Lesson 27

1． Learning Aims（学习目标）

1 Master the words and phrases about places: shopping centre, parking lot, bank

2 To learn how to describe position. Master the key expressions: beside/ by, across from, in the bottom/ top let/ right corner

II． Teaching Important Points:

1.      Pronouns

2.      Ask questions about the directions.

III． Teaching Difficult Points:

Patterns: What’s that place beside the shopping centre?

V． Revision(课堂回顾)

Ask students some questions about last two lessons

1 What places are there on Jenny and Brain’s way to school?

2 What’s Jenny’s favourite store?

3 What places are there on Brain’s map?

4 What places does Jenny draw on her map?

VI． New concept

Step 1 Take out the map of your community. Show it to the class. Teach new words according to a map

① beside/by ---------There is a book store beside our school.

②across from= opposite to---The movie theatre is across from the shopping centre.

补充③ next to--------The bookstore is next to a school.

④between…and…--------The post office is between the video store and the bank.

⑤on the left/right (of)------- The school is on the left of the shopping centre..

Step2 Listen to the tape with following questions

  ①What’s beside the shopping centre?

  ②What’s the square in the top right corner?

  ③ What’s the square across from the parking lot, to the right?

Step3 Listen to the tape Again and help find out the places

Step 4 Read the text silently and check the answers. Then read it loudly in roles in pairs. Act the dialogue out in front of the class.

Step5  Read the dialogue and then Fill in the blanks to consolidate the new concept

  There are many places on the map. The coffee shop is _____①______ the video store. The shopping centre is _______②________ the parking lot. The book store is in the _______③________ corner. It’s _____④___ the bank and the bank is ____⑤___ the book store and movie theatre. There is a school ____⑥___ the parking lot. Can you find all the places?

①next to                     ②beside/by

③bottom left                  ④next to

⑤between                     ⑥across from

Step 5 Develop the students’ ability

 Have the students prepare a map before class and after learning this lesson, make up a similar dialogue in class. Play the game in groups in four. Cover a part of your map. Then let the others in the same group to guess what it is. The student who can guess more places than others is the winner.

A:Shall we play a map game. It’s very interesting.

B:Ok. Let’s begin
A:My first question is, what’s that place__________ the (theatre)？
B:I don’t know where the (theatre) is?Ask again.
A: I see a square in the _____ ______ corner.What is it?
B: That’s ________.

Step 6: Summarize the key points of this lesson, encourage the students to make a conclusion.

Step7 Homework

  Make up a dialogue according to the map presented in class and write it down

Step 8 Check the effect of the teaching(课堂检测)

1The school is ______________在对面the parking lot.
2________________(购物中心) is _______________(在…旁) the parking lot.
3The book store is in the __________________(左下角)corner.
4__________________电影院is _____________(紧挨着) the bank.
5 There is a little cat in the _____, ______(右下) corner of the picture.
6。There is a________(银行) near the _______(停车场).  
7Where is the cinema? –It’s over there __________(在右边).
8. The little boy is sitting __________(在…旁) me.