Where is the post office

step 4 homework
1. copy and master the sentences in 2b.
2. finish sentences in 2b
step 5 classwork
1. choose the best answer:
(1). my best friend sits next _____ me.
   a. to     b. on     c. in     d. beside
(2). is _____ a bank near the library?
   a. have     b. there    c. has      d. there
(3). ---is there a bike in the supermarket?   ---_______.
   a. yes, it is        b. no, it isn’t    c. yes, there isn’t   d. yes, there is
2. translation:
(1). 附近有一個公園嗎？是的，在旅館和郵局之間有一個。
(2). 公用電話在哪里？在學(xué)校的對邊。
teaching note after class:

period three (p3)
step 1 revision
1. using a map of our school to revise the words of 2b.
2. revise the conversation:
---where is the …?
---it is ….

step 2 presentation
1. say: the post office, bank, supermarket are in my school’s neighborhood.
  i am at school. i want to go to the bank. how can i get there?
  teach the students to describe directions using the following: go/ walk straight, turn left /right, on the left /right, go /walk down the street
 fore example: go straight and turn right. it’s on the jiefang street. it’s on the left. the bank is next to the supermarket.
2. practice:
  ask the students to practice more description of directions. make sure they learn it well.
step 3 practice
1. section a 3a reading
  have the students read the conversation together.
  ask one of the students to put the conversation into chinese.
  remind the students of the expressions in the table.
  draw the route pointed by nancy and find out the position where nancy and paul are standing.
2. section a 3b writing
   tell the class these three pairs are in the picture above and find them in it. the first pair is on the corner of the new street. the second pair is across from the first. the third pair is on the corner of the bride street.
  ask the students to have a discussion first and then make sentences after the model of 3a.
step 4 game
practice using the target language:
  ---is it + position + place?
  ---yes, it is. / no, it isn’t.
let students look at the picture of p1 ask and give directions in groups of four.
step 5 homework
1. stabilities of the words.
2. make the sentences according the picture in 1a.