Teaching

Material

Lesson 9 Part 2 Where is the cat?

Teaching

Date

October ,2005
Teacher Sun Aijun
Class Class11, Grade1
School Huairou No.4 Middle School
Teaching Contents 1. To learn the following prepositions: in, behind, next to, on, under, between.

2. To master the patterns:

Where is the cat? Is it on the table?

It’s under the table. No, it isn’t.

Teaching

Aims

1. To learn the preps and to be able to use them correctly.

2. To learn the above patterns and to be able to use them freely.

Teaching

Importance

The patterns:

Where is the…? Is it…?

It’s…. No, it isn’t. /Yes, it is.

Teaching

Difficulties

1. To use the patterns correctly.

2. To make a passage with the proper preps correctly.

3. To finish the writing work.

Teaching Aids A recorder, multiple-media and some other objects
Teaching Type New lesson
Teaching Methods 1. Oral-aural Method and The Humanist Approach

Teaching

Steps

Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

Step 1

Lead in

Talk about Jenny’s room and show the students prepositions.

in, behind, next to, on, under, between

1. Listen, look and say.

2. Read together.

Step 2

Learn Pattern 1

Show the students some pictures and help them to make sentences with: Where is…?

It’s in/on/behind/next to….

1. Make sentences with the help of the teacher.

2. Read after the teacher.

Step3

Practise1

Show them a picture and let them make dialogs with Pattern1 in pairs.

1. Prepare in pairs.

2. Present in class.

Step4

Finish the

Exercise on

page 31

Let them fill the blanks with the preps under the pictures on Page 31. Do as the teacher tells them.
Step5

Listen and

Check

Play the recorder for them. Listen to check their answers.

Step6

Learn Pattern2

Show the students some pictures and help them to make sentences with: Where is…?

It’s….

Is it on/in/between…?

No, it isn’t.

1. Make sentences with the teacher’s help.

2. Read after the teacher.

Step7

Practise2

Let the students make dialogs according the pictures on Page 31 with Pattern2 in pairs. 1. Prepare with their partners.

2. Perform with the partners in class.

Step8

Play a game

1. Show the students how to play the game: Finding the Missing Object.

T: Where is my CD card? I can’t find it.

Who can help me?

S1: Is it in your bag?

T: (Look in the bag.) Oh! No, it isn’t.

S2: Is it…?

… …

T: Yes, it is. Thank you. Now let’s play the game.

2. Divide the students into two parts. Group A hide one object and Group B try to guess where it is.

S(in Group A):Where is the…?

S(in Group B): Is it under…?

… …

And then the two groups change each other.

1. Listen and ask some questions to help the teacher to find the missing object.

2. Group A: Hide the object they’ve already prepared quickly.

Group B: Close their eyes and then try to guess where it is.

Step9

Summary

1. Help the students to sum up.

2. Show the result on the screen.

1. Think it over.

2. Sum up.

Step10

Make a

Passage

Show them a picture of a room and help them to talk about their rooms in order that they can finish the writing work by themselves after class. 1. Do in groups as the teacher tells them.

2. Show the pictures of their rooms and perform in class.

Step11

Assignment

Write a passage of describing your room.