 1a-1c)

Warm-Up

Ask students “Where does he/she live?” “Where do I live?”,give students the answer“I live in this neighborhood”(show Ss the picture on the screen).

Word teach•Direct Ss’attention to the picture on the screen and point to the places and ask Ss “What’s this?”,present the names of the places on the board.

• Give plenty of opportunity for both choral and individual repetition of the new words.

•Refer to 1a and 1b in Section A on p7.

•Have Ss look at the picture on the screen again and ask“Is/Are there ...?”,present Ss the answers “Yes,there is/are.” “No,there isn’t /aren’t.”.

• Have Ss look at the picture and the example question and answer together,have them take turns practicing asking and answering questions.

• Invite volunteers to role-play their dialogs

Target language teach

Yes/no Where

post office(s)

library

Hotel(s)

Restaurant(s)

Bank(s)

Supermarket(s)

pay phone(s)

Make a survey

•Draw one of the places with color pens and make it into a card.•make up dialogs with the target language according to the illustration in 1a.

Homework

-Is there a...? post office-Yes,there is. It’s on...street. / libraryNo,there aren’t. hotel-Are there any...? restaurant-Yes there are.They are on...street./ bankNo,there aren’t. supermarket park pay phone

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The second period(Section A 2a-2c)

Warm-Up•Review the target language taught last lesson by asking Ss“Is/Are there...?”such as “Is there a post office?”.

Word-Teach.Show a stick-figure picture on the screen..To reinforce the understanding,refer to 2a,2b on Page 8 in the book.

park marketmy house

hotel

school

Center street

Where is the park?

Brid

ge S

treet

competition

Group Work

.Organize Ss into groups of 4,have them take out their cards of places on the desk and imagine each card as a real place,have them take turns practicing the dialog by changing the locations of their cards.

.Have less advanced Ss come to the board to perform as places with cards in their hands,have advanced Ss perform the dialog according to the locations of the “places”in front.

•Draw the places between your house and your school.•Make up new dialogues with the target language according to the picture in 1a,at least 5 different dialogues.

Homework

-Where is...? next to-It’s.... in front of-Where are...? across from-They are.... behind between

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The third period(Section A 3a-4)

Warm-Up

.Show a stick-figure picture on the screen.Ask Ss the locations of the places in the picture.

School Bank

House Food Market

Post OfficeHotel

Restaurant

Park

Library

Green Street

Bridge Street

Review ,present the language for giving direction

•Refer to 3a,3b on Page 9.

Practice: my way to school.Have Ss take out their picture of their route from their house to the school..Organize Ss into groups of four.Have them take turns telling their group members the way to their house or from their house to the school.Monitor them with vocabulary and grammar..Show a stick-figure map of Sidu on the screen,say “Excuse me.Can you tell me the way to your house?”,have volunteers give their directions.

school Yangchuan

Meixi

QianyangYang’ao

Chentan

Mei’ao Boyan

Zhang’ao

Which is the way to …?

Can you tell me the way to …?

.Tell Ss they can use different ways of asking for directions.Elicit the questions from Ss.(take notes while Ss are saying)

Activity: A short play set in a street•Have Ss put their pictures or models of the

places on the desk and ---the desk as a real place.•Desigh the classroom into a neighborhood..Organize Ss into groups,have them take on roles

of a passer-by and a police officer.

Homework•Draw a picture of your ideal neighborhood..Write down the route from your home to your

school..Make up a dialog between a police officer and a passer-by..Finish off the exercises on Page 5 in Pink Book..Copy the words on Page 9 in the book,twice each.

-Excuse me.Is there...? go straight Where is ...? turn left Which is the way to ...? turn right Can you tell me the way to ...? take the...turning

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The fourth period(Section B 1a-2c)

Warm-upDraw a stick-figure picture on the screen,have Ss say the routes between places.Point to two parks ,one big,one small,have Ss tell the difference,elicit the two adjectives big 、 small from Ss.

Word-Teach.Show three pairs of items,elicit the three pairs of antonyms..Reinforce with examples Ss familiar with,for example our class is clean,but the W.C is dirty,etc..Refer to 1a,2a, in Section B.

clean

quiet

busy

dirty

newold

Target language-Teach.Refer to 2a in section B..Check the answers in 2b by asking one student to draw the map of Michaels’ neighborhood on the board..Use there-be clause to describe the existence of one of the places,have Ss give the rest answers using there-be clause..Write the structure of there-be clause on the board. Explain that there-be clause can describe the existence of items,present the negative and interrogative forms of there-be clause.To reinforce the understanding,have Ss make up sentences about the items in the classroom.

Activity: Guess Game.Organize Ss into groups of 4,have them prepare a short description of a place using there-be clause and adjectives without mention its name..Put an example on the board. “The place is scary at night,it’s old and big, there are many trees next to it,there isn’t a house near it,there are always dead people in it.”,have Ss guess which place is being referred to.When each group is ready,have them take turns reading out their descriptions for the rest of the class to guess.

Homework.Use there-be clause and adjectives to

describe your neighborhood.板书设计There is... clean dirtyThere isn’t... new oldIs there ...? quiet busyThere are...There aren’t...Are there...?

The fifth period(Section B 3a-4b)

Warm-upAsk Ss “Do you have a school trip?” “Do you want to have a school trip?”“Why?”etc.Elicit the new words and phrases.

ReadingBefore-Reading.Tell Ss that it’s important for us to get information about the place if we want to have a tour to the place. Ask Ss “What information can you from a tour guide?”elicit answers from Ss.(take notes as Ss are answering)

the place to visit: the way to the place:how to go to the place: how is the place:

While-Reading.Have Ss look at the lists of the items on the board and find the information about in 3a section B..Have one student put the answers on the board..Tell Ss to read the passage aloud,go around and monitor them and help with pronunciation.

After-Reading

.Say“I don’t live in Sidu.Can you tell me some interesting places in Sidu?”.Elicit information from Ss,such as Wang Shipeng Museum 、 Wang Shipeng Tomb 、 Danxi Reservoir,etc.

.Tell Ss to choose one of the places and write down the four items of the place,and try to link the information into a tour guide.

.Select some tour guides from Ss at random,check them on the screen,have Ss judge the best one.

the place to visit: the way to the place:how to go to the place: how is the place:

Homework.Finish off Self-Check and all the exercises of unit2 in the exercise books..Write a tour guide for your neighborhood.

板书设计the place to visit: take a walk tour the way to the place: have fun ifhow to go to the place: enjoyhow is the place: visit through beginning place