Unit 3 Section A-1 Class TypeListening, reading and speakingObjectives1. To describe the information in the picture.2. To practice talking about the conversations after listening.3. To read the information between He Wei and Alice.Key structure1. Excuse me, could you please tell me how to get to the bookstore? Sure, just go along Main Street until you pass Center Street. The bookstore is on your right, beside the bank.2. Im excited to try the rides.3. Pardon?4. Anyway, theyre over there.DifficultiesHow to describe the ways of asking for information politely.VocabularyRestroom, stamp, besides, postcard, pardon, bathroom, rush Have dinner, get information, be excited to, no problemPeriod1ProcedureLead-inFree talk.Show Ss some pictures and let them talk about the locations. Step 1Discussion.Let Ss make conversation with the sentence structure “Do you know where I can / Could you tell me where I can ?”Step 2Activity 1a.Match each thing with a place in the picture. (Many different answers are possible.)Step 3Activity 1b. Listen and complete the conversation in the picture in 1a. Step 4Listen again and answer some questions.Step 5Pair works. Make conversations. Let Ss using the information in 1a to make conversation and then to talk about their own town or city.Step 6Free talk. Show Ss some pictures and let them talk about the directions correctly.Step 7Conclusion.Give Ss a summary of sentence structures about “ask directions and giving directions” and let them remember.Step 8Pair works.Let Ss make conversations by using the sentences in the summary to describe the locations of things in a picture.Step 9Activity 2a-1.Listen and number the directions in the order you hear.Step 10Activity 2b.Listen again. Let Ss draw a line in the picture in 2a to show how to get to the supermarket.Step 11Pair works.Make conversations with your partner to talk about the other places in the picture in 2a.E.g.:A: Excuse me, do you know where I can get some postcards?B: Sure. Go to the second floor. There is a bookstore between the bank and the supermarket. Step 12Activity 2d.Let Ss read the conversation and answer some questions.Step 13Pair works.Role-play the conversation.Step 14Language points: explain the key words and phrases in section A-1.Step 15Let Ss do more exercises.