Step 1.Organization Greetings

Step 2.Revision

1. Use a pen to ask and answer between the teacher and the students, and review the key sentences in Unit3.

2. Use a picture of a bag to ask students to write a lost notice and a found notice, and review the lost and found notices, then lead to the new words with the picture(1a:P19).Hold up the picture and point to the objects : table, bed , bookcase, sofa, chair, schoolbag , book, key.

T: What’s this in English?

S: It’s a table/bed/...

Encourage or help students to read the words correctly .Write them down on the blackboard.

3. Quick reaction .Let the students look at the teaching picture in 1a, finish 1a, then check students’ answers.

Step3. Lead in

Show my English book and my two pens, then put them on my desk. Ask students to answer the questions: “Where is my English book?” and “Where are my pens?”.

Try to ask more students similar questions：Where is your pencil?...

Step3.Practice

Ask the students to look at some pictures and things in the classroom and practice talking about where things are.

 For example:-where is my clock?

            -It’s on the table.

Ask students to work in pairs and make conversations.

Step 4.Talking about the picture(1a:P19)

1. Ask the students to practice 1c in pairs.

2. Let the students  work in pairs and talk about where the  things  in the picture are on Page19 .

Step 5 Listening

Have students to listen to the conversations and number the things.

Check the answers . Then ask students to read the conversations after the recording.

Step 6 Practice

Ask students to describe their bedrooms.

For example: My cat is on the chair. My English book is on the sofa .…

Step7 Summary

1.--- Where is + 单数主语?

         … … 在哪？

   --- It’s under/ on/ in…

       它在…下面/上面/里面。

2. --- Where are + 复数主语?

         … …在哪？

   ---They’re under/ on/ in…

        它们在… …下面/上面/里面。

 

Step 8.Homework

1.Remember the new words in the period (on page 90 ) by heat.

2.Practice the conversation in the picture on page 19 with your partner.

3.Talk about where things are in your room.

通过本节课的学习，我深刻地体味到，初中中学英语课堂教学改革势在必行，尤其是我们农村中学。以前的教学过多的注重词汇、语法等语言知识的讲授，以教师教，学生学为主要模式，只要努力就能学好。但是，许多学生听说特别差。新课改重在培养学生浓厚的兴趣，教材设计灵活，贴近生活，重实用，能让学生感受到英语的实用性和趣味性。充分发挥学生的主体作用，使他们积极主动地参与教学活动之中。