Unit 2 Wheres the post officePeriod 1 Listening and speaking (I)Target language目标语言1. Words & phrases 生词和短语post, office, post office, restaurant, library, supermarket, bank, park, pay, pay phone, street, center, mail, near, bridge2. Key sentences重点句子Is there a bank near here?Yes, there is. Its on Center Street.Ability goals能力目标Enable the students to ask for and give directions on the street.Learning ability goals学能目标Help the students learn how to ask for and give directions on the street.Teaching important / difficult points教学重难点How to ask for and give directions on the street.Teaching aids教具准备A tape recorder and some pictures.Teaching procedures and ways教学过程与方式Step I BrainstormingLook at the screen.Where are you from? Where do you live? what are in the neighborhood?你家附近都有些什么场所？Encourage Ss to say out different places near their house.Then show pictures of post office, library, hotel, restaurant, bank, supermarket, street, pay phone, and park. Get Ss to read and learn the new words by heart. Step Match work (1a)1. Ask the students to read the picture and the words in the numbered list. T: In this unit, we are going to learn how to ask for and give directions on the street. First look at the picture on page 7. (Holding up the picture and pointing to the “bank”) Look! Whats this in English? Encourage or help the students to say the word bank. Write the word on the blackboard. T: (Point to “library”). Whats this in English? Encourage or help the students to say the word library. Write the word on the blackboard. .Go on with the others in the same way. Then point out the numbered list of words. Say each one and ask the students to repeat.2. Ask the students to match each word or phrase on the list with one of the pictures. T: Please write the letter of each place in the picture next to the correct word or phrases on the list. Are you clear? Check the answers in the following way. T: A street is a public road in a city or town that has houses, stores etc. on one or both sides. An avenue is used in the names of streets in a town or city. We can see two streets in the picture: BRIDGE ST and CENTER ST. And an avenue: FIFTEH AVENUE. Now look and find out what buildings are on each street or avenue. 3. Present the new sentence patterns. T: (Point to the picture) Look at the picture carefully and answer my questions: Is there a post office near here?Encourage or help the students to answer: Yes, there is. It is on Bridge Street.T: Is there a bank near here?Ask them to answer the questions.Ss: Yes, there is. Its on Center Street.Then ask the students to role play the conversation in the picture.Step Listening (1b)Ask the students to listen to the conversations and circle the places in 1a. T: Next well listen to three conversations and youll have to circle the places you hear on the tape. Play the recording and ask the students to repeat after the recording this way: Girls repeat the questions and boys the answers. Girls: Is there a restaurant on Fifth Avenue?Boys: Yes, there is. .Change the roles and do the same again. Boys: Is there a restaurant on Fifth Avenue?Girls: Yes, there is. Then students ask and answer without the help of the recording. Step Practice1. Point to the different locations shown in the picture. Ask different students to name each one.T: I will point out the different locations in the picture. Please name each one when I point it out. And the others have to repeat after him or her. Point to the restaurant. Call a students name.S1: Restaurant.Ss: Restaurant.Point to the park. Call another students name. S2: Park.Ss: Park.Then point to more locations and let the students to practice more.2. Show the following. Ask the students to work in pairs and practice the conversation in 1c. Is there a _ near here?Yes, there is. Its on _. T: Now work in pairs and read the conversation in Activity 1c with your partner. Ask and answer questions about the other places in the picture. Sample conversations: (1) S: Is there a bank near here?R: Yes, there is. Its on Center Street.(2) S: Is there a library near here? R: Yes, there is. Its on Fifth Avenue.3. Ask the students to do chain work.T: Now lets do some chain work. One of you asks a question. And the other answers and then asks a third student a question and on and on .S1: Is there a shop near here?S2: Yes, there is. It is on the Bridge Street. (Turn back) Is there a bank near here? S3: Yes, there is. Its on Fifth Avenue. (Turn back) Is there a restaurant near here?S4: Yes, there is. Its on Bridge Street. (Turn back) Is there a pay phone near here?S5: Yes, there is. Its on Bridge Street. (Turn back) Is there a library near here?S6: Yes, there is. Its on Fifth Avenue. (Turn back) Is there a hotel near here?S7: Yes, there is. Its