5. which _________of the city does xiao li live in?
6 .if we _________the car over there, we can go for a walk along the harbour.
suggested answes:
1.tourists 2.harbour/western 3.coast4.rent 5.district 6.park
step 3 reading
(get the students to read the dialogue again. after a while, show the sentences, get them to discuss.)
1. it’s been six years since we last saw each other.
2. they’ve just completed it.
3. they’ve put up a lot.
4. my wife’s just bought a beautiful dress.
5. i’ve seen quite a lot of china and i’ve visited some beautiful(cities),but this is one of the most attractive places i’ve been to.
(make sure that the students know how to use and and but and understand these sentences, especially the form of the present perfect tense.)then ask some good students to read the dialogue. pay attention to the sentences’ stress.
step 4 practice
(get the students to make short dialogue.)(teacher goes to a better student.)
t: let’s carry on a dialogue.
t: hi, miss wang.
w: hi, i’m glad to have the opportunity to meet you.
t: so i am.
w: when did you come here?
t: yesterday. i’m here to attend a meeting. and i want to go to the library. can you show me the way?
w: oh. follow this road and take the first right. keep straight on, and you will find it in three minutes.
t: thank you very much. good-bye.
w: bye-bye.
t: very goos. thank you for your cooperation. now all of you carry on a dialogue like this. are you clear about that?
s: yes.
t: ok. begin, please.
(after a while, teacher asks some pairs to act out their dialogues.)
step 5 homework
t: today we have learned some useful expressions. after class, read the dialogue, put the useful expressions into heart and preview the next part, grammar! that’s all for today. class is over. see you tomorrow.
s: see you tomorrow.
step 6 the design of the writing on the blackboard
module 4 a social survey-my neighbourhood
the third period
a lively city
1. has been...since...
2.have put up
3.have just completed
4.has just bought
5....and. .., but...
6.have been to
step 7 activity and inquiry
in order to make the students know more about china and new zealand.
(the foreign teacher in our school comes from new zealand. if they don’t know much about new zealand, they can interview her. get them to compare the climate in china with the climate in new zealand and explain the differences.)