Unitl Where is your pen pal from?Topic:Countries,nationalities,and languagesFunctions:Talk about countries,nationalities and languagesAsk and tell about where people liveStructure:Wheres/Wherere.from?Where does/do.from?What questions What language does/do.speak?Target language:Where is she from?She is from.Where does she live?She lives in.What language does she speak?She speaks.Vocabulary:words about countries,languagesTeaching design:The whole unit needs 5 periods,4 for new lessons and 1 for testPeriod 1(la Grammar Focus)Key points:Where is your/Johns pen pal from?He/She is from.Where does he/she live?He/She lives in.(Homework for preview)Pre-task:Let the Ss give themselves pen pals and they should write down their penpals information,such as their names,countries and cities they live eventhe language they speak.T can give the Ss an example meanwhile T gives the different countrieswhich can be used by the Ss.T gives the Ss Chinese words for thecountries,they are following:加拿大，法国，日本，美国，澳大利亚，新加坡，英国，中国(The Ss can look them up in the dictionary if they arenew for them)The example is following:Name:Curry MorayAge:75From(Nationality):the United StatesCity:New YorkLanguage:English(Homework for preview)Pre-task:Let the Ss give themselves pen pals and they should write down theirpen pals information,such as their names,countries and cities they liveeven the language they speakT can give the Ss an example meanwhile T gives the different countrieswhich can be used by the Ss.T gives the Ss Chinese words for thecountries,they are following:加拿大，法国，日本，美国，澳大利亚，新加坡，英国，中国(The Ss can look them up in the dictionary if they arenew for them)The example is following:Name:Curry MurayAge:75From(Nationality):the United StatesCity:New YorkLanguage:EnglishTeaching Steps:Step 1 Leading-inThe information of the teachers own pen palsinformation.I have a pen pal.His name is Curry Muray.He is from the United States.Do you have a pen pal?Where is your pen pal from?Whats your penpals name?Different students say the information about their own pen pals.T shouldchoose the different countries.T writes the different countries on theBb(both Chinese and English)Step 2 LearningSection A la Learn the new words on the Bb.The new words are:pen pal;Canada;France;Japan;the United States(the US/theUSA/America);Australia;Singapore;the United Kingdom(theU.K./Great Britain/England)Pay attention to the pronuciation of the new words.Step 3 Listening1 b Listen and circle the countries in la they learnedStep 4 CompetitionTwo groups of students to write the new words to see which group doesbetter.First write down the Chinese words with looking at the Englishmeanings,then write down the English words with looking at the Chinesemeanings.(This step is a memory game.It can help the Ss consolidate the newwords they learned)Step 5 Pairwork1c Practise the following conversation:-Do you have a pen pal?-Yes,I do.-Wheres your pen pals from?He/She is from.(Write it downon the Bb)First T has a conversation with one student as an example then let the Sspractise in pairs.At last let several pairs do it again in class.Step 6 Leading-inRevise the countries names with looking at the Bb.Then T writes downthe city names on the Bb.Let the Ss try to find out which countries thecities are in.The city names are following:Toronto;Paris;Tokyo;New York;Sydney;Singapore;London;Step 7 Learning2a Learn the city names together with the whole class just like Step 22b Listen and circle the cities and countries2c Listen and complete the chartHave a similar competition to consolidate the new words in this part.Step 8 PairworkT has a conversation with one student like the following:-Do you have a pen pal?-Yes,I do.-Whats your pen pals name?一His/Her name is.-Where is your pen pal from?-He/She is from.-Where does he/she live?He/She lives in.（Write it down on theBb）Let the Ss practise after the Ts example in pairs then several pairs do it inclass.Step 9 ExerciseMy pen pal is from Australia.（划线提问）Johns pen pal is from Japan.（划线提问）He lives in Paris.（划线提问）Homework:Read and copy the new words.Copy the sentences in Grammar FocusMake up the questions about Jodie in 2c The questions are:Does Jodie have a pen pal?Where is Jodies pen pal from?Where doeshe/she live?Whats his/her name?（This one can be chosen by themselves）Unit 2 Wheres the post office?Language goalThis unit students leam to ask for and give directions（方向）on the street.New languageIs there a bank near here?Yes,theres a bank on Center Street,Wheresthe supermarket?Its next to the library.Is there a pay phone in theneighbhood?Yes,its on Bridge Street on the right.locations in the neighborhood such as post office,hotel,video arcade.Descriptive words such as new,old,dirty,clean.Descriptions of location such as across from,next to,BetweenRecycled languageWhat are you doing?Do you want to.?Section AAsk two rows of three students each to stand facing each other in thefront of the classroom.Point to students standing in front and ask theclass to repeat