Background information: Students: Class2, Grade7

Teaching aims:

1. Language goals:

Key words: table, bed, bookcase, sofa, chair, where, in, on, under.

Target language:

--Where’s my schoolbag?

--It’s under the table.

--Where are my books?

--They’re on the sofa

2. Ability goals

(1). Talk about where things are;

(2). Inquire where things are; 

(3). Learn the using of preposition “on, in, under” 

3. Key points:

(1). New words.

(2). How to talk about where things are, Learn the using of preposition “on, in, under”

4. Difficult points:

(1). Prepositions of place: in, on, under.
(2). Prepositional phrases: on the sofa, under the bed, etc.

Teaching aids: PPT, blackboard.

Teaching procedures:

Step1. Lead-in.

T: Good morning, boys and girls!

Ss: Good morning, Miss Liu.

T: Nice to meet you.

Ss: Nice to meet you, too.

T: What did we learn in last class?

Ss: Is this your pencil? etc

T: OK! Today we are going to learn Unit 4. First of all,…

Ss:…

Step2. Learn the new words

Show the pictures of the things on the screen.

Teach the new words: chair, table, bed ,bookcase, sofa.

(First, read the pronunciations , then read the words. Read the words over and over again until the students can name each item fluently.

Step 3 Work on 1a

T: Turn to page 19, look at1a. First read the words. Then look at the

picture and look for the letters.

Students do1aon their own.

Check the answers.

Step 4: Presentation. 

Show the pictures of a box and a ball teach ‘in, on, under’.

1. T: Where is the ball?  

Ss: Oh, it’s on/ in /under the box 

Then look at the picture on the screen to show the other things to

make the students understand in/on/under

Teach ″where’s=where is 

Step 5 pair work 1

1. For example:

Put the things on some places.

T: Where is my schoolbag? 

Ss: It’s on the table 

Ss: Where’s my pencil? 

Ss: It’s in the schoolbag .

Ss: Where’s the…?

Ss: It’s…

2. Students work.

3. Ask some pairs to show their work.

pair work 2.

1. For example:

Put the things on some places.

Practice the structures 

3. T: Where are my keys ?

S: They’re on the chair.

Step 6. Listening (Section A 1b). 

Listen and number the things in the pictures when you hear them.  

Listen gain: Listen to the conversation sentences by sentences, then check and repeat. 

Step 7. Summarize

Exercise

(1)Where _____ my schoolbag? 

(2) --Where _____ my books?

 -- They’re _____   the bookcase.

(3) –Where are my pens? –They are ____ （它在沙发上）.

(4) –Where are my ball? –It’s ____ （它在桌子下）.

Step8. Homework  

1. Copy and recite the new words. 

2. Make a conversation to describe your room.

Blackboard design:

Where is-----?  It’s on/in/under-----.              

Where are-----?  They’re on/in/under-----.