Unit 2 Where’s the post office?

桥下三中 唐秀月

Unit2 Where’s the post office?

Analysis of the Teaching Material

（教材分析）

Ⅰ.Status and Functions

In this unit ,student learn to ask for and give directions on the street .Such a topic is closely related to our daily life and practical, so it’s easy to arouse students’ interest of learning. It’s helpful for students to improve their integrating skill,especially speaking skill.

2.Teaching Aims and demands

<1>.Knowledge Object

In this unit students will learn some names of buildings and the target language used to ask for and give directions on the street.

<2>. Ability Objects

Train students’ listening, speaking,reading and writing skills.

Train student’ communicative competence.

<3>. If you want to ask for or are asked the way to somewhere ,you must be polite, Work hard to build your neighborhood and our country some beautifully.

3. Teaching Key Points

The key vocabulary.

The target language.

Prepositions of place.

Where questions and affirmative statements.

<4>.TEACHING Difficulties

Train students’ listening, speaking,reading and writing skills.

Where questions.

Ⅱ. A Diagram for Topic Words

Ⅱ. A Diagram for Topic Words

The neighborhood

place Directions

new,clean quiet,big small, dirty old,busy

left,right,next to across from near,between

Post office,hotel,bank,supermarket,street,pay phone, avenue

Ⅲ.Teaching Time

Three periods.

Period One （第一课时） Section A

一 . 教学目标

1. 知识目标：

1>. 单词 : post office,park,bank,supermarket, pay phone,street,mail, across from ,between,in front of

behind, there,avenue,bridge,

2>. 句型：

Is there a supermarket ?

Yes,there is ./No,there is not

2. 能力目标：

学完本课，能用英语描述个场所的位置

会指路和问路

3. 情感目标 .

All the buildings make our city beautiful.

Thank the designers and the workers.

Thanks for their hard work.

二 . 教学重点：

掌握关于建筑物的词汇和方位介词

三 . 教学难点：

学会使用交际用语： Is there a supermarket ?

Yes,there is ./No,there is not

where is ……?

It is in front of ……

Learn to ask for and give directions in conversations.

四 . 教学设计

Step 1. 复习已经学过的方位介词

教师提供一幅 Lily 的房间陈列图。

T: I have a little friend ,her name is Lily. She is a nice girl, but she always forgets things.

She can’t find her shoes, She can’t find her bag. Can you help her ?

S: Yes.

T: Where’re her school clothes ?

S:They’re under the bed.

T:Where’s her English book?

Can you fond it on the desk ?

S:No,It’s in her school bag.

T:Maybe.Thank you .Lily can find her things now,

and she can go to school .

( 教师展示事先准备好的位置示意图，通过 school 作为过度，引出本课出现的新的地点名词，并帮助学生说出它们

的方位。）

T:Look at this picture .What place is it ?

S: It is a book.

T:Spell it .

Ss: B-A-N-K.

逐一用图片呈现，教会学生学地点名词

Step2. 巩固新单词

出示一张有很多场所的图片，很快闪过，让学生操练句型：

Is there ……..

Yes, there is . / No, there is not.

Step3. 呈现方位介词。

1. 在 Lily 上学路上经过的路线 .

T ： Where are they ?

Where is the bank ?

S: It is next to the school.

2. 教方位介词 .

巩固（ Memory challenge ）

What are the differences between the two pictures?

让学生说出它们的不同之处

schoolBookstore

park

bank

Postoffice

Super-market

restaurant

hotel librarypayphone

Picture 1

schoollibrary bank

park

hotel restaurantBookstore

payphoneSuper-market

Post office

Picture 2

能力升级大本营 .“ 交通标志知多少”

Step 5. Task 1

桥下正在发展建设中，假如你是一名设计师，你该如何去设计桥下镇？

㈠请画出一张简易示意图， 4-6 人为一组。

Step 6.

用示意图教会学生会指路

turn left

on the left

turn right

on the right

go straight

on the right / left side of

theatre

behind

T ： Let’s look at the picture.

We know Lily’s house is here.

How can she get to No.14 middle school ?

S: Go straight and turn left,it’s next to the bank.

先巩固 出示两张走路的地图

㈡出示一张图片

Asking the way for directions.

Excuse me. Where is the …..?

schooltheatre

museum

park

toilet

train station

bookshop

restaurant

You will see the …on the ….

schooltheatre

museum

park

toilet

train station

bookshop

restaurant

Where’s the theatre?

Walk along this road, and take the first turning on the right.

a hundred metres

It’s about a hundred metres along the on the left.

schooltheatre

museum

park

toilet

train station

bookshop

restaurant

two hundred metres

二 .Practice the dialogues

Get students to read the dialogues between boys and girls or pair work

A: Excuse me. Is there a hospital near here?

B: Yes, there is. Walk along this road, and take the first turning on the right. It’s about twenty metres along on the left.

A: Thank you a lot.

B: It’s a pleasure.

A: Excuse me. Is there a hotel near here?B: Yes, there is. Walk along this road, and take the second turning on the right. It’s about fifty metres along on the left.A: Thanks a lot.B: That’s all right.

A: Excuse me. Is there a bookshop near here?B: Yes, there is. Walk along this road, and take the third turning on the left. It’s about ninety metres along on the right.A: Thanks a lot.B: That’s all right.

A: Excuse me. Is there a park near here?B: No, there isn’t. The nearest is about six kilometers away. You’d better catch a bus.A: Which bus do I need?B: I think you need a number 38 bus. The bus stop is along that road, on the left.

A: Excuse me. Is there a theatre near here?B: No, there isn’t. The nearest is about seven kilometers away. You’d better catch a bus.A: Which bus do I need?B: I think you need a number 103 bus. The bus stop is along that road, on the right.

A: Excuse me. Is there a museum near here?B: No, there isn’t. The nearest is about eight kilometers away. You’d better catch a bus.A: Which bus do I need?B: I think you need a number 111 bus. The bus stop is along that road, on the left.

㈢ Task 2. 编对话

以四人为一小组， 2 个人画图，一人扮演警察，一人扮演问路者

Step 7. 完成 2a 2b

作业：画一张你学校到你家的示意图或者你的好友到你家的示意图。

Period 2

一 . 教学目标

1. 知识目标：

词汇 Dirty, old, market, soda, pine.

2. 能力目标

Train students’ listening and speaking skills.

Train students’ communicative competence.

3.Moral Object

Everyone school take the responsibility to keep our environment

Clean and tidy.

二 .Key Points

Key Vocabulary.

Target language

.叁 Teaching difficulties

Practice the adjectives using the target language

Step1. 复习前课所学的单词与句型

Ask two rows of three students to stand face –to –face

in the front of the classroom

SA SD

SB SE

SC SF

Point to the student in front. Ask and answer questions yourself.

T: Where is SA ? She’s next to SB.

T: Where is SB? He’s across from SE

T: Where is SE ? He’s between SD and SF

Step2.Activity.

Goal: This activity provides an oral review of where a place is.

Procedures: Invite a student to come to the front of the classroom.And then describe a place which the student are familiar with.

For example, he or she may say,it is on Center Street. It’s next to the supermarket. While he or she is describing the rest take turn asking .Is it a school ? Is it a pay phone? Etc.

The game goes on until they can guess it.

1. 用图片复习单词，在复习单词时教学新单词（ adj ）

Clean, dirty, new, old, big, small, busy, quiet.

2. 完成 2a ， 2b

3. 模仿听力材料，进行口语交际训练

（让学生出示自己家和好友家的示意图）

A ： Hey, John.

B: Hi, Michael.

A: What are you doing?

B: Reading a book.

A: Do you want to come over to my house? We can

watch a video.

….

Period Three

ⅠTeaching Aims and Demands

1. Knowledge objects

Review all the key words presented in this unit.

Read an e-mail and draw a route.

2. Ability Object

Train Ss’ Reading and writing skill.

3. Moral objects

On weekends or holidays,invite your friends to your

friends to your house to have a good time.

ⅡTeaching Key points Review the key words in this unit read an

e-mail and draw a route.

Step1. 3a

1.Read carefully 仔细阅读根据内容画出路线

2.Ss ask and answer the questions by themselves. Like this:

Where is the park ?

(It’s …..)

Is it a new hotel?

(No ,it is not)

3.Get Ss to read aloud.

Step2.Writing.

1.Finish 3b.

2.Write a tour guide .

Show some pictures of places.

get Ss to choose one ,and write a tour guide.

Step3. Revision. Self check.

1. Read the e-mail and the route.

2. Revision

Ask the way and give directions.

Asking the way :

Is there … ?Where is …?Which is the way to …?How can I get to …?Can you tell me the way to …?

1.Excuse me.Where’s the theatre?

2.Is there a theatre near here?

3.Can you tell me the way to the theatre?

4.Which is the way to the theatre?

5.How can I get to the theatre?

6.Can you help me fine the theatre?

Exercises in class Fill in the blanks 1. There’s a cinema next ____ the shop. 2. ____ the left side of the room, there’s a desk. 3. － I’m sorry I can’t help you. －_______________________________. 4. Please come to the front and stand ____________ the class.

to

On

Thank you all the same

in front of

Complete the dialogue

A: ________ _______, where is the nearest police station, please? B: I’m _______, I don’t know. Please ________ that man. A: Thank you _______ ________ _______. Excuse me, where is the police station, please? C: _______ over there, next ________ the post office. A: Thank you ________ _______. C: Not ________ _______.

Excuse me

sorry ask

all the same

It’s to

very muchat all

Asking for directions1. 请问，去车站怎么走？

2. 请问，去警察局怎么走？

3. 请问，去动物园我该走哪条路？

4. 劳驾，最近的邮局在哪儿？

5. 请问，你能帮我找到那家水果店吗？

6. 劳驾，往第十四中学怎么走？

7. 劳驾，附近有医院吗？

8. 劳驾，去书店怎么走？

Excuse me. Could/ Can you tell me the way to the station? 

Excuse me. Which is the way to the police station?

Excuse me. Which way shall I take to the zoo?

Excuse me. Where is the nearest post office?

Excuse me. Could/Can you help me find the fruit shop? 

Excuse me. How can I get to No.14 Middle School?

Excuse me. Is there a hospital near here?

Excuse me. Could/Can you tell me how to get to the bookshop? = Excuse me. Could/Can you tell me how I can get to the bookshop?