Unit Four Where’s my schoolbag?
一．目標敘寫
1. 學生通過實物和圖片掌握有關物品的新單詞：table, bed, bookcase, sofa, chair, clock,tape, radio, hat, etc;
2. 通過獨立思考和小組合作，能靈活運用in, on, under, behind, in front of, near等介詞;
3. 熟練運用Where問句和一般疑問句及其回答；
4. 掌握名詞單復數及人稱代詞的用法。
二．教學重點、難點
1．重點：A. 方位介詞: in, on, under, behind, in front of, near 等的用法；
B．Where 的特殊疑問句和一般疑問句：Is the… in/on/under the …?的肯定、否定回答；
C．新單詞：bed,table, bookcase,……
2．難點：A. 能夠準確運用方位介詞描述物品所在的位置；
B．能夠運用Where問句找到物品的位置。
三．教學過程
The First Period (Section A, 1a–2d)
Step 1: Warming up
Revise some school things by ask questions.
e.g. What’s this? Is this a ...? How do you spell it? Etc.
Learn the new words in, on, under... By helping the teacher to find the lost things.
e.g. T: Where is my English book?
S1: I think it’s on the desk.
T: Where are my pens?
S2: ...
Teach the new word “where” and the use of “they”.
Consolidate the prepositions by looking at the scree and answer the questions:
Where’s...? Where’re...?
Step2: Presentation
Look and find
T: Please look at the picture in activity 1a. There are some things in it. Do you know what they are?
Match and discuss
a. T: Would you please match the words with the things in the picture?
b. T: How many words do you know? Can you share the words you know with your partners?
c. T: Please discuss with your partners and check whether your answers are the same.
3．Check the answers
4．Read
T: Please read the words after me. Table ...
Step 3: Listen and number
T: Listen to the recording of 1b for the first time.
T: Number the things in the picture when you listen to it for the second time.
Read the sentences
a. T: I would like you to read the tape script together.
b. T: Would you please read it by yourselves three times?
Translate and explain
a. T: Let’s translate the conversation into Chinese.
b. T: Who can tell us what it means?
c. T: Yes. When we ask the positions of things, we use the word “where”. And from the picture, we know that the word “on” means “在上面” “in” means “在里面” “under” means “在下面”. They are called prepositions “介詞”。
Step 4: Game: Hide and look for things
Students hide and look for the school things in pairs. One student hide one school
thing and ask: Where’s...? Where’re...? The other student guess and answer: It’s in your desk. They are in your pencil case. etc. Ask some pairs to share their performance.Step 5: Listen and imitate
Section A, 2a. Revise what the things are. Play the tape for students and let them number them.
Section A, 2b. Play the tape again, students number the things [1-6] in the picture. Imitate the dialogues.
Step 6: Section A 2c
Read
T: Let’s move to activity 2c. Shall we read the conversation together?
Guess
a. T: Now, let’s guess where the things are.
b. Students work in pairs. Student A covers the picture in 2b. Ask about where the things are in the picture. Student B answers the questions.
c. T: I would like to give you an example.
Example: T: Is the pencil box on the sofa?
S: No, it isn’t. It’s under the sofa.
d. T: Change roles after making one conversation and then practice again.
Step 7: Section A 2d
Role-play the conversation. Show a picture of a room. Give Ss one minute to look at it, and then ask them what kind of things they saw and where the things are. Have a competition among groups. See which group can remember all the things and where they are.