Unit 8 Is there a post office near here?SectionA 1a2aLanguage goalIn this unit Ss learn to ask for and give directions on the street.New languageIs there a bank near here? Yes, there is. Its on Center Street.Wheres the supermarket? Its next to the library. Is there a pay phone in the neighborhood? Yes, its on Bridge Street on the right. Locations in the neighborhood such as post office, hotel, restaurantDescriptions of location such as across from, next to, betweenNew words:post office, restaurant, library, supermarket, bank, park, pay, street, center, mail, near, bridge, across, between, front, behindLanguage structures: Is there a bank near here? Yes, it is. / No, there isnt. Wheres the bank? Its on Center Street.Teaching stepsStep1 Leading inT: Show a picture of playground of our school.Ask students”Do you know here?Do you often go there?Do you have fun there?Where is it?” Show a picture of our school.ask”Whats this?”“Dou you love our school?”“”Are you happy in our school?”“I s it beautiful?”Step2 . Learning1.Show some pictures of places near our school, teach new words.2.Test1:Say words quickly.Ss say new words as quickly as possible while the picture is missing.They will get a good job if they do well in this test.Section A 1a match each word on the list with one of the pictures.Step3 Listening1.Listen and circle the places you hear in 1a.(Tip:listen to the key words.) The answers are: restaurant, post office, supermarket2.listen and repeat.Pay attention to the word stress,prounciation and intonation.Step4 Pairwok1. Show some pictures of places near our school .2. presention“-Is there near our school?”“-Yes,there is,there is one on Xijiao Road./No,threr isnt.”3. show a picture of Guanxiaotong and Peppa Pig.they come to visit our school,and now they want to hang out,ask ss to help them.4. work in pairs.One is Guan Xiaotong,the other is the helper.Guan Xiaotong : Excuse me, is there a . near here? You : Yes, there is. Its on .street./No, there isnt.Guan Xiaotong : Thanks a lot.You: Youre welcome. 5. Ask several Ss to say some of their questions and answers for the class.Step 5.Learning 2a1.watch a vedio about the prepositions2. Show some pictures of where Peppa is.The teacher says： Guan Xiaotong is very worried(急),because Peppa is lost（迷路了）. Can you help her? 3.Test two:Act it out.two students act it out accoding to what the other students say.4.The teacher says: Guan Xiaotong found Peppa, shes really happy. And she wants to call her parents. but her mobile phone isnt working, she wants to find a pay phone, Can you help her?5.The teacher Point out the six sentences. Say each one of the pictures. 6.Then ask Ss to match each sentence with one of the pictures.7.Sumarrise sentences structure to desccribe where places are.8.Test three:Translate sentences.Step6 Writing:Show a picture of our school,write something about our school. Look at the picture. Our school is on Xijiao Road. There is also a zoo on Xijiao Road, The restaurant is between the zoo and our school.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.板书设计Unit 8 Is there a post office near here?SectionA 1a2aNo homeworkStep3 Translate sentences. Step2 Act it out Step1Say words quickly 课后小结