Period 3 Word power整体设计教材分析This is the third period of this unit. The aim of this period is to enlarge the vocabulary of the students.This period consists of a map, which is about school buildings and school facilities, as well as a gym in which there are a lot of pieces of equipment.When the students come to a new school, it is natural that they should have an interest in knowing all the buildings and facilities in the school. So this is a good chance to get them to know some more English names of school facilities.Body building and shaping are also popular nowadays, so the students are sure to be interested in the equipment in the gym. Besides, the 2008 Olympic Games is coming. It is time for the students to know some equipment and events in English, so that they will have no difficulty enjoying the games then.Besides the exercises on page 6 and page 7, we can ask the students to describe how to get to a certain place in the school in English with the help of a map of the school. Of course, the school map should be made by themselves in groups before class. 三维目标1. Enable the students to learn the words and expressions about school facilities.2. Help the students learn how to master the words and expressions about school facilities and equipment in the gym. 重点难点This period is dealing with the words and expressions about school facilities with the help of some activities. The students should be able to use these words and sentence patterns freely to talk about school facilities and have a good sense of direction, so that the students will be able to tell how to go to a certain place without difficulty if they have got the chance to go to an English-speaking country. Also, they will be able to tell a foreigner how to find his or her way if they want to. 教学方法Discussion in pairs or in groups.Students-involved class activities. 教具准备A tape recorder and a multimedia classroom. 课前准备Before the class, ask the students to work in groups to draw a map of their school in Chinese or in English if they can. They can use the map on page six as a guide. Of course, the Chinese maps should be put into English during this period. 教学过程Step 1 Greetings and deal with homeworkCheck the homework exercises. Step 2 Lead inVocabulary of this period is about facilities at school, therefore, teachers can begin this class with something they are familiar with in their daily lives.1. Teachers can ask the students the following questions: Did you get to our school by yourselves or with your parents?Did you have any difficulty finding our school?How did you get to our school?Describe your trip to our school at the beginning of this term/on the first day of this term.After you arrived at our school, can you get to each building without difficulty? Why or why not?Who helped you find your dormitory?If you lost your way, what would you do?If you were asked how to get to a certain place, how would you show him or her the way?2. Present the expressions or sentence patterns to ask the way if possible.3. Sample answers: Go straight ahead and you will find the teaching building.Turn left at the first crossing and you will get to the teaching building.Go down this road and turn left at the second corner, and then you will find the teaching building.Go three blocks west and you cant miss the high school.Turn right at the traffic light and go 50 meters ahead.If you dont know the way, you can say: Sorry, Im a stranger here myself. . .Expressions to show the way: 1)Walk towards/past. . . /and then walk between. . and. . . You will find. . . at the end of the road.2)Turn left/right, and walk straight/right/directly on.3)Take the second turning on the right. /Turn left at the second turning.4)At the end of the first/second crossing, you will find it on your right/left. You cant miss it.5)Take No. 5 bus and get off at the second bus stop. Its about half an hours walk/drive. Step 3 Read a mapAfter the warming up exercises, we will come to the topic of this period.It is to read a map and think about the route to a certain place on the map. The students are supposed to tell the right direction and describe how to get there.Meanwhile, they should be able to name the school buildings in English. If they are devoted to the exercise, they will learn some names of the school buildings by heart as these building are the ones they can find in their high school too.To start the exercise, firstly, we can ask the students to read the thoughts of Wei Hua on page 6 and try to act it out on the map below.Secondly, we can read the thoughts to the students and ask them to “walk” on the map meanwhile.Thirdly, we can ask one of the students to read the thoughts and ask another one of them to come to the blackboard and act out Wei Huas thoughts.After several practice, the students are able to name some of the buildings in English. Then we can ask them to